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April 12, 2024

Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler is embarking on his first tour of Europe

Jorge Drexler, a singer-songwriter from Uruguay, is embarking on his first Europe tour after his latest album earned him 4 Latin Grammy Awards; he will go to Ireland and Italy among other countries.

April 12, 2024

Israeli settlers attack a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Friday, killing one Palestinian man and wounding 25 others; settlers set houses and cars on fire.

April 12, 2024

Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban

Proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion will move forward, Polish lawmakers voted on Friday; the country has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

April 12, 2024

Heavy rains, flash flooding trigger evacuations in Pittsburgh metro

Flash flooding in western Pennsylvania, where almost three inches of rain fell Thursday afternoon, has triggered multiple evacuations and rescues, but no known injuries.

April 12, 2024

Severed head found in NYC apartment fridge; tenant charged with murder

Nicolas McGee, 45, of New York City, was arrested Thursday in the murder of Kawsheen Gelzer, whose dismembered body was found in the suspect's apartment.

April 12, 2024

Memphis officer, 18-year-old suspect killed in early-morning gunfire exchange

Memphis police officer Joseph McKinney was killed, alongside an 18-year-old suspect, following an exchange of gunfire on Friday. Two other officers and one other suspect were injured.

April 12, 2024

Transgender Nigerian influencer imprisoned on rare money-throwing conviction

Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, more commonly known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months in prison under a rarely-enforced law against "spraying" money.

April 12, 2024

3 dead after militia shootout in Ethiopian capital

A shootout between police and militiamen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, left three people dead — a rare occurrence of regional violence spilling into the densely-populated capital.

April 12, 2024

Poland calls aid worker's killing in Gaza a murder, wants further investigation

Poland's government has demanded Israel's support for an investigation into the killing of Damian Soból, a Polish aid worker killed alongside 6 others by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

April 12, 2024

Rescuers in Ukraine pull 5 puppies from the rubble of a building destroyed by fire

Five puppies were rescued by firefighters from underneath the rubble of a destroyed building in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy; a video shows workers rinsing the puppies with water.