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Shoppers flee major shopping mall in Bangkok after hearing what sounds like gunshots

BANGKOK (AP) - Hundreds of shoppers fled a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand's capital on Tuesday afternoon after what sounded like gunshots were heard inside. It was not immediately clear...

Oct 03, 2023

Armenia's parliament votes to join the International Criminal Court, straining ties with ally Russia

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenia's parliament voted Tuesday to join the International Criminal Court, a move that further strains the country's ties with its old ally Russia after the court issued an a...

Oct 03, 2023

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for looking at electrons in atoms during split seconds

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists who look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds. Pierre Agostini of The Ohio State University in the...

Oct 03, 2023

A 9-year-old girl who vanished from a New York state park has been found safe, police say

MOREAU, N.Y. (AP) - A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York was found safe Monday following a two-day search, authorities said. Charlotte Sena was located "in g...

Oct 02, 2023

Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead. The far-right Republica...

Oct 02, 2023

Luke Donald urged to stay as European captain for Ryder Cup defence as new generation emerges

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) - European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him st...

Oct 02, 2023

UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs

Associated Press (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The resolution drafte...

Oct 02, 2023

Ex-MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer, woman who accused him of assault in 2021, settle legal dispute

Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 have settled their legal dispute, Bauer's attorneys said Monday. "Both of their resp...

Oct 02, 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Katalin Karik is a professor at Saga...

Oct 02, 2023

California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the ...

Oct 01, 2023