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Associated Press News
2025-05-20 18:32:45+00:00
[ "Harvey Weinstein", "Meg Ryan", "Jessica Mann", "California", "New York", "Legal proceedings", "Crime", "New York City Wire", "Trials", "Associated Press", "Miriam Haley", "Arthur L. Aidala", "Curtis Farber", "Matthew Colangelo", "Sexual assault", "Kaja Sokola" ]
# Weinstein trial turns tense as accuser gestures at him and lawyers clash over a movie reference By Jennifer Peltz May 20th, 2025, 06:32 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — A key witness stared down Harvey Weinstein and pointed sharply at him as she left court in sobs Tuesday, marking one of the most heated points of the form...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 10:57:50+00:00
[ "United Kingdom", "Keir Starmer", "Immigration", "Migration", "Politics", "Business", "COVID-19 pandemic", "Government programs", "European Union" ]
# Fewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the UK in 2024 By Pan Pylas May 22nd, 2025, 10:57 AM --- LONDON (AP) — Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. — the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number of those moving abroad — in 2024...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 07:03:55+00:00
[ "Germany", "Germany government", "Teens", "Political refugees", "Jerome M.", "Stefanie Hubig", "Indictments", "Benjamin H.", "Fires", "Asylum", "Jason R.", "Assault", "Terrorism" ]
# Germany says it broke up a far-right group that planned attacks. 5 teens have been arrested By Geir Moulson May 21st, 2025, 07:03 AM --- BERLIN (AP) — German police on Wednesday arrested five teenagers accused of involvement with a right-wing extremist group calling itself "Last Defense Wave" that allegedly aime...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 12:14:28+00:00
[ "Italy", "Giorgia Meloni", "Courts", "Sexual assault", "LGBTQ" ]
# Italy's court says 2 mothers can register as parents on birth certificates By Nicole Winfield May 22nd, 2025, 12:14 PM --- ROME (AP) — Italy's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that two women can register as parents of a child on a birth certificate, saying recognition of parental rights can't be restricted...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 15:53:12+00:00
[ "Sean Diddy Combs", "Regina Ventura", "Barack Obama", "Manhattan", "Los Angeles", "New York City Wire", "Arun Subramanian", "Juries", "Suge Knight", "Technology", "Scott Mescudi", "Cassie", "Sex and sexuality", "Sexual misconduct", "Gerard Gannon", "Marc Agnifilo", "David James", "...
# Cassie's mother says Sean 'Diddy' Combs demanded $20K because her daughter was seeing someone else By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister May 20th, 2025, 03:53 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — An angry Sean "Diddy" Combs demanded $20,000 from Casandra "Cassie" Ventura's mother and threatened to release explicit sex tape...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 18:59:05+00:00
[ "Brandon Johnson", "Chicago", "Donald Trump", "Lori Lightfoot", "U.S. Department of Justice", "Discrimination", "Civil rights", "Human rights", "Black experience", "United States government", "Legal proceedings", "United States", "Conservatism", "Harmeet K. Dhillon", "Race and ethnicity"...
# Justice Department probes Chicago's hiring after mayor touts Black hires By Claudia Lauer May 20th, 2025, 06:59 PM --- The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into hiring practices at the city of Chicago, according to a letter shared on social media and sent to the Chicago mayor's ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 23:15:22+00:00
[ "Ruth Eleonora Lpez", "Nayib Bukele", "Eleonora Alfaro", "Law enforcement", "El Salvador", "Theft", "Eugenio Chicas", "Noah Bullock", "Human rights", "Salvador Sanchez Ceren", "Corporate crime", "Embezzlement" ]
# Mother of arrested Salvadoran lawyer says daughter is innocent and calls for her release May 20th, 2025, 11:15 PM --- SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The mother of a human rights lawyer arrested in El Salvador said Tuesday she was able to see and speak with her daughter more than 24 hours after her arrest and dec...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 15:04:17+00:00
[ "Newark", "Ras Baraka", "Donald Trump", "Alina Habba", "Tom Homan", "Prisons", "Protests and demonstrations", "National", "Immigration", "Kristi Noem", "United States government", "Bonnie Coleman", "Donald Payne Jr.", "Politics", "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "Law enforce...
# Prosecutors charge New Jersey Democrat over ICE protest By Mike Catalini, Alanna Durkin Richer, and Eric Tucker May 20th, 2025, 03:04 PM --- Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an im...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 20:57:38+00:00
[ "Bomb threats", "Honolulu", "San Diego", "Airport security", "Evacuations" ]
# Flight at San Diego airport evacuated and 1 arrested following reports of a bomb threat May 20th, 2025, 08:57 PM --- SAN DIEGO (AP) — One person was arrested following reports of a possible bomb threat on a Hawaiian Airlines flight set to take off from San Diego International Airport, leading to the evacuation of ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 19:08:53+00:00
[ "Los Angeles", "Animals", "Elephants", "Tulsa", "Cher", "Oklahoma", "Lawsuits", "Legal proceedings", "Bob Blumenfield", "Jake Davis" ]
# Aging elephants moved from Los Angeles to Tulsa Zoo, but advocates say they should be at a sanctuary By Christopher Weber May 21st, 2025, 07:08 PM --- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy and Tina, the last remaining elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo, were quietly moved this week to a zoo in Oklahoma despite pending lawsuits...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 15:54:58+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Vladimir Putin", "Space launches", "Military and defense", "District of Columbia", "China", "China government", "U.S. Air Force", "Politics", "Aerospace technology", "Troy Meink", "Russia", "U.S. Department of Defense", "Michael Guetlein", "United States government" ]
# Trump selects concept for $175-billion 'Golden Dome' missile system By Tara Copp May 20th, 2025, 03:54 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered, $175 billion system that for the first time will put U.S. ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 12:21:57+00:00
[ "Keir Starmer", "Rachel Reeves", "Retirees", "United Kingdom government", "Europe", "England", "London", "Business", "Conservatism", "United Kingdom", "Subsidies", "Politics" ]
# UK's Starmer paves the way for reversal of policy that limited fuel subsidies for retirees By Pan Pylas May 21st, 2025, 12:21 PM --- LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer suggested Wednesday that a hugely unpopular measure which deprived millions of retirees an annual winter fuel subsidy will be chan...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 00:39:10+00:00
[ "Bryan Kohberger", "Legal proceedings", "Trials", "Idaho", "Constitutional law", "Ethan Chapin", "Kaylee Goncalves", "Steven Hippler" ]
# Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger ask for trial delay, citing in part publicity around the case May 22nd, 2025, 12:39 AM --- BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed, citing in part a recent NBC "Dateline" special that they called...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 18:33:09+00:00
[ "Kristi Noem", "Donald Trump", "U.S. Coast Guard", "U.S. Department of Homeland Security", "Military and defense", "United States government", "Politics", "U.S. Department of Transportation", "Connecticut", "Kevin E. Lunday", "Veronica Krystofik", "Linda Fagan", "Arctic", "Mike Ezell" ]
# Noem promises reform to US Coast Guard Academy graduates By Susan Haigh May 21st, 2025, 06:33 PM --- The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday as she promised an overhaul of the service that she called the "point of the ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 12:51:47+00:00
[ "Pope Leo XIV", "Vatican City", "Rome", "Religion", "Francesco Tamburlani", "Peru", "Physical fitness", "Valerio Masella", "Catholic Church", "Jannik Sinner", "Lifestyle" ]
# At the gym, the future Pope Leo XIV kept a high heart rate and a low profile By Paolo Santalucia May 21st, 2025, 12:51 PM --- ROME (AP) — The Omega gym in Rome has long been frequented by residents of the up-market Prati district, as well as priests, nuns and monsignors from the nearby Vatican City. And also, to...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 08:27:20+00:00
[ "Anwar Ibrahim", "Myanmar", "Kuwait", "Oman", "Bahrain", "China", "Donald Trump", "Min Aung Hlaing", "Association of Southeast Asian Nations", "China government", "Malaysia government", "Economic policy", "Malaysia", "United States Congress", "Politics", "United States government", "...
# US tariff hikes, Myanmar war and sea disputes will top ASEAN summit agenda May 22nd, 2025, 08:27 AM --- PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top the agenda of a two-day Southeast Asian summit next week, Malaysian Prime Minister Anw...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 12:51:57+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Immunizations", "Medication", "U.S. Food and Drug Administration", "District of Columbia", "COVID-19 pandemic", "COVID-19", "Health", "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.", "Politics", "Business", "Vinay Prasad", "Marty Makary", "United States government" ]
# FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots By Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard May 22nd, 2025, 12:51 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 13:45:49+00:00
[ "Philippines", "China government", "South China Sea", "Beijing", "China", "United States government", "United States", "Oceans", "Military and defense", "United States Congress" ]
# US, Philippines militaries conduct drills in waters adjacent to the China-claimed South China Sea May 21st, 2025, 01:45 PM --- TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The militaries of the U.S. and Philippines have carried out joint drills in waters adjacent to the South China Sea claimed by Beijing, amid a rising number of inciden...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 18:18:22+00:00
[ "Ron DeSantis", "Florida", "Government programs", "Jack Campbell", "Casey DeSantis", "Philanthropy", "Politics", "Associated Press", "Kate Payne", "Mark Wilson", "Alex Andrade" ]
# Prosecutors open investigation related to Hope Florida Foundation By Kate Payne May 20th, 2025, 06:18 PM --- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have opened an investigation related to the Hope Florida Foundation, the nonprofit behind the welfare program that has been touted as the signature achievement of firs...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 04:05:33+00:00
[ "South Africa", "Elon Musk", "Donald Trump", "Cyril Ramaphosa", "Volodymyr Zelenskyy", "Marco Rubio", "United States government", "Genocide", "United States", "South Africa government", "Racism", "Politics", "John Steenhuisen", "Race and ethnicity", "United States Congress", "Governmen...
# South Africa's leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit By Gerald Imray May 21st, 2025, 04:05 AM --- JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa's leader at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense after Trump accused the country's gover...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 18:53:32+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Doug Burgum", "Fires", "Oregon", "Washington", "U.S. Department of the Interior", "United States government", "New Jersey", "Nebraska", "Billings", "Wildfires", "United States", "Fish", "Climate and environment", "Tim Sheehy", "National Park Service", "Elon Musk", ...
# Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency, but ex-officials warn of chaos By Matthew Brown May 20th, 2025, 06:53 PM --- BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is trying to merge the government's wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some forme...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 13:05:04+00:00
[ "Israel", "Israel government", "Yaron Lischinsky", "District of Columbia", "Jerusalem", "Middle East", "DC Wire", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars", "Yechiel Leiter", "United States Congress", "Mike Herzog", "Religion", "Ron Prosor", "Business" ]
# Who were the Israeli Embassy staffers shot dead days before getting engaged? By Tia Goldenberg May 22nd, 2025, 01:05 PM --- TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The two people shot and killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington were young staffers at the Israeli Embassy who were soon to be engaged. The suspect shouted "Fre...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 01:16:37+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Canada government", "Canada", "United States government", "United States Congress", "Congress", "United States", "Military and defense", "Mark Carney", "Ottawa", "Politics" ]
# Canada is talking to the US about joining its 'Golden Dome' missile defense system, Carney says By Rob Gillies May 22nd, 2025, 01:16 AM --- TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday his government is talking to the U.S. about joining President Donald Trump's future Golden Dome missile def...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 14:40:23+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Elon Musk", "Department of Government Efficiency", "Wisconsin", "Government budgets", "U.S. Republican Party", "Green Bay", "Doha", "2020 United States presidential election", "Government and politics", "Campaign finance", "Elections", "Political action committees" ]
# Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending By Chris Megerian, Thomas Beaumont, and Ryan J. Foley May 20th, 2025, 02:40 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he'll be spending "a lot less" on politi...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 19:32:29+00:00
[ "Billy Long", "Donald Trump", "Elizabeth Warren", "Internal Revenue Service", "Hunter Biden", "Ron Wyden", "Mike Crapo", "Taxes", "Legislation", "Campaign finance", "Business", "Michael Faulkender", "Douglas ODonnell", "Government and politics", "Gary Shapley", "Daniel Werfel", "Gove...
