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Deaths from Congo floods approach 400 as search continues 05/07/2023 04:24pm • GOMA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. The administrator of the worst-affected area, the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province, told The Associated Press by phone that more bodie ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ opens to $114 million 05/07/2023 02:11pm • There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This weekend, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which says goodbye to this iteration of the space misfits and its driving creative voice, director Ja Ex-Penn State RB Brown embarks on NASCAR pit crew career 05/06/2023 12:59pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Journey Brown never envisioned a future without football. He certainly never envisioned one in racing. The last time he walked off the field after a game, Brown had run for 202 yards and two touchdowns, leading Penn State to a 2019 Cotton Bowl victory over Memphis. He had Tips surge after nurse practitioner charged with sex crimes 05/06/2023 12:28pm • AMES, Iowa (AP) — More than 70 tips have poured in after an Iowa nurse practitioner who is accused of photographing a teen's genitals during an exam was arrested on sex crime charges, police say. Several districts and one university also have issued alerts that Carl Markley, 44, performed school Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care 05/06/2023 10:37am • Less than a year after losing her daughter Emilia at five days old, Jillian Phillips suffered a miscarriage. It was Halloween weekend in 2016, and her doctor said she could wait for it to end naturally, have a surgical procedure or take medication. She chose the medicine, passed the remains of her n Sudan envoys begin talks amid pressure to end conflict 05/06/2023 10:17am • ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s warring sides began talks Saturday that aim to firm up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, the United States and Saudi Arabia said. The negotiations, the first betwee Hospitalized Berlusconi makes first public statements 05/06/2023 09:19am • MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has made his first public statements since being hospitalized a month ago, delivering a video address to his Forza Italia political party on Saturday. Berlusconi, who appeared in the video sitting at a desk set up inside the hospital and flanke Attackers kill Pakistani Sikh in drive-by shooting in Lahore 05/06/2023 09:11am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani Sikh was killed by unknown assailants in a drive-by shooting in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, police said. The man, identified as Sardar Singh, was shot by gunmen riding on a motorcycle in Lahore’s residential neighborhood of Nawab Town. He was on a Qatar flies aid into Sudan, airlifts evacuees amid fighting 05/06/2023 05:24am • PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — Qatar flew a relief flight into Sudan carrying some 40 tons of food and left with 150 evacuees early Saturday as fighting continued between two generals vying for power in the African nation. The Qatari Emiri Air Force C-17 Globemaster touched down in Port Sudan, some 670 Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder 05/05/2023 08:57pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, Fulton County Jail records show. Deion Patterson waived his first court appearance Thursday, a day after pol Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia 05/05/2023 07:05pm • ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, three Sudanese officials said. The Heat, Lakers head home, seek 2-1 leads over Knicks, Warriors 05/05/2023 06:07pm • MIAMI (AP) — Miami and New York are wondering who will be able to play. Golden State and the Los Angeles Lakers are wondering which team will land the next punch. A pair of Game 3s await as the NBA’s conference semifinals continue Saturday — the fifth-seeded Knicks visit the eighth-seeded Heat Over-the-counter birth control pill faces FDA questions 05/05/2023 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug Administration raised numerous concerns about drugmaker Perrigo’s application to sell its decades- Data Doctors: The freezing computer survival guide 05/05/2023 05:20pm • Q: My computer has begun to freeze on an intermittent basis; what should I do? A: One of the most annoying situations in computing is when the computer freezes up in the middle of an important task, seemingly out of nowhere. The reality is that when this happens, it’s a sign you have a signi UN experts warn Taliban restrictions may amount to femicide 05/05/2023 04:12pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a team of U.N. experts warned on Friday. Since they seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have barred women from most jobs and workplaces, and girls can’t go to sch