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Hospital director in Haiti says a gang stormed in and took hundreds of women and children hostage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A heavily armed gang burst into a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns, according to the director of the medical center...

Nov 15, 2023

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ calendar revamp with Jan. 23, 2024, presidential primaries

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's secretary of state on Wednesday scheduled the state's presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national De...

Nov 15, 2023

A cargo plane returns to JFK Airport after a horse escapes its stall, pilot dumps 20 tons of fuel

NEW YORK (AP) - A cargo plane headed from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Belgium had to return to JFK after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air t...

Nov 15, 2023

A man arrested over death of a hockey player whose neck was cut with skate blade is released on bail

LONDON (AP) - A man who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut by a skate during a game, was released on bail Wednesday. ...

Nov 15, 2023

France issues arrest warrants for Syrian president, 3 generals alleging involvement in war crimes

PARIS (AP) - French judicial authorities on Wednesday issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother and two army generals alleging their involvement in war crimes...

Nov 15, 2023

UK top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because they would be at risk

LONDON (AP) - Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that the government's contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal. Five justices on the country's top court said Wedne...

Nov 15, 2023

Israeli forces raid Gaza's largest hospital, where hundreds of patients are stranded by fighting

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces raided Gaza's largest hospital early Wednesday, where hundreds of patients, including newborns, have been stranded with dwindling supplies and no electric...

Nov 14, 2023

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse are sick as debris and glitches delay rescue

LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Some of the 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for a fourth day were sick as falling debris and technical glitches delayed the work to free them, official...

Nov 14, 2023

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right co...

Nov 14, 2023

Michigan judge says Trump stays on primary ballot, rejecting challenge under insurrection clause

DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state's primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump's candidacy with a Civil War-era ...

Nov 14, 2023