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Powerful 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey

Powerful 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) — A powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Saturday, the country's disaster service said. The 5.2 magnitude quake struck the town of Puturge in Malatya province at 5:02 p.m.
2 European divers rescued in Indonesia, Dutch teenager dead

2 European divers rescued in Indonesia, Dutch teenager dead

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two European divers were rescued by fishermen on Saturday but a third, a 14-year-old Dutch, had died, four days after they disappeared off a southern Malaysian island and drifted some 70 nautical miles (100 kilometers),
Vehicle collides with food truck in Austin, Texas; 11 hurt

Vehicle collides with food truck in Austin, Texas; 11 hurt

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.
Missile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station

Missile kills at least 52 at crowded Ukrainian train station

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a train station in eastern Ukraine where thousands had gathered Friday, killing at least 52 and wounding dozens more in an attack on a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a new, looming Russian offensi
Liberal, conservative face off in California US House fight

Liberal, conservative face off in California US House fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The contest to replace former Republican Rep.
Scheffler builds 5-shot Masters lead as Tiger makes weekend

Scheffler builds 5-shot Masters lead as Tiger makes weekend

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The wind roaring through the Georgia pines gave Tiger Woods and so many others all they could handle Friday in the Masters. And then Scottie Scheffler made it feel even tougher. In his debut as the new No.
Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law

Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits.
Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends.
Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more

Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Friday acquitted two men of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.
Police official on leave amid probe over Ronald Greene death

Police official on leave amid probe over Ronald Greene death

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Under increasing pressure from lawmakers, the head of the Louisiana State Police put his second-in-command on leave Friday while he faces an internal probe into the erasing of his cellphone data amid the investigation into the dead