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Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

Australia to hold general elections on May 3 with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 's center-left Labor Party seeks
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Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin

Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.S.
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Mixed verdict for 3 Philadelphia detectives in perjury trial involving a 2016 murder exoneration

Mixed verdict for 3 Philadelphia detectives in perjury trial involving a 2016 murder exoneration

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The trial of three long-retired Philadelphia detectives accused of lying about evidence in a homicide case that later ended with an exoneration wrapped up with a mixed verdict Thursday.
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Suspect arrested after several people injured in stabbing attack in central Amsterdam

Suspect arrested after several people injured in stabbing attack in central Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A knife-wielding assailant was among five people seriously wounded in a stabbing attack on a busy shopping central in Amsterdam, police in the Dutch city said on Thursday. One person has been arrested.
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At least 6 dead after submarine carrying tourists on a reef tour in Red Sea sinks off Egypt

At least 6 dead after submarine carrying tourists on a reef tour in Red Sea sinks off Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, the provincial governor said.
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Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers in a major restructuring plan

Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers in a major restructuring plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major overhaul, the U.S.
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French president says not all European allies agree on a proposed force for Ukraine

French president says not all European allies agree on a proposed force for Ukraine

PARIS (AP) — European allies of Ukraine don’t all agree on the proposed deployment of an armed force in the country to back up an eventual peace deal and only some want to take part, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.
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Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn't order they install AC

Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn't order they install AC

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could cost billions.
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World figure skating championships pause to remember those who died in plane crash

World figure skating championships pause to remember those who died in plane crash

BOSTON (AP) — Before the skaters in their sequins and brightly coloured costumes took the ice at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday night, a choir dressed all in black sang a solemn hymn for those who died in a plane crash on their w
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Pilot rescued with 2 girls from icy Alaska lake was not authorized to have passengers, official says

Pilot rescued with 2 girls from icy Alaska lake was not authorized to have passengers, official says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pilot rescued with two young family members after they survived a night on the wing of an airplane partially submerged in an Alaska lake is a student pilot who was not authorized to fly with passengers, according to a U.S.
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