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Iconic former Uruguayan President José Mujica is diagnosed with esophageal cancer 04/29/2024 06:33pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Uruguay's former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, widely known as a leftist icon who transformed his small country into one of the most socially liberal in all of Latin America, said Monday that he has esophageal cancer. Mujica, 88, said he was diagnosed during a ro US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years and set performance standards 04/29/2024 06:10pm • DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Saf Maine governor will allow one final gun safety bill, veto another in wake of Lewiston mass shootings 04/29/2024 05:46pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Monday she will allow one of a final pair of gun safety bills — a waiting period for gun purchases — to become law without her signature in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. The governor announced that she would let a 10-day p Police say at least 1 suspect in shooting of officers in North Carolina is dead, no further danger posed to neighbors 04/29/2024 05:05pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say at least 1 suspect in shooting of officers in North Carolina is dead, no further danger posed to neighbors. Supporters, opponents of Minnesota trooper charged with murder confront each other at courthouse 04/29/2024 04:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Supporters and critics of a white Minnesota state trooper who's charged with murder for killing a Black motorist confronted each other at a courthouse Monday in an exchange that was heated but peaceful, reflecting the strong emotions that the politically charged case has generat UAB football team becomes first in NCAA Division I to sign with college athlete organization 04/29/2024 04:22pm • UAB became the first Division I football team to join a fledgling organization that hopes to represent athletes as college sports moves to a more professional model. After a meeting arranged by coach Trent Dilfer, athletes.org announced Monday its co-founders met recently with UAB's players and staf Libya demands improvements after leaked photos show tiny cell of Moammar Gadhafi's son in Beirut 04/29/2024 03:49pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Leaked photographs of the son of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the tiny underground cell where he has been held for years in Lebanon have raised concerns in the north African nation as Libyan authorities demand improvements. The photos showed a room without natural ligh Funeral services are held for a Chicago police officer fatally shot while heading home from work 04/29/2024 03:33pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of mourners lined the streets Monday to say farewell to a Chicago police officer who was shot to death while off-duty and heading home from work. Police officers, firefighters and others gathered along the funeral procession route to St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chic At least 45 people die in western Kenya as floodwaters sweep away houses and cars 04/29/2024 03:27pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Police official Stephen Kirui initially told The Associated Press that the Old Kijabe Dam, located Former teacher at New Hampshire youth detention center testifies about bruised teens 04/29/2024 03:16pm • BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A former teacher at New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Monday that she reported suspicious bruises on at least half a dozen teenage boys in the 1990s, including the former resident who filed a landmark lawsuit against the state. Brenda Wouters, who taught soc Loudoun Co. should add security officers at elementary schools, panel recommends 04/29/2024 03:04pm • Loudoun County Public Schools should add security personnel at elementary schools and boost security at after-school events, according to recommendations from a group tasked with reviewing the Virginia school district's safety and security protocols. Superintendent Aaron Spence put together the g Ecuador files complaint against Mexico at top UN court in spat over embassy raid 04/29/2024 02:47pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador filed a complaint Monday at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico’s illegal move to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly criticized raid on a Mexican embassy earlier this month. The Ecuadorian complain Police say law enforcement officers have been struck by gunfire in Charlotte, North Carolina 04/29/2024 02:36pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say law enforcement officers have been struck by gunfire in Charlotte, North Carolina. French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris 04/29/2024 02:18pm • PARIS (AP) — French police removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the elite institution in Paris on Monday. About 50 protesters set up tents at midday Monday at the Sorbonne university courtyard in support of Palestin UN asks South Sudan to remove new taxes that led to a pause in food airdrops 04/29/2024 02:09pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations has urged South Sudan to remove newly imposed taxes and charges that led to the suspension of U.N. food airdrops for thousands of people who depend on outside aid. The U.N Humanitarian Affairs Agency said Monday in a statement that the pausing of airdrop