# IRS nominee who sponsored legislation to abolish it faces pointed questions By Fatima Hussein May 20th, 2025, 07:32 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — A former congressman who sponsored legislation to abolish the IRS and is now the nominee to lead that agency faced pointed questions from senators Tuesday about his past pr...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 22:48:56+00:00
[ "Abraham Lincoln", "Illinois", "Louise Taper", "Assassinations", "Business", "John Wilkes Booth" ]
# Lincoln's blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction By John O'Connor May 21st, 2025, 10:48 PM --- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 12:41:18+00:00
[ "Hong Kong", "Freedom of the press", "Jimmy Lai", "Selina Cheng", "Taxes", "News media", "Business", "Information security", "Hong Kong government" ]
# Some Hong Kong reporters and news outlets are targeted by unwarranted tax audits, media group says By Kanis Leung May 21st, 2025, 12:41 PM --- HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's tax authorities targeted at least 20 people, including journalists, current or former heads of media organizations and their families, with a...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 07:39:41+00:00
[ "Burkina Faso", "Thomas Sankara", "Jean Emmanuel Oudraogo", "Radicalism", "Blaise Compaore", "Communism", "Francis Kr", "Military and defense", "Ibrahim Traore" ]
# Burkina Faso's military leaders turn to 'Africa's Che Guevara' to rally struggling country By Associated Press May 21st, 2025, 07:39 AM --- OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as "Africa's Che Guevara" as a way to rally a country struggling to defe...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 18:20:59+00:00
[ "Massachusetts", "Rhode Island", "Peter Neronha", "Indictments", "Business", "Shannon Reilly", "Climate and environment", "Climate" ]
# Massachusetts construction company to pay $11M in illegal dumping case May 21st, 2025, 06:20 PM --- PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's top legal chief announced Wednesday that a Massachusetts construction company has agreed to pay $11 million to settle criminal charges that it illegally dumped thousands of ton...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 19:15:37+00:00
[ "Missouri", "St. Louis", "Kansas City", "George W. Bush", "Funerals and memorial services", "Politics", "Government budgets", "John C. Danforth", "Kit Bond", "United States Senate", "John Ashcroft" ]
# Former US Sen. Bond remembered at Missouri Capitol By Heather Hollingsworth and David A. Lieb May 20th, 2025, 07:15 PM --- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Christopher "Kit" Bond, a Republican who was Missouri's youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered Tuesday as a beloved statesm...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 15:39:30+00:00
[ "Shootings", "New York", "Thomas Mascia", "Law enforcement", "New Jersey", "Gun violence", "New York City Wire", "Philip Marcelo", "Indictments", "Jeffrey Lichtman", "Jared Rosenblatt", "Anne Donnelly" ]
# Former New York state trooper pleads guilty to faking his own shooting By Philip Marcelo May 21st, 2025, 03:39 PM --- MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, pr...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 10:32:36+00:00
[ "Indonesia", "Bali", "Telegram", "Taylor Kirby Whitemore", "Law enforcement", "Prisons", "Pornography", "Immigration", "Airport security", "Business" ]
# An American man is arrested in Indonesia for allegedly selling porn videos on social media By Niniek Karmini May 21st, 2025, 10:32 AM --- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An American man was arrested in Indonesia's tourist island of Bali for allegedly selling pornographic videos through social media, officials said Wed...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 20:35:04+00:00
[ "Melissa Wiginton", "Christianity", "Waukegan", "Illinois", "Daniel Hartman", "Religion", "Texas", "Associated Press", "Lifestyle", "Kennedy Maye", "Mercedes Collins", "Lilly Endowment Inc.", "Adi Camacho", "Technology", "Shari Oosting", "Education", "Betty Freymann" ]
# With fewer ordinations, seminaries find ways to serve young professionals in other fields By Kathryn Post May 20th, 2025, 08:35 PM --- PRINCETON, N.J. (RNS) — On a Tuesday evening in early April, an audience sat enraptured in Princeton Theological Seminary's dining hall as, one by one, adults in their 20s walked...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 19:45:29+00:00
[ "California", "Fraud", "Nicole Brown", "Crime", "Accidents", "Law enforcement", "Head injuries", "Fairs and festivals", "Counterfeiting and forgery", "Peter Schuman", "Emergency care", "Brian Gurwitz" ]
# California cop was partying at festival while collecting $600,000 for fake injury, officials say May 21st, 2025, 07:45 PM --- LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police officer was caught partying at the Stagecoach Music Festival while collecting more than $600,000 in workers' compensation for a head injury t...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 19:19:35+00:00
[ "Colombia", "Forests", "Colombia government", "Plants", "Metals and mining", "New York City", "National parks", "Business", "Climate and environment", "Associated Press", "Climate" ]
# Colombia lost huge area to deforestation in 6 months, public watchdog report warns By Steven Grattan May 20th, 2025, 07:19 PM --- BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia lost nearly 88,900 hectares (340 square miles) of forest — an area larger than New York City — in just six months, driven by the rapid spread of illeg...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 21:39:41+00:00
[ "Barack Obama", "District of Columbia", "John Podesta", "Donald Trump", "Maryland", "Carl Nichols", "Taylor Taranto Trump", "Hillary Clinton", "United States government", "Fraud", "Riots", "United States", "DC Wire", "Veterans", "Carmen Hernandez", "Politics", "Law enforcement", "L...
