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Deputy Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Thoi Chany Reat, right, attends a ceremony for soldiers from the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) preparing to join the East Africa Community Regional Force (EACRF) in Congo, at the airport in Juba, South Sudan Monday, April 3, 2023. A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges in a new report that several officials in South Sudan including Reat have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes. (AP Photo/Samir Bol)

UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations

A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes, in a … more

By DENG MACHOL | 4/3/23

Tedorian Gallano, right, and his wife Nicole Gallano, stand outside their home in Waianae, Hawaii, on Feb. 26, 2023. Hawaii's housing shortage has set off a population decline and grown so acute it has sparked widespread concern many of Hawaii's children won't be able to afford living in their homeland as adults. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Spiraling housing prices spark worry about Hawaii's future

Hawaii housing has been expensive for decades, but only in the last few years have pricey dwellings set off a population decline. Now the problem has grown so acute it's sparked widespread concern … more

By AUDREY McAVOY | 4/3/23

FILE - Harrison Ford attends the premiere of "The Call of the Wild" in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2020. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the fifth film in the Harrison Ford adventure series, will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, festival organizers announced Monday. Cannes will also pay a tribute to Harrison Ford for his career. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision via AP, File)

'Indiana Jones' to premiere at Cannes with tribute to Ford

Indiana Jones is swinging into the French Riviera. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the fifth film in the Harrison Ford adventure series, will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film … more

By JAKE COYLE | 4/3/23

This combination of photos show promotional art for, from left, "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields," a documentary premiering April 4 on Hulu, "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies," a series premiering April 6 on Paramount+, and "Tiny Beautiful Things," a series premiering April 7 on Hulu. (Hulu/Paramount+/Hulu via AP)

New this week: Brooke Shields, 'Grease' prequel and NF album

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Michigan rapper NF, a two-part documentary about Brooke Shields on Hulu, and Kathryn Hahn portraying a character inspired by writer … more

By The Associated Press | 4/3/23

FILE - Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student has filed a lawsuit seeking $40 million in damages from Newport News school officials. The lawsuit filed … more

By DENISE LAVOIE | 4/3/23

Store displays advertising in Arabic that reads "Italian clothes and shoes for 9.99 $" in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Lebanon started pricing consumer goods in U.S. dollars Wednesday as the value of the Lebanese pound hit new lows. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

MARCH 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023. This … more

By The Associated Press | 4/3/23

Russian Emergency Situations Ministry stand at the side of an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, April 2, 2023. An explosion tore through a cafe in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Sunday, and preliminary reports suggested a prominent military blogger was killed and more than a dozen people were injured. (AP Photo)

Russia blames Ukraine for bomb that killed military blogger

Russian police have arrested a woman suspected of delivering a bomb that killed a well-known military blogger who fervently supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Russia’s top counterterrorism agency … more

By The Associated Press | 4/3/23

Today in History: April 3, Jesse James killed by Robert Ford

Today in History Today is Monday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2023. There are 272 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 3, 1973, the first handheld portable … more

By The Associated Press | 4/3/23

Pastor George Grant leads a prayer during a Palm Sunday service at Parish Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Pastors: Palm Sunday a balm after Nashville school shooting

It’s Palm Sunday. Across the greater Nashville, Tennessee, region, many Christians headed into worship services grief-stricken and hurting for the lives stolen too soon in The Covenant School … more

By HOLLY MEYER | 4/2/23

A Kashmiri Muslim girl reacts to camera as she attends recitation classes of the holy Quran during the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

AP-Week in Pictures: Global / March 25- March 31, 2023

From protests in Kenya, France, India and Israel, to the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Africa, to the China Fashion Week in Beijing, to Ukrainian soldiers meeting their beloved ones at … more

4/2/23

Defendant Micheail Ward listens during the trial for the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2018. A state appeals court has ordered a new trial for the man accused of gunning down a Chicago honor student just days after she had performed at Barack Obama's 2013 presidential inauguration. Ward was found guilty in connection with the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2018 and sentenced to 84 years in prison. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the 1st District Appellate Court ruled Friday, March 31, 2023 that detectives improperly extracted a confession from Ward during an interrogation after he invoked his right to remain silent. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Man gets new trial in Chicago honor student's death

A state appeals court has ordered a new trial for the man accused of gunning down a Chicago honor student just days after she had performed at Barack Obama's 2013 presidential inauguration. Micheail … more

4/2/23

A crowd of over 300 people protest the killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 16, 2022. The 26-year-old Congolese refugee was fatally shot by a Grand Rapids police officer after resisting arrest during a traffic stop on April 4. (Eric Seals /Detroit Free Press via AP)

Police reform divides community where cop killed Black man

City leaders in Grand Rapids insist policing reforms and outreach to the Black community ensured protests following the killing of a Black motorist by a white police officer last April did not … more

By COREY WILLIAMS | 4/2/23

FILE - People walk through damage from a late-night tornado in Sullivan, Ind., April 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why

The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 4/2/23

People march around the Nebraska state Capitol during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. (Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting

The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation. Authorities haven't shared any information linking … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 4/2/23

AP Coach of the Year, Marquette's Shaka Smart talks at a news conference during the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Marquette's Shaka Smart voted men's AP coach of the year

Shaka Smart was voted the AP men's basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out … more

By DAVE SKRETTA | 4/1/23

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022. Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s troops is in the cards. (AP Photo/LIBKOS, File)

Russia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive?

Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and … more

By BARRY HATTON | 4/1/23

This photo provided by the St. Petersburg, Fla., Police Department shows 2-year-old Taylen Mosley, who is missing. Searchers combed the area around a Florida apartment complex on Friday, March 31, 2023, for the missing 2-year-old boy whose mother was found slain in their apartment, police said. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway said the boy's father, 21-year-old Thomas Mosley, is considered a “person of interest” in the killing of the mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery. (St. Petersburg Police Department via AP)

Body of Florida toddler found in alligator jaws after search

Police say the body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search after his mother was slain has been found in a lake in the jaws of an alligator. St. Petersburg Police … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 3/31/23

This undated handout photo shows Evelyn Dieckhaus a student at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn. Dieckhaus was one of six people killed on Monday, March 27, 2023, in the shooting at the school. (Handout via AP)

Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral

Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER | 3/31/23

This photo provided by Aaron Paz shows Patricia Borges at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pa., on March 25, 2023. Borges was pulled alive from the rubble of the R.M. Palmer Co. factory, a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., after an explosion that killed seven co-workers. Borges says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate. (Aaron Paz via AP)

Factory explosion survivor, on fire, fell into chocolate vat

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then … more

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and ACACIA CORONADO | 3/31/23

Officers 'arrest' alligator walking near Tampa Bay stadium

Tampa police officers were called to a commercial part of town because of a disturbance, but it wasn’t a public brawl or anyone behaving in a disorderly manner. It was a 9-foot alligator Wednesday … more

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