706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record ( apnews.com )
How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough....
Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue ( apnews.com )
Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the country....
Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus ( apnews.com )
Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday....
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site ( apnews.com )
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians ( apnews.com )
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
“Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of war crimes committed by the U.S. government,” his wife, Stella Assange, said. “Reporting a crime is never a crime.”
Robbers made off with "several million euros" of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’ ( apnews.com )
What do we know so far about the mysterious crash of the helicopter carrying Iran's president? ( apnews.com )
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
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Helicopter carrying Iran's president suffers a 'hard landing,' state TV says without further details ( apnews.com )
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. ...
‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates ( apnews.com )
The Virginia State Police investigator seemed puzzled about what the inmate was describing: “unbearable” conditions at a prison so cold that toilet water would freeze over and inmates were repeatedly treated for hypothermia....
Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president ( apnews.com )
Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values ( apnews.com )
Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values ( apnews.com )
As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians....
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? ( apnews.com )
House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies ( apnews.com )
The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war....
New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling in New Mexico and West Texas ( apnews.com )
Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world’s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins....
Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules ( apnews.com )
A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidat e with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday....
They were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors ( apnews.com )
What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues ( apnews.com )
Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden ( apnews.com )
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The Vatican declares that it can no longer confirm the supernatural... but you can worship it anyway. ( apnews.com )
The new norms reframe the Catholic Church’s evaluation process by essentially taking off the table whether church authorities will declare a particular vision, stigmata or other seemingly divinely inspired event supernatural....