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Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen children 116 fired rifle rounds into the Minneapolis church, the city's police chief said Thursday....
Aug 28, 2025

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, Houthis say
CAIRO (AP) - Israeli airstrikes rocked the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Thursday, hitting the seat of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels' rule in Yemen, the Houthis and the Israeli military said. The strik...
Aug 28, 2025

UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon next year after nearly 5 decades
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of 2026 after nearly five decades, bowing to demands ...
Aug 28, 2025

Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
CHICAGO (AP) - The Trump administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdow...
Aug 28, 2025

Closure of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center can proceed, judge says
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Miami has refused to pause her order requiring the winding down of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" whil...
Aug 28, 2025

Russian attack kills 3 and injures 12 in Ukraine's capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital early Thursday killed at least three people and injured 12, local authorities said. Among the dead was a 14-year-old c...
Aug 27, 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week
BEIJING (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend a military parade in the Chinese capital, North Korean and Chinese state media said Thursday. China will...
Aug 27, 2025

Daniil Medvedev is fined $42,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse for US Open outburst
NEW YORK (AP) - Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of $42,500 by the U.S. Open on Wednesday - more than a third of his $110,000 tournament prize money - for his meltdown during a first-round loss after...
Aug 27, 2025

Prominent Bolivian opposition leader to be transferred from jail to house arrest
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho won his release to house arrest Wednesday after two years and eight months of pretrial detention, a surprise move that empowered...
Aug 27, 2025

A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing tw...
Aug 27, 2025

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