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A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in Iran
April 05, 2026 - 12:57 PM

The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.
Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority
April 05, 2026 - 12:39 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities has been reinstated by appeals judges, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel.
Photos show Christians celebrating Easter around the world
April 05, 2026 - 12:13 PM

Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the most important holiday in the Christian liturgical calendar.
The Latest: Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened
April 05, 2026 - 12:00 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his threat to hit Iran's critical infrastructure hard if the country's government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline.
4 dead in Alabama car crash during pursuit by state trooper
April 05, 2026 - 11:48 AM

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Four people died when a car that was being pursued by an Alabama state trooper went off the road and hit a tree, authorities said Sunday.
It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record. What to know about the moon flyby
April 05, 2026 - 11:24 AM

HOUSTON (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record.
Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
April 05, 2026 - 10:40 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
A long Mideast war could take away from support for Ukraine, Zelenskyy tells the AP
April 05, 2026 - 10:39 AM

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that a prolonged U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could further erode America’s support for Ukraine as Washington’s global priorities shift and Kyiv braces for reduced deliveries of critically needed Patriot air defense missiles.
3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany
April 05, 2026 - 8:57 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree in northern Germany during an Easter egg hunt, police said.
Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches
April 05, 2026 - 8:03 AM

JDEIDEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel.
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
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A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in Iran

Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority

Photos show Christians celebrating Easter around the world

The Latest: Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened

4 dead in Alabama car crash during pursuit by state trooper

It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

A long Mideast war could take away from support for Ukraine, Zelenskyy tells the AP

3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany

Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

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