Stuck container ship in Chesapeake Bay finally refloated
BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship the length of more than three football fields has finally been pried from the muddy bottom of the Chesapeake Bay…
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For ‘Fantastic Beasts’ series, a case of diminishing returns
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” got off to a less than magical start in its first weekend in U.S.…
Continue ReadingGreek police: Migrant shot dead while crossing from Turkey
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say a migrant has been killed by gunfire at the…
Continue Reading‘This land is in blood’: A Ukraine village digs up the dead
By CARA ANNA and EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press MYKULYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — On a quiet street lined with walnut trees was a cemetery with four…
Continue ReadingHoly days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press It’s a convergence that happens only rarely. Judaism’s Passover, Christianity’s Easter and Islam’s holy…
Continue ReadingLibya oil company says field closed amid political impasse
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s national oil company says it has been forced to shut down an oil field amid a political…
Continue ReadingSpain intercepts fishing boat with 3 metric tons of cocaine
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say have detained a fishing vessel loaded with nearly three metric tons (3.3 short tons) of cocaine south of the…
Continue ReadingChristian faithful mark Easter in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Christian worshipers gathered in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Democrats aim to beat Sen. Ron Johnson, but how?
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Wis. (AP) — A crowded field of Democrats is trying to figure out a winning strategy to unseat Republican…
Continue ReadingWilliam and Kate lead royals at Easter service; queen absent
LONDON (AP) — Senior British royals including Prince William and his wife Kate have attended an Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle.…
Continue ReadingTax Day laggards: Consider filing for extension if in a rush
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes, and this year is no…
Continue ReadingArchbishop says UK’s Rwanda migrants plan goes against God
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leader of the Anglican church has strongly criticized the British government’s plan to put…
Continue ReadingPope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the…
Continue Reading2 minors dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh party
By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say shots fired at a house party in Pittsburgh left two 17-year-olds dead and at least eight…
Continue ReadingPakistan warns neighbor Afghanistan not to shelter militants
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has fired off a sharp warning to Afghanistan’s hard-line religious rulers. It said…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office have criticized a…
Continue ReadingChina sending up next space station crew in June
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will launch three more astronauts to its newest space station in June after the latest crew returned this weekend…
Continue Reading14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India’s capital have arrested 14 people after communal violence broke out during a Hindu religious procession, leaving…
Continue ReadingIran confirms centrifuge workshop moved to underground site
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State media reports that Iran has confirmed it relocated a centrifuge facility to its underground Natanz nuclear site. The…
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