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WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples

GENEVA (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency said after reviewing various media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Apr 22, 2024 5:02 PM Read more >

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush

Apr 22, 2024 1:09 PM Read more >

Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011.

Apr 22, 2024 11:29 AM Read more >

The Latest | David Pecker takes the stand as first witness in Trump's hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.

Apr 22, 2024 10:42 AM Read more >

Israel's military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas attack on Oct. 7

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israeli military intelligence said Monday he would resign because of Hamas' Oct.

Apr 22, 2024 9:54 AM Read more >

Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns , which had been struck down by lower courts.

Apr 22, 2024 7:36 AM Read more >

North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North.

Apr 22, 2024 1:06 AM Read more >

Ecuadorians vote overwhelmingly in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence.

Apr 21, 2024 10:24 PM Read more >

Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

Apr 21, 2024 3:51 PM Read more >

8 shot including 2 men killed at a party with hundreds attending in Memphis park, police say

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Eight people were shot including two men who were killed at an unsanctioned public party in a Memphis city park Saturday night, police said.

Apr 20, 2024 10:52 PM Read more >