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FALLS CITY, Texas (AP) — An earthquake of 4.7 magnitude struck early Saturday morning near a small Texas city. One of several that have occurred the area in recent days, it could be felt dozens of miles away, including in San Antonio. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries from the earthquake

By KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press For the mother of Alexei Navalny — the Russian opposition leader who died at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony — the journey to recover her son’s body was an odyssey with no clear destination. In the end, she didn’t get what she came for. Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69,

By BEN FINLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic — not a tyrant. And yet the nation once again commemorated the first U.S. president on Monday, 292 years after

By CARA ANNA Associated Press The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger

By OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interior ministers of four Arab countries have held talks in Jordan to discuss ways of combatting the illegal drug trade in the region. The ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon agreed Saturday to set up a joint telecommunication cell to exchange information. The drug

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Hall of Fame basketball coach Lefty Driesell has died. His family says Driesell died Saturday at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Driesell’s folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor. He rebuilt struggling programs and won 786 games over parts of five decades.

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Protestors took the streets in Senegal’s capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar chanting “Macky dictator” while others called for the liberation of opposition prisoners in jail. After the country’s

STERLING, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia are investigating the cause of a house explosion and fire that killed one firefighter, injured 10 others and leveled a home in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Firefighters were called to the home in Sterling, Virginia, by a report of a gas smell at about 7:30 p.m. Friday. They

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to contain the political fallout of a presidential pardon scandal during an annual state of the nation address on Saturday, his first public appearance since Hungary’s president, his ally, resigned a week ago. The nationalist Orbán is under intense pressure

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — As President Joe Biden campaigns for reelection, he’s warning that Donald Trump will be a grave threat to American democracy if he’s in the White House. That message is a key part of Biden’s strategy. But interviews with the kinds of voters Biden will need to

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of South Africans have gathered in the capital to show support for the country’s biggest opposition party as it prepares for a much-anticipated national election. Many of the Democratic Alliance backers assembled in Pretoria on Saturday expressed faith the party would deliver better basic

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City was at its highest moment of community pride, celebrating a Super Bowl win, when it experienced one of 21st-century American culture’s most traumatic events — a public mass shooting. By the time it was over, one woman was dead and nearly two dozen

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Just blocks from the shuttered Bethlehem Steel plant, the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley was bustling on a recent day with scores of older people eating lunch. Downstairs, out of sight, a constant stream of visitors was shopping in its massive food pantry. Over the past seven

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — It’s not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we commonly call

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Many companies, philanthropic organizations and national and international entities tout the promise of alternative crops to fight climate change. They fund initiatives promoting crops like sorghum and cassava, declare the “year of the millet” or give grants to researchers working on dandelions that could one day replace rubber. But while

By The Associated Press Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Ethiopia of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Mohamud said on Saturday that the agreement Ethiopia and Somaliland signed on Jan. 1 “is nothing more than annexing part of Somalia

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Federal authorities said the second critically endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead in the last month showed injuries consistent with a collision with a ship. The whales number less than 360 and they have experienced decline in recent years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the concept means different things to different people, and historians say that while the issue is complex, the founding documents prioritize religious freedom and do not create

By BALINT SZLANKO Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks flounder, Israel is vowing to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip despite warnings from the U.S. to work harder to protect civilians. Violence spiked across the volatile Israel-Lebanon border. This is what happened in the Middle East this week.

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention Christianity or any specific religion. The Declaration of Independence famously proclaims that people’s rights come from a “Creator” and “Nature’s God” — but doesn’t specify who that is. Yet large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation, and