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Saturday,  April 27 , 2024

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Charles to resume his public duties

April 26, 2024, 5:49pm Nation & World

King Charles has progressed enough in his cancer treatment that he’ll return to public duties next week for the first time since announcing his diagnosis, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Read story

Security top priority for Haiti leadership council

April 26, 2024, 5:45pm Nation & World

It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation’s new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians… Read story

Long flu season winds down in U.S.

April 26, 2024, 9:17pm Nation & World

The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn’t unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what’s counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Read story

British Army: Horses that ran loose in London ‘continue to be cared for’

April 26, 2024, 9:14pm Life

The military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise in central London this week “continue to be cared for and closely observed,” the British Army said Friday. Read story

1 climber dead, another seriously hurt after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak

April 26, 2024, 9:09pm Nation & World

A climber is dead and another seriously injured after falling about 1,000 feet (305 meters) while on a steep, technical route on Mount Johnson in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, authorities said Friday. Read story

Planning begins for possible presidential transition

April 26, 2024, 8:34pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday formally began planning for a potential presidential transition, aiming to ensure continuity of government no matter the outcome of November’s general election. Read story

Most drivers will pay $15 to enter busiest part of Manhattan starting on June 30

April 26, 2024, 5:47pm Nation & World

The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan’s central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday. Read story

From left; Ally Mercer, Gabe Sedlacek Kaleb Andersen and Austin Young watch a tornado from a seventh floor parking garage on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb.

Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs

From left; Ally Mercer, Gabe Sedlacek Kaleb Andersen and Austin Young watch a tornado from a seventh floor parking garage on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb.

April 26, 2024, 3:30pm Nation & World

A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, demolishing homes as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. It wasn’t yet clear if anyone was injured or killed in the storm. Read story

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation, other abuses under new rule

April 26, 2024, 2:40pm Business

Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Read story

FILE - People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country&rsquo;s first all-race elections. In 1994 people braved long queues to cast a vote after years of white minority rule which denied Black South Africans the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell.

South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead

FILE - People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country&rsquo;s first all-race elections. In 1994 people braved long queues to cast a vote after years of white minority rule which denied Black South Africans the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell.

April 26, 2024, 1:37pm Nation & World

As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the first time. Read story