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Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens
JERUSALEM - A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials s...
Apr 30, 2021
India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system
NEW DELHI - India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms ...
Apr 28, 2021
Relief after verdict in Floyd killing, but what comes next?
NEW YORK - When the verdicts came in - Guilty, Guilty, Guilty - Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt flooding ...
Apr 21, 2021
Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case
MINNEAPOLIS - Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man's neck in a case that to...
Apr 20, 2021
Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd's death goes to the jury
MINNEAPOLIS - The murder case against former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupt...
Apr 19, 2021
The queen says goodbye to Philip, continues her reign alone
WINDSOR, England - Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal but solitary figure: Still the monarch, but now alone. The queen sat apart from family me...
Apr 17, 2021
'Godzilla' shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
By Cedar Attanasio, The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. - The 300-million-year-old shark's teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species. The ancient chompers looked less like the spea...
Apr 17, 2021
Funeral to praise Philip's 'courage' and support for queen
WINDSOR, England - Prince Philip will be remembered as a man of "courage, fortitude and faith" on Saturday, at a funeral that salutes both his service in the Royal Navy and his support for Queen Eliza...
Apr 17, 2021
Aneroid's Patrick Marleau poised to break Gordie Howe's games record
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Growing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Saskatchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey from that province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau beli...
Apr 16, 2021 Patrick Marleau at a San Jose Sharks practice. (San Jose Sharks/Twitter)
Police ID gunman in FedEx shooting as young male in 20s
INDIANAPOLIS - Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and interviewed scores of witnesses Friday in search of a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S., as family members of the ...
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