By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran ‘s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East. Speaking to
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals’ tense border on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, the first known border intrusion by North Korea in nearly a year. Violent confrontations and bloodshed have occasionally happened at the Koreas’ heavily fortified
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and China sparred over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves on Tuesday, as governments elsewhere were brainstorming strategies to cope with the trade war between the global economic giants. China said it will “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the
Continue ReadingTODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Chicago Cubs 10 Texas 6 Final Arizona 4 Baltimore 3 Final Athletics 10 San Diego 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Detroit 5 N.Y. Yankees 0 Final Cleveland 1 Chicago White Sox 0 Final Toronto 6 Boston 1 Final L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 3 Final Kansas City 2 Minnesota
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Apr. 08. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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By The Associated Press Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women, according to Palestinian medics. Gaza’s Health Ministry says the bodies of 58 people killed by Israeli strikes have been brought to hospitals over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Israel’s Supreme
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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more than a millennium ago. Greece has rapidly secularized alongside the rest of Europe, and other Aegean
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MOSCOW (AP) — NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to put the Soyuz MS-27 carrying the trio in orbit. They docked at the station
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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s comptroller authority said Monday an audit found irregularities in the renewal of a 25-year port concession in the interoceanic canal and it would request an investigation into the authorization of the contract to a Hong Kong company. Comptroller-General Anel Flores said the audit found some payment defaults, accounting miscalculations and
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER, KRISTIN M. HALL and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents were anxious Tuesday to return to their flooded homes and assess what’s salvageable, even as stubbornly high waters kept some of them waiting even longer. Susan Williams returned
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER, KRISTIN M. HALL and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents were anxious Tuesday to return to their flooded homes and assess what’s salvageable, even as stubbornly high waters kept some of them waiting even longer. Susan Williams returned
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year. The announcement from acting President Han Duck-soo came four days after the Constitutional Court unanimously
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BEELITZ, Germany (AP) — Asparagus season has arrived in Germany, signaling the unofficial beginning of springtime. There is no other vegetable that Germans obsess about as much as white asparagus. They can discuss for hours whether it should be eaten with melted butter or Hollandaise sauce, served with smoked ham
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By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all.
Continue Reading By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all.
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail, his attorney told appeals court judges Tuesday as he sought to win back his government-funded protection. Harry, whose rare appearance in court indicated the case’s importance to him, lost his police bodyguards in
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail, his attorney told appeals court judges Tuesday. Harry, whose rare appearance in court indicated the case’s importance to him, lost his government-funded protection in February 2020 after he stepped down from his role
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NBA Wednesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at WASHINGTON OFF (OFF) Philadelphia at ORLANDO OFF (OFF) Boston at TORONTO OFF (OFF) Charlotte LA Lakers 5 (228) at DALLAS at CHICAGO OFF (OFF) Miami at UTAH OFF (OFF) Portland at SACRAMENTO OFF (OFF) Denver at GOLDEN STATE OFF (OFF) San Antonio at PHOENIX
Continue ReadingNATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .400; Donovan, St. Louis, .395; Tatis, San Diego, .381; Frelick, Milwaukee, .378; Merrill, San Diego, .378; K.Ruiz, Washington, .343; Arenado, St. Louis, .342; Alonso, New York, .333; J.Lee, San Francisco, .333; Machado, San Diego, .333; Yastrzemski, San Francisco, .333. RUNS_Tucker, Chicago, 14; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 13; Happ, Chicago, 11; J.Lee,
Continue ReadingAMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Springer, Toronto, .459; W.Abreu, Boston, .412; Goldschmidt, New York, .381; Soderstrom, Athletics, .381; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .366; Altuve, Houston, .357; McKinstry, Detroit, .355; Campbell, Boston, .351; O’Hoppe, Los Angeles, .345; Judge, New York, .341. RUNS_Judge, New York, 14; W.Abreu, Boston, 10; Campbell, Boston, 10; Giménez, Toronto, 10; Altuve, Houston, 9; Grisham, New York, 9;
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of torturing political opponents of Gambia’s former military dictator Yahya Jammeh nearly 20 years ago, the latest international trial tied to his regime. Federal prosecutors invoked a rarely used law that allows people to be
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal magistrate judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit brought by three news organizations that say Idaho prison officials are unconstitutionally hiding parts of lethal injection executions from public view. The Associated Press, East Idaho News and The Idaho Statesman filed
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country “immediately,” officials said Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected. More than 900,000 people were allowed in the
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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, a
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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. “Clem was
Continue Reading By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. “Clem was
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By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar. When Cordero arrived, she realized she’d met him months earlier on the same bridge, where she talked
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