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Trapped by Sudan fighting, dozens of infants, toddlers and children died in Khartoum orphanage 05/31/2023 12:54pm • CAIRO (AP) — At least 60 infants, toddlers and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in harrowing conditions in an orphanage in Sudan’s capital as fighting raged outside. Most died from lack of food and from fever. Twenty-six died in two days over the weekend. The extent 1 person killed in boiler explosion at southeastern Texas power plant 05/31/2023 12:49pm • FRANKLIN, Texas (AP) — One person was killed when a boiler exploded at a southeastern Texas power plant Wednesday morning, according to a spokesperson for Dallas-based Luminant. “A contractor was fatally injured” in the blast about 8 a.m. at the Oak Grove Power Plant, according to a statement German police say teen injured in post-match brawl with French team has died 05/31/2023 12:15pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match brawl with an opposing team at an international youth tournament in Germany over the weekend, officials said Wednesday. Frankfurt police said in a statement that a postmortem ex Are airplane seats too small? Senators want the FAA to look again 05/31/2023 12:00pm • (CNN) — Two Senate Democrats want the Biden administration to take another look at whether airplane seats are too cramped. The pressure – in the form of legislation from Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin – would require the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct new airplane cabin North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea 05/31/2023 10:10am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise. After an unusually quick admission of failure, North Ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie planning to launch GOP presidential campaign next week 05/31/2023 09:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to launch a Republican presidential campaign next week in New Hampshire. Christie, who also ran in 2016, is planning to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politi Facing sweltering summers, California's Newsom floats plan for state to buy energy 05/31/2023 09:04am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For most of the year, California's quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses. Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation's most popul US Border Patrol chief is retiring after seeing through end of Title 42 immigration restrictions 05/31/2023 08:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he's retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday in a n A mix of Beckham and Gazza, Man City's Grealish emerging as the face of English soccer 05/31/2023 07:56am • Armed with the boyish charm and marketability of David Beckham and the skills and playfulness of Paul Gascoigne, Jack Grealish has a potent mix that has seen him quickly emerge as the face of English soccer. Now that he is starting to add trophies to his growing list of endorsement deals that alread Brother: Authorities told family that body of missing Missouri ER doctor was found in Arkansas 05/30/2023 11:26pm • The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found in northwest Arkansas, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from in text messages around 7 a.m. May 21. His brother, Richard Forsyth, said authorities c 'The Ride' docuseries takes peaks and valleys of professional bull riding by the horns 05/30/2023 10:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — If at first you’re thrown from the bull, try, try again — at least that’s part of what the new docuseries “The Ride” highlights. “Bull riding: you have to eat, sleep and breathe it. Whenever you go to bed at night, you got to be thinking about it,” said 25-year-old Ez Sex offenses in marriage: Maryland to drop spousal defense in sex crime cases 05/30/2023 10:30pm • Maryland will no longer allow someone to use marriage as a defense against allegations of sex crimes starting Oct. 1. The change in Maryland law was approved during the most recent General Assembly session in Annapolis and followed a yearslong effort by advocates and several legislators to change Uganda's president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases 05/30/2023 09:25pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn't criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ How the new AI-powered Arlington Co. call system will impact you 05/30/2023 08:30pm • Instead of a person answering the phone during nonemergency calls for assistance in Arlington County, Virginia, a computer system will be picking up the phone. According to the county, the artificial intelligence system “Amazon Connect” will be greeting people who call the region's nonemergen Florida police search for 3 gunmen who wounded 9 at crowded beach on Memorial Day 05/30/2023 08:21pm • HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding a 1-year-old and eight others while sending people frantically running for cover. Hollywood police sought