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Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

May. 22, 2024 18:27 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel denounced the decisions and recalled...

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

May. 22, 2024 03:20 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...

Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary

May. 22, 2024 19:18 PM EDT

Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar. But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over...

Heated hearing in classified documents case as lawyer for Trump co-defendant challenges prosecutors

May. 22, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump's personal valet took aim at the conduct of prosecutors in the classified documents case in a heated hearing Wednesday, the first since a judge indefinitely postponed the trial. Stanley Woodward, a lawyer for Walt Nauta, said...

5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say

May. 22, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday's tornadoes killed...

Trump allies face skepticism as they try appealing to disaffected Arab Americans in Michigan

May. 22, 2024 21:47 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Facing a room of Arab American activists from across the country angry at President Joe Biden's response to the Israel-Hamas war, a well-known adviser to Donald Trump was asked this week what the former president would have done differently had he been in office. ...

In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says priority is return to calm amid unrest

May. 22, 2024 23:00 PM EDT

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met with local officials in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest and where Indigenous people have long sought independence from France. ...

Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says

May. 22, 2024 18:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported Wednesday. An “Appeal to Heaven” flag was flown outside...

Use of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adults

May. 22, 2024 13:50 PM EDT

At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was embarrassed to speak to people at his restaurant job. “I was in a really dark place,” says McKenzie, whose weight had climbed to 335 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame, despite...

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

May. 22, 2024 21:41 PM EDT

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states. In 2022, an estimated 17.7...

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High wind topples part of stage and sends a Mexican presidential candidate running for safety

May. 22, 2024 23:38 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A high gust of wind toppled part of the stage at a campaign rally Wednesday evening in northern Mexico, sending a long shot Mexican presidential candidate running for safety. Injuries to other people were reported. Candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez wrote in his...

Javier Milei, the hard rocker in Argentina's highest office, turns his book talk into wild show

May. 22, 2024 23:35 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A book presentation about neoclassical economic theory may not sound like a crowd-pleaser. But on Wednesday in Buenos Aires mobs of star-struck fans packed a giant auditorium to hear Argentina's president, the libertarian economist Javier Milei,...

Former UK Post Office boss breaks down in inquiry over scandal that saw hundreds wrongly convicted

May. 22, 2024 23:24 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain's Post Office Paula Vennells broke down in tears on several occasions as she gave evidence Wednesday to an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because...

China’s military holds drills around Taiwan, says it is punishment after new president took office

May. 22, 2024 23:15 PM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's military held exercises surrounding Taiwan on Thursday in what it called punishment for separatist forces seeking independence on the self-governed island where a new president took office this week. Beijing claims the island is part of China’s...

An explosion has occurred at an apartment building in Harbin, China. Casualties are unknown

May. 22, 2024 23:04 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — An explosion has occurred at an apartment building in Harbin, a city in northeastern China, state media reported. Casualties are unknown. Videos on social media showed that parts of a five-story apartment building were damaged, with one apartment's balcony...

In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says priority is return to calm amid unrest

May. 22, 2024 23:00 PM EDT

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met with local officials in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest and where Indigenous people have long sought independence from France. ...

State media says an explosion has occurred at an apartment building in Harbin, China, and casualties are unknown

May. 22, 2024 22:48 PM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — State media says an explosion has occurred at an apartment building in Harbin, China, and casualties are unknown.

5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say

May. 22, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday's tornadoes killed...

A UK lawmaker returns to work as 'the bionic MP' after losing his hands and feet to sepsis

May. 22, 2024 22:29 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's fractious politicians shared a rare moment of unity Wednesday, when a Conservative lawmaker returned to work six months after sepsis put him in a coma and forced the amputation of his hands and feet. As Conservative legislator Craig Mackinlay walked unaided...

Italian museum recreates Tanzanian butterfly forest to raise awareness on biodiversity research

May. 22, 2024 22:13 PM EDT

TRENTO, Italy (AP) — In a lush greenhouse high in the Alps, butterflies of various species and colors flutter freely while butterfly pupae are suspended in a structure as they grow into adult insects. This is the Butterfly Forest in the tropical mountain greenhouse in Trento,...