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Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence 05/27/2024 12:05am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the crowded shelter where she’s been sleeping on the concrete floor for 10 months, a smile on her face despite harsh surroundings. Not yet a teenager, Juliana must navigate a Haiti oppres Amissville family charged with 60 animal abuse counts 05/26/2024 08:26pm • Laura Choi, 32, of Fairfax, a scientist with a biotechnology company, adopted one of the rescued Chihuahuas and named her Lychee Luigi "because she is so sweet like the lychee fruit, my favorite fruit." Lychee "had 11 teeth extracted last Monday and recovered very well." All of the rescued Rappahan Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit 05/26/2024 07:26pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health workers said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and “numerous” others were trapped in flaming debris. Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students 05/26/2024 07:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical school in Pasadena, California, is deliberating whether to become more open to LGBTQ+ students who previously faced possible expulsion if found to be in a same-sex union. That's according to a draft of proposed revisions to the seminar ONU pide recursos para pequeños estados insulares y priorizar la acción climática 05/26/2024 07:17pm • El secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, instó este domingo a la comunidad internacional a “movilizar los recursos” que necesitan los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (SIDS, en inglés) y a dar “prioridad” a la lucha contra la crisis climática. “ Christian group temporarily opens beaches it has closed on Sunday mornings as court fight plays out 05/26/2024 05:21pm • OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — For the first time in generations, beachgoers were out on the sand in a New Jersey shore community on the Sunday morning before Memorial Day as a Christian religious group fights the state over its regular beach closures there during Sunday services. The Ocean Grove Camp M After 'whites only' job posting, Va. tech company hit with fine from the Justice Department 05/26/2024 02:26pm • A tech company based in Loudoun County, Virginia, has been fined by the Department of Justice after it advertised that it was seeking "white" candidates for an open job posting. The job posting by Ashburn-based Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. was published in March 2023 and said that the company w Richard M. Sherman, who fueled Disney charm in 'Mary Poppins' and 'It's a Small World,' dies at 95 05/26/2024 12:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a Sma Over 670 people died in a massive Papua New Guinea landslide, UN estimates, as survivors seek safety 05/26/2024 08:41am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found. Serhan Akto Sube a 16 el número de muertos tras ataque de Rusia a una ferretería en Járkiv 05/26/2024 08:34am • (CNN) -- El número de personas que murieron tras el ataque ruso contra una gran ferretería en Járkiv, Ucrania, aumentó este domingo hasta al menos 16, según las autoridades.Entre los muertos hay una niña de 12 años, según la policía. Al menos 44 personas resultaron heridas.Las autoridades s At North Carolina's GOP convention, governor candidate Robinson energizes Republicans for election 05/26/2024 08:21am • Before Mark Robinson, North Carolina's GOP candidate for governor, even stepped on stage at the state party's convention Saturday, several state candidates took time in their own speeches to energize the crowd by vouching for Robinson's gubernatorial bid. When the state's lieutenant governor did tak Josef Newgarden was on top of the world after winning the Indy 500. This year feels much different 05/26/2024 08:20am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A social media post designed to introduce drivers in the Indianapolis 500 to the general public put Josef Newgarden in an awkward light when the reigning race winner was asked a simple question. “Which IndyCar driver would you take on a road trip?” asked the questionnaire. The death toll in Kharkiv attack rises to 14 as Zelenskyy warns of Russian troop movements 05/26/2024 06:55am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv. The bombing of Kharkiv on Sa UEFA celebrates growth of women's soccer as Barcelona lifts another Women's Champions League trophy 05/26/2024 05:11am • BILBAO, Spain (AP) — It was a night of celebration for Barcelona after another Women’s Champions League title, and for the women’s game in general after another season with significant growth in the sport. Barcelona defeated Lyon 2-0 to win its third European trophy and to add to its recent do Not possible to search for British climber and his Sherpa who went missing on Everest, official says 05/26/2024 03:29am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepali official said Sunday it wasn't possible to search for a British climber and his Sherpa guide who went missing after reaching the top of Mount Everest six days ago because both fell on their way down from “a very high altitude” on the Chinese side of the mountai