Hong Kong to probe cause of warehouse fire; 3,600 evacuated
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters will investigate the cause of a blaze that broke out Friday at a warehouse…
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Protesters greet Netanyahu as he meets UK leader in London
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to London office while…
Continue Reading India expels Rahul Gandhi, Modi critic, from Parliament
By ASHOK SHARMA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister…
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Indigenous artists help skateboarding earn stamp of approval
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Years ago, skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards…
Continue Reading Indigenous artists help skateboarding earn stamp of approval
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Years ago, skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards…
Continue Reading 1500 evacuated as Spain’s fire season starts early
JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — More than 1,500 people have been evacuated as a major forest fire rages in Spain’s…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the first time…
Continue Reading French protests continue; King Charles III’s trip postponed
PARIS (AP) — French citizens angry at President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms engaged in scattered protest actions Friday, as the ongoing…
Continue Reading Serbia: 9 migrants found among aluminum rolls in truck
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s customs authorities say they have discovered nine migrants hiding among aluminum rolls in a truck headed to…
Continue Reading Hong Kong traffic accident leaves 87 people injured
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Four passenger buses and a truck collided near a Hong Kong road tunnel Friday and 87 people were…
Continue Reading Guilty of abetting abortion, Polish woman vows to fight on
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Justyna Wydrzyńska was found guilty of helping a woman obtain abortion pills. That’s a crime…
Continue Reading Elderly Ukrainian helicopters pummel Russians from afar
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Skimming the treetops, three Soviet-era attack helicopters bank and swoop down on a field after an early-morning…
Continue Reading Wall Street ends higher, marking 2nd winning week in a row
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shook off a weak start and ended higher on Wall Street even as worries about banks on both…
Continue Reading China threatens consequences over US warship’s actions
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China is threatening “serious consequences” after the U.S. Navy sailed a destroyer around the…
Continue Reading Scandal-plagued Japan tech giant Toshiba gets tender offer
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Scandal-embattled Japanese electronics and technology manufacturer Toshiba has accepted a $15…
Continue Reading Why murder defendant was free before killings in Washington
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was…
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NBC 11 Sports: Shamrock baseball off to hot start, a glimpse of boys soccer All-Region honors
Spring sports season keeps moving along in full swing with Yuma Catholic winning their 11th game so far – but the winter sports keep creeping back…
Continue Reading Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq (AP) — The oil is pumped 24 hours a day several meters from Raghed Jasim’s home in Iraq’s…
Continue Reading Sex trafficking plea deal unending ‘nightmare’ for Texas mom
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Irma Reyes’ mind raced as her husband drove through the predawn darkness toward a courthouse…
Continue Reading A sex trafficking case, a plea deal and a mother’s pain
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Irma Reyes changed clothes in the back seat of the pickup: skirt, tights, turtleneck, leather…
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