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Australian media reports that more than 100 people killed by landslide in Papua New Guinea
By The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – More than 100 people are estimated to have been killed in a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea on Friday, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest of the South Pacific island nation’s capital Port Moresby about 3 a.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden selected as nominee in Idaho Democratic caucuses
By Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Idaho Democrats on Thursday selected Joe Biden as their their nominee for the White House, giving the president more delegates after he already clinched his party’s 2024 nomination. The caucus was structured a bit differently than previous Democratic caucuses. Instead of listening to speeches and moving to various parts of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 6, state media say
By Hau Dinh, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed at least 14 people and injured at least six others, state media said Friday. The official Vietnam News Agency said the fire started around 12:30 a.m. and was accompanied by several explosions. The injured are stable and being treated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fire in an apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, kills 14 people and injures 3, state media say
By Hau Dinh, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed at least 14 people and injured three others, state media said Friday. The official Vietnam News Agency said the fire started around 12:30 a.m. and was accompanied by several explosions. It took an hour to extinguish the fire, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot
By The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot. The question of whether Biden will appear on the fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom
By Adam Beam, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
SACRAMENTO (AP) – Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California’s law is meant to circumvent an Arizona law – first passed in 1864 – that bans nearly all abortions in that state. The Arizona Supreme Court had ruled that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say
By The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
MADRID (AP) – Spanish emergency authorities say that four people have died and 21 more have been injured when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca Thursday. The accident occurred in the city of Palma on the Mediterranean island popular with tourists. Spanish news agency EFE and other media said that the building was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baltimore’s former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud. Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement and three years of supervised release. Marilyn Mosby was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baltimore’s former top prosecutor spared prison in sentence for mortgage fraud and perjury
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) – A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud. Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement and three years of supervised release. Marilyn Mosby was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son
By The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. Authorities say the boy was locked in a tiny bedroom closet for 16 hours a day over a month with his older brother as punishment for stealing his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
By Sara Cline, The Associated Press on May 23rd, 2024
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills,” say it ... Read More »
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