MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with the police, officials said. The violence, which gripped the region since Friday, has left at least two people dead, including a police officer, and left a hundred others injured. The prime minister in Pakistan-held
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has renewed its fighting in northern Gaza where it previously claimed to have dismantled Hamas’ command structure. But it now says the Palestinian militant group is trying to “reassemble” in the area, raising doubts about whether Israel’s goal to eradicate the group in the enclave is
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Refugee rights activists are criticizing Poland’s pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus. They are also unhappy that it’s continuing a policy initiated by the previous populist government of pushing migrants back across the border there. The activists organized an
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about a theater production involving George Clooney because it moved ahead of an embargo lifting. AP will publish a corrected version of the story after 1 p.m. Eastern.
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More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida were under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes Monday, many of them in areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Some familiar faces are ready to reveal a lot more of themselves. Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, NFL All-Pro Chris Jones and James Van Der Beek are among the men set to go “The Real Full Monty” with striptease performances in an upcoming TV special. “The Real Full Monty” is
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Helen Ryvar took up running in 2020 just before Britain went into lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic and after being told her ex-husband had died following a mental-health battle. Four years later she is a world-record holder for consecutive half-marathons and an inspiration to many
Continue ReadingABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide have protested a recent increase in electricity prices introduced after the removal of subsidies by the West African nation’s government. The workers who protested across the country on Monday said they are also frustrated that Nigeria’s electricity supply has not improved even for the consumers
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row. Fires raging in British Columbia and Alberta have filled the skies with haze over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Sunday, lingering
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By Sooji Nam Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — April 26 was supposed to be a typical work day for Marlin Wakeman. But that was the day that changed his life forever. “Me and my buddies were talking about like, ‘Man if you fell in here, like, you
Continue ReadingBy Yazmin Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story FINLEYVILLE, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — It’s been almost 24 hours since residents in Washington County were faced with a terrifying situation. An EF2 tornado touched down, based on a preliminary rating, causing many to shelter and wait out the damage. One of those places where people
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By Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KCRA) — Some residents in a Natomas neighborhood say they’ve been the repeated target of mail thieves for several years now, and are tired of losing valuable property and their identities. They tell KCRA 3 News they’ve reached out to many agencies from Sacramento
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — US officials worry the next recession could be intensified by a cascading series of failures in the mortgage industry caused by crashing home prices, frozen financial markets and soaring delinquencies. The US Financial Stability Oversight Council, a SWAT team of financial regulators formed after the 2008 crisis,
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations seemed in order for roughly 1,500 undergraduate applicants to Georgia State University. Over 1,000 applicants received a “welcome” email for the 2024-25 school year – before discovering their new status was the result of an error by the school’s admissions office. “The email to the prospective students wasn’t
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva for talks about artificial intelligence including the risks of the technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it. The meeting Tuesday is billed as an opening exchange of views in an
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal fraud trial has begun for the owner and chief financial officer of a hedge fund that collapsed. The downfall of Archegos Capital Management cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars. Fund founder Bill Hwang and his former financial officer, Patrick Halligan,
Continue ReadingBy Joe Donlon, Edie Kasten Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It’s a story generations in the making. It began back in World War II when a Japanese diplomat risked everything to save the lives of thousands of Jewish people. Fast forward to 2024, when here in Chicago, his relatives met
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By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Just 73% of children who grow up in Milwaukee’s Lincoln Park neighborhood get a high school diploma, but one local nonprofit moved in with the goal of bringing that number up. “We wanted to do a youth center for the longest, but
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — More than a year after Shein promised to tackle excessive working hours in its supply chain, a new report suggests the Chinese fast-fashion company still has a problem. Workers in some factories supplying Shein are still working 75-hour weeks, according to an investigation by Public Eye, a Swiss human
Continue ReadingBy FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have raided what they have called a major drug lab hidden in a villa on the resort island of Bali. Officers arrested four people. A police spokesperson said Monday that the house’s basement contained facilities for manufacturing ecstasy and a hydroponic marijuana
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