By COREY WILLIAMS, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MARIAM FAM and DARREN SANDS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be more attentive to their needs during the holy month of Ramadan when dawn-to-sundown fasting is
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MARIAM FAM and DARREN SANDS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be more attentive to their needs during the holy month of Ramadan when dawn-to-sundown fasting is
Continue ReadingMACAU, China (AP) — John Catlin holed a 20-foot eagle putt on Saturday for an 11-under 59 in the International Series Macau, becoming the first player in Asian Tour history with a sub-60 round. Catlin, a 33-year-old Californian with seven worldwide victories, became the fourth player this year to break 60 following Joaquin Niemann at
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Voting in the world’s largest democracy will stretch over seven phases, with different states voting at different times and results will
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Kunal Sehgal, CNN (CNN) — Polls in the world’s largest democracy India will open on April 19, the country’s election commissioner announced on Saturday, setting the stage for a nationwide election expected to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi clinch a rare third consecutive term. An estimated 960 million people
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a military post in northwest Pakistan. At least seven soldiers were killed in the bombing and ensuing shootout. In a statement, it said the attack happened on Saturday in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced its general elections will start on April 19 and results are expected on June 4. The voting will stretch over six weeks and seven phases, with different states voting at different times. Almost 1 billion voters — over 10% of the world’s population — will elect 543 members
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething is currently Welsh economy minister. He beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Gething needs to
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders joined the indirect negotiations
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay. Both sides are optimistic that they will achieve a result next week. The GDL union has called drivers for Deutsche Bahn out on strike repeatedly in the
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul will provide “great memories” for him and his wife, but he’ll attempt to focus on baseball. Ohtani spoke to journalists with Dodgers teammates at
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Texas has pushed a number of efforts – from legislation to legal challenges – in its feud with federal authorities over how to tackle the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border. For nearly two years, the Lone Star State has also sent asylum seekers to so-called sanctuary cities across
Continue ReadingBy OMAR AKOUR and LEO CORREA Associated Press ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Two Associated Press journalists aboard an American aid flight to Gaza observed the wreckage to the strip’s north as the plane delivered much-needed food aid to Palestinians below. The flight is part of a recent international effort to surge food
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is facing murder and other charges in connection with an early Saturday Indianapolis nightclub shooting that left one person dead and five others injured. Nicholas Fulk, 25, was arrested around 10 a.m. Saturday, the Indianapolis Metro Police Department said in a news release. On
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul will provide “great memories” for him and his wife, but he’ll attempt to focus on baseball. Ohtani spoke to journalists with Dodgers teammates at
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One person is dead and five others suffered injuries in a shooting at an Indianapolis bar. WXIN-TV reports Indianapolis Metro Police Department Commander Matthew Thomas has confirmed the death and the injuries resulting from the shooting shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. WXIN reports that Thomas says five victims were transported by emergency
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientist Dr. Randal Voss gets the occasional reminder that he’s working with a kind of superstar. When he does outreach events with his laboratory, he encounters people who are keen
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, killed two people, Russian officials said Saturday. A man and a woman died in the attack and three other people were wounded, regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Manveena Suri, Josh Pennington and Sophie Jeong, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a destructive so-called “vacuum bomb” in a claim Ukraine swiftly called nonsense. The deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a
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