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Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest

May. 22, 2024 01:44 AM EDT

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through Greenfield and left a wide swath of obliterated homes, crumpled cars and splintered trees, while outside the small town, massive wind turbines were buckled and twisted to the ground by the howling winds. ...

How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war

May. 22, 2024 00:28 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash. Working in a kibbutz that was ravaged by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Otmazgin — a volunteer commander with ZAKA, an...

UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city

May. 21, 2024 20:38 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday due to a lack of supplies and an untenable security situation caused by Israel’s expanding military operation. The U.N. warned that humanitarian operations across the territory were nearing...

Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash

May. 22, 2024 02:00 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the country's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in...

Trump's lawyers rested their case after calling just 2 witnesses. Experts say that's not unusual

May. 21, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team rested its case Tuesday in his hush money trial after calling just two witnesses and opting not to have the former president take the stand in his own defense. But despite what Hollywood courtroom dramas might suggest, that isn’t all...

Russian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand

May. 22, 2024 00:26 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defenses to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as...

Most of passengers from battered Singapore Airlines jetliner arrive in Singapore from Bangkok

May. 22, 2024 00:34 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said a relief plane flew into Singapore early Wednesday morning with most of the passengers who were on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after one man died and dozens of people...

Israel's block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage

May. 21, 2024 22:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Israel's shutdown and seizure of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza alarmed many journalists, who worried Tuesday about wider implications for coverage of a war largely fought out of the world's sight to begin with. After...

Barbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes

May. 22, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday. The others being depicted as dolls are gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, soccer players Mary Fowler and Christine...

Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India's river islanders return home in between floods

May. 21, 2024 21:13 PM EDT

MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River. The island, like two thousand others on the river,...

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Takeaways from AP examination of how 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 originated

May. 22, 2024 03:08 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations and other organizations have presented credible evidence that Hamas militants committed sexual assault during their Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. Though the number of assaults is unclear, photo and video from the attack’s aftermath have shown bodies with...

Owner of Nepal's largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue

May. 22, 2024 03:07 AM EDT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal's largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country's citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. Kailash Sirohiya will be presented before a judge in a district court in south Nepal on Wednesday...

Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month

May. 22, 2024 03:05 AM EDT

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 7:49 a.m., according to Khim Lal Gautam, a...

Israel says it's recalling ambassadors from Ireland and Norway over Palestinian state recognition

May. 22, 2024 03:04 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel’s ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same. “Ireland and Norway intend...

Stock market today: Asian shares edge lower after Wall Street sets more records

May. 22, 2024 03:03 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading on Wednesday after U.S. stocks hit new record highs. U.S. futures and oil prices slipped. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.9% to 38,617.10 after Japan reported that its trade deficit rose last month as...

Israel recalls its ambassadors from Ireland and Norway over their recognition of a Palestinian state

May. 22, 2024 02:57 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel recalls its ambassadors from Ireland and Norway over their recognition of a Palestinian state.

Once a popular pastime in America, cricket is returning for the Twenty20 World Cup

May. 22, 2024 02:56 AM EDT

Say “silly mid-off” or “deep backward square leg” or “a single to long leg” to the average American and it'll trigger a quizzical look. Cricket — the so-called “gentlemen’s game” with complex rules, funnily worded fielding positions and matches that go on for five...

UK inflation falls to 2.3%, lowest level in nearly 3 years but still above Bank of England's target

May. 22, 2024 02:55 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell sharply to its lowest level in nearly three years in April on the back of big declines in domestic bills, official figures showed Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, fell to...

Norway's prime minister says the country has formally recognized Palestine as a state

May. 22, 2024 02:40 AM EDT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway's prime minister says the country has formally recognized Palestine as a state.

Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash

May. 22, 2024 02:00 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the country's late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in...