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Several people are wounded in a school shooting in Helsinki and police have detained a suspect
By The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
HELSINKI (AP) – A number of people were wounded in a shooting at a school in Helsinki on Tuesday and a suspect was detained, Finnish police said in a statement. The shooting took place at Viertola school in the city of Vantaa, outside the capital. No other details were immediately available... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aid group says Israeli strike kills 7 of its workers in Gaza, including foreigners
By The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – An apparent Israeli airstrike killed six international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver, the aid group said Tuesday, hours after it brought a new shipload of food into northern Gaza, which has been isolated and pushed to the brink of famine by Israel’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge expands Trump’s gag order after ex-president’s social media posts about judge’s daughter
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The judge in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal case on Monday declared his daughter off-limits to the former president’s rancor, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed and made false claims about her on social media. Judge Juan M. Merchan said the gag order he issued last week did not include ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says North Korea has fired intermediate range missile into its eastern waters
By Kim Tong-hyung And Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea on Tuesday test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, South Korea’s military said, adding to a series of weapons demonstrations that have raised tensions in the region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched from an area near the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says North Korea has test-fired a missile into its eastern waters
By The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s military says it has detected that North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, adding to a series of weapons demonstrations that have raised tensions in the region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday did not immediately confirm how far ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Gaza medical officials say an apparent Israeli airstrike killed four international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver after they helped deliver food and other supplies to northern Gaza that had arrived hours early by ship. Footage showed the bodies of the five dead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week abortion ban, but voters will soon have a say
By Brendan Farrington, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November. The court that was reshaped by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy destruction at Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, as Israeli troops end a 2-week raid
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy And Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Israeli military withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital early Monday after a two-week raid that engulfed the facility and surrounding districts in fighting. Footage showed widespread devastation, with the facility’s main buildings reduced to burned-out husks. The military has described the raid on Shifa Hospital as a major battlefield ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, but voters will soon have a say
By Brendan Farrington, The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases. The court that was reshaped by former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, paving way for 6-week ban
By The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect. The court that was reshaped by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ruled that the 15-week ban signed by DeSantis ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida voters will decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize pot in November
By The Associated Press on April 1st, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the state’s voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana, rejecting the state attorney general’s arguments that the measures should be kept off the November ballot. ABORTION RIGHTS The proposed amendment would protect the right to an ... Read More »
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