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Solomon Islanders cast votes in an election that will shape relations with China 04/17/2024 07:09am • HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) ��� Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation's first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining US navy flies aircraft through the Taiwan Strait a day after US-China defense chiefs hold rare talks 04/17/2024 05:53am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since November 2022 in an effort to reduce regional tensions. The patrol and reconnaissance plane ���transited the Tai The Kings eliminate the Warriors from play-in tournament with 118-94 win 04/17/2024 01:59am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� The chants of ���Light the Beam!��� started midway through the fourth quarter as the Sacramento Kings kept piling on the Golden State Warriors. A year after having their season ended by their neighbors, the Kings dealt the Warriors a bit of payback in emphatic fashion wit Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai's airport 04/17/2024 01:00am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubai's international airport. The state-run WAM news agency called the r US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B energy transmission project in Arizona 04/16/2024 09:31pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as Closure of troubled California prison won't happen before each inmate's status is reviewed 04/16/2024 08:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The planned closure of a federal women's prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won't occur before each inmate���s status has been reviewed, with an eye toward determining who will be transferred elsewhere or released, authorities say. Following the Bure A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction 04/16/2024 08:40pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill���s birthplace ahead of an auction in June. The painting by modernist artist Graham Sutherland was made in preparation for a larger portrait that Churchill hated an Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam brings new threat to Colorado River system 04/16/2024 08:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Plumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring concerns about future water delivery issues to Southwestern states supplied by the Colorado River. Federal officials recently reported damage to four tubes known as ���river outlet works� Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to neglect in disappearance of boy 04/16/2024 06:52pm • MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) ��� A man who was caring for a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy when he vanished in late Februar y pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of chronic child neglect. Jesse Vang, 39, entered the plea during his arraignment in a Manitowoc County court. A judge on April 4 ordered Vang to Mexican drug lord Joaqu��n 'El Chapo' Guzm��n claims he can't get calls or visits in a US prison 04/16/2024 06:18pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s once most powerful drug lord, Joaqu��n ���El Chapo��� Guzm��n is claiming he cannot get phone calls or visits in the maximum security U.S. prison where he is serving a life sentence. Guzm��n, who in the past was able to break out of Mexican prisons seemingly at will, AUTO RACING: Hendrick continues to dominate as Elliott ends winless drought; open-wheelers return 04/16/2024 06:12pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES GEICO 500 Site: Talladega, Alabama. Schedule: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. qualifying, Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FOX). Track: Talladega Superspeedway. Race distance: 188 laps, 500.08 miles. Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting 17th. Last race: Chase Elliott pulled ahead a Countdown clock for Paris Olympics hits 100-day mark on same day Olympic Torch is lit 04/16/2024 06:11pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The Olympic Torch is lit and the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is 100 days away. The countdown clock in Paris hit the 100-day mark Tuesday. That came on the same day the torch was lit at the birthplace of the sporting competition in Ancient Olympia, Greece. A relay of torchbe Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and last surviving member of 'Boys of Summer,' dies at 97 04/16/2024 05:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, acc 9 bodies found adrift in a boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say 04/16/2024 04:48pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat with several decomposing bodies say they were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil's northern coastal state of Par�� found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's Analysis: Kyle Larson settling in quickly as preparation continues for Indianapolis 500 debut 04/16/2024 04:34pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Kyle Larson said all the right things after completing 43 laps around Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of his preparation for his debut next month in ���The Greatest Spectacle of Racing.��� He was glad he completed the rookie orientation last October and didn't have to de