THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Explosives experts in northern Greece on Monday safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior judge at her courthouse office, police said. The judge in the country’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki found the package suspicious and didn’t open it, calling court police who evacuated the building. Few members of the public were …
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How Trump urging Russia to invade ‘delinquent’ NATO members distorts how the alliance works
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party’s nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. Trump’s comment on Saturday represented the latest instance in which the …
Read More »Former professional wrestler William \”Billy Jack\” Haynes in custody in wife’s death in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former professional wrestler William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, authorities said. Portland police said in a statement over the weekend that Haynes, 70, was in police custody at a local hospital, undergoing treatment “for a medical condition unrelated to the …
Read More »Asesinan a 2 extranjeros en aparente fuego cruzado por drogas en la ciudad mexicana de Tulum
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Una mujer estadounidense y un hombre de Belice fueron asesinados en lo que parece haber sido una disputa entre narcotraficantes en un club de playa de la ciudad turística mexicana de Tulum, confirmaron las autoridades el domingo. La fiscalía del estado de Quintana Roo subrayó que la mujer estadounidense no tenía relación alguna con un …
Read More »The discovery of a 1940s shipwreck in Lake Superior solves one mystery, while others stay sunken
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain announced Monday the discovery of the 244-foot (74-meter) bulk carrier Arlington in about 650 feet (200 meters) of …
Read More »A defense minister and 2 former governors are vying for Indonesia’s presidency
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian voters on Wednesday were making their choice of who will succeed popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race for the presidency among current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and two former provincial governors, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. Subianto, who is widely seen as the front-runner, …
Read More »A shooter opened fire in a Houston church. Gunfire has also scarred other Texas places of worship
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The weekend shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston is not the first time gunfire has caused panic and tragedy at a Texas house of worship. It also underscored the ease of bringing weapons into sanctuaries in a state with few limits on gun possession, as well as a growing effort by some churches to provide …
Read More »The Chiefs have achieved dynasty status with their third Super Bowl title in five years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome all of that. Yet they did, and wiped away any doubt …
Read More »Liberan a dos afganos que estuvieron detenidos en Guantánamo y después fueron transferidos a Omán
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Dos prisioneros afganos que estuvieron al menos 14 años en el centro de detención estadounidense de bahía de Guantánamo después de 2002 fueron liberados de su arresto domiciliario en Omán, informó el domingo un portavoz del Talibán. Abdul Zahir Saber y Abdul Karim fueron liberados como resultado de las gestiones realizadas por el Emirato Islámico de Afganistán, …
Read More »Israel’s West Bank settler population grew nearly 3%. Supporters say Gaza war could give new push
JERUSALEM (AP) — The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew nearly 3% in 2023, according to a new report based on population statistics from the Israeli government. The report, released Sunday by the pro-settler group WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com, found the settler population jumped to 517,407 as of Dec. 31, from 502,991 a year earlier. The settler population has …
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