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Teacher Angela Hall always starts the day gathering her preschool students in a circle in their Shreveport, Louisiana, classroom. The kids giggle. They share. And they look for who’s missing. “Braylon, he’s not here,” she recalled one of her students saying Monday. Braylon Snow, who just turned 5, was one of seven siblings who were …
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners. The move comes as the country accelerates its military buildup in the face of growing security challenges …
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had at least three …
By Ruma Paul and Sam Jahan COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, April 21 (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead. She was among …
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (D.C. Water) after the collapse of a major sewer pipe caused overflow of wastewater into the Potomac River. • A section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line was ruptured in January and led …
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots, rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game and the Philadelphia Flyers shut out Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series. The 19-year-old Martone became the sixth-youngest player in NHL history to score …
MANILA, April 21 (Reuters) – Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday there has only been ‘marginal’ use of Philippine bases accessible to the U.S. military due to land issues. Treaty allies the Philippines and the United States have a 12-year-old Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement that allows a rotational presence of American military in …
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A mechanical issue with their charter plane forced the Toronto Blue Jays to bus from Phoenix to Southern California on Sunday night, a six-hour drive on a dark desert highway that got the team to its Orange County hotel at around 12:30 a.m. “I felt like I was back in the …
TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) – Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons. The move aimed at strengthening Japan’s defence industrial base marks another step away from pacifist restraints that have shaped …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Tuesday that he had survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted. The vote, during a routine meeting of Luxon’s center-right National Party lawmakers, was held privately. Luxon …