Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state in historic move (apnews.com)
Yemen claims shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage (apnews.com)
A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire (apnews.com)
Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers (apnews.com)
The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program....
Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M (apnews.com)
Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million, their attorneys said Wednesday....
Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot multiple times in attempted assassination (apnews.com)
Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear (apnews.com)
Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge....
Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman (apnews.com)
The student newspaper, The Daily Mississippian, reported about 30 protesters on the Oxford campus billed themselves as UMiss for Palestine. Videos and photos from the event showed the protesters were in a grassy area near the main library, blocked off by barriers erected by campus security....
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights (apnews.com)
Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments’ labor polices and calls for greater labor rights....
Arizona Democrats attempt to repeal the state’s 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election....
Europe wants two things from China. It may not get far on either of them (apnews.com)
How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says (apnews.com)
Public safety statistics reflect the serious challenges. Native Americans and Alaska Natives are more than twice as likely to be victims of a violent crime, and Native American women are at least two times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted compared with others....
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 3 sons and 4 grandchildren of Hamas’ top leader (apnews.com)
Migrant Farmworker who survived mass shooting at Northern California mushroom farm sues company and owner (apnews.com)
Pedro Romero Perez, 24, was in the shipping container that served as his and his brother’s home at California Terra Gardens in Half Moon Bay when authorities say Chunli Zhao barged in and opened fire, killing his brother Jose Romero Perez and shooting him five times, including once in the face....
The Latest | Netanyahu vows to carry out Rafah invasion, which US says would be a mistake (apnews.com)
“It will happen. There is a date,” Netanyahu said in a video statement Monday, without elaborating....
How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April (apnews.com)
When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes?...
Closed bridges highlight years of neglect, backlog of repairs awaiting funding (apnews.com)
After a yearlong closure, a bridge over the Puyallup River reopened in 2019 with a sturdy new span and a brand new name. It even won a national award....
Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship struck it, sending vehicles into water (apnews.com)
BALTIMORE (AP) — A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a large boat collided with it early Tuesday morning....
Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98 (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98....
Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush (apnews.com)
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police....
Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government (apnews.com)
A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a hand on the levers of power....
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93 (apnews.com)
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93....
Gambia could be first country to reverse ban on female genital cutting (apnews.com)
Kansas will pay $1 million over the murder of a boy torture victim whose body was fed to pigs (apnews.com)
Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a 7-year-old boy’s murder in 2015 alleging that the state’s child welfare agency should have removed him from an abusive home before he was starved and tortured and his body was fed to pigs....
