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Movie Review: 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' finds a new hero and will blow your mind

May. 08, 2024 11:41 AM EDT

Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ape leader. Not to worry: He haunts the next episode, the thrilling, visually stunning “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.” We actually start...

Malaysian soccer player splashed with acid, two others attacked in a week of rare violence

May. 08, 2024 08:22 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian international footballer has been splashed by acid and two other top players were attacked within a week by unknown assailants, in a rare outbreak of violence targeting athletes in the country. Police criminal investigation chief Mohamad...

Another German politician is attacked as concerns rise over violence ahead of EU elections in June

May. 08, 2024 06:58 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Berlin politician was violently assaulted and suffered injuries to her head and neck, police said Wednesday, in the latest attack on elected officials that raises concern over rising political violence in Germany. Franziska Giffey, the city's top economic...

In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

May. 07, 2024 22:14 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of...

CFL's Chad Kelly suspended at least 9 games after investigation into ex-coach's lawsuit

May. 07, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach against both the player and club. Kelly is also suspended for...

Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others

May. 06, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the...

They shared a name — but not a future. How two kids fought to escape poverty in Baltimore

May. 06, 2024 10:47 AM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Growing up in the streets of east Baltimore surrounded by poverty and gun violence, two kids named Antonio became fast friends. Both called “Tone,” they were similarly charismatic and ambitious, dreaming of the day they would finally leave behind the struggles that defined...

155 police officers injured in clashes with fans at German soccer match, most from tear-gas use

May. 06, 2024 10:31 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Some 155 police officers were injured in clashes with Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans over the weekend – most of them from the use of their own tear gas. Berlin police said 116 officers suffered injuries from tear-gas use, 28 from assaults and 11 after being...

Bomb kills at least 12 people, including children, at two displacement camps in eastern Congo

May. 03, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Attacks on two camps for displaced people in eastern Congo's North Kivu province on Friday killed at least 12 people, including children, according to local officials, an aid group and the United Nations. The U.N. said in a statement that bombs hit two camps for...

A military court sentences 8 Congolese army soldiers to death for cowardice, other crimes

May. 03, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A military court in eastern Congo on Friday sentenced eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other crimes linked to fleeing the battlefield, as the government struggles to contain violence and attacks in the mineral-rich area where many armed groups operate. ...