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'We have nothing.' As Israel attacks Rafah, Palestinians are living in tents and searching for food

May. 28, 2024 02:49 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tent camps stretch for more than 16 kilometers (10 miles) along Gaza’s coast, filling the beach and sprawling into empty lots, fields and town streets. Families dig trenches to use as toilets. Fathers search for food and water, while children look through...

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake'

May. 27, 2024 19:46 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people. ...

Spain’s prime minister says Cabinet to recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

May. 28, 2024 03:42 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Spanish Cabinet will recognize a Palestinian state at its Tuesday morning meeting as a European Union rift with Israel widens. Ireland and Norway were also to make official their recognition of a Palestinian state later...

At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states

May. 28, 2024 03:07 AM EDT

A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...

In Trump's hush money trial, prosecutors and defense lawyers are poised to make final pitch to jury

May. 28, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Donald Trump's hush money trial are set to deliver closing arguments to the jury Tuesday, each side looking to score final points with the panel before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president to be charged with...

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

May. 28, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year's elections look much...

What to know about Mexico's historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power

May. 28, 2024 03:44 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country's path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president – a...

Fears rise a second landslide and disease outbreak loom at site of Papua New Guinea disaster

May. 28, 2024 02:54 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of debris that swept over a village, a United Nations official said Tuesday....

Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate

May. 28, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam. But the car broke down, and the air conditioner stopped working, leaving her vulnerable to the...

Celtics rally late again to close out Pacers for 4-0 sweep in Eastern Conference finals

May. 28, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Derrick White stood stoically at midcourt as his teammates celebrated Monday night. He saw Jayson Tatum toss the ball high into the air, Al Horford run toward the coaching staff and looking for his son long before Jaylen Brown hoisted the Eastern Conference...

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Stock market today: World shares are mostly lower after US holiday quiet

May. 28, 2024 04:34 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Germany's DAX gained 0.3% to 18,828.68 while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% lower to 8,121.17. In Britain, the FTSE 100 shed 0.2% to 8,303.25, reopening...

Spain, Ireland and Norway say they will recognize a Palestinian state. Why does that matter?

May. 28, 2024 04:33 AM EDT

Spain, Ireland and Norway are moving to formally recognize a Palestinian state on Tuesday, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that was fueled by international outrage over the civilian deaths and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s offensive. The...

UN report says that education, social safety nets vital for Asia to grow rich, cope with aging

May. 28, 2024 04:30 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — As economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity, a United Nations report said Tuesday. The report by the...

At least 13 killed in a stone quarry collapse in India’s northeast. 16 others remain missing

May. 28, 2024 04:29 AM EDT

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said, while 16 remain missing. Senior police officer Rahul Alwal said rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed...

Australian police arrest a man accused of running naked through an airliner

May. 28, 2024 04:27 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight, knocking down a flight attendant and forcing the plane to turn back, was arrested by police at the airport, officials said on Tuesday. The incident happened early in what was...

Spain’s prime minister says Cabinet to recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

May. 28, 2024 03:42 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Spanish Cabinet will recognize a Palestinian state at its Tuesday morning meeting as a European Union rift with Israel widens. Ireland and Norway were also to make official their recognition of a Palestinian state later...

What to know about Mexico's historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power

May. 28, 2024 03:44 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country's path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president – a...

EU tries to drum up military support for Ukraine as Zelenskyy tours Spain, Belgium and Portugal

May. 28, 2024 03:41 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union defense ministers are meeting in Brussels Tuesday to try again to overcome Hungary's objections to providing billions of euros in military aid to Kyiv, in its third year of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. This comes as Ukrainian...

Fears rise a second landslide and disease outbreak loom at site of Papua New Guinea disaster

May. 28, 2024 02:54 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of debris that swept over a village, a United Nations official said Tuesday....

At least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states

May. 28, 2024 03:07 AM EDT

A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 22 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...