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North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise.

May 31, 2023 4:29 AM Read more >

Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon kills 5 militants, Israel denies role

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike targeting positions of a Syria-backed Palestinian group in eastern Lebanon early Wednesday killed five Palestinian militants and wounded 10 others, two Palestinian officials said.

May 31, 2023 3:03 AM Read more >

Australian general says US warns war crime allegations could prevent work with Australia's SAS

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s defense force chief says the U.S. government has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S.

May 30, 2023 11:53 PM Read more >

Brother: Authorities told family that body of missing Missouri ER doctor was found in Arkansas

CASSVILLE, Mo. — The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found in northwest Arkansas, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dr.

May 30, 2023 8:26 PM Read more >

Private flight with 2 Saudi astronauts returns from space station with Gulf of Mexico splashdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station .

May 30, 2023 8:08 PM Read more >

US Border Patrol chief is retiring following end of Title 42 restrictions at US-Mexico border

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol is stepping down following major changes at the U.S.-Mexico border that came with the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions.

May 30, 2023 5:54 PM Read more >

Church associate arrested in death of pastor, councilwoman gunned down outside her New Jersey home

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A church associate of a pastor and town councilwoman who was gunned down in her SUV outside her home in February was arrested Tuesday on murder and gun charges, New Jersey prosecutors said.

May 30, 2023 3:26 PM Read more >

Russia says drones lightly damage Moscow buildings before dawn, while Ukraine's capital bombarded

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A rare drone attack jolted Moscow early Tuesday, causing only light damage but forcing evacuations as residential buildings were struck in the Russian capital for the first time in the war against Ukraine .

May 30, 2023 2:08 PM Read more >

Mayor: 5 unaccounted for including 2 likely in wreckage of collapsed Iowa apartment building

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city of Davenport, Iowa, said Tuesday.

May 30, 2023 9:23 AM Read more >

Impeachment trial of Texas’ Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate , where the jury that would determine

May 29, 2023 7:58 PM Read more >