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In Ukraine, Schumer challenges Speaker Johnson to 'rise to the occasion' and pass more US aid 02/23/2024 02:03pm • Standing on Ukrainian soil in a surprise visit with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up a $95 billion national security package that includes aid for the country as it battles Russia's invasion. “The weight of histor Kenya mourns as marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is given a state funeral 02/23/2024 12:51pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum was given a state funeral Friday following his death in a car crash earlier this month, as many Kenyans urged the government to do more to protect the country’s famous athletes. Hundreds of dignitaries — from Kenyan Presi Gloom settles over Germany's economy, with businesses downbeat about the coming months 02/23/2024 11:59am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's businesses remain mired in pessimism, a key survey showed Friday, as Europe's largest economy struggles with shortages of skilled labor, slower global trade, high interest rates and political squabbling. The closely watched Ifo institute survey of business sent This week's cellphone outage makes it clear: In the United States, landlines are languishing 02/23/2024 11:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — When her cellphone's service went down this week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didn't panic. She just called the people she wanted to talk to the old-fashioned way — on her landline telephone, the kind she grew up with and refuses to get rid of even though Mike Tyson, Francis Ngannou set for Professional Fighters League debut in Saudi Arabia 02/23/2024 11:57am • Mike Tyson and Francis Ngannou are in Saudi Arabia, a pair of ferocious heavyweights with an eye on the championship belt. For Tyson, his role is ceremonial. The retired boxing great is set to present the winner of three title fights in the inaugural PFL vs. Bellator: Champs card with a custom champ Indonesia and Australia hold defense talks as both nations move toward signing a security agreement 02/23/2024 09:44am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia held high-level talks in Jakarta on Friday as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who is set to become Indonesia's next leade Some Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity 02/23/2024 09:33am • Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization, giving allies of President Joe Biden new fuel for their efforts to center abortion access in the presidential election. “We’ve got AT&T says the outage to its US cellphone network was not caused by a cyberattack 02/23/2024 07:02am • AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early Thursday before it was restored. AT&T blamed the i Prominent K-pop composer, known as 'Shinsadong Tiger,' found dead, South Korean police say 02/23/2024 06:41am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Ho-yang, a prominent K-pop composer and producer better known by his professional name of “Shinsadong Tiger,” was found dead on Friday, South Korean police said. The Seoul Metropolitan Police said Lee, 40, was discovered dead at his Seoul studio. Police gave no fu Federal government begins the formal process of preparing for partial shutdown – again 02/23/2024 06:00am • Congress is quickly approaching a pair of government funding deadlines, with less than a week to go before a potential partial shutdown and lawmakers at an impasse with no clear plan in place to avoid it.On Tuesday, President Joe Biden met with four top congressional leaders at the White House, and Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says 02/23/2024 05:14am • GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April when cla Relatives of hostages in Gaza endure a nightmare, but dream their loved ones will be freed 02/23/2024 12:18am • KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, Israel (AP) — Gillian and Pete Brisley are picking up the pieces of their shattered lives. They are cleaning up the house where their daughter and granddaughters were killed by Hamas on Oct. 7 in hopes that their son-in-law — believed to be held captive in Gaza — may have somet Live updates | Israeli strikes kill over 70 in Gaza, and West Bank shooters kill an Israeli 02/22/2024 11:31pm • Israeli strikes have killed at least 71 people in southern and central Gaza in about 24 hours, the territory's health officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, tensions are rising in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where three gunmen opened fire Thursday morning on a road near a checkpoint, killing one I 'People have absolutely gone crazy': The latest effort to curb speeding in Maryland work zones 02/22/2024 10:15pm • Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller testified in favor of a bill that's designed to get drivers to slow down near work zones on Thursday. Miller, a former transportation engineer, told lawmakers in Annapolis that in 2023 there were more than 1,200 crashes in work zones across the state. "That's ov Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian contacts is returned to US custody 02/22/2024 08:55pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former FBI informant who claims to have links to Russian intelligence and is charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family was again taken into custody Thursday in Las Vegas, two days after a judge released him. Alexander