Associated Press

The nation's weather

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
A developing storm with considerable moisture will race out of New Mexico and Texas and into the Plains. Widespread rain is expected from eastern Texas through Illinois and Iowa. There also will be a chance of thunderstorms along the cold front, mainly in eastern Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe and a slight chance for severe weather could possibly mean intense winds and large hail in some areas. In addition, there is a slight risk of tornadoes. ...
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Suspect arrested in Wash. courthouse attack

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
SEATTLE (AP) -- A man accused in a courthouse attack in Washington state that left a sheriff's deputy with a gunshot wound and a judge stabbed has been arrested....
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Suspect arrested in Wash. courthouse attack

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
SEATTLE (AP) -- A man accused in a courthouse attack in Washington state that left a sheriff's deputy with a gunshot wound and a judge stabbed has been arrested....
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Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
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Government can't keep up with information requests

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration couldn't keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press....
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Taliban, criminals escape from jail in Afghanistan

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan officials say more than a dozen prisoners, including criminals and members of the Taliban, have escaped from a jail in northern Afghanistan....

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) -- People across Japan prayed and stood in silence on Sunday to remember the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century....

Death toll from Kenya bus stop attack rises to 6

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's internal security minister says the death toll from an attack on a bus stop in the capital has risen to six....

Death toll from Kenya bus stop attack rises to 6

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's internal security minister says the death toll from an attack on a bus stop in the capital has risen to six....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Brazil's new consumer class flocks to US to buy

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The overstuffed bags filling Fernando Mello's luggage cart wobbled precariously as the gym owner made his way home one morning through Rio's international airport. Navigating the terminal, Mello was part of a horde of other Brazilian travelers returning with loot found in the strip malls and discount outlets of southern Florida....

Pakistan's top court convicts PM of contempt

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Supreme Court convicted Pakistan's prime minister of contempt on Thursday but spared him a prison term for refusing to reopen a corruption case against his boss, the president, leaving the premier in power but facing fresh calls to resign....

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) -- Through silence and prayers, people across Japan on Sunday remembered the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay....

Child killed, 7 relatives injured in Wyo. crash

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The Highway Patrol says a 6-year-old girl is dead and seven of her relatives are injured following a rollover crash on Interstate 80 in southwestern Wyoming....
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UN: Civilian deaths drop 36 percent in Afghanistan

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of Afghan civilians killed has dropped 36 percent so far this year compared with last, the U.N. said Wednesday, the first time the death toll has declined over multiple months since the United Nations started keeping track....

Leftist opposition wins big in Slovakia election

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- A leftist opposition led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been propelled back to power in an early parliamentary election, according to almost complete results on Sunday....

Schwarzenegger's son injured in Idaho ski accident

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 05:30
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) -- The 18-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver says he has been treated for injuries after getting in "a little ski accident" in Idaho....
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