Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab…
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An American soldier went missing in the Korean War. How his late mother’s faith he’d come home has finally been realized
By Kaila Nichols and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Sub-zero temperatures. Frigid winds. Snow falling across a “tundra-like” plain. These…
Continue ReadingA parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over…
Continue ReadingTrooper involved in arrest of Philadelphia’s head of LGBT affairs ‘no longer employed’ by state police
By Paradise Afshar and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The trooper who arrested the head of Philadelphia’s LGBT affairs and her husband, an…
Continue ReadingRutgers PhD student delivers dissertation hours after giving birth
By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — In late March, Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez had a plan leading up to her April 24 due date. Coined “Operation…
Continue ReadingTrump is increasingly directing personal attacks against independent rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is known for leveling constant and often personal attacks on top rivals such as…
Continue ReadingArrest made in 2001 killing of University of Georgia law school student
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — More than two decades after authorities discovered a University of Georgia law student’s body at her…
Continue ReadingUS special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — U.S. special operations commanders are having to do more with less and they’re…
Continue ReadingDutch broadcaster furious, fans bemused after Netherlands’ Joost Klein is booted from Eurovision
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — A Dutch public broadcaster has reacted angrily after the Netherlands’ contestant in…
Continue ReadingDozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests
By Scott Glover, Audrey Ash and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the history of ‘outside agitators’? Here’s what to know about the label and campus protests
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to…
Continue ReadingPoland’s prime minister vows to strengthen security at EU border with Belarus
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has visited the country’s border with Belarus and…
Continue ReadingRussia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed…
Continue ReadingTips to make a house or apartment safe and accessible for older adults living at home
The Associated Press With a majority of Americans preferring to live in their own homes as long as possible, experts stress the importance of…
Continue ReadingSome older Americans splurge to keep homes accessible while others struggle to make safety upgrades
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brenda Edwards considers the four bedroom ranch-style house where she has lived for…
Continue ReadingFlash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people…
Continue ReadingPoor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Makinda says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the…
Continue ReadingSwitzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over war in Gaza
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with “The Code,” an…
Continue ReadingIsrael orders new evacuations in Gaza’s last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city…
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Warm Mother’s Day Weekend
The area is under the influence of a large dome of high pressure that is expected to park over the Pacific Northwest Saturday. The result will be…
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