# Former Capitol riot defendant is convicted of gun charges stemming from his arrest near Obama's home By Michael Kunzelman May 20th, 2025, 09:39 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran whose Capitol riot case was erased by a presidential proclamation was convicted Tuesday of charges that he illegally possesse...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 16:01:33+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Metals and mining", "Doug Burgum", "United States government", "China", "United States", "Politics", "Associated Press", "Climate and environment", "Canada", "Miyoko Sakashita", "Business", "Samoa", "U.S. Department of the Interior", "Oliver Gunasekara" ]
# Trump administration will evaluate request to sell leases for seabed mining of critical minerals By Tammy Webber May 21st, 2025, 04:01 PM --- The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potentia...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 03:46:30+00:00
[ "Endangered species", "Nevada", "Animals", "Songbirds", "Fish", "Climate and environment", "Patrick Donnelly", "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service", "Climate" ]
# A rare olive-colored fish that exists only in Nevada could soon be listed as an endangered species By Rio Yamat May 21st, 2025, 03:46 AM --- LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is "barely clinging to existence" because of rapid groundwater ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 21:12:36+00:00
[ "New York", "National", "Airport security", "Brian Patterson" ]
# Man taken into custody at Buffalo airport after crashing pickup truck into gate May 20th, 2025, 09:12 PM --- CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A man in a pickup truck drove through a roadside gate at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and crossed a runway before being taken into custody Tuesday morning, according to...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 22:10:12+00:00
[ "New York City", "Andrew Cuomo", "Donald Trump", "Eric Adams", "Newark", "U.S. Department of Justice", "Letitia James", "James Comey", "James Comer", "Nursing homes", "New York City Wire", "United States government", "Politics", "COVID-19 pandemic", "Jeanine Pirro", "Elections", "Bas...
# Cuomo's comeback faces a new challenger: Donald Trump's Justice Department By Anthony Izaguirre May 21st, 2025, 10:10 PM --- With just weeks to go until New York City's mayoral primary, one of the leading candidates, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, finds himself under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. H...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 23:28:47+00:00
[ "Crime", "New Orleans", "Catholic Church", "Legal proceedings", "Lawsuits", "Religion", "Soren Gisleson", "Courts", "Sexual abuse", "Sexual assault", "Richard Trahant", "Bankruptcy", "Aaron Hebert" ]
# New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse By Jack Brook, Jim Mustian, and Lisa Baumann May 21st, 2025, 11:28 PM --- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesd...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 07:53:27+00:00
[ "United Kingdom", "Keir Starmer", "London", "United Kingdom government", "Arson", "Fires", "Stanislav Carpiuc", "Crime", "Politics" ]
# Third man charged over fires at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Starmer May 21st, 2025, 07:53 AM --- LONDON (AP) — A third suspect has been charged with arson over a series of fires targeting property linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, police said Wednesday. Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged wi...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 11:16:26+00:00
[ "Friedrich Merz", "Keir Starmer", "Donald Trump", "Benjamin Netanyahu", "Emmanuel Macron", "Antonio Tajani", "Abdullah Sabah Albadri", "Italy government", "Germany government", "Antisemitism", "United Kingdom government", "South Korea", "District of Columbia", "Israel", "Europe", "Isra...
# Global leaders condemn fatal attack on 2 Israeli Embassy staffers in DC By Stefanie Dazio May 22nd, 2025, 11:16 AM --- BERLIN (AP) — Global reactions poured in Thursday in the hours after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jew...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 13:01:41+00:00
[ "Animals", "Frogs", "John Bateman", "Endangered species", "New York", "Climate and environment", "Salamanders and newts", "Margot Fass", "Zoology", "Associated Press", "Climate" ]
# Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian. Some humans are helping By Maryel Pryce and Oliver Butler May 21st, 2025, 01:01 PM --- HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 08:45:45+00:00
[ "Benjamin Netanyahu", "Yoav Gallant", "Israel", "International Criminal Court", "Gaza Strip", "The Hague", "Law enforcement", "Courts", "Mohammed Deif", "Israel-Hamas war", "Hamas", "Humanitarian crises", "Karim Khan", "Indictments", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars" ]
# ICC prosecutor says Netanyahu arrest warrant should remain as Israel jurisdiction challenge is heard By Molly Quell May 22nd, 2025, 08:45 AM --- THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors have urged judges to reject a request by Israel to scrap arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benja...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 17:16:48+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Pete Hegseth", "Sean Parnell", "Qatar", "Cyril Ramaphosa", "U.S. Department of Defense", "Roger Marshall", "Tammy Duckworth", "Government regulations", "Military and defense", "Politics", "Constitutional law", "Troy Meink" ]
# Pentagon says Hegseth has accepted gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump By Lolita C. Baldor May 21st, 2025, 05:16 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongo...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 04:02:19+00:00
[ "Mike Johnson", "Donald Trump", "U.S. Republican Party", "Hakeem Jeffries", "Karoline Leavitt", "John Rose", "Government programs", "California", "United States House of Representatives", "Taxes", "Congress", "New York City Wire", "Andrew Harris", "Politics", "Voting", "Business" ]
# Republicans head to White House as Trump's tax break package is in trouble By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Leah Askarinam, and Joey Cappelletti May 21st, 2025, 04:02 AM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying opposition within his ranks, House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted late Wednesday that Republicans would march ahead...
Associated Press News
2025-05-21 14:48:45+00:00
[ "Riek Machar", "South Sudan", "Donald Trump", "Juba", "Sudan", "Antonio Guterres", "United States government", "War and unrest", "Immigration", "United States", "James Monday Enoka", "Politics", "Salva Kiir Mayardit", "South Sudan government", "Martin Mawut Ochalla" ]
# A look at South Sudan, where the US is accused of quietly sending migrants By Cara Anna May 21st, 2025, 02:48 PM --- The United States is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan, a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 07:40:54+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Iran", "Tehran", "Iran government", "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad", "Ali Khamenei", "Joe Biden", "Hassan Nasrallah", "Ismail Haniyeh", "Barack Obama", "Yahya Sinwar", "Qassem Soleimani", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars", "Military and defense", "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi", "International a...
# Timeline of tensions between Iran and US over Tehran's nuclear program By The Associated Press May 22nd, 2025, 07:40 AM --- Iran and the United States will hold a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. The negotiations represent a milestone in the fraught relatio...
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2025-05-22 04:02:42+00:00
[ "Racism", "Los Angeles", "Southern Poverty Law Center", "Hate crimes", "Aki Maehara", "Politics", "Alabama", "Race and ethnicity", "Montgomery" ]
# Southern Poverty Law Center to release its annual report on hate and extremism By Terry Tang May 22nd, 2025, 04:02 AM --- The Southern Poverty Law Center is expected to release its annual report Thursday on white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist group activity in the United States. The Hate &...
