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Soccer match between Belgium and Sweden suspended after deadly shooting in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) — A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime Monday after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff.

Oct 16, 2023 2:02 PM Read more >

NJ man arrested in airport parking garage shooting that killed 1 Philadelphia officer, wounded 2nd

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One man has been arrested and at least two other people are being sought in an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another last week, authorities said.

Oct 16, 2023 1:03 PM Read more >

Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, pos

Oct 16, 2023 10:31 AM Read more >

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits lik

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French authorities say school where teacher was fatally stabbed last week evacuated over bomb alert

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say a high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack last week has been evacuated over a bomb alert, as France’s president cut short travel plans abroad to host a security meeting Monday.

Oct 16, 2023 3:21 AM Read more >

Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86

HELSINKI (AP) — Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86.

Oct 16, 2023 1:27 AM Read more >

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.

Oct 15, 2023 7:18 PM Read more >

Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days, but travel isn't final, according to AP source

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but nothing has been finalized, a senior administration official said Sunday. The news comes as U.S.

Oct 15, 2023 5:16 PM Read more >

Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region. The U.S.

Oct 15, 2023 2:24 AM Read more >

Republican Jeff Landry wins the Louisiana governor's race, reclaims office for GOP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates.

Oct 14, 2023 10:06 PM Read more >