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Teenager detained after 2 killed in a knife attack at shopping center in Czech Republic

PRAGUE (AP) - Two women have died in a knife attack on Thursday at a shopping center in the Czech Republic, officials said. Police say they detained a teenage suspect in connection with the stabbings ...

Feb 20, 2025

Red Cross vehicles arrive at Gaza site where Hamas is to hand over remains of 4 hostages

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Red Cross vehicles have arrived at a site in the Gaza Strip where Hamas is to hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages. Thursday's handover is part of a ceasefire t...

Feb 20, 2025

The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's do...

Feb 19, 2025

2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said two people ...

Feb 19, 2025

Judge questions NYC Mayor Eric Adams in hearing on Justice Department's fight to end corruption case

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge questioned New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the start of a hearing Wednesday to ensure he agreed with the Justice Department's request to drop corruption charges against him w...

Feb 19, 2025

Trump administration labels 8 Latin American cartels as 'foreign terrorist organizations'

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as "foreign terrorist organizations," upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. a...

Feb 19, 2025

Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war

MIAMI (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections," lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinfo...

Feb 19, 2025

Trump is living in a 'Russian disinformation space,' says Ukraine's Zelenskyy

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space" regarding his previous day's comments about the...

Feb 19, 2025

Pakistan wants to expel all Afghan refugees from the country, says Afghan embassy

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and their expulsion is imminent, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad warned Wednesday. The embassy issued a strongly worded s...

Feb 19, 2025

The pope slept peacefully, had breakfast after diagnosis of pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis slept well and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after he developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff that...

Feb 19, 2025