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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including prelates based in Hong Kong and Jerusalem

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong — places where Catholics are a small minority — as he continues to leave his mark on the body of churchmen who will s

Jul 9, 2023 7:45 AM Read more >

Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It's on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party’s presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024, putting the first votes of the next election a little more than six months away.

Jul 8, 2023 12:22 PM Read more >

US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season

CHICAGO (AP) — Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she’ll retire at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season.

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Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals

CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country’s rival generals.

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Six people are dead after a plane crashes into a field and bursts into flames in California, officials say

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people died after a plane crashed over a Southern California field on Saturday morning before bursting into flames. The plane was engulfed in fire along with about one acre of vegetation when deputies arrived.

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4 militants attack a police station and kill an officer in southeast Iran, state TV says

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Four militants attacked a police station and killed an officer in southeastern Iran, state TV reported on Saturday.

Jul 8, 2023 1:52 AM Read more >

Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murder

Jul 7, 2023 6:36 PM Read more >

Federal prosecutors accuse Michigan man of strangling missing 2-year-old

A Michigan man apparently strangled his ex-girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter with a cellphone cord and left her body in a Detroit alley , according to a federal complaint filed Friday. The U.S.

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Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death pena

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Dutch premier resigns because of deadlock on thorny issue of migration, paving way for new elections

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government collapsed Friday because of irreconcilable differences within the four-party coalition about how to rein in migration, a divisive issue that has split nations across Europe.

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