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Paramilitary forces drone strike kills 5 near Sudan capital, rights group says
Paramilitary forces drone strike kills 5 near Sudan capital, rights group says

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum, a local Sudanese rights...

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A Serbian bird-watching group uses crowdfunding to buy and preserve a woodland habitat

PLANDISTE, Serbia (AP) — The merry chirping of birds echoed through towering trees in a small woodland in northeastern Serbia. Down on the ground, animal tracks could be seen imprinted in the moist grass...

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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was reviewing a new Iranian proposal...

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Fire breaks out in a lab building on a University of South Florida campus

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A fire broke out Saturday evening at a lab building on the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg, prompting an evacuation, authorities said. The...

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Tradition, fashion and horse racing at the Kentucky Derby, in photos

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby marks its 152nd running, continuing its legacy as America’s longest continuously held sporting event. Known as the “Run for the Roses” and the first leg...

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Tradition, fashion and horse racing at the Kentucky Derby, in photos

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby marks its 152nd running, continuing its legacy as America’s longest continuously held sporting event. Known as the “Run for the Roses” and the first leg...

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Pickleball players killed in Texas plane crash included a school tennis star, trauma counselor

Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players. The Texas Department of Public...

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1 person dead after vehicle crashes into an Oregon health club, police say

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One person is dead following a fiery crash at a health club early Saturday in Portland, Oregon, according to authorities who also said explosive devices — some of which had detonated...

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Four New Jersey residents charged with illegally voting and lying on citizenship forms

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged four residents with illegally voting. The U.S. attorney’s office for New Jersey said in a statement Friday that the...

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Activists’ detention deepens Spain-Israel tensions as aid group says men have begun hunger strike

SOLARES, Spain (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister on Saturday called for the immediate release of an activist detained by Israel after an aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli navy...

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