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US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of a...

Jan 28, 2025

Dozens are injured in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

NEW DELHI (AP) - A stampede injured dozens of people early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India, local ...

Jan 28, 2025

Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival

NEW DELHI (AP) - Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that ...

Jan 28, 2025

Randy Fine, conservative DeSantis critic, wins Republican primary to replace Mike Waltz in US House

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida state Sen. Randy Fine, a self-described "conservative firebrand," won the Republican primary in the special election to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz in Florida's 6th...

Jan 28, 2025

Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 - part of President Donald Trump's unpre...

Jan 28, 2025

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

WASHINGTON (AP) - Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires...

Jan 28, 2025

Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5

HONOLULU (AP) - A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year's, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old man was one of s...

Jan 28, 2025

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

WASHINGTON (AP) - Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires...

Jan 28, 2025

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says she is being investigated for repatriating a Libyan warlord

MILAN (AP) - Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against Premier Giorgia Meloni and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in t...

Jan 28, 2025

Israel's prime minister says Trump has invited him to the White House on Feb. 4

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4, which would make him the first foreign leader to ...

Jan 28, 2025