By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounding two other students, police said. The suspect was later apprehended. Heavily armed police cordoned off the Viertola school — a large educational institution including lower and upper
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged delegates to a conference in the Netherlands to continue efforts to tackle impunity for war crimes “so that justice provides real strength to our common security — security from aggressions and terror.” Ministers and officials from dozens of countries
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two men in New York have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, prosecutors announced Monday. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Irán prometió tomar represalias tras acusar a Israel de bombardear el lunes el complejo de su embajada en Siria, en una mortífera escalada de las tensiones regionales por la guerra de Gaza que, una vez más, pareció aumentar el riesgo de un conflicto más amplio en Medio Oriente. El ataque
Continue ReadingBy NASSER KARIMI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has vowed to respond to a deadly airstrike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iran’s consulate building in the Syrian capital and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group — a key ally of both Syria’s government
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say a car crashed into a river in the country’s southeast, killing all eight people inside, including seven suspected migrants and a local driver. They say the driver of the vehicle lost control and veered into the Vjosa River about 150 miles southeast of
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — German soccer authorities will redesign the number “4” on the country’s national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units. The German Football Association (DFB) made the announcement Monday after social media users began using an online customization service to create shirts bearing the number
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to a tremendous $1.09 billion after yet another lottery drawing yielded no top winner Monday night. Monday’s winning numbers were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and Powerball 23. The next drawing will be held Wednesday night. If a player finally snags the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Wednesday after Wall Street sank, hitting the brakes on what’s been a nearly unstoppable romp. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 0.8% in morning trading to 39,511.88. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 1.3% to 7,788.20. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.3% to 2,716.65. Hong Kong’s
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — It wasn’t lack of food that pushed Heba al-Haddad and her family to leave their home in Gaza City. They had a source of clean water and could live off boiled peas. It wasn’t the incessant shelling. They felt the stairways would protect them even in
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By Helen Regan, Hamdi Alkhshali and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza that once again appeared to raise the risk of a wider Middle Eastern conflict. The
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Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A partir de este lunes, cerca de medio millón de trabajadores de comida rápida en California ganarán al menos US$ 20 por hora, US$ 4 más que el salario mínimo general del estado. La nueva tarifa se aplica a las cadenas de restaurantes con más de 60 locales en todo el
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some of Israel’s closest allies, including the United States, on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Christina Maxouris, Raja Razek, Mary Gilbert and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen homes were damaged in one West Virginia community and more than 100,000 customers in the state were without power late Tuesday night as a powerful system of thunderstorms with damaging winds, dangerous hail and the potential
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Nadie ganó el bote del Powerball en el sorteo del lunes, informó la lotería, y ahora el premio mayor para el sorteo del miércoles asciende a un estimado de US$ 1.090 millones. Los números que salieron sorteados el lunes 1 de abril fueron el 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 y
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG and MISPER APAWU Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — When Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana, became pregnant last year, she sought an abortion at a health clinic but worried the procedure might be illegal. Health workers assured her abortions were lawful under certain conditions in the West
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots. GOP backers have made key concessions to get enough votes from rural Republican lawmakers to overcome Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s potential veto. Both
Continue ReadingROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them has been denied pretrial release. A judge in the city of Rockford ruled Tuesday that Christian Soto must remain in jail pending trial. The judge scheduled an April 15 arraignment for
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Russian forces withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv in the dramatic first weeks of their full-scale invasion two years ago, a photo revealed what had become of Nataliia Verbova’s missing husband. Poring over the image of eight men executed and lying on cold concrete
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