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Iran's hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region

May. 19, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was...

Helicopter crash could reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran's influence runs wide and deep

May. 19, 2024 16:38 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials is likely to reverberate across the Middle East. That's because Iran has spent decades supporting armed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq,...

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided

May. 19, 2024 22:02 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Prime...

What we've learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

May. 19, 2024 07:35 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal — or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American...

Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition likely to bolster island's US ties

May. 19, 2024 22:13 PM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China. Thousands of people...

Xander Schauffele wins first major at PGA Championship in a thriller at Valhalla

May. 19, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Every step Xander Schauffele took Sunday toward becoming a major champion brought small reminders that it was never going to be easy. It wasn't just Bryson DeChambeau pushing in the PGA Championship until he finally caught Schauffele with a birdie on the last...

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

May. 19, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Stephen Hawking on the Big Bang. Millions of students for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. They were provocative in their times, products of an ideal that holds universities as sacrosanct spaces for debate,...

Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too

May. 19, 2024 21:18 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too. ...

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later

May. 19, 2024 16:36 PM EDT

VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a candidate for NASA’s...

Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he's sorry, calls his actions 'inexcusable'

May. 19, 2024 17:15 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.” “I take full responsibility for...

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Official says rescuers see helicopter that was carrying Iran's president, others at a distance

May. 19, 2024 22:34 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president and other officials, an official told Iranian state television on Monday. The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, said rescue teams were reaching the...

China sanctions Boeing, two other U.S. defense companies on day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration

May. 19, 2024 22:33 PM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — China sanctions Boeing, two other U.S. defense companies on day of Taiwan's presidential inauguration.

Official tells Iranian state television that rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president in distance

May. 19, 2024 22:29 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Official tells Iranian state television that rescuers see the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president in distance.

Europe's far right groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union elections

May. 19, 2024 22:24 PM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Europe’s far-right political parties unofficially launched their campaign Sunday for European Union elections in Spain with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s climate policy while declaring their support for Israel in its war against Hamas. ...

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

May. 19, 2024 22:16 PM EDT

BEED, India (AP) — Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the...

Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition likely to bolster island's US ties

May. 19, 2024 22:13 PM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China. Thousands of people...

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided

May. 19, 2024 22:02 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Prime...

Xander Schauffele wins first major at PGA Championship in a thriller at Valhalla

May. 19, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Every step Xander Schauffele took Sunday toward becoming a major champion brought small reminders that it was never going to be easy. It wasn't just Bryson DeChambeau pushing in the PGA Championship until he finally caught Schauffele with a birdie on the last...

Iran's hard-line president still missing after likely helicopter crash in foggy, mountainous region

May. 19, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was...

US national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince meet to discuss 'semi-final' security deal

May. 19, 2024 21:35 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Joe Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss what the kingdom described as the “semi-final” version of a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries. ...