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2025-05-21 03:28:05+00:00
[ "Financial markets", "United States government", "Stocks and bonds", "Diversity", "equity and inclusion", "National", "United States", "Bank of America Corp.", "Financial services", "Business", "Doug Palladini", "Jonathan Krinsky", "Donald Trump" ]
# Wall Street tumbles under the weight of rising Treasury yields and US debt worries By Stan Choe May 21st, 2025, 03:28 AM --- NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slumped on Wednesday under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S. government's spiraling debt and ...
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2025-05-20 18:39:21+00:00
[ "Comedy", "Camille Rutherford", "Laura Piani", "Books and literature", "Movies", "Film Reviews", "Jane Austen", "Lindsey Bahr", "Arts and entertainment", "Frederick Wiseman", "Pablo Pauly", "Charlie Anson", "Entertainment" ]
# 'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life' review: Bilingual romance and writer's block By Lindsey Bahr May 20th, 2025, 06:39 PM --- Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani's feature debut "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn't so much been ruined...
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2025-05-20 19:49:35+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Miami", "Venezuela", "Evelyn Alexandra Batista", "Nicolas Maduro", "Hospitality and leisure industry", "Immigration", "Retail and wholesale", "Tricia McLaughlin", "Politics", "Courts", "Business", "William Paredes", "United States government", "Agriculture", "Rebecca S...
# US business owners are confused about Venezuelan employees with temporary status By Gisela Salomon May 20th, 2025, 07:49 PM --- DORAL, Fla. (AP) — As a business owner in the largest Venezuelan community in the United States, Wilmer Escaray is stressed and in shock. He is unsure what steps he should take after th...
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2025-05-22 10:48:40+00:00
[ "Sandy Cay", "Philippines", "Philippines government", "Manila", "South China Sea", "China government", "China", "Donald Trump", "International agreements" ]
# Philippines condemns Chinese coast guard's use of water cannon on a research vessel By Jim Gomez May 22nd, 2025, 10:48 AM --- MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials on Thursday condemned the Chinese coast guard, which it said used a powerful water cannon to target one of two Philippine fishing boats con...
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2025-05-21 00:05:14+00:00
[ "North Korea", "Crime", "United Nations", "Kim Jong-un", "Elizabeth Salmn", "North Korea government", "South Korea government", "Human rights", "Kim Song", "Sean Chung", "COVID-19 pandemic", "Capital punishment" ]
# North Korean defectors tell UN of human rights abuses By Edith M. Lederer May 21st, 2025, 12:05 AM --- UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United Nations on Tuesday that the country's leader must be held account...
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2025-05-21 16:37:19+00:00
[ "Mahmoud Khalil", "Donald Trump", "Louisiana", "United States government", "Colleges and universities", "New York City", "Prisons", "United States", "New York City Wire", "Claire Shipman", "Government policy", "Legal proceedings", "Palestinian territories government", "Education costs", ...
# Over boos, Columbia University president notes Mahmoud Khalil's absence at graduation By Jake Offenhartz May 21st, 2025, 04:37 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Columbia University gave a commencement speech Wednesday acknowledging the absence of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was due to receive his diplo...
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2025-05-21 12:30:21+00:00
[ "Chris Brown", "Manchester", "London", "Assault", "Music", "Entertainment", "Hannah Nicholls", "Tony Baumgartner", "RB", "Courts", "Celebrity", "Amsterdam", "Grammy Awards", "Abe Diaw" ]
# Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case, allowing him to start world tour By Brian Melley May 21st, 2025, 12:30 PM --- LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music produc...
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2025-05-21 12:10:41+00:00
[ "Myanmar", "Aung San Suu Kyi", "Thailand government", "Military and defense", "War and unrest", "Russia government" ]
# Myanmar army says a transport helicopter has crashed in a combat zone due to malfunction May 21st, 2025, 12:10 PM --- BANGKOK (AP) — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar's military crashed in a combat zone in the country's north while returning from a mission to deliver supplies to army outposts, a state-run newspape...
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2025-05-21 06:04:04+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Israel", "War and unrest", "Israel government", "Fires", "Hezbollah", "Technology", "Hamas", "Politics", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars" ]
# Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense plan was inspired by Israel's multitiered defenses By The Associated Press May 21st, 2025, 06:04 AM --- JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a "Golden Dome" to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel's mult...
Associated Press News
2025-05-20 22:30:28+00:00
[ "Newark", "Federal Aviation Administration", "Sean Duffy", "Aviation safety", "New York City Wire", "Power outages", "Business", "Chris Rocheleau" ]
# FAA extends flight limits at Newark airport into June because of controller shortage and tech issues By Josh Funk May 20th, 2025, 10:30 PM --- The flight restrictions that have been in place at New Jersey's largest airport ever since air traffic controllers first lost their radar and radios briefly last month wi...
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2025-05-21 05:04:08+00:00
[ "Mali", "Bamako", "U.S. Agency for International Development", "Donald Trump", "Language", "AFRICA PULSE", "Business", "Foreign aid", "Education", "Politics", "Amadi Ba", "Education funding" ]
# In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands By Baba Ahmed May 21st, 2025, 05:04 AM --- MOUNTOUGOULA, Mali (AP) — For Aminata Doumbia, an 18-year-old Malian, the "Shifin ni Tagne" project was a path for her life dreams. A phrase meaning "our future" in the country's ...
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2025-05-21 03:58:47+00:00
[ "California", "John Thune", "Joe Biden", "Donald Trump", "Pollution", "United States Senate", "United States House of Representatives", "Transportation technology", "Electric vehicles", "Congress", "Mike Stanton", "Josh Lovelace", "Matt Meyer", "Politics", "Phil Scott", "Climate and en...
# US Senate moves to block vehicle-emission rules in California By Sophie Austin May 21st, 2025, 03:58 AM --- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Congress may stop California from implementing its first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. A Senate vote expected as soon as this week could en...
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2025-05-22 11:07:45+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Joe Biden", "U.S. Republican Party", "Taxes", "Legislation", "Education costs", "United States House of Representatives", "Jobs and careers", "Congress", "Business", "Politics", "Asylum", "Personal finance", "Mexico", "Border security", "Government programs" ]
# Trump's big tax bill has passed the House. Here's what's inside it By Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro May 22nd, 2025, 11:07 AM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans early Thursday took a major step forward on President Donald Trump's agenda, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cut...
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2025-05-22 03:39:04+00:00
[ "Benjamin Netanyahu", "Crime", "Sarah Milgrim", "Donald Trump", "Elias Rodriguez", "Israel government", "District of Columbia", "Shootings", "Israel", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars", "Law enforcement", "Israel-Hamas war", "DC Wire", "Gun violence", "Jeanine Pirro", "Yaron Lischinsky", "Ted...
# 2 Israeli embassy staff members killed in shooting outside Jewish museum in DC By Maya Sweedler May 22nd, 2025, 03:39 AM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, "Free, free Palestine" afte...
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2025-05-22 04:00:33+00:00
[ "Sean Diddy Combs", "George Kaplan", "Crime", "Manhattan", "Human trafficking", "New York City Wire", "Cassie", "Legal proceedings", "Scott Mescudi", "New York", "Kid Cudi", "Arts and entertainment", "Sexual misconduct", "Entertainment" ]
# Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify at the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister May 22nd, 2025, 04:00 AM --- NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs after one of the music mogul's former aides finishes telli...
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2025-05-20 19:59:26+00:00
[ "Karoline Leavitt", "Melania Trump", "Donald Trump", "Mexico", "District of Columbia", "DC Wire", "Legislation", "Politics" ]
# Trump eats a 'good amount' of candy, White House press secretary tells kid reporters By Darlene Superville May 20th, 2025, 07:59 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a sweet tooth and his favorites are pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls. So said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, a...
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2025-05-21 20:18:35+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Adam Schiff", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "Joe Biden", "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency", "Lung disease", "United States House of Representatives", "Lung cancer", "Government budgets", "Congress", "Climate and environment", "Government and politics", "U.S. Democratic Party", ...
# Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated Congressional hearing By Matthew Daly May 21st, 2025, 08:18 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an "aspiring fiction writer" and saying another does not "c...
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2025-05-21 18:24:50+00:00
[ "Sam Altman", "OpenAI Inc", "Apple", "Inc.", "Artificial intelligence", "Steve Jobs", "Mobile phones", "Consumer electronics manufacturing", "San Francisco", "Delaware", "Associated Press", "Gartner", "Meta Platforms", "Peter Welinder", "Technology", "Alphabet", "Business", "Allen ...
# OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal By Matt O'Brien and Michael Liedtke May 21st, 2025, 06:24 PM --- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple's iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company t...
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2025-05-21 15:17:41+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Christopher Cooper", "Department of Government Efficiency", "Amy Gleason", "Courts", "Elon Musk", "District of Columbia", "United States government", "Government budgets", "United States", "U.S. Supreme Court", "Legal proceedings", "Freedom of information", "Government pro...
# Trump asks Supreme Court to block orders requiring DOGE turn over documents By Mark Sherman May 21st, 2025, 03:17 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block court orders requiring Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency to turn over documents about it...
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2025-05-20 20:58:11+00:00
[ "South Sudan", "Donald Trump", "Sudan", "Texas", "Brian E. Murphy", "Joe Biden", "Immigration", "United States government", "United States", "Gender", "Politics", "Nicholas Haysom", "U.S. Department of Homeland Security", "Courts", "South Sudan government", "Kristi Noem", "James Mond...
# US officials must keep control of migrants sent to South Sudan, federal judge rules By Lindsay Whitehurst May 20th, 2025, 08:58 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals wer...
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2025-05-20 18:30:25+00:00
[ "Syria", "Donald Trump", "Europe", "Bashar Assad", "Ahmad al-Sharaa", "Sanctions and embargoes", "European Union", "Eurocopa 2024", "Kaja Kallas", "War and unrest", "Politics", "Poverty" ]
# The EU says it will lift sanctions on Syria but leave those on the former Assad regime By Sam Mcneil May 20th, 2025, 06:30 PM --- BARCELONA (AP) — The European Union will lift sanctions on Syria's economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime, the EU's top diplomat announced Tuesday. Foreign...
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2025-05-21 03:48:07+00:00
[ "Migrant workers", "Labor", "Bangladesh", "Malaysia", "Anwar Ibrahim", "Jobs and careers", "Compensation and benefits", "Malaysia government", "Associated Press", "South Asia", "Sheikh Hasina", "Bangladesh government", "Terry Collingsworth", "Business", "Steven Sim Chee Keong", "Panaso...
# Migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from a supplier to Japanese companies By Aniruddha Ghosal May 21st, 2025, 03:48 AM --- HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Around 280 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia are demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages and other money owed to them after their forme...
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2025-05-21 21:41:30+00:00
[ "Marco Rubio", "Syria", "Donald Trump", "Europe", "Sanctions and embargoes", "Bashar Assad", "United Nations", "European Union", "Syria government", "United States government", "United States", "United Nations Security Council", "Ahmad al-Sharaa", "Politics", "Palestinian territories gov...
# UN warns of renewed conflict in Syria but offers hope with sanctions lifting By Edith M. Lederer May 21st, 2025, 09:41 PM --- UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official for Syria warned Wednesday of the "real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation" in the war-battered country but also hoped for a ...
Associated Press News
2025-05-22 12:18:14+00:00
[ "Kamala Harris", "Donald Trump", "California", "Joe Biden", "Adam Schiff", "Black experience", "U.S. Democratic Party", "Xavier Becerra", "Mitt Romney", "Barack Obama", "Barbara Lee", "Roger Salazar", "Antonio Villaraigosa", "Steve Garvey", "Kevin Madden", "Politics", "Adam Green", ...
# Why Harris will — or won't — run for California governor By Michael R. Blood May 22nd, 2025, 12:18 PM --- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of Kamala Harris' supporters and detractors alike think she'd have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time. There are several reasons for Harri...
