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Opposition activists arrested in a crackdown in Mali were moved to prisons, families say 06/26/2024 12:46pm • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Opposition politicians who were arrested in a crackdown in Mali were sent to prisons across the country this week, their families said, in a move rights groups decried as another step back for the country where the ruling junta has suspended all political activities. Mali, a l No charges for London driver who had seizure and plowed into a school, killing 2 children 06/26/2024 11:40am • LONDON (AP) — The driver of a 4x4 who plowed into a school in southwest London in July, killing two children, suffered a seizure that could not have been predicted and will face no criminal charges, police said Wednesday. The vehicle crashed into a crowd of children celebrating an outdoor end-of-y A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm 06/26/2024 10:18am • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers there, will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City. Citing the Vatican’s pledge in U.N. climate treaties to cu Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West 06/26/2024 09:36am • SACATON, Arizona (AP) — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe's water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe's rights to water in the Southwest, eventually Suspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight, South Korea says 06/26/2024 08:51am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, as North Korea protests the regional deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier for a military drill with South Korea and Japan. Later Wednesday, South Korea A look at Yekaterinburg, the Russian city where US reporter has gone on trial 06/26/2024 06:11am • Facts about Yekaterinburg, the industrial city in Russia's Ural Mountains where U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial Wednesday on espionage charges that his employer denounced as a sham: Location and population Yekaterinburg is 880 miles (1,416 kilometers) east of Moscow, roughly the distanc Knicks set to acquire Mikal Bridges in a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, AP sources say 06/26/2024 02:51am • NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates, two people with knowledge of the details said Tuesday. The first trade between the New York rivals since 1983 will put Bridges in th Gusty winds help spread fast growing central Oregon wildfire and prompt evacuations 06/26/2024 01:40am • LA PINE, Oregon (AP) — Gusty winds fueled a rapidly growing wildfire just outside the central Oregon community of La Pine and prompted evacuations Tuesday. The fire was estimated to be 2.7 square miles (6.9 square kilometers) in size Tuesday night, Central Oregon Fire Information posted on the soc Carleton and Collier lead Minnesota to Commissioner's Cup title with 94-89 win over New York Liberty 06/25/2024 11:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx put the WNBA on notice that they are a championship caliber team. Bridget Carleton scored 23 points and Collier added 21 to help the Lynx win their first Commissioner's Cup championship with a 94-89 victory over the New York Liberty on Tuesda Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid 06/25/2024 09:33pm • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop A Yemen Houthi attack targets vessel in waters farther away than many previous assaults 06/25/2024 09:14pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship farther away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The attack comes as the U.S. has sent the USS Dwight NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call 06/25/2024 08:02pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency's investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and b Instant-Approval Credit Cards That You Can Use Immediately 06/25/2024 08:00pm • The length of time it takes to open a credit card can vary depending on whether you apply online or in person, the type of card you apply for and the card issuer. In some cases, the process is instant, meaning you can get approved and use the card for purchases within a few minutes. For other cards, Star witness in Holly Bobo murder trial gets 19 years in federal prison in unrelated case 06/25/2024 07:45pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was granted his freedom after providing key trial testimony in the case of murdered nursing student Holly Bobo has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison on unrelated federal weapons charges, authorities said Tuesday. Jason Autry, 49, was sentenced b Arkansas man pleads not guilty to murder charges for mass shooting at grocery store 06/25/2024 07:39pm • CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas man accused of killing four people and injuring 10 others, including two police officers, in a mass shooting at a grocery store pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple charges connected to the attack. Appearing in court for the first time, Travis Eugene Posey, 44, p