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PHOTO ESSAY: Glitter, wings and whimsy: Black cosplayers turn Georgia woods into a fae wonderland
WARM SPRINGS, Georgia (AP) — Wearing gauzy wings and floaty dresses in a rainbow of…
California lawmakers rush $25 million to hospitals without knowing who qualifies
A $25 million grant to cash-strapped hospitals became law less than a week after it…
Moscow court orders Euroclear to pay compensation to Russia’s central bank over seized assets
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow ruled in favor of the Russian Central Bank…
Students missing following attack by armed groups on school in northeastern Nigeria, police say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — An unspecified number of students are missing after suspected jihadi militants…
Mechanic Roberto Orozco-Ramirez walks free after more than 100 days in jail on immigration charges
A federal judge in Great Falls ruled to release Froid diesel mechanic Roberto Orozco-Ramirez from…
A political dynasty heiress and a former trade minister advance to Peru’s presidential runoff
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of a disgraced former president, and…
Wyoming cuts wolf hunt in half to buoy Yellowstone region’s disease-depleted population
Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following…
Israeli forces set up a camp in the Iraqi desert during Iran war, officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) — Israeli forces set up a post in the desert in Iraq at…
Trump says new sculpture garden honoring 250 prominent Americans will rise along the Potomac River
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent…
John Travolta surprised with honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) — John Travolta was surprised with an honorary Palme d’Or at the…
The balikbayan box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home
PHOENIX (AP) — Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was…
Michigan limits hunters to one buck in Lower Peninsula, urges doe killing
At a meeting that lasted more than nine hours, Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission voted Wednesday…
Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic leaders, desperate to compete in red states where their party…
Created as IDs, dog tags became a crucial link between military families and fallen troops
Family members often clench them as if they were still clasping their fallen loved one’s…
Nashville HBCU Fisk University Launches $900M Campus Transformation – With a Data Center
Fisk University President Agenia Clark on Thursday announced a $900 million plan to remake the…
What to know about the investigation into Memphis forward Brandon Clarke’s death
Brandon Clarke’s death raised countless questions. So far, there are few answers. And it’ll probably…
UK government faces weeks of uncertainty over the prime minister’s future
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government faces a prolonged period of uncertainty after a week of…
Search for bodies of Italian divers in Maldives cave suspended due to bad weather
MALE, Maldives (AP) — A high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers…
Justice Department to seek death penalty for man charged with killing 2 Israeli Embassy staffers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused…
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to a Eurovision Song Contest that embraces linguistic diversity
VIENNA (AP) — English has long been pop music’s dominant language, but it no longer…
Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to declare that Democratic…
Kyiv mourns as death toll from Russian attack in the Ukrainian capital rises to 24
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a…
Jane Schoenbrun’s queer slasher movie ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ jolts Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — “A good electric chair” is how Jane Schoenbrun describes their first…
Vermonters will vote on equal protection amendment to state constitution this fall
Vermont voters will have the chance to weigh in on another amendment to the state’s…