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Senate committee advances Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination to be health secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, cleared his first hurdle on Tuesday to become the nation's top health official when the Sen...

Feb 04, 2025

Spain men's coach De la Fuente distances himself from Hermoso kiss case at Rubiales trial

MADRID (AP) - Spain men's coach Luis de la Fuente told a judge in the Luis Rubiales trial on Tuesday that he did not get involved in discussions related to Jenni Hermoso following her World Cup kiss f...

Feb 04, 2025

5 shot at adult education center in Sweden

OREBRO, Sweden (AP) - Five people were shot at an adult education center in Sweden on Tuesday, police said. Authorities said that the danger wasn't over and urged the public to stay away from the scho...

Feb 04, 2025

Medics attend to fan who collapsed courtside at NBA game

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Medics attended to a fan who collapsed courtside Monday night before the San Antonio Spurs played the Memphis Grizzlies. The NBA teams were preparing for the opening tipoff when ...

Feb 03, 2025

Rubio says El Salvador has offered to accept deportees from US of any nationality

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador's president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality as well as violent American criminals...

Feb 03, 2025

UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday, ...

Feb 03, 2025

USAID staffers are instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, af...

Feb 03, 2025

USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it

WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, af...

Feb 03, 2025

Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Authorities said Sunday they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 people killed in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001. Washington, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donn...

Feb 02, 2025

Devotees pay homage to Afro-Brazilian sea goddess on Rio de Janeiro beach

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess. Devotees waded into...

Feb 02, 2025