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April 30, 2025
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has only grown in 5 decades
It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their acc...
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April 30, 2025
Australian stands trial charged with murdering ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms
MELBOURNE (AP) — The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aun...
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April 30, 2025
France accuses a Russia-linked hacking group of targeting the Paris Olympics and French agencies
PARIS (AP) — The French government accused a hacking group linked to Russian military intelligence of cyberattacks over three years, targeti...
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April 30, 2025
About 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Russia, South Korea says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrai...
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April 30, 2025
Sudanese return to their homeland, hoping for stability but finding it still wrecked by war
CAIRO (AP) — Ahmed Abdalla sat on a sidewalk in downtown Cairo, waiting for a bus that will start him on his journey back to Sudan. He doesn...
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April 30, 2025
A young couple in Ukraine delighted in first love. Then the war came for them
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — They met in a park on a winter’s day in Kyiv. The teenage girl was a manicurist. The boy delivered food. Like their bat...
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April 30, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY: For the Vietnamese diaspora, Saigon’s fall 50 years ago evokes mixed emotions
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompt...
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April 30, 2025
Man driving stolen Porsche in Brooklyn fatally shot by police, NYPD says
NEW YORK (AP) — A man in a stolen Porsche trying to evade law enforcement was shot and killed by an officer Tuesday night in Brooklyn, accor...
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April 30, 2025
Montana Republicans dominated the 2024 election. How did Democrats gain power at the statehouse?
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Following Montana Republicans' overwhelming dominance in the fall election, a group of GOP lawmakers kicked off the 202...
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April 30, 2025
Discovered by chance, a mass grave revives memories of Greece’s brutal civil war
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pu...
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April 30, 2025
Greece’s dark past is uncovered after 33 bodies are found in a civil war-era mass grave
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pu...
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April 30, 2025
‘We had jobs’: Rural Romania turns to faith and far-right ahead of presidential election rerun
SASCHIZ, Romania (AP) — In a picturesque village in central Romania, 83-year-old Zoica Roth bemoans the lack of opportunities for young peop...
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April 30, 2025
Rights group urges US and other governments to hold Venezuela’s Maduro accountable for repression
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday urged the United States and other governments to bolster their support for pe...
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April 30, 2025
A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot - and gets Trump’s support
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — As a high school hockey player, Adam Drexler wore his Massapequa Chiefs jersey with pride.
The Toronto Star
April 30, 2025
Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Florida state Rep. Fiona McFarland's infant daughter, Grace Melton, crawled for the first time, the mom of fou...
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April 30, 2025
Childcare in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Florida state Rep. Fiona McFarland's infant daughter, Grace Melton, crawled for the first time, the mom of fou...
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April 30, 2025
One of these cardinals could become the new pope
Wanted: A holy man.
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April 30, 2025
Fire tears through hotel in Kolkata, killing at least 14 people
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India, killing at least 14 people, police said Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
Fire tears through hotel in eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing at least 14 people
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India, killing at least 14 people, police said Wednesday.
The Toronto Star
April 30, 2025
Despite a slew of broken car mirrors, Massachusetts residents take woodpecker invasion in stride
ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time.
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April 30, 2025
Vatican issues ‘sede vacante’ postage stamps valid until a new pope is elected
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between...
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April 30, 2025
About that hug ... Whitmer risks backlash from Democrats as she embraces Trump in Michigan
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — First came their much-analyzed Oval Office moment. Next, their subject-to-interpretation hug.
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April 30, 2025
UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, official...
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April 30, 2025
The US government has a new policy for terminating international students’ legal status
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted th...
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April 30, 2025
Migrants face a novel criminal charge in new border zone in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Immigrants recently detained in southernmost New Mexico now face a novel criminal charge of breaching a national defen...
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April 30, 2025
North Korea’s Kim watches missile test-firings from country’s first destroyer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the first test-firings of missiles from a recently launched...
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April 30, 2025