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Severe Midwest weather, including a tornado, leaves at least 14 dead in Kentucky; 7 dead in Missouri
May 17, 2025 - 6:14 AM

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Storm systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 21 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky.
A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say
May 17, 2025 - 6:10 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, killing nine people, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years that failed to yield a ceasefire.
Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed
May 17, 2025 - 6:07 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will allow the sale of forced-reset triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly, with the federal government ending a long-standing ban as part of a settlement that also requires it to return seized devices.
10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food
May 17, 2025 - 5:59 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food, authorities said.
3 Iranian men face spying charges in London court
May 17, 2025 - 5:56 AM

LONDON (AP) — Three Iranian men faced spying charges in a London court Saturday following an investigation by counterterror detectives.
AP PHOTOS: Clashes between India and Pakistan upend lives in a Kashmiri village
May 17, 2025 - 5:52 AM

GINGAL, India (AP) — Mohammad Younis Khan was among 40 residents seeking shelter in a cowshed when shelling began in Gingal, a scenic mountain village in north Kashmir on the Indian-controlled side of the de facto border with Pakistan. Men, women and children sought refuge in the 3-meter-by-4.2 meter (10-feet-by-14 feet) space, which they felt offered greater safety than their brick and cement homes.
Turkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President Erdogan
May 17, 2025 - 5:38 AM

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey in March when he traveled there to cover nationwide protests was released and returned home to Sweden on Saturday.
Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas to release hostages
May 17, 2025 - 5:37 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has launched a major operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages, the defense minister said Saturday, following days of intensive strikes across the territory that killed hundreds of people.
The old slang term '86' probably started as restaurant-worker jargon. Suddenly it's in the news
May 17, 2025 - 5:31 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The slang term at the center of a political brouhaha swirling around former FBI Director James Comey is an old one, likely originating as food-service-industry jargon before extending to other contexts. Some of that spread has given rise to accusations from Republicans that it was meant as a threat to President Donald Trump.
New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election
May 17, 2025 - 5:09 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women’s suffrage and America's expanding role in international affairs.
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Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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Severe Midwest weather, including a tornado, leaves at least 14 dead in Kentucky; 7 dead in Missouri

A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say

Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food

3 Iranian men face spying charges in London court

AP PHOTOS: Clashes between India and Pakistan upend lives in a Kashmiri village

Turkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President Erdogan

Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas to release hostages

The old slang term '86' probably started as restaurant-worker jargon. Suddenly it's in the news

New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election

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