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King Charles III crowned with regal pomp, cheers and shrugs

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless- Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to…

Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot

By David Rising - Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able…

Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence

PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. [caption id="attachment_1584188" align="aligncenter"…

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of…

A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, 'killed for nothing'

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bound to the country of his birth by ailing parents and his devotion to treating Sudan's poor, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting…

US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Matthew Lee and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation's port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing…

'Dancing With the Stars' judge Len Goodman dies at 78

LONDON (AP) — Len Goodman, an urbane long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has died aged 78. Agent Jackie Gill said Goodman “passed away peacefully,” without giving a cause. A former dancer, Goodman was a…

Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. special operations forces have carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan. Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 22, 2023. The fighting in the capital between…

Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs

SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss…