India’s population will pass China’s soon, but when exactly?
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and SIBI ARASU Associated Press India’s population will surpass China’s by the middle of this year. Unless it’s…
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Rutgers faculty go on strike, picket outside classes
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey’s flagship university went…
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Pentagon authorities investigate classified document leak
The Pentagon’s Deputy Press Secretary released a statement Sunday as authorities investigate a leak involving dozens of classified documents on the…
Continue Reading UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest…
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Arkansas church held Easter service days after tornado strike
Worshipping after destruction, members at the Wynne First United Methodist Church gathered to celebrate…
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Families Against Fentanyl launches billboard campaign
A nonprofit fighting against the opioid crisis has launched a billboard campaign in Los Angeles And Orange Counties in the hopes of raising awareness…
Continue Reading Doctors express ‘cautious optimism’ on Berlusconi’s health
ROME (AP) — The condition of former Italian premier Silvio Berlucsconi, hospitalized in intensive care for a lung infection, is progressively…
Continue Reading Bombs targeting Pakistani police in SW kill 4, wound 22
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman says two roadside bombings targeting police vehicles in volatile…
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‘Network disruption’ probed at California sheriff’s office
Southern California’s San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it experienced a “network disruption” to its electronic systems last week…
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Girl, 5, shot and killed on San Francisco Bay Area highway
A 5-year-old girl was killed in a weekend shooting on a highway in the San Francisco Bay Area, authorities said…
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Two men missing in hazardous portion of Arizona’s Salt River
Phoenix Fire Department crews searched a mile up and down a dangerous portion of the Salt River for two men who reportedly yelled for help and then…
Continue Reading 2 dead, 20 missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
ROME (AP) — German aid group ResQship says at least two migrants have died and about 20 others are missing after their boat sank in the…
Continue Reading English doctors’ strike could be catastrophic, official says
LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system. One official said…
Continue Reading Academic coaches help students finish community college
By REBECCA GRIESBACH, AL.com PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her…
Continue Reading Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s northwestern…
Continue Reading New BOJ head says banks stable, rules out major policy shift
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The new governor of Japan’s central bank has signaled, once again, that he plans no drastic…
Continue Reading Grand jury weighs charges for police in Jayland Walker death
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in…
Continue Reading Fire damages Massachusetts church after Easter services
CAMBRIDGE A fire broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services, with more than 100 firefighters working to save the 114-year-old…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: How to protect parents from financial scams
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Scam artists often target older adults because they hold significant levels of wealth, but family and friends can…
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Jon Rahm a Masters champion everyone saw coming
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm is a Masters champion, and he can say he saw this coming based on the message in a…
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