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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say skyscrapers are built with enough flexibility to

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has permanently ordered an Orlando city commissioner to stop interacting with a 96-year-old constituent that she is legally accused of defrauding. Circuit Judge Heather Higbee ordered the injunction in a civil case against Regina Hill on Friday. Hill was indicted last month on charges of elderly exploitation, identity fraud

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, more than half of 382 residents are women. Their collaboration on projects such as basket weaving has united many of them in a government-run reconciliation village, one of nine

LONDON (AP) — A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. Virgin said its Boeing 787-9 had completed a flight and had no passengers aboard when its wingtip clipped a stationary British Airways jet while being

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says a search is underway after armed gunmen ambushed and opened fire on a police vehicle, killing two people and injuring another two. The assault took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban militant group. Police said Saturday that the

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles overnight, and more strikes followed on Saturday afternoon, killing eight people and wounding 12 more. Seven people were killed and 12 were wounded in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, and one more person was killed in the southern Odesa

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday that upcoming U.S.-China talks will tackle a top Biden administration complaint that Beijing’s economic model and trade practices put American companies and workers at an unfair competitive disadvantage. “I think the Chinese realize how concerned we

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A roadside bomb has detonated in southwestern Syria, killing at least seven children, state media and a war monitor reported. It remains unclear who planted the bomb Saturday in the northern countryside of conflict-stricken Daraa province. Daraa stradles between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied

By SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared for another round of talks Sunday on brokering a cease-fire and securing the release of the remaining hostages, six months into the

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A gunfight at a suburban Miami bar has left two people dead and seven injured. Investigators say a fight broke out around 3:30 a.m. Saturday at a bar in Doral, Florida. Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta says that when a security guard at Martini Bar intervened, an unnamed man took out

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among dozens of people who have been detained by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking a road in the Dutch city. Thunberg was seen in a bus used by police to take detained demonstrators

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says a manhunt is underway after armed gunmen ambushed and opened fire on a police vehicle, killing two people and injuring another two. The assault took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban militant group. Police officer Tariq Khan said

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song. At London’s Waterloo station a choir belted out a rendition for commuters. In the

By ALI SWENSON and MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A second British lawmaker has acknowledged receiving explicit messages on his phone in what police are investigating as a malicious phishing attempt against politicians, their staff and journalists. Conservative legislator Luke Evans said he had been a victim of “cyber flashing and malicious communications” a month ago,

MOSCOW (AP) — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam broke in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, less than 12.4 miles north of the border on Friday

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police late Friday broke through the external