WNBA fashionistas showcase their styles at the draft with spotlight on women’s hoops
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The WNBA wears Prada. The stars of the game wore top fashion labels Monday night that turned the draft into a…
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Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The European Union’s maritime security force says a cargo vessel seized in March by pirates off the Somali coast has…
Continue Reading The trial of a former Syrian general over alleged role in war crimes starts in Stockholm
By CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial of a former Syrian army general over his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012…
Continue Reading It’s Tax Day. And your refund may be big this year
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On this Tax Day, refunds are looking a bit bigger for taxpayers. According to the latest IRS…
Continue Reading Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding…
Continue Reading Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare a state of emergency in the southwest
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say lightning and heavy rains have killed at least 49 people across Pakistan in the past…
Continue Reading Testimony begins in lawsuit accusing Japanese police of racial profiling
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A civil lawsuit demanding damages for alleged racial discrimination by police in Japan has opened in…
Continue Reading Singapore PM Lee to step down on May 15 and hand power to his deputy
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says he will step down on May 15 after two decades at the helm and hand power to his…
Continue Reading World donors pledge $2.1 billion in aid for war-stricken Sudan to ward off famine
By BARBARA SURK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron says world donors are pledging more than $2.1 billion in aid for…
Continue Reading Are Americans feeling like they get enough sleep? Dream on, a new Gallup poll says
By DEEPTI HAJELA and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re feeling — YAWN — sleepy or tired while you read this and…
Continue Reading Sydney attack victims include a mother who saved her baby, a Chinese grad student and an architect
SYDNEY (AP) — The people killed and wounded by an assailant at a Sydney shopping mall were mostly women. Ashlee Good died saving her wounded baby.…
Continue Reading Macron says the Olympic opening ceremony on the Seine could be moved to stadium for security reasons
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer French President Emmanuel Macron says the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands’ elections could impact China’s influence in the South Pacific
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The country in which China has gained most influence in the South Pacific, Solomon…
Continue Reading 58 killed by 2 weeks of floods in Tanzania
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — That Tanzanian government says that flooding in the country has killed 58 people in the last two weeks as heavy rains…
Continue Reading Police officer, sheriff’s deputy and shooter killed in exchange of gunfire in upstate NY, police say
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two law enforcement officers were fatally shot while looking for a driver who fled a traffic stop in upstate…
Continue Reading Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in…
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It’s ‘Move More Month’: El Paso surgeon discusses knee replacement
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In honor of April being “Move more month,” ABC-7 looks at the factors associated with knee pain and how El Pasoans are…
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El Paso Police investigating man’s death in South-Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police’s Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating the death of man who was seen walking in and out of traffic,…
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Over $12 million in federal grants announced to support El Paso organizations helping migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Organizations providing shelter and services to migrants are receiving $300 million in grants from the Department of…
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TRAFFIC ALERT: Crash at Loop 375 at Spur 1966, all lanes closed
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police say a collision along Loop 375 East near Spur 1966 has shut down all lanes. The crash happened about 8:30 p.m.…
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El Paso Police identify pedestrian killed on I-10 West Saturday night
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police report Michael Prendergast was killed after he was hit by a semi as he crossed the westbound lanes of I-10…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street slump triggered by strong US spending data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares skidded Tuesday following a slump on Wall Street after higher yields in the…
Continue Reading In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly…
Continue Reading Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesia landslides that killed 20
TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother who were the last victims still missing after…
Continue Reading At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
By THEODORA TONGAS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or…
Continue Reading Judge set to hear motion to dismiss rapper Travis Scott from lawsuit over deadly Astroworld concert
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A judge in Texas is set to hear arguments Monday in rap star Travis Scott’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Croatia’s parliamentary election follows harsh contest between country’s top two officials
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s upcoming parliamentary election, set for Wednesday, follows a campaign…
Continue Reading Gun supervisor for ‘Rust’ movie gets 18 months in prison for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a…
Continue Reading Biden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran’s attack on Israel throws Mideast into greater uncertainty
By MATTHEW LEE, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Iraq’s leader at the…
Continue Reading The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona’s abortion ban
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press As Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln…
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