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Unusual floods in eastern Congo causing hardship to almost half a million people, WFP says 05/10/2024 07:18am • GOMA, Congo (AP) — Floods caused by unusually heavy rains in eastern Congo caused hardship for more than 470,000 people, the World Food Program said Wednesday. Heavy rains late last year caused rivers and lakes in the South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces to overflow, destroying crops, blocking road AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maryland's presidential and state primaries 05/10/2024 07:07am • ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to add to their string of victories and pad their delegate totals in Maryland on Tuesday as the presidential primary campaign enters its final weeks. Voters will also decide contested primaries in a U.S. Senate race t PGA CHAMPIONSHIP '24: Scheffler takes aim at another major at Valhalla course favorable to No. 1 05/10/2024 06:00am • Only 31 days separate that moment from when Scottie Scheffler slipped on the Masters green jacket to when the world's No. 1 player embarks on the second leg of the Grand Slam at the PGA Championship. And yet it seems so much has transpired in such a short period of time. Fresh off his second Masters Several closely-watched US House primaries in Maryland are loaded with candidates 05/10/2024 05:15am • Three open Maryland congressional seats have led to a flood of candidates in a trio of districts, providing dozens of choices for voters in the May 14 primary. The sprawling 6th District, which stretches from part of Montgomery County, through the Frederick area to the westernmost counties of the Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country 05/10/2024 03:06am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. Instead of having a single council president, four veteran politicians will take turns leading the cou Ex-Venezuelan diplomat 'never' considered being president but will launch campaign this month 05/10/2024 12:38am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A few weeks ago, Edmundo González Urrutia was just another grandfather visiting his daughter and grandchildren, who live abroad, enjoying two months of family time in retirement. But the leisurely pace - and the anonymity - will have to wait as he now campaigns to become Artemi Panarin scores in overtime, Rangers beat Hurricanes 3-2 to take 3-0 series lead 05/10/2024 12:21am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The New York Rangers erased an early deficit to take momentum, only to squander their own lead late with a huge postseason road victory only minutes away. It didn't prevent them from staying unbeaten in the NHL playoffs with a second straight overtime win, and inching closer t Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence 05/10/2024 12:10am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian Creole: “We don’t care if they hate us, b UC president recommends UCLA pay Cal Berkeley $10 million per year for 6 years 05/09/2024 11:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins' upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12. The recommendation was m Senate passes bill improving air safety and service for travelers, a day before FAA law expires 05/09/2024 10:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires. The bipartisan bill, which comes after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s After Weinstein's case was overturned, New York considers strengthening sex crime prosecutions 05/09/2024 09:34pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to get his rape conviction overturned, proposing a bill to strengthen sexual assault prosecutions after the disgraced movie mogul’s case was tossed. The state's highest court late last month threw out Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records 05/09/2024 09:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to convince jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money criminal trial cannot be believed. “Yo New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder, other charges in young daughter's death 05/09/2024 09:02pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 56 years in prison on murder and other charges as relatives of the child called him a monster. That sentence States with abortion bans saw greater drops in medical school graduates applying for residencies 05/09/2024 08:52pm • Fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to residency programs, but the drop is more striking in states that ban abortion compared with other states. Figures released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges showed continuing declines after the group first spotted the differe 2 skiers killed after being caught in Utah avalanche following late spring snowstorms, sheriff says 05/09/2024 08:08pm • SANDY, Utah (AP) — Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after they were swept up and buried in an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said. A rescue team went to the area mid-morning aft