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UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab and Palestinia...
May 10, 2024
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Putin reappoints Mishustin as Russia's prime minister
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister for the lower house's approval. Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the house, the State Duma, will hold a session later Friday to consider Mishustin's candidacy. Mishustin's approval is a mere proforma in the Krem...
May 10, 2024
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Korda shoots 69 in Founders, 6 shots back in bid for 6th straight LPGA Tour win
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - Nelly Korda is going to have some work to do to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour title, especially with the way Rose Zhang is playing. Korda shot a relatively mistake-free 3-under 69 early in the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday and then could only watch as the 20-year-old...
May 09, 2024
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Chad's military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Chad's military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. The national agency that manages Chad's election released ...
May 09, 2024
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2 skiers killed after being caught in Utah avalanche following late spring snowstorms, sheriff says
SANDY, Utah (AP) - Two skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said. A rescue team responded just after 10 a.m. to an avalanche reported near Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range southeast ...
May 09, 2024
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Trump attorney and Stormy Daniels trade barbs during questions about alleged 2006 sexual encounter
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. "The details of your story keep c...
May 09, 2024
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The Latest | Judge denies defense's 2nd request for mistrial in Trump's hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over porn actor Stormy Daniels' testimony, which concluded Thursday. Judge Juan M. Merchan, echoing his denial Tuesday of the defense's initial mistrial motion, said Trump's lawyers had ample...
May 09, 2024
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Video shows Florida deputy announced himself prior to fatal shooting of Black airman
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida sheriff's deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state's Panhandle, body camera video shown to reporters Thursday shows. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden presented the video hours after ...
May 09, 2024
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Bucks' Patrick Beverley suspended 4 games without pay for actions in season-ending loss to Pacers
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The league announced the suspension and said Beverley ...
May 09, 2024
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First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus' foreign minister said Thursday. The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the a...
May 09, 2024
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