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2025-05-21 20:30:03+00:00
[ "San Diego", "Financial Wellness", "Lifestyle", "The Charles Schwab Corp.", "Charles Schwab", "DoorDash", "Inc.", "United States government", "Adam Rust", "Justine Farrell", "Federal Reserve System", "Personal finance", "PayPal Holdings", "U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau", "Bus...
# Shoppers are falling behind on 'buy now, pay later' payments By Cora Lewis May 21st, 2025, 08:30 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — More Klarna customers are having trouble repaying their "buy now, pay later" loans, the short-term lender said this week. The disclosure corresponded with reports by lending platforms Bankrate ...
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2025-05-21 04:01:06+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "G7 Summit", "Scott Bessent", "Jerome Powell", "Canada", "Economic policy", "Europe", "Italy", "United Kingdom", "Vladimir Putin", "Federal Reserve System", "World Bank", "United States government", "Politics", "European Union", "Steven Kamin", "International Monetary...
# Trump's tariffs will test unity among allies at G7 finance ministers' summit By Christopher Rugaber May 21st, 2025, 04:01 AM --- BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Leading financial officials from the world's richest countries are gathering in a Canadian mountain resort this week for what may prove a contentious meeting in t...
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2025-05-21 12:16:59+00:00
[ "Ford Motor Co.", "Cars", "Honda Motor Co.", "Ltd.", "Strikes", "Production facilities", "Government policy", "Toyota Motor Corp.", "General Motors Co.", "Business", "Economic policy", "Tesla", "Inc.", "Lifestyle", "International trade", "Bayerische Motoren Werke AG", "Josh Jacquot",...
# Edmunds: How to get the best auto deals this Memorial Day weekend By Josh Jacquot May 21st, 2025, 12:16 PM --- Memorial Day weekend has long been one of the busiest times of year for car dealerships. Many car shoppers decide to pull the trigger on that long-considered purchase because of the major sales promotio...
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2025-05-20 15:01:40+00:00
[ "Tornadoes", "Kentucky", "Weather", "Storms", "Kansas", "Natural disasters", "Gulf of Mexico", "Tom DiLiberto", "Howard Bluestein", "Louis Uccellini", "Harold Brooks", "Karen Kosiba", "Erica Grow Cei", "Rich Thompson", "Department of Government Efficiency", "Jana Houser", "Climate an...
# A leaner National Weather Service is confronting a busy tornado season By Seth Borenstein May 20th, 2025, 03:01 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency's office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nig...
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2025-05-21 11:34:16+00:00
[ "Marijuana", "Thailand", "Thailand government", "Crime", "Politics" ]
# Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar May 21st, 2025, 11:34 AM --- BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent mo...
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2025-05-22 12:36:45+00:00
[ "Cho Tun Aung", "Myanmar", "Shootings", "Rebellions and uprisings", "Military and defense", "Gun violence", "Aung San Suu Kyi", "Thailand government" ]
# An urban guerrilla group in Myanmar claims responsibility for assassinating a retired army officer By Grant Peck May 22nd, 2025, 12:36 PM --- BANGKOK (AP) — A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar's military was shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group on Thursday near his home in the country's big...
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2025-05-21 12:58:48+00:00
[ "Gerry Connolly", "Virginia", "Donald Trump", "Louis DeJoy", "Hakeem Jeffries", "Notable Deaths", "Elon Musk", "Politics", "U.S. Democratic Party", "Government programs", "Arthur Miller", "U.S. Republican Party", "United States government", "Olivia Diaz" ]
# Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, dies at 75 By Olivia Diaz May 21st, 2025, 12:58 PM --- RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, an outspoken Democrat who sought key reforms in the federal government while bringing transformational development to his popul...
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2025-05-21 22:31:59+00:00
[ "Elon Musk", "Donald Trump", "Department of Government Efficiency", "District of Columbia", "George Moose", "Government budgets", "Courts", "Politics", "Labor", "George Foote", "Anna Kelly" ]
# Institute of Peace regains control of headquarters after DOGE takeover By Gary Fields May 21st, 2025, 10:31 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon Musk's Department of Gov...
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2025-05-21 03:45:46+00:00
[ "Boat and ship accidents", "Seattle", "Manhattan", "U.S. Navy", "Minnesota", "New York City", "New York City Wire", "Hedwig Ehrlich", "Dominique Jean Louis", "Richard Haw", "Paul Ehrlich" ]
# Ships have been hitting the Brooklyn Bridge for nearly 150 years By Cedar Attanasio May 21st, 2025, 03:45 AM --- NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican navy tall ship's fatal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday highlighted a hazard that has worried seafarers for nearly 150 years. Even before construction on the b...
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2025-05-21 22:30:30+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Pete Hegseth", "Gender", "Military and defense", "U.S. Department of Defense", "Diversity", "equity and inclusion", "Annapolis", "Maryland", "Racism", "Government programs", "Politics", "Race and ethnicity", "United States government", "Maya Angelou", "U.S. Air Force",...
# Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn By Lolita C. Baldor May 21st, 2025, 10:30 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on t...
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2025-05-21 11:57:06+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Middle East", "Iran", "Tehran", "Ali Khamenei", "Steve Witkoff", "Iran government", "Marco Rubio", "Italy government", "2024-2025 Mideast Wars", "Abbas Araghchi", "Politics", "Islam", "Esmail Baghaei", "United States government" ]
# Iran insists it won't stop enriching uranium despite US demand By Amir Vahdat May 21st, 2025, 11:57 AM --- TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top diplomat insisted Wednesday that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, reinforcing the Islamic Republic's hard line ahead of a new round of indirect talks with the United ...
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2025-05-21 14:41:20+00:00
[ "United Kingdom", "France", "Immigration", "English Channel", "Politics" ]
# Child among 2 migrants who died attempting to cross English Channel to Britain in small boat May 21st, 2025, 02:41 PM --- PARIS (AP) — A woman and a child died on an attempted illicit overnight sea crossing Wednesday from France to Britain. It brings the number of deaths this week on the risky migration route to ...
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2025-05-22 04:02:29+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "Mike Johnson", "U.S. Republican Party", "Hakeem Jeffries", "Pete Aguilar", "Thomas Massie", "Government programs", "Legislation", "United States House of Representatives", "U.S. Democratic Party", "Taxes", "Congress", "New York City Wire", "Voting rights", "Andrew Harris...
