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Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says 05/11/2024 11:25am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that Virginia man charged in bomb threat at Prince William County courthouse complex 05/11/2024 08:38am • Police have charged a Haymarket, Virginia, man with making threats to bomb the Prince William County courthouse and jail. At 1:53 p.m. Thursday, the suspect entered the lobby with a bag he immediately brought to a restroom, Prince William County police Master Officer Renee Carr said in a release. Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere 05/11/2024 05:30am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio A train in central Buenos Aires strikes a boxcar on the track, injuring dozens 05/11/2024 02:05am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At least 90 people were injured in Argentina's capital when a passenger train struck an empty boxcar on the tracks and derailed Friday, authorities said, a rare collision that fueled questions about basic safety. The train was on its way from Buenos Aires to the nort Mariners starter Bryan Woo leaves in 5th inning with arm tightness but expected to make next start 05/11/2024 01:14am • SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners’ starter Bryan Woo left Friday’s game with one out in the fifth inning for precautionary reasons after experiencing tightness in his arm, but is expected to make his next turn in the rotation for Seattle. Making his first start of the year after being slowed by a sore The Flores agreement has protected migrant children for nearly 3 decades. Changes may be coming 05/11/2024 01:03am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration wants to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that provides court oversight of how the federal government cares for migrant children in its custody. The request to a U.S. district judge, filed Friday, comes weeks after the Health and Human Services De 'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest 05/10/2024 10:30pm • FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed At least 1 dead in Florida as storms continue to pummel the South. DeSantis declares emergency 05/10/2024 09:50pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Powerful storms packing hurricane-force winds killed at least one woman Friday in Florida as a week of deadly severe weather continued in the South, where uprooted trees crashed onto homes and knocked out electricity to thousands in several states. City officials in Tallah A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline 05/10/2024 09:50pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected “unusu Woman to celebrate first Mother's Day at home since emerging from 5-year coma 05/10/2024 09:02pm • ▶ Watch Video: Mom refuses to give up on daughter put on life support after car crash Dowagiac, Michigan — For Peggy Means, every Mother's Day had been just another day without her daughter, Jennifer Flewellen, who was critically injured in a 2017 car crash at the age 35. Flewelle Alaska governor issues disaster declaration for areas affected by flooding from breakup of river ice 05/10/2024 08:25pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration for southwest Alaska communities that have experienced flooding due to the spring breakup of river ice and snowmelt. Water surrounded some homes in low-lying areas of the regional hub of Bethel, while much of Kweth Hawaii officials outline efforts to prevent another devastating wildfire ahead of a dry season 05/10/2024 08:01pm • HONOLULU (AP) — As Maui continues to recover from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, Hawaii officials are looking at preventing another similar disaster ahead of what is expected to be a dry, fire-prone season, Gov. Josh Green said Friday in proclaiming Wildfire Mitigation and Ris US plans to impose major new tariffs on EVs, other Chinese green energy imports, AP sources say 05/10/2024 07:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the plan. Tariffs on electric vehicles, in particular, could qu Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows 05/10/2024 06:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Blinken; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Croatia conservative leader Plenkovic appointed as prime minister-designate for third term 05/10/2024 06:31pm • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian conservative leader Andrej Plenkovic was formally appointed prime minister-designate on Friday for a third consecutive term after he forged an alliance with an extreme right party following an inconclusive election. Plenkovic's ruling Croatian Democratic Union won t