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Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women 04/15/2024 08:48am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer's father blamed his son's frustra Germany's Scholz calls for fair competition and warns against dumping during China visit 04/15/2024 08:14am • BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for fair competition in trade relations with China while warning about dumping and overproduction as he spoke to students in Shanghai on Monday. Scholz is visiting China against the background of looming EU tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicl Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month 04/15/2024 05:07am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A cargo vessel seized by pirates off the Somali coast has been freed along with its crew after more than a month, the European Union’s maritime security force said Monday. Operation ATALANTA said in a statement that all 23 crew members of the Bangladesh-flagged cargo c In Modi's India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election 04/15/2024 02:23am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the nationwide elections that begin this week. A decade into power, and on the cusp of secur Car Review: Range Rover LWB has more space for people and cargo with loads of luxury at a big price 04/15/2024 12:49am • The front-end style of the Range Rover is modern without being too much or shouty. (WTOP/Mike Parris) It was just two weeks ago that I had to make do with a Range Rover Sport. Now, it’s time to up the luxury a few degrees with the Range Rover LWB — long wheel base — the head of the Land Ro More civilians die in Ukraine as analysts warn that delays in US aid will hamper Kyiv's forces 04/14/2024 11:32pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More civilians died across Ukraine on Sunday as analysts warned that delays in U.S. military assistance would see Kyiv struggle to fight off Russian offensives. One man was Sunday killed after a Russian drone hit the truck he was driving in the Sumy region, the local prosecuto India's national election will take place in phases over 44 days. Here's why it takes so long 04/14/2024 11:19pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. P McCutchen's 300th career home run helps lift Pirates over Phillies 9-2 04/14/2024 11:06pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit his 300th home run, Jack Suwinski had a grand slam and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 on Sunday to gain a split of the four-game series. Phillies star Bryce Harper was 0 for 4 and is in a 2-for-30 slide that has dropped his av Chase Elliott ends 42-race winless streak with overtime victory in NASCAR Cup race at Texas 04/14/2024 09:06pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott had to get through a few extra laps after 18 months since last winning a race. Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, ending a 42-race winless streak for NASCAR’s World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger 04/14/2024 08:32pm • CAIRO (AP) — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. At gunpoint, they whipped and slapped the woman, and terrorized her children. Then they expelled them from the fenced two-stor EBeauty wig exchange provides confidence for cancer patients 04/14/2024 08:32pm • Losing your hair due to cancer treatments can be a jarring experience. D.C. native Carolyn Keller, a two-time breast cancer survivor — first in 2004, then again in 2005 — said it's one of the things that affects you most at the beginning of your treatment journey because, for many people, it' Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan 04/14/2024 08:29pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people and injured 27 others in three days, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. Abdullah Janan Saiq, the Taliban’s spokesman for the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, said Sunday that flash flood NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Results 04/14/2024 08:09pm • Sunday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 276 laps, 45 points. 2. (22) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 276, 40. 3. (6) William Byron, Chevrolet, 276, 36. 4. (4) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 276, 40. 5. (17) Daniel Suá Gallen blanks Cardinals for 6 innings and Diamondbacks score 5 runs in 5th to win 5-0 04/14/2024 08:07pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen pitched six sharp innings and Corbin Carroll hit a two-run single in a five-run fifth to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Sunday. Gallen (3-0) threw 90 pitches, giving up four hits and walking two. He struck out seven, two of them coming w 7 of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy and Hold 04/14/2024 08:00pm • While it's certainly true that past performance is not indicative of future results, it can be asserted with confidence that the stock market tends to go up over time. Put another way, stocks have proven themselves to be excellent long-term investments. Some professional and individual investors tra