The Associated Press

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Severe overcrowding, lack of exits and mud contributed to a deadly stampede in India

Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead as the faithful surged toward the preacher to touch him and chaos ensued

2:12AM ( 4 months ago )

Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival

Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead

2:12AM ( 4 months ago )

Summer Olympians will get their support systems back in Paris after Tokyo's COVID bans

Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the unmistakable sadness of competing with nearly no one in the stands amid pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago

2:03AM ( 4 months ago )

Shohei Ohtani says he won't participate in Home Run Derby during All-Star festivities

Shohei Ohtani won’t participate in the Home Run Derby on July 15 despite the Japanese superstar ranking second in the majors with 27 homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1:53AM ( 4 months ago )

Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

1:34AM ( 4 months ago )

From red wall to King's Speech, UK elections have a vocabulary all their own. Here's what to know

Elections in the United Kingdom have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as the lexicon of U.S. politics and modern political spin

1:08AM ( 4 months ago )

New Mexico denies film incentive application on 'Rust' movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the newly completed film to distributors

1:07AM ( 4 months ago )

In the UK election campaign’s final hours, Sunak battles to the end as Labour’s Starmer eyes victory

Voters in the United Kingdom are set to cast ballots in a national election on Thursday, passing judgment on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20 months in office, and the four Conservative prime ministers before him

12:52AM ( 4 months ago )

Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again

Democratic Party leaders are publicly standing by President Joe Biden after a disjointed debate performance

12:13AM ( 4 months ago )

What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started

Critics have long debated which books qualify as a ‘Great American Novel

12:10AM ( 4 months ago )