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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a Ukrainian power plant repeatedly hit by Russian aerial attacks, equipment department chief Oleh has a one-word answer when asked what Ukraine’s battered energy industry needs most: “Patriot.” Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, have marked their daughter Charlotte’s 9th birthday by posting a picture of her smiling for the camera as she posed near a plant with pink flowers. The photo, taken by Kate, the Princess of Wales, was posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, accompanied by the

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countries’ economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration. The remarks from the U.S.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police in Fort Worth, Texas, says four children are among six people wounded in a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex that Police Chief Neil Noakes called stupid. Police officer Brad Perez says the six were shot about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and five were taken to a hospital while one

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Broadband internet are disrupted in many parts of Nepal as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults. Private internet service providers in Nepal issued notices saying their services were either disrupted or connections were

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta went back and forth Thursday with Google’s lead litigator,

LONDON (AP) — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to terror charges for showing support on social media for Hamas. West Yorkshire constable Mohammed Adil admitted in a London court Thursday that he shared two images on WhatsApp supporting Hamas, which is designated a terror group and banned in the U.K. A prosecutor says

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate. This was the first year that expansion has received serious legislative discussion in Mississippi, which is one of

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, PHILIP MARCELO, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a Playboy model who has said she had an

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers’ privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mary J. Blige is bringing her mission to empower women beyond her music to her hometown — with the help of the singer’s superstar friends. Taraji P. Henson, Tiffany Haddish and Jill Scott and other stars and experts will join Blige for her Strength

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week and remains historically low as the labor market continues to show resiliency in the face of high interest rates and elevated inflation. The Labor Department reported Thursday that unemployment claims for the week ending April 27 was

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank has cut its key interest rate for the fourth straight time as inflation dropped and the economy has shown signs of recovery. The cut by a half-percentage point on Thursday brought the interest rate down to 5.25%. The move was expected by analysts. Inflation dropped to 2.0%

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French officials have inaugurated a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons. Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra praised Paris’ ability “to provide

By The Associated Press The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 2,000. The Associated Press has tallied arrests at 35 schools since a tent encampment began at Columbia University on April 17. Some of the campus protests popping up over the last two

NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has adjourned following hours of testimony from lawyer Keith Davidson and later testimony from forensic analyst Douglas Daul. Thursday’s proceedings began with a contempt hearing over whether Trump again violated his gag order. The judge did not immediately rule. Prosecutors say Trump and

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state plans to build a new span by fall of 2028, said David Broughton, a

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 36-year-old man accused of wielding a sword to kill a teenage boy, severely injure two police officers and wound two men in a rampage in London has appeared in court on charges of murder and attempted murder. Marcus Arduini Monzo, who has dual Spanish and Brazilian

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say double land mine blasts have killed one person and wounded at least 18 in the southwest. The first mine exploded when a truck was passing through a valley in coal-rich Duki district, in Baluchistan province. The second detonated when counter-terrorism officials and civilians were examining the initial blast

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters. The country’s defense minister said on Thursday that this is according to preliminary flight data analysis but that what exactly led to the