May 04 Israel strikes Gaza targets in response to heavy rocket fire By Fares Akram, Associated Press Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired scores of rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, wounding at least two Israeli civilians and triggering retaliatory airstrikes and tank fire against militant targets in the blockaded enclave and shattering a month-long lull… Continue reading
May 04 North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea By Foster Klug, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a likely sign of Pyongyang’s growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington meant to provide… Continue reading
May 03 Watch 9:00 News Wrap: Record floods submerge the Midwest Record-breaking flooding from the Mississippi River has devastated the Midwest. On Thursday, waters rose above the record set during the Great Flood of 1993, and officials say it could be a month before the water completely clears. Meanwhile, the U.S. Continue watching
May 03 Watch 3:49 Monster cyclone slams northeast India, takes aim at Bangladesh The enormous Cyclone Fani, equivalent in power to a Category 5 hurricane, slammed into northeastern India Friday, whipping the region with torrential rain and sustained winds over 120 miles per hour before moving toward neighboring Bangladesh. The storm forced more… Continue watching
May 03 Watch 9:32 How Caster Semenya’s case could alter the landscape of women’s sport In athletics, who defines a man and a woman? A court has ordered South African runner and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya to take drugs to suppress her naturally high testosterone levels if she wants to continue to compete. William… Continue watching
May 03 Semenya wins first race since losing case on testosterone levels By Gerald Imray, Associated Press The race came after a ruling that would require the South African star and other female athletes with high levels of natural testosterone to medically lower them to be eligible to compete in events ranging from 400 meters to the… Continue reading
May 03 Ebola deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Krista Larson, Associated Press The outbreak declared almost nine months ago already had caused the most deaths behind the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa's Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia that killed more than 11,000 people. Continue reading
May 03 WATCH: Trump welcomes prime minister of Slovakia to White House Peter Pellegrini is the latest central European leader to visit the White House as the U.S. works to curry favor in the region as a counterbalance to Russia and China. Continue reading
May 03 WATCH: Trump and Putin discussed the Mueller report, White House says By Jill Colvin, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said Putin and Trump talked "very, very briefly" about the Mueller report, but she dodged a question about whether they had discussed Russian election interference. Continue reading
May 03 Days of tumult fail to end Venezuela’s political standoff. What’s next? By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press In the fourth month of their standoff, neither President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó have been able to deliver a knock-out blow as Venezuela spirals deeper into neglect, isolation and desperation. Continue reading