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Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing 05/30/2024 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry. In a letter Thursday to Attorney General Merric 14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case 05/30/2024 07:17am • HONG KONG (AP) — Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisi Today in History: May 28, Dionne quintuplets are born in Canada 05/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2024. There are 217 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada. On th Today in Sports - Barry Bonds hit his 715th career HR to pass Babe Ruth for 2nd-place all-time 05/27/2024 10:00am • May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. 1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan. 1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night ga Czech Republic shuts out Switzerland 2-0 to win hockey world championship 05/26/2024 07:01pm • PRAGUE (AP) — David Pastrnak and David Kampf scored as the Czech Republic shut out Switzerland 2-0 to win the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Boston Bruins forward Pastrnak broke the deadlock with 10:47 remaining in the final period, prompting the sold-out Prague Arena to erupt in wild ce Ahead of another donor conference for Syria, humanitarian workers fear more aid cuts 05/26/2024 01:53am • BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Living in a tent in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Rudaina al-Salim and her family struggle to find enough water for drinking and other basic needs such as cooking and washing. Their encampment north of the city of Idlib hasn't seen any aid in six months. “We used to get Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech 05/26/2024 01:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political recor Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement 05/24/2024 10:13pm • Within the heart of the Navajo Nation and in the shadow of the sandstone arch that is the namesake of the tribal capital, a simple greeting and big smiles were shared over and over again Friday as tribal officials gathered: “Yá‘át’ééh abíní!” It was a good morning, indeed, for Navajo P Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle 05/24/2024 06:55pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was charged Friday in a long-running witness tampering investigation. Uribe was formally charged with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into Uribe’s family ties to right Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency 05/24/2024 06:38pm • GENEVA (AP) — A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed — for now — to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic. After COVID-19 triggered once-unthink Rapsody's brave new album, 'Please Don't Cry,' displays strength through vulnerability 05/24/2024 01:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — If truth has the power to set one free, then Rapsody’s new album, “Please Don’t Cry,” has removed her from emotional imprisonment and gifted her immeasurable liberation. “People put up a mirror for me. I sat in the mirror myself…it was the beginning of healing. Heart-br Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury 05/24/2024 08:34am • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud. Democratic former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's sentence includes 12 mon Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away 05/24/2024 07:06am • LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, launched an offensive against the simian raiders on Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. Several high-profile cases of monkey-human conflict recently convinced authorities in Lopbu Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa's cholera crisis is worse than ever 05/24/2024 01:22am • LILANDA, Zambia (AP) — Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera. In sout UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is betting that calmer economic conditions will get him reelected 05/23/2024 08:22pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led. That's why his gamble to call a U.K. general election for July 4 has come as such a surprise. Those personal traits were supposed to be attributes that would endear him to British voters following