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Soldiers deploy outside the Prime Minister’s office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. A transitional council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet is expected to be sworn-in on Thursday.

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power

April 25, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March. Read story

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, speaks to reporters after a vote on the proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions prior to won approval from the state House Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

April 25, 2024, 8:29am Nation & World

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. Read story

A bulk carrier moves through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore

April 25, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World Updated 7 hours ago

The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting most maritime traffic through the city’s port. Read story

Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World Updated 11 hours ago

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967… Read story

FILE - A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re’im, southern Israel at the Gaza border, Feb. 26, 2024, at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas on Wednesday, April 24, 2023, released a recorded video of an Israeli American still being held by the group. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. It was not clear when the video was taken.

Hamas releases video showing well-known Israeli-American hostage

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza. Read story

Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych, on Wednesday April 24, 2024. Several military horses bolted during routine exercises near King Charles III’s main residence in London on Wednesday and ran loose through the center of the city, injuring at least four people and colliding with vehicles during the morning rush hour.

2 military horses that broke free and ran loose across London are in serious condition

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing their riders were in serious condition after undergoing operations, a U.K. government official said Thursday. Read story

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the third Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC Hungary, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Hungary’s Orbán urges European conservatives, and Trump, toward election victories at CPAC event

April 25, 2024, 8:10am Nation & World

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, addressing a conservative conference in Budapest on Thursday, said upcoming European and U.S. elections were a chance for right-wing forces to defeat the “progressive world spirit,” and encouraged former U.S. President Donald Trump to defend “his own truth” in his ongoing criminal trial. Read story

New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

April 25, 2024, 8:10am Nation & World Updated 7 hours ago

New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ‘s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. Read story

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, shakes hands with Scott Walker, Consul General at the U.S Consulate General in Shanghai, as Blinken prepares to depart, Thursday, April 25, 2024, from the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, China, en route to Beijing.

Blinken raises Chinese trade practices in meetings with officials in the financial hub of Shanghai

April 25, 2024, 8:08am Nation & World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised what the U.S. describes as unfair Chinese trade practices during his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai. Read story