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A Russian strike on Kharkiv's TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 04/23/2024 11:52am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike that smashed a prominent skyline television tower in Kharkiv was part of the Kremlin���s effort to intimidate Ukraine���s second-largest city, which in recent weeks has come under increasingly frequent attac NATO newcomer Finland is now a 'front-line state' for the alliance, Finnish president says 04/23/2024 11:16am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a "front-line state," given that it has doubled the military bloc's border with Russia. Finland, which became the 31st NATO member in April 202 3, ha AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls 'dangerous and abusive' 04/23/2024 11:12am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she���d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco���s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw ���Product of India,��� she wr A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed 04/23/2024 09:35am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� A new memorial opened on Tuesday in the Czech Republic on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Roma, after a communist-era pig farm was removed. The official opening capped a process that took decades and was made possible after the Czech government agreed to remove the NFL draft has been on tour for a decade and the next stop is Detroit, giving it a shot in spotlight 04/23/2024 09:32am • DETROIT (AP) ��� The NFL draft has taken the show on the road for a decade, giving cities around the country a chance to be in the spotlight. Detroit is on the clock. The Motor City, which was once one of the nation's largest and most powerful cities, has bounced back from filing for bankruptcy in 2 AUTO RACING: Reddick steals one at Talladega and Verstappen and Dixon get open-wheel wins 04/23/2024 09:11am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Wurth 400 Site: Dover, Delaware. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:30 a.m., and qualifying, 11:20 a.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (FS1). Track: Dover Motor Speedway. Race distance: 400 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Martin Truex Jr. won after starting 17th. Last race: Tyle Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it's a pre-Olympics sweep 04/23/2024 07:57am • PARIS (AP) ��� French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the River Seine on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ������social cleansing'' ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually cold April morning, around 30 t Australia and Papua New Guinea leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground 04/23/2024 03:12am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australia and Papua New Guinea���s prime ministers on Tuesday began trekking into the South Pacific island nation���s mountainous interior to commemorate a pivotal World War II campaign and to underscore their current security alliance, which faces challenges from China A cluster of earthquakes shakes Taiwan after a strong quake killed 13 earlier this month 04/23/2024 02:33am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� A cluster of earthquakes struck the island republic of Taiwan early Tuesday, the strongest having a magnitude of 6.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no reports of casualties in the quakes, although there were further damages to two multi-story buildings US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower 04/23/2024 12:06am • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The B Satellite photos suggest Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack 04/22/2024 11:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Satellite photos taken Monday suggest an apparent Israeli retaliatory strike targeting Iran's central city of Isfahan hit a radar system for a Russian-made air defense battery, contradicting repeated denials by officials in Tehran of any damage in the assault. The strike on an S- North Korean leader Kim leads rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack against enemies 04/22/2024 10:29pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country���s ���super-large��� multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to tests and threats that have raised tensions in the re WATCH: Black smoke visible for miles after Sterling warehouse catches fire 04/22/2024 10:00pm • A warehouse fire in Sterling, Virginia, sent black smoke billowing into the sky and triggered a significant emergency response Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a facility in the 100 block of Acacia Lane just after 3 p.m., according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. ���@WTOP��� Ma Chicago Bears schedule a Wednesday announcement on new stadium near lakefront 04/22/2024 09:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for ���a state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium��� on the city's Museum Campus near Lake Michigan. The announcement Monday said the plans also call for additional green and open space with acce Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels 04/22/2024 09:31pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it predicting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. ���People have been dr