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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel. The vote was 14-0 with Russia abstaining. It also demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law. The Swiss-sponsored resolution expresses grave concern

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America’s food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from

By JOSH KELETY/AP and ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS Despite growing demand for long-term care, the industry struggles with labor shortages, and experts worry about whether there will be enough workers in the future to care for America’s aging population. Reporting from The Associated Press and CNHI News found the country’s direct care workforce is predominantly made

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — When Makkabi Berlin became the first Jewish club to ever play in the German Cup last year, it was a moment of pure joy and pride for a team founded by Holocaust survivors. A year later, Makkabi is on the verge of the same achievement again,

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top law enforcement official says a bulletin about the deadliest mass shooting in state history sent to police agencies had been leaked onto social media early on. Maine State Police Col. William Ross made the comments Friday at a hearing before a

LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker who returned to work this week after losing his hands and feet to sepsis announced Friday that he will not run in the July 4 election. Conservative legislator Craig Mackinlay was welcomed with a standing ovation in the House of Commons on Wednesday, six months after sepsis put him

By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has waded into the European election campaign by warning that the next president of the European Commission should not seek support from far-right parties after next month’s vote. Left-leaning parties across Europe have been heaping pressure on their mainstream conservative and liberal counterparts

BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the removal of 25 Estonian buoys by Russian border guards on a river separating the Baltic country from Russia was “unacceptable.” Early Thursday, Estonian border guards noticed that their Russian counterparts had removed the floats that Estonia had installed on the Narva River to

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines are struggling to keep flights on time heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, but at least cancellations have been relatively modest so far. The big test comes Friday, which is expected to be the busiest day of the weekend for air travel. The Transportation Security Administration predicts

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse over several years in the 1990s has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing the rapper of sexual assault, battery and gender-motivated violence. April Lampros, who met Combs in 1994 when she was

By ALEX TURNBULL and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French prosecutor for riot-hit New Caledonia says a police officer has shot and killed a man after being set upon by a group of about 15 people. The shooting death on Friday is the seventh in unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago where