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Yemen rebels strike oil depot in Saudi city hosting F1 race

Yemen rebels strike oil depot in Saudi city hosting F1 race

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom.
Mourners gather for a vigil for 6 girls killed in crash

Mourners gather for a vigil for 6 girls killed in crash

TISHOMINGO, Okla. (AP) — Mourners gathered in a small Oklahoma town’s high school football stadium Friday evening to pay tribute to six teenage girls killed in a crash with a large truck.
Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater

Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 300 people were killed in the Russian airstrike last week on a Mariupol theater that was being used as a shelter, Ukrainian authorities said Friday in what would make it the war's deadliest known attack on civilians yet.
Parole recommended for inmate in 1976 school bus hijacking

Parole recommended for inmate in 1976 school bus hijacking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parole commissioners on Friday recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976.
DeSantis signs bill targeting explicit books in schools

DeSantis signs bill targeting explicit books in schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a say in what books schools can and can't have in their libraries.
Miles from Ukraine, Biden sees refugee crisis in Poland

Miles from Ukraine, Biden sees refugee crisis in Poland

RZESZOW, Poland (AP) — Just miles from Ukraine, President Joe Biden saluted Poland on Friday for giving refuge to more than 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion,; then he met with humanitarian experts on the ground about what will be ne
Supreme Court Justice Thomas released from hospital

Supreme Court Justice Thomas released from hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital Friday after a stay of nearly a week, the Supreme Court said. Thomas, 73, had entered the hospital last Friday evening after experiencing “flu-like symptoms.
Minneapolis teachers reach tentative agreement to end strike

Minneapolis teachers reach tentative agreement to end strike

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers in Minneapolis reached a tentative agreement early Friday to end a more than two-week strike over pay and other issues that idled some 29,000 students and around 4,500 educators and staff in one of Minnesota's largest scho
Nebraska US Rep. Fortenberry found guilty in campaign probe

Nebraska US Rep. Fortenberry found guilty in campaign probe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser.
Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia

Ukraine says Moscow is forcibly taking civilians to Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as “hostages” to pressure Kyiv to give up.