By EMRAH GUREL Associated Press CANAKKALE, Turkey (AP) — Britain’s Princess Anne, New Zealand’s prime minister and Australia’s governor-general gathered near the World War I battlefields on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula for a dawn ceremony Friday to remember the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives in a tragic campaign 110 years ago. The
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By SAM METZ and JEAN-FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic’s capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, its streets haunted by fear and division. Yet, there was the open-air popemobile driving through a Muslim-majority neighborhood of Bangui, a zone off-limits
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By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hours after Pope Francis’ death was announced, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: “Rest in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing.” Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation. Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the
Continue ReadingNATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_P.Smith, Arizona, .365; Donovan, St. Louis, .356; Turang, Milwaukee, .346; Alonso, New York, .333; J.Lee, San Francisco, .333; Tatis, San Diego, .333; Naylor, Arizona, .323; Carroll, Arizona, .321; Ozuna, Atlanta, .318; Lux, Cincinnati, .316. RUNS_Tucker, Chicago, 25; Turang, Milwaukee, 25; Carroll, Arizona, 24; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 23; Tatis, San Diego, 23; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago,
Continue ReadingAMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .415; Goldschmidt, New York, .383; Kwan, Cleveland, .337; Springer, Toronto, .333; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .330; Bregman, Boston, .320; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .314; McKinstry, Detroit, .311; Witt, Kansas City, .303; Carpenter, Detroit, .299. RUNS_Judge, New York, 23; Soderstrom, Athletics, 19; Buxton, Minnesota, 18; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 18; Witt, Kansas City, 18; Bregman, Boston,
Continue ReadingAP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Tennessee joins nine other US states with measles outbreaks. Here’s
Continue ReadingAP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Tennessee joins nine other US states with measles outbreaks. Here’s
Continue ReadingAP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Tennessee joins nine other US states with measles outbreaks. Here’s
Continue ReadingAP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Tennessee joins nine other US states with measles outbreaks. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NBA Saturday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Cleveland 5½ (213) at MIAMI Oklahoma City 15½ (223) at MEMPHIS at LA CLIPPERS 6 (212½) Denver at GOLDEN STATE 3 (203½) Houston MLB Saturday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at N.Y YANKEES -180 Toronto +152 Baltimore -116 at DETROIT -102 Boston -120 at
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs selected Ohio State offensive tackle Josh Simmons with the final pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, giving quarterback Patrick Mahomes the blindside protector he was so sorely lacking last season. Simmons missed the majority
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By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The singer had spent the past 10 years visiting women incarcerated after defending themselves and, in doing so, killing their abusers.
Continue Reading By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The singer had spent the past 10 years visiting women incarcerated after defending themselves and, in doing so, killing their abusers.
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff. As President Donald Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass
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By PETER SMITH and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed an Easter Sunday message of unity and an appeal for the marginalized and migrants. “All of us,” he proclaimed, “are children of God!” In a dramatically different message Sunday, President
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for a celebration showcasing Native American and Indigenous dancers, musicians and artisans from around the world. Billed by organizers as the largest powwow in North America, the annual Gathering of Nations festival kicked off Friday with a
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration’s plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation is stirring up fears of heightened racial profiling even among legal residents, immigrants’ rights advocates say. For some, it’s a return to a climate from the recent
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration’s plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation is stirring up fears of heightened racial profiling even among legal residents, immigrants’ rights advocates say. For some, it’s a return to a climate from the recent
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration’s plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation is stirring up fears of heightened racial profiling even among legal residents, immigrants’ rights advocates say. For some, it’s a return to a climate from the recent
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 5, 9 (one, two, five, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for dawn services and street marches to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day. At least two Australian services were disrupted by protests. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton
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