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Police in Northern Ireland declare security alert after reports of a car bomb explosion
April 26, 2026 - 2:26 AM

LONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland have declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT
April 26, 2026 - 3:05 AM

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents' dinner. Trump unharmed
Trump safe after he is evacuated following shooting at Washington journalists' dinner, in photos
April 26, 2026 - 1:37 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was unharmed and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association after a man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby and opened fire.
Accused WH correspondents’ dinner attacker is tutor and computer programmer from California
April 26, 2026 - 12:10 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer.
Despite Russia’s war, one Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil
April 25, 2026 - 11:49 PM

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine (AP) — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked deadly radiation exposure to contain its aftermath.
A growing amateur choir brings joy and community to hundreds in Serbia
April 25, 2026 - 11:23 PM

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An amateur pop choir that started with a couple dozen singers in a small Serbian town has found unexpected success across the country. Its motto? Anyone can sing.
Photos show Palestinian couples celebrating a mass wedding in Gaza
April 25, 2026 - 10:59 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, central Gaza (AP) — Dozens of brides were dressed in traditional Palestinian prints, while grooms wore suits with keffiyehs around their necks as they walked hand-in-hand past drummers and guests who waved Palestinian flags in a mass wedding held in central Gaza on Friday.
Here's what we know about security measures at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner
April 25, 2026 - 10:37 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect detained after a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is believed to have made it past the outermost layer of security at the event at which President Donald Trump was scheduled to speak because he was a guest of the hotel, officials said Saturday.
An explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
April 25, 2026 - 10:05 PM

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates.
Philippine officials say 2 Americans among suspected communist rebels killed in clash with troops
April 25, 2026 - 9:35 PM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Americans were among 19 suspected communist guerrillas who were killed in clashes with Philippine troops in a central province earlier this week, a government anti-insurgency task force said Saturday night.
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Police in Northern Ireland declare security alert after reports of a car bomb explosion

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

Trump safe after he is evacuated following shooting at Washington journalists' dinner, in photos

Accused WH correspondents’ dinner attacker is tutor and computer programmer from California

Despite Russia’s war, one Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil

A growing amateur choir brings joy and community to hundreds in Serbia

Photos show Palestinian couples celebrating a mass wedding in Gaza

Here's what we know about security measures at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

An explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists

Philippine officials say 2 Americans among suspected communist rebels killed in clash with troops

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