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A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 24 and wounds dozens
February 05, 2026 - 9:03 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from a massive bombing that tore through a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers has risen to 24, a Pakistani official said. Nearly a hundred people were injured, government officials and rescue workers said.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
February 05, 2026 - 9:05 PM

Oman mediates indirect US-Iran talks over Tehran's nuclear program
Takeaways from AP's report on a woman whose body was among 189 left to decay in a funeral home
February 05, 2026 - 8:47 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner will be sentenced Friday for stashing nearly 200 decaying human bodies in an office building over four years.
A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow
February 05, 2026 - 8:45 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.
Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies
February 05, 2026 - 8:45 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes will be sentenced Friday on corpse abuse charges.
Canada and France opening consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control
February 05, 2026 - 8:20 PM

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Canada and France planned to open diplomatic consulates Friday in the capital of Greenland, showing support for NATO ally Denmark and the Arctic island in the wake of U.S. efforts to secure control of the semiautonomous Danish territory.
Tropical storm leaves 4 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines after flooding and a landslide
February 05, 2026 - 8:06 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm set off flooding and a landslide in the southern Philippines, leaving at least four people dead, displacing more than 6,000 and trapping residents in houses in two flooded villages, officials said Friday.
Man whose mother was found among 189 decaying bodies tells the story
February 05, 2026 - 7:36 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes beneath a golden dewdrop tree with purple blossoms at his home on Maui’s Haleakala Volcano, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place looking over her grandchildren.
Rescuers search for woman swept away by river as Spain and Portugal battle Storm Leonardo
February 05, 2026 - 7:36 PM

MADRID (AP) — A woman in Spain who was swept up by a swollen river remained missing Friday as Storm Leonardo pummelled the Iberian Peninsula.
Sri Lanka Cricket asks Pakistan to reconsider boycott of India game at Twenty20 World Cup
February 05, 2026 - 5:21 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka Cricket has urged Pakistan to reconsider its planned boycott of a Twenty20 World Cup game against India in Colombo next week, saying a forfeited match could hit the tourism sector of a country still recovering from an economic collapse.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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A bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 24 and wounds dozens

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST

Takeaways from AP's report on a woman whose body was among 189 left to decay in a funeral home

A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow

Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies

Canada and France opening consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control

Tropical storm leaves 4 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines after flooding and a landslide

Man whose mother was found among 189 decaying bodies tells the story

Rescuers search for woman swept away by river as Spain and Portugal battle Storm Leonardo

Sri Lanka Cricket asks Pakistan to reconsider boycott of India game at Twenty20 World Cup

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