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Firefighters douse a blaze at a historic Oregon hotel famously featured in 'The Shining' 04/19/2024 01:31pm • GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) ��� Firefighters doused a late-night fire at Oregon's historic Timberline Lodge ��� featured in Stanley Kubrick���s 1980 film ���The Shining��� ��� before it caused significant damage. The fire Thursday night was confined to the roof and attic of the lodge, 60 miles (97 ki UN refugee agency tells Cyprus to stick to the law in its efforts at sea to thwart refugee boats 04/19/2024 01:25pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� The United Nations' refugee agency said Friday that Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn���t contravene international human rights laws or put passengers at risk. Cypr The US attempts a new military deal with Niger in a last ditch effort to stay 04/19/2024 12:44pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified, two Western officials told The Associated Press Friday. The officials, who spoke on co NATO secretary-general says some allies have air defense systems they could give to Ukraine 04/19/2024 12:34pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday pressed member countries to give more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated Kyiv's almost daily appeals for more Western air defense equipment. ���NATO has mapped out existing capabilities acro Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow's missiles kill 8 Ukrainians 04/19/2024 12:10pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine���s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a combat mission. Neither claim could be independently verified. Previous Ukrainian claims of shoot Chinese Grand Prix could deliver drama to F1 and slow Verstappen's victory march 04/19/2024 11:37am • SHANGHAI (AP) ��� The Chinese Grand Prix could deliver some much-needed drama to Formula 1, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen can't be penciled in as the almost-certain winner on Sunday. It���s also the season���s first GP with a sprint race, which means Friday���s practice session was the only one of t His goal likely saved Ferguson's job at Man United. Now Coventry coach could push Ten Hag near exit 04/19/2024 10:30am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Before Eric Cantona, David Beckham or Cristiano Ronaldo, there was Mark Robins. The list of Manchester United greats is long but Robins is not on it. Yet he is widely regarded as the man who saved former manager Alex Ferguson his job and provided the platform for more t Sports on TV for April 20 - 21 04/19/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, April 20 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Geelong at Brisbane AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. FS1 ��� NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 12:30 p.m. FS1 ��� ARCA Menards Ser BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain 04/19/2024 09:36am • John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so he could take customers fishing for sea trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico. But before the Mississippi captain could make his first charter trip in 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blew up European Union official von der Leyen visits the Finland-Russia border to assess security situation 04/19/2024 09:32am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� The head of the European Union's executive branch said Friday that Finland's decision to close its border crossings with Russia over a surge in migrants is a security matter for the whole 27-member bloc to consider. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made AP PHOTOS: For the world's largest democratic exercise, one village's polling officers are all women 04/19/2024 06:52am • CHEDEMA, India (AP) ��� The line was orderly at Government Middle School as people waited patiently to vote Friday, even after one of the voting machines malfunctioned. The officers at the polling station in Chedema village in India's tiny mountain state of Nagaland had arrived the day before, all o Dear wife: We need a Toyota GR86 sports car 04/19/2024 05:37am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger 04/19/2024 02:26am • MANADO, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. Mount Ruang on the northern side of Sulawesi Island had at least fi Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance 04/19/2024 01:03am • Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry out and allow tanks, armored vehicles and other heavy equipment to roll to key positions across the countryside. With the war in Ukraine now in its third year Today in History: April 19, 80 killed in Waco Siege, 168 killed in Oklahoma City bombing 04/19/2024 12:00am • Today is Friday, April 19, the 110th day of 2024. There are 256 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On April 19, 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed the structure after federal agents began smashing their way in; about