# House Republicans pass Trump's big bill after all-night session By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and Leah Askarinam May 22nd, 2025, 04:02 AM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifyin...
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2025-05-21 03:46:05+00:00
[ "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Schools", "Jim Pillen", "Mike Dunleavy", "Ron DeSantis", "Jeb Bush", "Education", "Jennifer Leeper", "Technology", "Scott Hilton", "Politics", "Nathan Hoffman", "Kelly Armstrong", "Children" ]
# Cellphones in schools are now banned or regulated by laws in more than half of US states By Jeff Amy May 21st, 2025, 03:46 AM --- ATLANTA (AP) — Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating the use of cellphones in schools in 2023. Just two years later, more than half of all states have laws in place, wi...
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2025-05-22 09:11:38+00:00
[ "Mongolia", "Protests and demonstrations", "U.S. Democratic Party", "International agreements", "Politics" ]
# Protests against prime minister in Mongolia could lead to government shake-up May 22nd, 2025, 09:11 AM --- ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia's 10-month-old coalition government appeared to be breaking up as protests calling on the prime minister to resign entered their ninth day. The leaders of the three gove...
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2025-05-20 20:12:56+00:00
[ "Comedy", "Television", "Ted Danson", "Woody Harrelson", "Rhea Perlman", "Stephen Colbert", "Kelsey Grammer", "Norm Peterson", "Chicago", "Boston", "Celebrity deaths", "New York City Wire", "Notable Deaths", "John Ratzenberger", "Jenny McCarthy", "Larry the Cable Guy", "George Wendt"...
# 'Cheers' star George Wendt dies By Mark Kennedy May 20th, 2025, 08:12 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy "Cheers" and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in "Art," "Hairspray" and "Elf,...
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2025-05-21 19:02:36+00:00
[ "Donald Trump", "District of Columbia", "Fairs and festivals", "Maryland", "Anne McClain", "Bradley Fighting Vehicles", "Steve Warren", "Politics", "Texas" ]
# What to expect at the Army parade on Trump's birthday By Tara Copp May 21st, 2025, 07:02 PM --- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army on Wednesday started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation's capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month, which will feature...
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2025-05-21 10:48:14+00:00
[ "Pope Leo XIV", "Giorgia Meloni", "Vladimir Putin", "Donald Trump", "Vatican City", "Gaza", "Italy", "Israel-Hamas war", "Gaza Strip", "Italy government", "Religion", "Catholic Church", "Foreign aid" ]
# Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach Gaza and an end to hostilities in his first general audience By Nicole Winfield May 21st, 2025, 10:48 AM --- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the "heartbreaking" toll on its people, as he presided ...
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2025-05-21 19:57:17+00:00
[ "Government regulations", "Donald Trump", "Louisiana", "Abortion", "Bill Cassidy", "Joe Biden", "David Joseph", "Pregnancy and childbirth", "United States government", "United States", "U.S. Department of Justice", "Liz Murrill", "Andrea Lucas", "Business", "Politics", "Brittany Panucc...
# Judge vacates federal rules requiring employers to provide accommodations for abortions By Alexandra Olson and Claire Savage May 21st, 2025, 07:57 PM --- NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down regulations requiring most U.S. employers to provide workers with time off and other accommodations fo...
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2025-05-20 17:07:52+00:00
[ "Shootings", "Donald Trump", "District of Columbia", "Zachary Jordan Alam", "Law enforcement", "2021 United States Capitol riot", "Burglary", "Law and order", "DC Wire", "Capitol siege", "Gun violence", "Dannie Sutton", "Politics", "Matthew Huttle", "Steven Metcalf" ]
# US Capitol rioter who smashed Speaker's Lobby door charged with burglary in Virginia By Ben Finley May 20th, 2025, 05:07 PM --- A Virginia man has been charged with felony burglary after being pardoned for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, which included smashing the door panel that rioter Ashli Babbitt tried t...
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2025-05-22 11:44:38+00:00
[ "Cannes Film Festival", "Elle Fanning", "Movies", "Juliette Binoche", "Entertainment", "Joachim Trier", "Renate Reinsve", "Kleber Mendonca Filho" ]
# Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' sends Cannes swooning By Jake Coyle May 22nd, 2025, 11:44 AM --- CANNES, France (AP) — It took nearly until the end of the festival, but the Cannes Film Festival has its first outright sensation. Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value" premiered Wednesday night to the kind of rap...
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2025-05-20 23:23:46+00:00
[ "Houston", "Texas", "Greg Abbott", "Voting", "Fraud", "Ken Paxton", "Jared Woodfill", "Steven Hotze", "Indictments", "Crime", "Conservatism", "Activism", "Juan A. Lozano", "Terry Yates", "Assault", "Politics", "Mark Aguirre", "Sean Teare" ]
# Charges dropped against conservative activist in Texas over false voter fraud claim By Juan A. Lozano May 20th, 2025, 11:23 PM --- HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against a prominent conservative activist in Houston related to allegations he had been part of what authorities have call...
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2025-05-20 22:20:11+00:00
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# Ivey appoints first Black Republican on Alabama Supreme Court By Kim Chandler May 20th, 2025, 10:20 PM --- MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday appointed state appellate Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Supreme Court. He will be the first Black Republican to serve on the court. Lewis replaces...
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2025-05-22 08:08:06+00:00
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# Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate's challenge to results By Stephen Mcgrath May 22nd, 2025, 08:08 AM --- BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Thursday validated the results of Romania's presidential election rerun, shortly after rejecting a request to annul...
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2025-05-22 01:04:24+00:00
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# South African president says Trump meeting wasn't so dramatic By Gerald Imray May 22nd, 2025, 01:04 AM --- JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leader's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday was one of fear and trepidation. "Into the mouth of Trump he...
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2025-05-21 18:33:18+00:00
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# Guyana issues warning ahead of Venezuelan election over disputed region By Bert Wilkinson May 21st, 2025, 06:33 PM --- GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's defense chief warned on Wednesday that any residents who participate in upcoming elections organized by neighboring Venezuela over a disputed region will be ch...