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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media says two moderate earthquakes have struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, leaving one person dead. Iran’s Seismological Center said that the quakes of magnitude 6.4 and 6.3 struck Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday afternoon, some 1000 kilometers (640 miles) south of the Iranian capital of

RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — A former captive during the Iranian hostage crisis has been laid to rest along with his wife in a veterans’ cemetery in Kentucky. Donald Hohman was among the Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981. The couple, both 79, lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Their daughter-in-law, Jocelyn

BANGKOK (AP) — Three pro-democracy activists have been injured during a rally in Bangkok that criticized a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court that said the protesters’ demand for reform of the monarchy were tantamount to attempts to overthrow the system of government. Hundreds of protesters had planned to march to the Democracy Monument but

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run media reports that heavy rains and flooding in the country’s south have left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings. The downpour in the province of Aswan over the weekend forced local authorities to suspend school classes on Sunday. Strong storms brought rain, hail, and

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press A jury will soon deliberate whether Kyle Rittenhouse is guilty of charges, including murder, for shooting three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Outside the courtroom, a debate already has played out across the country around the use of guns, particularly at protests over racial injustice and pandemic-related restrictions. Some see Rittenhouse

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found that more than 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019. They’ve been accused of crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to stealing prison property,

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is marking the 61st anniversary of the integration of its public schools by four 6-year-old girls. Weekend events began with a Friday morning news conference at New Orleans City Hall and an evening screening of a video tribute to the four. A special church

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Some Catholic bishops in the United States are persisting with criticism of President Joe Biden for his support of abortion rights. But the bishops’ conference, as a whole, is likely to avoid direct criticism of him at its upcoming national meeting. The highest-profile agenda item is a proposed “teaching

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police say two people were killed and 19 injured when a van packed with migrants overturned in eastern Serbia. Police said Sunday the accident occurred late Saturday near the border with Bulgaria and that the Serb driver of the vehicle was arrested on suspicion that he illegally smuggled the migrants into