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FILE - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Iringa, Tanzania, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

Tanzania postelection inquiry shows 518 people died in last year’s violence

9:10 AM on Thursday, April 23

A commission in Tanzania formed to investigate postelection violence says that at least 518 people died after the October vote

A barber cuts a boy's hair at his makeshift barbershop on the street in Havana, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

From beauty to transportation, a lack of water and power forces Cubans to change their routines

9:08 AM on Thursday, April 23

A lack of water, money and electricity combined with a U

Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of the Solstice, which some call the "Stonehenge of the Amazon" in Calcoene, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

Home plate umpire Alex MacKay reacts toward the Seattle Mariners bench after calling a strike during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Players say MLB's robot umpires are shrinking the strike zone

8:56 AM on Thursday, April 23

The new Automated Ball-Strike system has contributed to a spike in the Major League Baseball's walk rate so far this season

FILE - A Norfolk Southern freight train rolls past the U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, in Clairton, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Union Pacific profit climbed 5% as it builds the case for its acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern

8:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

Union Pacific delivered 5% higher earnings in the first quarter as the railroad worked to prepare its case to convince regulators that its $85 billion acquisition of eastern rival Norfolk Southern is a good idea

Now hiring sign is displayed at a retail store, in Arlington Heights, Ill., Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US jobless claim filings rise modestly to 214,000 last week, remain at historically healthy levels

8:38 AM on Thursday, April 23

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits inched up last week but remains within the historically healthy range of recent years

A phone displays sports trades on Polymarket on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Trump threats against Iran are a boon for prediction markets, including some backed by his son

8:32 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump loves to keep people guessing about his next policy moves, a reality TV, cliffhanger governing style that is helping “events” wagering companies, including some backed by one of his sons

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waves from behind a glass window after he received the Freedom Medal of the International Four Freedoms Award during a ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

US still delivering weapons to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says, as Prince Harry visits Kyiv

8:23 AM on Thursday, April 23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. weapon deliveries to Ukraine haven't stopped despite the Iran war

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2015 file photo, marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals called trichomes, are a few weeks away from harvest at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill.. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

8:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general has signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug

The Jordan flagged cargo ship "Baghdad" sails in Persian Gulf towards Strait of Hormuz in United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)

Trump orders US military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz

7:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

The U.S. military has seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate the Holy mass at the Malabo stadium, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Pope wraps up an Africa visit for the history books with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea

6:07 AM on Thursday, April 23

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his African odyssey with a final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Philippine Economic Forum in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Ex-Philippine president Duterte to face trial on crimes against humanity charges

5:02 AM on Thursday, April 23

Judges at the International Criminal Court have confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office

FILE - A general view of a pumping station at the end of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the east German refinery PCK in Schwedt, Jan. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner, File)

EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

2:39 AM on Thursday, April 23

The European Union has approved a massive loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years

This photo released by the Lebanese Civil Defense, show Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and a Civil Defense worker sit on a excavator carrying the body of the Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil working for the daily Al-Akhbar newspaper killed in an Israeli airstrike, in al-Tiri village, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Lebanese Civil Defense via AP)

The Latest: Israel and Lebanon to meet in Washington while Iran-US talks are in limbo

2:31 AM on Thursday, April 23

Israel and Lebanon are meeting in Washington Thursday in the hope of extending a fragile 10-day ceasefire that began last week

People rehearse ahead of the NFL football draft, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived

1:33 AM on Thursday, April 23

Put aside the mock drafts because it’s time for the real deal

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel speaks during an NFL football press conference, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will miss Day 3 of the NFL draft

1:29 AM on Thursday, April 23

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort

FILE - The Chernobyl nuclear plant is seen in an aerial view, showing the damage from an explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, that sent a radioactive plume over Europe. (AP Photo/ Volodymyr Repik, File)

Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

1:06 AM on Thursday, April 23

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions

This image made from video shows Zach Loud completing his application for Canadian citizenship at his family's home in Farmington, Minn., April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under new law

12:08 AM on Thursday, April 23

Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship

FILE - Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer talks with visitors during Alabama's NFL football pro day, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Alabama rewards Kalen DeBoer and Nate Oats with raises and contract extensions

5:47 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Alabama has rewarded football coach Kalen DeBoer and men’s basketball coach Nate Oats for getting their teams to the postseason

FILE - Microsoft's Bill Gates attends a dinner with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Gates Foundation is reviewing its Epstein ties as released emails raise questions for funders

1:45 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Gates Foundation confirmed Wednesday that it is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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