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Oregon man found guilty of murder in 1980 cold case of college student after DNA link

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man living in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, has been found guilty in the 1980 cold case murder of a 19-year-old college student.3/18/2024 7:08 pm


Chinese billionaire pleads guilty to straw donor scheme in New York and Rhode Island

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire pleaded guilty Monday to violating U.S. election laws by funneling illegal straw donations to a New York City official, a member of the U.S. House and a congressional candidate. 3/18/2024 6:55 pm


Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.3/18/2024 6:54 pm


Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action.3/18/2024 6:51 pm


North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed to target South Korea's capital as he vowed to boost his war deterrent in the face of deepening confrontations with rivals, state media said Tuesday.3/18/2024 6:50 pm


Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders.3/18/2024 6:46 pm


Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a Japanese company's plan to buy an iconic American steel company.3/18/2024 6:33 pm


US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday.3/18/2024 6:31 pm


Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. 3/18/2024 6:23 pm


Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C.3/18/2024 6:17 pm


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Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.3/18/2024 6:54 pm


Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a Japanese company's plan to buy an iconic American steel company.3/18/2024 6:33 pm


London home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his 'exquisite clutter'

LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury ’s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for the first time in nearly half a century — minus his “exquisite clutter.”3/18/2024 5:59 pm


Famine is said to be 'imminent' in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Famine is "imminent” in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza's total population to the brink of starvation.3/18/2024 5:40 pm


Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.3/18/2024 5:01 pm


The UK's contentious plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is close to clearing Parliament

LONDON (AP) — The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday and could be passed into law within days.3/18/2024 3:21 pm


Gambia lawmakers refer the debate on female genital cutting to more committee discussions

SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — An attempt to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting in Gambia was sent for further committee discussions by lawmakers on Monday.3/18/2024 2:06 pm


Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

President Vladimir Putin extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination Monday to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West.3/18/2024 1:12 pm


How Russia's grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West

A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022.3/18/2024 11:53 am


Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — To no one's surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times.3/18/2024 11:12 am



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