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Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in

May. 17, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The...

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on

May. 17, 2024 09:12 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across...

Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

May. 17, 2024 11:38 AM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, an official said Friday, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses. “We are going to have to talk about this disaster in...

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

May. 17, 2024 10:59 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city. The remarks were Putin’s first on the...

Taking presidential debates out of commission's hands virtually guarantees fewer viewers

May. 17, 2024 10:40 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The planned presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump that were swiftly organized this week are a coup for CNN and ABC News — but a virtual guarantee they'll be among the least-watched general election contests ever. The two campaigns skirted the...

Trump heads to Minnesota to campaign after attending his son Barron's Florida high school graduation

May. 17, 2024 11:25 AM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will head to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump will headline the state GOP’s annual...

Slovak prime minister underwent another operation, remains in serious condition

May. 17, 2024 10:24 AM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after being shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, officials said Friday. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the...

French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue

May. 17, 2024 10:12 AM EDT

ROUEN, France (AP) — French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having started a fire that charred and blackened the insides of a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early Friday, an attack the interior minister said was “clearly”...

70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated

May. 17, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court laid out a new precedent: Separate but equal has no place in American schools. The message of Brown v. Board of Education was clear. But 70 years later, the impact of the decision is still up for debate. Have Americans truly ended segregation in...

Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested near fatal crash. Then he tees off at PGA Championship

May. 17, 2024 11:13 AM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to jail for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. In a span of...

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Haiti is seeking a new prime minister. Dozens of candidates jostle for the key job

May. 17, 2024 11:43 AM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A weeklong search for a new prime minister of Haiti has flooded the inboxes of a transitional presidential council with dozens of candidates jostling to become the country's next leader. Political parties, business leaders, the diaspora and even...

Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk

May. 17, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the Oct. 7 attack. ...

Kosovo criticizes Council of Europe for not holding a vote on its membership, blames Serbia lobbying

May. 17, 2024 11:39 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo on Friday criticized the Council of Europe 's decision against holding a vote on its membership, saying it deprived its people and especially its ethnic minorities of democratic tools offered by the continent’s top human rights body. Kosovo’s...

Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

May. 17, 2024 11:38 AM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, an official said Friday, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses. “We are going to have to talk about this disaster in...

The US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension

May. 17, 2024 11:38 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Ambassador to Japan stressed Friday the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to the alliance with its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing. Japan...

Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk

May. 17, 2024 11:37 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk.

Georgia's prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 'family purity'

May. 17, 2024 11:34 AM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's prime minister joined tens of thousands of people on a march through the capital on Friday to mark the Day of Family Purity, which celebrates so-called traditional family values in the country where animosity toward sexual minorities is strong. ...

Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

May. 17, 2024 11:34 AM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law. Planned Parenthood had asked the law be set aside as...

Protests against powerful group persist in Syria's last major rebel stronghold

May. 17, 2024 11:33 AM EDT

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Members of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group in the country’s rebel-held northwest fired bullets in the air and beat up protesters with clubs Friday, injuring some of them as weekslong protests demanding the release of detainees and an end to the group’s rule...

Mexico's cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches

May. 17, 2024 11:28 AM EDT

HUITZILAC, Mexico (AP) — Tailed by trucks of heavily armed soldiers, four caskets floated on a sea of hundreds of mourners. Neighbors peered nervously from their homes as the crowd pushed past shuttered businesses, empty streets and political campaign posters plastering the small Mexican town of...