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Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002 04/04/2024 12:38pm • McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma De President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994 Rwanda genocide 04/04/2024 11:54am • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so, a strong declaration ahead of the African country's 30th anniversary of the slaughter that left over 800,000 people dead. Macron’s offi Set to play in US for 1st time in 12 years, Anthony Kim says he's a new person in many ways 04/04/2024 11:52am • DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Kim says he once texted 100 people an invitation to come to his home and take away all his golf equipment. He's watched golf in recent years only as a sleep aid. He claims to have learned just this week that Brooks Koepka won back-to-back majors, something that happened South Carolina governor undergoes knee surgery for 2022 tennis injury 04/04/2024 11:17am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster underwent a minor, elective knee surgery Thursday morning for a tennis injury he sustained two years ago, the governor's office said in a statement. McMaster, who is the third oldest governor in the country at age 76, tore his meniscus while South Korea's president meets leader of doctors' strike as he seeks to end their walkouts 04/04/2024 07:31am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met the leader of a strike by thousands of junior doctors on Thursday and said that the government is open to talks about its contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions. The meeting was the first of its kind since m 9 Common Symptoms and Signs of a Kidney Problem 04/03/2024 08:00pm • You might think symptoms of kidney problems would be obvious. After all, the kidneys are among the most important organs in the body, carrying out crucial functions that enable us to live each day. But symptoms of kidney problems can be subtle -- which is why these conditions can be so dangerous. "K The Latest | Iran promises payback for Israel's apparent strike that killed top generals 04/03/2024 07:15pm • Iranian leaders renewed their promise to hit back after an airstrike widely blamed on Israel destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria, killing 12 people, including two elite Iranian generals. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Wednesday the attack “will not remain without answer.” The U.S. is conc With higher cancer death rates in rural areas, U.Va. seeks to improve prevention, access to clinical trials 04/03/2024 06:04pm • For years, doctors, public health experts and researchers have known the risk of dying from cancer is substantially higher if a patient lives in a rural area compared to an urban area. Now, two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts have outlined steps to improve cancer prevention for milli Biden faces protest over his support for Israel during White House meeting 04/03/2024 05:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has faced protests over the conflict in Gaza all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeting on Tuesday where Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and national security leaders could hear f Iowa repeals gender parity rule for governing bodies as diversity policies garner growing opposition 04/03/2024 04:00pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An explicit requirement that Iowa’s state, county and local decision-making bodies be balanced by gender was repealed Wednesday, a move that Gov. Kim Reynolds said was common sense but which critics warn may lead to fewer opportunities for women. Before signing the repeal US Rep. Lauren Boebert recovering from blood clot surgery 04/03/2024 11:45am • DENVER (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent surgery Tuesday in Colorado for a blood clot in her leg and is expected to make a full recovery, her campaign said in a news release. Boebert, a MAGA rabble-rouser, has represented the same Colorado House district since 2020 and is now Former Czech President Milos Zeman released from a hospital after surgery for a blood clot 04/03/2024 09:03am • PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech President Milos Zeman was released from a hospital Wednesday following surgery for a blood clot in his leg. Miloslav Ludvik, director of Motol University Hospital in Prague, said Zeman will now recuperate at home. Doctors at the clinic discovered during a medical check o 8-year-old lone survivor of South Africa bus crash will be discharged from hospital 04/03/2024 06:39am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The 8-year-old lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend will be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, health officials said. Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus Morocco hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art, a milestone for Afro-Cuban painters 04/03/2024 03:50am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — When Morocco 's King Mohamed VI visited Havana in 2017, Cuban-American gallery owner Alberto Magnan impressed him with a “full immersion” in the Caribbean island's art and culture, drawing a line between the cultural and historical themes tackled by Cuban artists and thos Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says 04/03/2024 01:20am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have become increasingly vulnerable to robberies and sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Wednesday. The watchd