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Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 4:07 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A medical rescue helicopter caught fire and broke apart shortly after takeoff Monday before crashing into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, killing a paramedic captain on board and a resident on the...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 1:04 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia intensified and was expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches Florida's Gulf Coast later this week, the National Hurricane Center said Monday, as officials declared states of emergencies in dozens...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 10:53 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday set a March 4, 2024, trial date for Donald Trump in the federal case in Washington charging the former president with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The decision from US...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 10:26 AM

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Rising trade barriers. Aging populations. A broad transition from carbon-spewing fossil fuels to renewable energy. The prevalence of such trends across the world could intensify global inflation pressures in the...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 8:20 AM

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of air travellers faced delays on Monday after Britain's air traffic control system was hit by a breakdown that slowed takeoffs and landings across the United Kingdom. Flight control operator National Air Traffic...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:06 AM

FUTABA (AP): For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing volume of radioactive wastewater held in more than 1,000 tanks has been a safety risk and a burden since the meltdown in March 2011. Its release marks a...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Washington (AP): A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three black people inside a Florida store on Saturday in an attack with a clear motive of racial hatred, officials said. The shooting in a Dollar...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Athens (AP): More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling three persistent major wildfires in Greece on Sunday, two of which have been...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:06 AM

HARARE (AP): Zimbabwe ‘s main opposition leader alleged on Sunday there had been “blatant and gigantic fraud” after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of another troubled election, with international observers reporting an...

Published:Sunday | August 27, 2023 | 5:02 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth ... more than $7 million. Trump's campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he...

Published:Sunday | August 27, 2023 | 1:26 PM

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico on a potential track to go ashore as a hurricane in the southern US, the National Hurricane Center said. At 2 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 80 miles (129 kilometres)...

Published:Sunday | August 27, 2023 | 11:09 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed Wednesday, killing...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 4:21 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city's mayor has told a television station. Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT "there are a number of...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 12:29 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday for most of the state's Gulf coast as forecasters say a weather system off the coast of Mexico could soon become a tropical...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 11:29 AM

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women's World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 12:08 AM

AP: A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 8:28 PM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's interim central bank governor called for the country's ruling class Friday to quickly implement economic and financial reforms warning that the central bank won't offer loans to the state and does not plan...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 2:41 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A theft ring stole nearly $2 million from bank customers in central Pennsylvania in an elaborate scheme in which the scammers, posing as bank employees, tricked people into giving up their account information, the...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 10:15 AM

LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday they are investigating the deaths of 88 people in the UK who bought products from Canada-based websites allegedly offering lethal substances to people at risk of self harm. The probe is part of...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 8:45 AM

The Kremlin on Friday rejected allegations it was behind a plane crash that is presumed to have killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose brutal fighters were feared in Ukraine, Africa and Syria and conducted a brief but shocking mutiny in...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:08 AM

BELMOPAN (CMC): Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has described as a “farce” the decision by Prime Minister John Briceño to allow his embattled Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Andre Perez, to proceed on leave while an investigation is...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

SANTO DOMINGO (AP): Authorities in the Dominican Republic fanned out across the Caribbean country on Thursday to evaluate the damage Tropical Storm Franklin inflicted on crops and homes after causing heavy flooding that killed at least two people...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A preliminary US intelligence assessment concluded that the plane crash presumed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion, US and Western officials said Thursday as Russian...

Published:Friday | August 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the Jesuit-run...

Published:Thursday | August 24, 2023 | 4:47 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice...

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