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Today in History: May 16, Nazis crush Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 05/16/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, May 16, the 137th day of 2024. There are 229 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue. On Fire threat eases near Canada's oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms 05/15/2024 11:22pm • The threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Favorable winds were expected to push the fire away from th What to know about Vladimir Putin's visit to China 05/15/2024 11:20pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China starting Thursday underlines an increasingly close partnership between the two allies who oppose the U.S.-led democratic order. China, led by President Xi Jinping, has offered robust diplomatic support to Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine and has Javier Assad shuts down Braves as Cubs roll to 7-1 win in series finale 05/15/2024 11:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Javier Assad pitched six shutout innings and the Chicago Cubs avoided being swept for the first time this season by beating the Atlanta Braves 7-1 on Wednesday night. Assad (4-0) allowed just four hits and walked one while matching a season high with seven strikeouts. He lowered his What to know about a bus crash that killed 8 Mexican farmworkers in Florida 05/15/2024 10:28pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A bus carrying farmworkers to a watermelon field in central Florida was sideswiped by a drunk driver and overturned in a field, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. The man accused of causing Tuesday's crash has a lengthy driving recor Driver said he smoked pot oil, took medication before Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers 05/15/2024 10:27pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) ��� A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus, killing eight Mexican farmworkers and injuring dozens more, according to an arrest report unsealed Wednesday. Bryan Maclean Howa Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M 05/15/2024 10:20pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million, their attorneys s Barge hits bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island, causing partial collapse and oil spill 05/15/2024 09:24pm • GALVESTON, Texas (AP) ��� A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into waters near busy shipping channels and closing the only road to a small neighboring island. No injuries were reported. The impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to The Latest | Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza 05/15/2024 08:42pm • Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza where over a quarter of the population has been displaced by fighting in the last few days alone. Israel has been pressi 3 dead after small plane crashes in Tennessee 05/15/2024 08:21pm • FRANKLIN, Tennessee (AP) ��� Three people are dead after a small plane crashed on Wednesday in Williamson County, local officials confirmed. Williamson County Chief Deputy Mark Elrod told reporters that the plane had left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was headed to Louisville, Kentucky, but crashed in M��xico detiene m��s migrantes que han cruzado su frontera sur que hace un a��o 05/15/2024 07:37pm • M��xico est�� deteniendo a casi tres veces m��s migrantes que han cruzado su frontera sur que hace un a��o, una tendencia que, seg��n funcionarios estadounidenses, ha ayudado a mitigar el aumento en los cruces de la frontera estadounidense que generalmente se observa en esta ��poca del a��o. Los Investigation continues into 4 electrical blackouts on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse 05/15/2024 07:22pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The electrical blackouts experienced by the container ship Dali before it left Baltimore���s port were ���mechanically distinct from��� those that resulted in the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge hours later, according to congressional testimony Wednesday. ���Two we New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states 05/15/2024 06:55pm • A new abortion clinic will open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state���s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services whose neighbors have severely restricted access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains NASCAR planning in-season tournament in 2025, with opening race in Atlanta 05/15/2024 06:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Following the lead of the NBA, the NASCAR Cup Series is planning a five-race, bracket-style tournament in the midst of the 2025 season, beginning with a night event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The tournament, which comes with a $1 million prize to the winner, is part of a new media r Mulino promete frenar la ruta del Dari��n: qu�� puede pasar con los migrantes 05/15/2024 05:42pm • (CNN Espa��ol) -- Los planes del presidente electo de Panam��, Jos�� Ra��l Mulino, para frenar la migraci��n irregular en la selva del Dari��n, una inh��spita regi��n que hace de frontera natural con Colombia, despiertan m��s interrogantes que certezas."Panam�� y nuestro Dari��n no es una ruta de tr