By VANESSA GERA and SILVIA STELLACCI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Montgomery used to check the balance on his retirement account once a week and smile. But lately, not wanting to get upset and question if he could retire in a few years, there was only one solution. “I’m not looking,” says the 66-year-old professor
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — One of the suspects in the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian said he plans to take responsibility for his role in the 2016 high-profile heist and will apologize in court as the trial begins Monday in Paris. Yunice Abbas, 71, who has publicly acknowledged his participation in
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By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BATAN ISLAND, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on Batan Island in the Philippines, as Marines unloaded the high-precision weapon on the northern tip of the archipelago, just a sea border away from Taiwan. U.S. and Philippine
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Last year, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile early Sunday toward Israel, which the Israeli military said it shot down as U.S. strikes in the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa killed two people. Sirens sounded in parts of Israel around the Dead Sea over the attack. “The missile was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli
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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Donald Trump might as well be on the ballot when Canadians vote for a new government. The U.S. president’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st state have infuriated Canadians and led to a surge in nationalism that has helped the Liberal Party flip the
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By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials, who say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily. Giving up the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Monday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Cleveland 8½ (210½) at MIAMI at GOLDEN STATE 3½ (203) Houston MLB Monday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at CLEVELAND -120 Minnesota +102 N.Y Yankees -118 at BALTIMORE +100 Athletics -116 at TEXAS -102 Detroit -110 at HOUSTON -106 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Donovan, St. Louis, .359; Tatis, San Diego, .346; Alonso, New York, .333; Lux, Cincinnati, .333; J.Lee, San Francisco, .324; Turang, Milwaukee, .319; Naylor, Arizona, .318; Ozuna, Atlanta, .316; Lindor, New York, .312; Carroll, Arizona, .308. RUNS_Turang, Milwaukee, 28; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 26; Carroll, Arizona, 25; Tucker, Chicago, 25; Tatis, San Diego, 24; Crow-Armstrong,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .412; Goldschmidt, New York, .369; Kwan, Cleveland, .346; Springer, Toronto, .329; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .324; McKinstry, Detroit, .321; Bregman, Boston, .319; Witt, Kansas City, .315; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .309; Campbell, Boston, .305. RUNS_Judge, New York, 24; Buxton, Minnesota, 22; Devers, Boston, 20; Soderstrom, Athletics, 20; Torkelson, Detroit, 20; Bregman, Boston, 19;
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room. Martin, blocked from
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room. Martin, blocked from
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer “Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her services. “You party?” The first female character in Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War classic “Full Metal Jacket,” she appears for just a moment — and halfway through the film. Likewise,
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had one before. That legacy is now throwing a wrench in the traditional sport of
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