Doors close for final time on Amsterdam museum’s blockbuster Vermeer exhibition
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer has closed its doors for the final time. The national art…
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Official: Almost 80 schoolgirls poisoned, hospitalized in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An education official in northern Afghanistan says nearly 80 girls at two primary schools have been poisoned in a…
Continue ReadingMichigan wildfire that’s burned more than 3 square miles was sparked by campfire on private land
GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan wildfire that’s burned more than 3 square miles amid hot, dry conditions was sparked…
Continue Reading‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ swings to massive $120.5 million opening
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with a massive $120.5…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has temporarily suspended mobile phone data as the country reels from…
Continue ReadingMissing man’s body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing
By The Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment…
Continue ReadingSoccer fan arrested for wearing offensive jersey to FA Cup final referring to Hillsborough tragedy
LONDON (AP) — London police say a soccer fan who attended the FA Cup final has been charged for wearing an offensive jersey that apparently…
Continue ReadingTransgender adults in Florida `blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care
By THALIA BEATY, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions…
Continue ReadingFar-left protesters clash with German police in Leipzig after trial verdict
BERLIN (AP) — Far-left supporters of a woman sentenced to prison for participating in attacks on neo-Nazis and other extremists clashed with police…
Continue Reading7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash
CHICAGO (AP) — A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a…
Continue ReadingNo breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says representatives from Turkey and Sweden will meet in just over a week to try to…
Continue ReadingChuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’ and being replaced by Kristen Welker
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Todd said on Sunday that he’ll be leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous…
Continue ReadingVigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the…
Continue ReadingIran’s top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on ‘thugs and villains’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader has defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further…
Continue ReadingBiden’s 2024 pitch highlights pragmatism over Trump’s pugilism
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community holds Pride march, demands end to discrimination
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of members of Sri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community have paraded through the streets of the capital Colombo to mark the…
Continue ReadingRussia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s…
Continue ReadingNavalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday
MOSCOW (AP) — The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held…
Continue ReadingDeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Continue ReadingGuinea-Bissau votes to elect legislature more than a year after president dissolved parliament
By SAMBU ASSANA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill…
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