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Ontario man now holds world record as oldest kidney transplant recipient
Walter Tauro says he didn’t even know what Guinness World Records were before he was…
Newspaper edits its column about LSU-UCLA game after Tigers coach Kim Mulkey blasted it as sexist
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Los Angeles Times has edited a column it published last…
King Charles shakes hands, chats with crowd at most significant public outing since cancer diagnosis
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III shook hands and chatted with onlookers after attending an…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is to undergo hernia surgery.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery…
Nunavut celebrates 25th anniversary with optimism but also housing concerns
IQALUIT, Nunavut – P.J. Akeeagok was a teenager in a tiny hamlet on the tip…
Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry
MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share…
First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when…
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Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge BALTIMORE (AP)…
Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge
BALTIMORE (AP) — Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and…
Pope presides over Easter Vigil, delivers 10-minute homily after skipping Good Friday at last minute
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday…
Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar
JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400…
Funeral held for slain New York City police Officer Jonathan Diller
NEW YORK (AP) — A procession of New York Police Department officers, on foot and…
Ambassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre
MOSCOW (AP) — Foreign diplomats in Russia laid flowers Saturday at the site of last…
Israel acknowledges troops killed 2 Palestinians after video captures shooting on a Gaza beach
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded a third on Gaza’s…
Some of Trump’s allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for…
Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lucy Pitka McCormick’s relatives cooked salmon, moose, beaver and muskrat over…
As conflict worsens in eastern Congo, 2 armed groups pledge to respect civilians
GENEVA (AP) — Under a crystal chandelier in a hall where the first Geneva Convention…
Texas appeals court overturns voter fraud conviction for woman on probation
FORT WORTH, Texas – A Texas appeals court has overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter…
In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday rituals
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the…
Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it’s not required to care for children at migrant camps
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned the Biden administration’s position…
Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum to…
Nigerian family in Montreal facing imminent deportation pleads to stay
MONTREAL – With one week left before her family’s scheduled deportation from Canada, Deborah Adegboye…
California governor to deploy 500 surveillance cameras to Oakland to fight crime
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are being installed in the city…
Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or…