DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. His announcement on Saturday escalate...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president on Saturday vetoed the so-called "Russian law" targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abro...

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) - The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. Fico, 59, was attacked as he greeted s...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Someone's plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told Th...

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at the time of the fire but prosecuted as an adult. He has been portray...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana judge who declared that "tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches" has cleared the way for the opening of a new restaurant, delighting a restauranteur following a legal battle. Martin Quintana, 53, has been trying for about three years to open his second The Famous Ta...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping o...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested after police say he dragged an officer while trying to get around the scene of a fatal accident Friday ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship. The 27-year-old Scheffler, the world's No. 1-ranked golfer, was attempting to get to V...

CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of "doctor of litter-ature" on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students' graduation on Saturday. Vermont State University's Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his f...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani's twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the sca...