By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The resignation letter was short and direct. “I can no longer be under an oath to uphold the New Constitution of Ohio,” wrote Sabrina Warner in her letter announcing she was stepping down from the state’s Republican central committee. It was just
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Police in Vienna say they have launched a criminal investigation after three women were found dead in a brothel. A witness discovered traces of blood outside the building near the Danube River and alerted police on Friday evening. A police spokesperson told The Associated Press on Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Shirin Faqiri, CNN (CNN) — A 23-year-old mother who died after helping save her three young children from a house fire has now helped eight other people through organ donations, her family and the local coroner said. Madison Hope Summerville celebrated her 23rd birthday just three days before a house fire broke out on
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Heads of state across West Africa are meeting on Saturday to discuss the region’s challenges. They plan to call again on three junta-led nations to rescind their decision to quit the regional bloc and to review imposed sanctions imposed on Niger over its coup. The summit
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed Western leaders to Kyiv Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, as Ukrainian forces run low on ammunition and weaponry and foreign aid hangs in the balance. Zelenskyy posted a video from the Hostomel airfield together with Italian Premier
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The widow of the late dissident Alexey Navalny said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is engaging in “satanism” by refusing to release her husband’s body. “No true Christian could ever do what Putin is now doing with a body of Alexey,” Yulia Navalnaya said in video
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month caused an 18-mile (29-kilometer) oil slick, the U.S. military said Saturday. It also warned of the danger of a spill from the vessel’s cargo of fertilizer. The Rubymar, a British-registered, Lebanese-operated cargo vessel, was
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA LEÓN Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The death toll from a dramatic fire that left two residential buildings charred in the Spanish city of Valencia rose to 10 on Saturday after authorities announced they had located the remains of what they believed was the last missing person. Forensic police found the 10th
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Brazil’s president has alleged that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. He is doubling down on the strong rhetoric after stirring controversy a week ago by comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust. Israel has vehemently pushed back
Continue ReadingBY FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls National Park, home to one of the world’s natural wonders, the country’s parks spokesman said. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman told The Associated Press that the tourist went missing in the vast rainforest
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s Ministry of Defense says a World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea. The 1,100-pound explosive was discovered Tuesday in the backyard of a home in Plymouth, a port city on the southwestern coast of Britain. More than
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on a Belize-flagged ship earlier this month caused an 18-mile (29-kilometer) oil slick, the U.S. military said Saturday. It also warned of the danger of a spill from the vessel’s cargo of fertilizer. The Rubymar, a British-registered, Lebanese-operated cargo vessel, was
Continue ReadingLUCKNOW, India (AP) — A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with Hindu devotees has overturned and fallen into a pond in northern India, killing at least 15 people, including seven children. Police say the wagon was carrying around 40 devotees on the way to take a ritual bath in the Ganges River when it
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled as a precaution after suffering a mild flu, the Vatican press office said in a short statement, without adding details. Francis was scheduled to meet with Rome deacons Saturday morning. The pontiff, 87, had already been forced to cancel some of his activities in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused President Vladimir Putin of mocking Christianity by trying to force his mother to agree to a secret funeral after his death in a penal colony. Yulia Navalnaya said in a video released Saturday that Navalny’s mother, who wants her son’s body returned
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign has for weeks been looking ahead to the Republican primary in South Carolina, her home state where she was twice elected governor. After losing to former President Donald Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire, then Nevada and the US Virgin Islands, Haley’s candidacy for the
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western leaders descended on Kyiv Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled overnight to Kyiv by train along with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Canadian Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Just over a year ago, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl captivated the hearts of New Yorkers when he fled from a Central Park Zoo enclosure after it was vandalized. Flaco, dubbed “one of New York’s Flyest” by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, died Friday after colliding
Continue ReadingWCBS, DAVID BARRET@BIRDCENTRALPARKMOLLY BANGLES, X.COMMELISSA BREYER, CNN, David Barret@birdcentralparkMolly Bangles/X.comMelissa Breyer By Dalia Faheid and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Just over a year ago, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl captivated the hearts of New Yorkers when he fled from a Central Park Zoo enclosure after it was vandalized. Flaco, dubbed “one of New York’s Flyest”
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ever since Myanmar’s military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks, Thwel sees very few options. The 25-year-old schoolteacher in Myanmar’s southern Mon state believes she must flee the country or face fatal consequences. She’s a supporter of the Civil Disobedience Movement, which carries out
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