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A funeral is held for 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an arms depot explosion at an army base

April 28, 2024, 5:13pm Nation & World

A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. Read story

Interstate near Arizona-New Mexico line reopens after train derailment as lingering fuel burns off

April 28, 2024, 4:13pm Nation & World

Interstate 40 was reopened in both directions Sunday as fire crews continued watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, a local fire chief said. Read story

Richelle Dietz holds a couple of brochures containing resources for U.S. military families affected by the on-base housing water contamination from a jet fuel leak in 2021, at her home, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They’re among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak

Richelle Dietz holds a couple of brochures containing resources for U.S. military families affected by the on-base housing water contamination from a jet fuel leak in 2021, at her home, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

April 28, 2024, 3:34pm Nation & World

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer, often thinks about water. Read story

This image taken from video provided by KOCO shows buildings destroyed by a tornado in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024.

Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power

This image taken from video provided by KOCO shows buildings destroyed by a tornado in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024.

April 28, 2024, 2:51pm Latest News

Tornadoes killed at least four people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured dozens of people. Read story

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, April 28, 2024.

Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, April 28, 2024.

April 28, 2024, 2:34pm Nation & World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began more than six months ago, the State Department said Saturday. Read story

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

April 28, 2024, 2:33pm Nation & World

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside, with Biden instead using the annual White House correspondents’ dinner to make both jokes and grim warnings about Republican rival Donald Trump’s… Read story

In this photo provided by Houthi media office Saturday, April, 27, 2024, a Houthi fighter celebrates in front of what they said debris of an American MQ9 aerial vehicle, shot down by the air defense forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces in Saada, Yemen, Friday, April, 26, 2024.

Yemen’s Houthis say they’ve downed U.S. Reaper drone

In this photo provided by Houthi media office Saturday, April, 27, 2024, a Houthi fighter celebrates in front of what they said debris of an American MQ9 aerial vehicle, shot down by the air defense forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces in Saada, Yemen, Friday, April, 26, 2024.

April 28, 2024, 2:03pm Nation & World

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. Read story

FILE -  Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2024. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum.

Police officer hiring in U.S. increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows

FILE -  Police tape cordons off the scene of a crime in Levittown, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2024. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum.

April 28, 2024, 12:33pm Nation & World

Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows. Read story

Disneyland Resort Cast Members, Courtney Griffith, left, hugs Angela Nichols after a news conference in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Workers who help bring Disneyland&#039;s beloved characters to life said Wednesday they collected enough signatures to support their push for a union.

California Disney characters are unionizing decades after Florida peers. Hollywood plays a role

Disneyland Resort Cast Members, Courtney Griffith, left, hugs Angela Nichols after a news conference in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Workers who help bring Disneyland&#039;s beloved characters to life said Wednesday they collected enough signatures to support their push for a union.

April 28, 2024, 12:28pm Business

During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, center, takes a photo with Michaelah Montgomery, left, a local conservative activist, as he visits a Chick-fil-A eatery, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Atlanta.

Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, center, takes a photo with Michaelah Montgomery, left, a local conservative activist, as he visits a Chick-fil-A eatery, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Atlanta.

April 28, 2024, 12:18pm Nation & World

Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York’s Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. Aides speak of Trump making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by flipping Democratic constituencies. Read story