Police officers in the Philippines arrested for kidnapping 4 tourists and demanding a ransom (2024)

A South Korean activists’ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response. The launches are escalating animosities, with South Korea suspending a tension-easing deal with North Korea and preparing to resume frontline military activities. North Korea had halted its flights of rubbish-carrying balloons but threatened to resume them if South Korean activists sent leaflets again. The South Korean civilian group, led by a North Korean defector, said it floated 10 balloons tied to 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets and other items from a border town on Thursday.

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House lawmakers will be asked later this month to vote on legislation advocates argue updates “archaic” parentage laws to make it easier for members of the LGBTQ+ community to become parents, the chamber’s top Democrat said Wednesday during a Pride Month event.

A man in Mexico died after contracting a strain of bird flu that hasn’t been confirmed in humans before, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

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CHICAGO — Fending off critics of the largest budget in Illinois history, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the $53.1 billion spending plan he signed Wednesday will jump start economic development, provide relief to the poor and tackle other “important issues at the top of mind for Illinois families.”

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk received a question on Tuesday, asking if his blood started boiling when he crossed the city limits into Edmonton.

With a deadline looming, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are working to settle their differences over access to public health care services, delaying minimum wage increases for workers and pausing tax credits for businesses as they cut their way out of California's $…

DENVER — More transparency is coming for Colorado’s delivery and ride-hail drivers.

NEW YORK — State investigators busted a mob-backed sports gambling operation in Staten Island that doubled as a lucrative loansharking scheme, officials said Wednesday.

BOSTON — Round-by-round, the media presence chronicling the Mavericks’ improbable playoff run gradually has increased in size, but on Wednesday, the eve of the NBA Finals, sensory overload struck.

A federal court has preliminarily approved a proposed settlement agreement in a 2017 class action lawsuit between the federal government and Iraqi nationals that would ensure Iraqis will not be indefinitely detained or arrested because they want to regularize their immigration statuses, acco…

MINNEAPOLIS — As the jury in the Feeding Our Future trial continued to deliberate Wednesday for a third day, the house of a Shakopee businessman on trial was raided by FBI agents as they investigate who leaked a list of juror names, leading to an attempted bribe.

Texas All-Star shortstop Corey Seager left the Rangers’ game Wednesday night against Detroit because of tightness in his left hamstring after hitting an RBI single in the second inning. Seager sliced the opposite-field hit down the line in left to score Travis Jankowski for a 1-0 lead. Manager Bruce Bochy and trainer Matt Lucero headed to first base, and Seager left the game. Seager extended his career-best on-base streak to 28 games. He had a 16-game hitting streak snapped Tuesday night. Tigers starter Kenta Maeda left after throwing only two pitches. He rubbed the area of his right-side ribs after throwing his second pitch.

BOSTON — Even here, with the 17 NBA championship banners fluttering high above the parquet floor, here where they take their pro basketball very, very seriously, it is clear the hoops gods have a real sense of humor.

The University of South Florida will be the new headquarters of the Global Virus Network, a coalition of more than 80 virology research centers in 40 countries, as well as home to its co-founder: Robert Gallo, who is credited as one of the co-discoverers of HIV.

The Adams administration is asking a judge to suspend implementation of the ban on solitary confinement at New York City jails until the federal monitor overseeing the facilities can weigh in.

The Mets insist they still have a run in them. If they’re going to go on one, they have to beat certain teams, with the rebuilding Washington Nationals being one of them.

DENVER — A new Colorado law signed Wednesday by Gov. Jared Polis bans the use of a cell phone while driving, except with a hands-free device or in emergency situations.

DETROIT — A 2-year-old was killed Wednesday when a tornado swept through suburban Livonia and toppled a tree that landed on the family's house.

Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda left his road start against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night after throwing two pitches. Maeda, 36, threw a four-seam fastball for a strike and a slider for a ball, after which he winced. Catcher Jake Rogers headed to the mound, and manager A.J. Hinch, trainer Ryne Eubanks and interpreter Daichi Sekizaki headed there from the dugout. During the subsequent conference, Maeda rubbed his right side. Maeda is 2-2 with a 6.25 ERA in nine starts.

Officials say a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people. Another at least 23 people were injured, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said about the crash that took place late Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Prague. The passenger train belonged to the private RegioJet company, Rakušan said. Transport Minister Martin Kupka said the major track between Prague and the eastern part of the country had to be closed while authorities investigate.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A woman will join the previously all-male South Carolina Supreme Court.

BOSTON — A familiar voice from the back of the interview room asked Luka Doncic a question he’s answered several times since the end of the Western Conference finals.

There is no need for Giants fans to bring an umbrella to the Jersey Shore’s beaches this summer with all the shade already being cast upon them from South Philadelphia.