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At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say

May. 26, 2024 07:43 AM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Texas sheriff says at least five people are dead after powerful storms tore through a rural community, obliterating homes and leaving thousands of people without power Sunday. Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press that the victims...

Sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months as Hamas says it fired rockets from Gaza

May. 26, 2024 07:20 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The militants have continued to fire projectiles at communities around Gaza...

UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

May. 26, 2024 07:17 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found. ...

Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech

May. 26, 2024 01:18 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political...

Richard M. Sherman, who fueled Disney charm in 'Mary Poppins' and 'It's a Small World,' dies at 95

May. 25, 2024 18:44 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a...

Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal

May. 26, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to cross Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal...

Sunak’s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on UK election trail

May. 26, 2024 05:13 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election, the party said Sunday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring back a form of national...

National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India

May. 26, 2024 00:59 AM EDT

When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, “Immigrants’ son wins National Spelling Bee,” with the first paragraph noting the champion “speaks his parents’ native Indian...

Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says

May. 26, 2024 00:30 AM EDT

Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team. ...

Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted during 2024 emergence at suburban Chicago arboretum

May. 26, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

LISLE, Ill. (AP) — It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum's Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada, spotted earlier in the day by a visitor. A lucky few saw the cicada...

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Sheriff says at least five dead in Texas, multiple injuries after powerful storms tore through rural community

May. 26, 2024 07:44 AM EDT
VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Sheriff says at least five dead in Texas, multiple injuries after powerful storms tore through rural community.

At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say

May. 26, 2024 07:43 AM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Texas sheriff says at least five people are dead after powerful storms tore through a rural community, obliterating homes and leaving thousands of people without power Sunday. Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press that the victims...

French Open 2024: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and more you should know

May. 26, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Get ready for the French Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more: How to Watch the French Open on TV — In the...

Sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months as Hamas says it fired rockets from Gaza

May. 26, 2024 07:20 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The militants have continued to fire projectiles at communities around Gaza...

Chinese and Japanese leaders arrive in South Korea for their first trilateral meeting since 2019

May. 26, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of China and Japan arrived in Seoul to meet separately with South Korea’s president on Sunday, a day before they gather for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years. No major announcement is expected from Monday’s trilateral South...

UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

May. 26, 2024 07:17 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found. ...

Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Hamas says it fired a barrage from Gaza

May. 26, 2024 07:15 AM EDT
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Hamas says it fired a barrage from Gaza.

Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal

May. 26, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to cross Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal...

The death toll in Kharkiv attack rises to 14 as Zelenskyy warns of Russian troop movements

May. 26, 2024 06:55 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv. The bombing...

Aid group says over 100 people killed in 2 weeks of fighting in a Sudanese city

May. 26, 2024 06:38 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid group said Sunday. The fighting in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North...