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By Jessie Gretener and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — One person has been detained after allegedly taking hostages at a bar in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The incident prompted authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. They said the assailant’s motive was unclear but
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 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 PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans are in a sour mood about the economy for one main reason: Prices feel too high. Maybe they’re not rising as fast as they had been, but average prices are still painfully above where they were before the pandemic. And they’re mostly heading higher
Continue ReadingBy ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there. Police spokesman Simen Klok told The Associated Press people were being held hostage in the town of Ede but he declined to
Continue ReadingBy Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — It’s midday, and the sun is high in the sky, a natural cyan canvas peppered with puffy, cauliflower-shaped clouds. With little warning, the clouds cluttering the horizon start to vanish before your eyes. Not long after, the world begins to darken, as the golden orb that sustains life on
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during this summer’s Paris Games. Temporary facilities including grandstands are being built across the park, where up
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has welcomed the formation of a new Palestinian autonomy government, signaling it is accepting the new lineup as a step toward political reform. The State Department said in a statement late Friday that the Biden administration looks forward to working with the new group of ministers. Washington sees the
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis pulled out of a Good Friday service at the last minute, the Vatican said, “to preserve his health” ahead of major Easter events over the weekend. The 87-year-old pontiff’s well-being has been watched closely following an operation on his abdomen last year. In recent
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press LIMA (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has said she rejects the “unconstitutional and discriminatory” way an investigation into allegations of illicit enrichment is being carried out, after police broke down the front door of her house with a battering ram overnight in search of luxury watches.
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Folks across the valley are preparing for precipitation this Easter weekend. “It’s funny, I’m born and raised here in the valley. I’ve never seen it rain on Easter,” said Natalie Dawson, Executive Pastor at Southwest Church. The celebration already started drawing out crowds on Friday. 849 Restaurant and Lounge owner, Willie Rhine says he’s planning
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Betts hit his 29th leadoff homer for the Dodgers on the first
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools, a move that proponents say will ease a youth mental health crisis, bolster staff retention and offer spiritual care to students who can’t afford or access religious schools.
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lucy Pitka McCormick’s relatives cooked salmon, moose, beaver and muskrat over an earthen firepit on the banks of the Chena River, just outside Fairbanks, as they honored her life. They whipped whitefish, blueberries and lard into a traditional Alaska Native dessert, and dolloped servings onto a
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The truth, as it often is, was less strange than many had thought. After weeks of frenzied conspiracies about why Catherine, Princess of Wales, had been so long out of the public eye, she revealed the reason: She had been diagnosed with cancer, was in the early stages of
Continue ReadingBy DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Betts hit his 29th leadoff homer for the Dodgers on the first
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