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Russian President Vladimir Putin lights a candle to commemorate the victims of an attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, on the day of national mourning, in Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war

The attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed scores of people has dealt a major blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough guy who is able to defend Russia from all threats. It came … more

By The Associated Press | 3/24/24

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone. That's one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The case … more

By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE | 3/24/24

FILE - A local resident passes the apartment building destroyed the day before, by an explosion in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 10, 1999. The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing over 130 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or president. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule

The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled … more

By The Associated Press | 3/23/24

A woman lights candles at the fence next to the Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Russia's top state investigative agency says the death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack has risen to over 133. The attack Friday on Crocus City Hall, a sprawling mall and concert venue on Moscow's western edge, also left many wounded and left the building a smoldering ruin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security

Shocked Russians are bringing flowers and teddy bears to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by … more

By EMMA BURROWS | 3/23/24

FILE - Nuns wait for the start of the Palm Sunday's mass celebrate by pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023. Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide Sunday, March 24, 2024. It commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him. It marks the start of Holy Week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide?

Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide this Sunday. It commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him. It … more

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO | 3/23/24

Aid continued to be parachuted into the the Gaza Strip on Friday. The airdrops are part of an international effort to work around extreme difficulties plaguing ground transport of aid into Gaza. Truckloads of aid have been stalled by political and security concerns. It comes as the U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. (Mar. 22)

The Latest | Blinken urges Israel not to invade Rafah. Netanyahu says he'll 'do it alone'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war. Blinken says he will share … more

By The Associated Press | 3/22/24

The Princess of Wales said Friday that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The announcement came after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts and health since she was hospitalized in January for unspecified abdominal surgery.

What we know and don't know about Kate's cancer diagnosis

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind. In a video announcement Friday, she revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy but didn't give further … more

By CARLA K. JOHNSON | 3/22/24

This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour were arrested in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, about 36 hours after Umphenour shot two Idaho corrections officers as they were preparing to return Meade to prison from a hospital, police said. They were due to be arraigned Friday. (Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Deaths of dog walker, 83, and resident of a remote cabin possibly tied to escaped Idaho inmate

Authorities are investigating the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin in connection with the escape of an Idaho white supremacist … more

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN | 3/22/24

FILE - A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

What is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?

Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, which is celebrated to mark the start of spring in India, Nepal and the diaspora. The festival typically falls in March. Celebrants rejoice by throwing colored … more

By DEEPA BHARATH | 3/22/24

In this photo provided by Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration, burning trolleybus is seen on the damp of hydroelectric power station after Russian attacks in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. Over 60 drones and almost 90 missiles of various types were fired that night, Ukrainian officials said. (Telegram Channel of Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration via AP)

Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant

Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages. Ukraine's energy minister says the nighttime … more

By The Associated Press | 3/22/24

A water truck worker fills a container outside the homes of residents who use it for drinking, cooking and cleaning, in the Pamplona Alta area in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. Peru’s government gives potable water to 1.5 million of its poorest residents living in the hills. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task

As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. That's because the warming world is leading to erratic … more

By The Associated Press | 3/21/24

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kabir Jhangiani)

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 15-21, 2024 Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off western Indonesia. The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable … more

By The Associated Press | 3/21/24

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry

House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into … more

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | 3/21/24

FILE - Shoppers buy food in a supermarket in London, on Aug. 17, 2022. Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation

A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change. Thursday's study looks at monthly … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 3/21/24

FILE - A couple takes a selfie with cherry blossoms at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, March 29, 2023. The United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes, federal meteorologists predicted Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring

Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes. Thursday's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s spring … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 3/21/24

FILE - Daniel Banyai, the owner of Slate Ridge, speaks to supporters, April 17, 2021, in West Pawlet, Vt., during a Second Amendment Day Picnic. Banyai, the owner of a former firearms training center in Vermont, was arrested on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in Pawlet, Vermont, state police said. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

The owner of a Vermont firearms training center has been arrested after a struggle

The owner of a firearms training center in Vermont has been taken into custody after a struggle and faces charges of resisting arrest and aggravated assault. Daniel Banyai is expected to be arraigned … more

By LISA RATHKE | 3/21/24

AP-Week-in-Pictures: Global

March 15-21, 2024 A volcano erupts again in Iceland. A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees who survived a night at sea after their boat capsized were being rescued off Indonesia's … more

By The Associated Press | 3/21/24

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. Trump on Monday, March 18, 2024, charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)

US Jews upset with Trump's latest rhetoric say he doesn't get to tell them how to be Jewish

Many Jewish faith leaders and commentators are decrying what they say are inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump. That follows the Republican former president’s accusation that Jews who vote for … more

By PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY | 3/21/24

Russia President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he meets his authorised representatives for the presidential election campaign in the Andreyevsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

After preordained election, Putin claims vote proves public support for his policies

President Vladimir Putin has thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the country for another six years after the harshest crackdown on dissent … more

By The Associated Press | 3/21/24

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, talks to people on a C-17 Globemaster as he departs Jeddah for Cairo, Egypt, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest | Gaps are narrowing in Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks, Blinken says during Mideast visit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the “gaps are narrowing” in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar … more

By The Associated Press | 3/21/24

Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year

An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule

New Dollar General paused; 7 Brew is coming

New troopers sworn into service