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Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children, police say

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being used by illegal miners to process gold in a settlement of closely packed metal shacks, South African police and local officials said

Jul 6, 2023 1:38 AM Read more >

As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction Wednesday as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military

Jul 5, 2023 5:10 PM Read more >

A bus careens into a gulch in southern Mexico, leaving 27 people dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing at least 27 passengers, an official said.

Jul 5, 2023 4:59 PM Read more >

Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Jul 5, 2023 4:18 PM Read more >

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change ext

Jul 5, 2023 1:42 PM Read more >

UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court Wednesday over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 passengers and cr

Jul 5, 2023 9:08 AM Read more >

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes a

Jul 5, 2023 4:09 AM Read more >

Woman rescued after days stuck in swamp in Massachusetts park after hikers hear screams, police say

EASTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who went missing last week has been found alive in a swampy area of a state park after hikers heard the woman's cries for help, police said.

Jul 4, 2023 4:59 PM Read more >

South Carolina woman dies after alligator attack near golf course lagoon

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman died Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while walking her dog near a golf course, authorities said.

Jul 4, 2023 4:58 PM Read more >

Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance wa

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