SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities plan Thursday to enter the second day of their search of a the home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office served the warrant Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into …
SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) – Mourners on Thursday will gather across Australia to hold vigils for a five-year-old Indigenous girl whose alleged abduction and murder shocked the nation and sparked riots in the Outback town of Alice Springs. The gatherings come a week after the girl was found dead by authorities following a five-day search …
SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) – A group of Australian women and children linked to the extremist group Islamic State are on their way home from a camp in Syria and are expected to arrive in the country on Thursday night, Australian media reported. The Australian government said on Wednesday that four women and nine children …
By Emma Farge and Dave Graham GENEVA, May 7 (Reuters) – When in 1937 the League of Nations vacated the 225-room Palais Wilson in Geneva, the global intergovernmental body created to preserve peace after World War One was on its last legs. It died soon afterwards with World War Two. This summer the League’s successor, …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ted Turner loved the land, and lots of it: As one of the largest private landowners in the United States, he fueled conservation work across some 3,125 square miles (8,094 square kilometers) of ranchland in several states, aiming to leave it in better shape for future generations. Framing conservation as essential …
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans RIGA, May 7 (Reuters) – Two drones entered NATO member Latvia from Russia and crashed, the Latvian army said on Thursday morning. One of the drones crashed into an oil storage facility in Rezekne, about 40 km (25 miles) from the Russian border, said national broadcaster LSM, quoting the …
TAIPEI, May 7 (Reuters) – China may try some “manoeuvring” over the Taiwan issue when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Beijing next week, but the U.S. has reaffirmed its policy on the island has not changed, a top Taiwanese intelligence official said on Thursday. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and regularly …
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others during a demonstration last year in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza was scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to murder and other charges. Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces up to life in prison …
BEIJING, May 7 (Reuters) – A delegation of United States senators visiting Beijing has called for stability and peaceful cooperation between the world’s two largest economies a week before the countries’ leaders meet. “I strongly believe that we want to de-escalate, not decouple. We want stability, we want mutual respect,” Senator Steve Daines, who is …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 18-27-51-65-68, Powerball: 5, Power Play: 3 (eightteen, twenty-seven, fifty-one, sixty-five, sixty-eight, Powerball: five, Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: $31 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …