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Lufthansa employees injured in a Boeing nose gear incident at Frankfurt airport

The Associated Press 1 minute read 8:41 AM CDT

BERLIN (AP) — German airline Lufthansa says several employees were injured after the nose gear of a Boeing aircraft unexpectedly retracted, before passengers were set to board a planned flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

The carrier said the incident involving the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner occurred shortly after noon Thursday while it was parked at the gate, with only crew members and ground staff on board.

“Several employees were injured and are currently receiving medical attention,” Lufthansa said in a statement.

The company, in an email, said it and relevant authorities were investigating the circumstances of the incident.

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Five Eyes alliance warns that China is targeting personnel via fake job ads

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: 6:09 AM CDT

LONDON (AP) — China is targeting personnel linked to the English-speaking Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K and the U.S. — on job websites to get access to classified or sensitive information, the group said Wednesday.

In a bulletin, the Five Eyes powers highlighted an “aggressive” online recruitment strategy where spies for Chinese military intelligence pose as workers acting on behalf of private businesses or think tanks. They then allegedly advertise for bogus jobs such as foreign policy or defense analysts, before pressuring candidates to provide “non-public” information.

The alliance said Chinese agents pretending to be human resources consultants for legitimate-looking companies use websites such as LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork to post job ads.

“China’s military intelligence services are using an increasingly wide array of professional networking sites and online job platforms to target Five Eyes government and military personnel and anyone with access to classified or privileged information," the group said.

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What to know about the deal between Israel and Lebanon extending their shaky ceasefire

Kareem Chehayeb And Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press 6 minute read Preview

What to know about the deal between Israel and Lebanon extending their shaky ceasefire

Kareem Chehayeb And Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press 6 minute read 8:12 AM CDT

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire, with an aim to continue talks later this month for a comprehensive peace deal.

The U.S.-brokered agreement, announced in a joint statement by the U.S., Israel and Lebanon Wednesday, comes after Israeli forces made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter century.

But it includes several contentious points, including the creation of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group that Israel has been fighting would be banned, and a stipulation about the group’s eventual disbanding.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday the deal is the “last chance to enter a final and comprehensive ceasefire.” A November 2024 U.S.-brokered deal to end fighting between Hezbollah and Israel sparked by the war in Gaza failed to hold.

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Man is charged with bringing a bomb in his carry-on bag to a California airport

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Man is charged with bringing a bomb in his carry-on bag to a California airport

The Associated Press 2 minute read 8:59 AM CDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man carrying what authorities described as an explosive device powerful enough to damage a plane, as well as a torch lighter, knife, zip ties and other items, was arrested after trying to pass through a Sacramento International Airport security checkpoint over the weekend, federal prosecutors said.

The 49-year-old from Sacramento was wearing a scarf covering his face and latex gloves, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a news release. He also had five cell phones: one with a 15-minute timer set to begin, a second with a message on the screen from another phone number saying, “we will be awaiting your call.”

Evidence photos released by prosecutors show a cardboard tube about the size of a toilet paper roll fitted with a green fuse. Bomb technicians tested the device. The powder and fuse “were determined to be viable and energetic,” Grant said.

If the device had detonated next to a window on a pressurized aircraft flying above 10,000 feet (3 kilometers), Grant said, “it had the potential to damage the aircraft and cause a possible loss of cabin pressure.”

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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The military government of Mali has banned the sales and use of large motorcycles outside major urban areas and established military zones that are off limits to civilians in an attempt to reduce attacks by militant groups.

The ban announced late Wednesday on national television affects motorcycles with engine displacements of 125 cubic centimetres and higher.

Motorcycles are the primary means of transportation in rural areas of Mali and are used by rural residents and armed groups. Militants often criss-cross the large landscapes of the Sahelian terrain on motorcycles to launch attacks and withdraw. They regularly attack convoys of vehicles transporting goods to the capital Bamako, often setting them ablaze.

The military government also established what it calls “zones of military interests” in 35 locations, which are primarily forests located in the central, southern and western parts of the country where civilians are now prohibited from entering.

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Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon

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Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon

Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell And Sam Metz, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 9:20 AM CDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as continued fighting there hampered moves to end the Iran war.

The Hezbollah announcement came as Israeli strikes killed at least four people, according to local authorities, and a U.N. peacekeeper was killed in the crossfire.

Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem, in a written statement read on TV, called the negotiations “absurd, humiliating, and insulting.” He said the agreement’s demand that Hezbollah fighters leave southern Lebanon under fire would mean “surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals.”

“What we are concerned about is an end to the aggression, ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal,” he said, underscoring that Hezbollah had not made any commitment to stop fighting. “So long as our villages are not safe and are being bombed and destroyed and our people are killed," he said, northern Israel “will not be safe.”

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Small plane crash in Croatia leaves 4 people dead

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Small plane crash in Croatia leaves 4 people dead

The Associated Press 1 minute read 7:24 AM CDT

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A small plane crashed in Croatia on Thursday, killing at least four people, police said.

The plane crashed near Medulin, a town on the Istria peninsula, a statement said. The official HINA news agency reported that it was a German plane that took off from Austria.

Photos from the scene showed the plane wreckage in a field and police and firefighters at the scene.

Local pilot Nijaz Delic told the Index news portal that the plane “spiralled (in the air) and crashed into the ground.”

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Takeaways from how water pollution in Iowa can deflate summer fun

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Takeaways from how water pollution in Iowa can deflate summer fun

Michael Phillis And Brittany Peterson, The Associated Press 5 minute read 8:04 AM CDT

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is a particularly stark example of the Midwest’s broader struggle with water pollution.

It’s a leading agricultural state that also has lots of rivers and streams. Runoff from fertilizer and manure on farms contains nitrates and phosphorus that drain into those waters, making Iowa among the leading contributors to an aquatic dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Residents have lived with water pollution for decades. The problem affects not only public health but also people’s ability to enjoy water in the summertime.

Algal blooms can create dangerous conditions at beaches, and soil runoff can make the water just feel gross. Bacteria, sometimes from human sewage, keeps teenagers out of streams. More than half the sections of rivers, streams and lakes the state tracked in 2024 did not meet state standards for swimming, drinking or aquatic life.

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The Latest: House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran

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The Latest: House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran

The Associated Press 10 minute read Updated: 9:20 AM CDT

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.

Meanwhile, the Republican-led Senate is moving forward with legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the Trump administration to say it will drop its settlement fund for political allies and stripping a separate proposal for White House security from the bill.

And Trump said Wednesday that he'll nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who's aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.

Here's the latest:

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Updated: 9:20 AM CDT

Arts & Entertainment

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, author of ‘Persepolis,’ dies at 56

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Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, author of ‘Persepolis,’ dies at 56

The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: 9:09 AM CDT

PARIS (AP) — Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights and author of “Persepolis,” has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday.

“Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim,” the French presidency said in a statement.

President Emmanuel Macron and his wife “pay tribute to a remarkable artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable,” the statement said.

News broadcaster BFM TV and other French media reported Satrapi has “died of sadness” a little over a year after the death of her husband, Swedish film producer and actor Mattias Ripa, according to a statement from people close to the artist.

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Updated: 9:09 AM CDT

Health

Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women’s health worldwide

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Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women’s health worldwide

Glenn Gamboa, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: 9:03 AM CDT

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause.

The new funding announced Thursday pushes French Gates’ donations for women’s health over $600 million in the past two years.

French Gates told The Associated Press in an interview that women’s health is the cornerstone of the work she does through Pivotal, the group of organizations she founded to handle her philanthropy and investments. “It’s just blaringly obvious that women’s health is fundamental — she has to be well to do well in life,” French Gates said.

Since 2024, when she stepped away from The Gates Foundation, which she founded with her now ex-husband Bill Gates and built into one of the world’s largest private funders of health care, French Gates has honed her approach to supporting women.

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The EU will look for ways to make it quicker for the Western Balkan countries to join the bloc

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The EU will look for ways to make it quicker for the Western Balkan countries to join the bloc

Jovana Gec, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 7:15 AM CDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union will look for new ways to speed up the membership process for six candidate countries from the Western Balkans at an upcoming summit, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Thursday.

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro have been seeking to join the bloc for years but are yet to complete the merit-based process. The EU has recently sought to encourage reform in the candidate nations, fearing the growing influence of Russia and China.

Costa said at a news conference in Serbia’s capital Belgrade that “if you want to boost the trust between each other, we cannot create this feel of frustration" over apparent slow progress toward membership. It doesn't mean it will be easier, Costa added, “but it means how we can deliver together more rapidly.”

The summit on Friday in the Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat will gather top European leaders and officials from the candidate countries. They are all at different stages, with Montenegro and Albania leading the way.

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Updated: 7:15 AM CDT

Life & Style

A new kind of date makes personal to-do lists a reason to get together with friends

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A new kind of date makes personal to-do lists a reason to get together with friends

Cheyanne Mumphrey, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 9:03 AM CDT

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends, couples, roommates and other people who get together for what's known as “admin dates.”

The low-pressure gatherings taking place in coffee shops, accommodating bars and private homes are intended to turn tedious and procrastination-inducing adult responsibilities into productive time with a twist. Tackling a personal to-do list alongside others is a double-duty activity that combines the satisfaction of tending to necessary chores with the no less vital work of nurturing relationships.

“You can have both — getting things done and connecting with people,” Thema Bryant, a Pepperdine University psychology professor and past president of the American Psychological Association, said. “At the gym, if I'm taking a group exercise class, I'm less likely to stop in the middle of other people. ... In the same way, admin dates can help with accountability, motivation and connection."

Romantic or business partners looking to get on the same page, and club members or volunteers collaborating on a big project also may find admin dates helpful. Experts generally advise against meeting up in this way with regular work colleagues, especially supervisors, because it might add unnecessary pressure or create self-consciousness that's counterproductive to confronting in-box gremlins.

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