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SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (AP) — Three people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting in northeastern Virginia Tuesday evening, according to law enforcement. At about 5:30 p.m., law enforcement received 911 calls about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, about 65 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., said Major Elizabeth Scott, spokesperson for the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office. She said they are urging the public […]

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies starting guard Jaylen Wells was taken by medical personnel from the court on a stretcher on Tuesday after the rookie made a fast-break dunk and landed hard on his head from a midair collision with Charlotte’s K.J. Simpson. Wells caught an outlet pass from Ja Morant and went up to the rim, when Simpson inadvertently undercut him from behind after trying to catch up to […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it has reached a preliminary, staff-level agreement with cash-strapped Argentina on a $20 billion bailout, providing a welcome reprieve to libertarian President Javier Milei as he seeks to overturn the country’s old economic order. As a staff-level agreement, the rescue package still requires final approval from the IMF’s executive board, which was expected to meet in the coming […]

The Taliban detained a British couple in Afghanistan over a small matter and the courts will rule on it based on Islamic law, a government spokesperson said Tuesday, adding: “God willing, their problem will soon be resolved.” It’s the first time in more than a month that Taliban authorities have publicly commented on the case of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who were arrested in early February after being taken from […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan pitched investments in its mines and minerals sector to delegations from the United States, Saudi Arabia, China and elsewhere as it opened a summit Tuesday that authorities hope will bring billions of dollars in investments. The Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum aims to spotlight Pakistan’s reserves of copper, gold, lithium and other minerals while promoting opportunities in the long-overlooked sector. In a speech to delegates, Prime Minister […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares sank again on Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a massive 104% levy on Chinese imports, was due to take effect. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index initially lost nearly 4% and markets in South Korea, New Zealand and Australia also declined. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.6% after wiping out an early gain of 4.1%. That took it nearly 19% below its […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A youth soccer coach has been charged in the death of a 13-year-old whose body was found on the side of a Southern California road. Los Angeles County prosecutors said Monday that the boy was reported missing by his family March 30 after he boarded a train to visit the coach in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles. He wasn’t heard from again. His body was found […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than half of families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program have children attending a private school or are home schooling, numbers that buoy school choice advocates who say the flood of applications proves the approach is what parents want Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office released application figures Tuesday for the CHOOSE Act, the new program which will help eligible families tap state dollars […]

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral vote — one of Nebraska’s five — go to Democratic candidates in three of the past five presidential elections. Republican Sen. […]