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April 25, 2024

Belarus says it thwarted attempted Lithuanian drone strikes; Vilnius rebuffs claims

Top-ranking Belarusian security official Ivan Tertel said Thursday that the country had stopped attempted drone strikes by Lithuania, which has denied the claim's validity.

April 25, 2024

Early in-person voting starts for North Carolina primary runoffs

Early in-person voting began Tuesday across North Carolina for the runoff elections being held next month, including Republican primaries for one congressional and two statewide seats.

April 25, 2024

Judge rules feds didn't properly implement plan to restore Pacific sardine population

Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi ruled Monday that a federal plan to rebuild the Pacific's sardine population was not properly implemented.

April 25, 2024

155 dead in Tanzania amid El Niño-induced flooding

155 people have been reported dead and over 200,000 otherwise affected by widespread flooding in Tanzania following weeks' worth of heavy rain.

April 25, 2024

Massive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of the capital's residents

Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said Thursday that anti-terrorism measures put in place to safeguard the Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony will 'apply to all buildings along the route.'

April 25, 2024

Bernie Williams is back in center - only this time Lincoln Center for New York Philharmonic debut

Bernie Williams, who signed with the NY Yankees in 1985 and later became a four-time World Series champion, has made his New York Philharmonic debut as a classical guitarist.

April 25, 2024

Arkansas mortician pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers

Candace Chapman Scott, a 37-year-old former mortuary worker from Arkansas, has pleaded guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from medical school cadavers.

April 25, 2024

Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon

Nine migrants from Mali and Mauritania were buried Thursday in a solemn ceremony in the Brazilian city of Belem; fishermen found the boat carrying the bodies on April 13 in Brazil.

April 25, 2024

US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role

The Pentagon said Thursday that the majority of U.S. troops in Niger and Chad will be withdrawn as the U.S. works to restore agreements with the countries as to the American military's role there.

April 25, 2024

Feds plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to Washington state's Northern Cascades

The federal government announced this week its intent to restore grizzly bears to parts of northwest and north-central Washington state.