By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his ideas are being met with little pushback and some enthusiasm by a new era of Republicans in Congress. It’s a shift from
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By Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — The four men accused of a deadly terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall last week were quickly identified by Russian authorities as being from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia. In the hours after the attack, videos began surfacing on Russian social media channels of the police detaining and
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Según las autoridades locales, una persona ha sido detenida después de presuntamente tomar rehenes en un bar en la ciudad de Ede, en el centro de Países Bajos. El incidente obligó a las autoridades a evacuar unas 150 viviendas de la zona, dijo la policía local. Dijeron que el motivo del
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — No. 2 seed Notre Dame narrowly lost 70-65 to No. 3 Oregon State on Friday in the Sweet 16, as its star player Hannah Hidalgo missed over four minutes of the game during which team staff struggled to remove her nose piercing. After playing the first
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican’s daily bulletin confirmed Francis would lead the
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has confirmed a deal with Egypt to increase its bailout loan from $3 billion to $8 billion. The board said its decision would enable Egypt to immediately receive about $820 million as part of the deal that was announced
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate, 115-foot-long (35-meter-long) carpet out of colored sawdust on the street. “A carpet is a moment of thanksgiving for all the
Continue ReadingBy LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the Cuban port city of Matanzas. “We’re all invited. And no one can exclude us,” Saralegui told same-sex couples
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday when a shell exploded near them while patrolling the southern Lebanese border, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said. The military observers are part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, which
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter outside his home in London. Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at London-based Iran International, was stabbed in the leg Friday afternoon. His Farsi-language satellite news channel has been long critical of Iran’s theocratic government. He is
Continue ReadingBy ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police detained a man Saturday after he left a nightclub where hostages had been held, apparently bringing a peaceful end to a tense, hours-long standoff. “The last hostage has just been released. One person was arrested. We cannot give more information at the moment,” police
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Officials using DNA analysis have identified the remains of a 19-year-old Virginian sailor killed in a World War II attack more than 80 years ago, the United States Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday. David Walker, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class while assigned to
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four United Nations military observers have been wounded while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said Saturday that the military observers were from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go three advisers, and two
Continue ReadingThe apa news agency says 17 passengers were hurt when a Bulgarian river cruise ship lost steering and hit the sides of a lock on the Danube in Austria. Eleven of the injured were taken to hospitals. The ship with 142 passengers aboard, most of them from Germany, temporarily lost power to its electronics system
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has finally launched an early, in-person voting system years after almost every other state in the country decided to offer a similar option to voters. Saturday marks the final day for Republicans and Democrats to vote early in the state’s presidential primary, a chance to
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — April begins Monday, and Mother Nature is bringing everything but the kitchen sink. A multi-day system will slide across much of the country and bring the potential for tornadoes, large hail, flooding and even snow. As if that weren’t enough, there could also be record warm temperatures. Widespread precipitation
Continue ReadingBy ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Three people who were held hostage for hours in a nightclub in the central Dutch town of Ede were released Saturday, police said, but they added that the “situation is not over.” Gelderland Police announced the hostage release in a message on X, formerly Twitter. They
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will have another shot at a $935 million Powerball jackpot that has been growing larger and larger since the last winner nearly three months ago. No one has won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. That streak without
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN A container ship colliding into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is drawing attention to potential vulnerabilities among some of America’s more than 600,000 bridges. The Key Bridge stood for 47 years, and in that time it never received the sort of jolt that anyone could have thought would bring
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