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Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. U.S. District Judge Rich...
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Oklahoma carries out its first execution of 2026 on a man convicted of double killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CST following a three-dru...
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Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says
LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027, a U.S. judge has said. Judge Roy K. Altman of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida rejected an attempt by Britain's nati...
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Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Trump administration is ending the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to thousands of arrests, violent protests and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens over the past two months, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday. ...
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2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) - Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a U.S. blockade deepens the island's energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any cou...
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What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has "gone too far" in sending federal immigration agents into American cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll that suggests political independents are increasingly uncomfortable wi...
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Bangladesh votes in its first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that ousted Hasina
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Voters cast ballots across Bangladesh on Thursday in a parliamentary election seen as a critical test of the country's democracy after years of political turmoil. After a slow start, crowds came to polling station...
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Deaths in Iran's crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The death toll from a crackdown over Iran's nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday. The rise in the number of de...
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Deaths from Iran's crackdown on protests has surpassed 7,000, activists say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The death toll from a crackdown over Iran's nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists N...
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Passenger ferry capsizes on the Nile River in Sudan, leaving at least 15 people dead
CAIRO (AP) - A passenger ferry capsized on the Nile River in Sudan on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 people dead, a medical group said. The ferry, with at least 27 people on board, including women and children, sank in the Shendi district...
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Trump says he 'insisted' to Netanyahu that US talks with Iran continue as Israel wants them expanded
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and said he'd insisted that negotiations with Iran continue as the U.S. pushes for a nuclear deal with Tehran. Netanyahu sp...
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Death toll rises to 31 after Tropical Cyclone Gezani hits Madagascar and crushes houses
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Tropical Cyclone Gezani collapsed houses in Madagascar's main port city and left at least 31 people dead as it crossed the Indian Ocean island with high winds and rain, authorities said Wednesday. Madagasc...
Feb 11, 2026
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Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video
WASHINGTON (AP) - A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist "illegal orders," according to a person familiar with the matter. T...
Feb 11, 2026
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Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman becomes first person executed in Florida this year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday following...
Feb 10, 2026
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FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election 'defects,' affidavit says
ATLANTA (AP) - The FBI obtained a search warrant to seize hundreds of boxes of ballots from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a criminal investigation into possible "deficiencies or defects" in the vote count in the 2020 contest lo...
Feb 10, 2026
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US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revo...
Feb 10, 2026
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Malinowski concedes to Mejia in Democratic US House special primary in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded on Tuesday to Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive activist and former political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders, in the crowded Democratic primary in New Jersey's U.S. House special el...
Feb 10, 2026
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Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her 5th Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating. Maxwell was to...
Feb 09, 2026
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British PM Starmer vows to fight for his job after furor about former ambassador's Epstein ties
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiraled into a full-blown crisis for his 19-month-old govern...
Feb 09, 2026
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New video footage released from day of the fatal Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday, with city officials saying they had redacted the most graphic, violent images to avoid harming...
Feb 09, 2026
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Palace says King Charles III will support police assessing former Prince Andrew's Epstein links
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III is ready to "support'' UK police examining claims that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The statement came a...
Feb 09, 2026
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Venezuela's top prosecutor orders the arrest of opposition leader's ally, hours after his release
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's top prosecutor said on Monday that his office had requested the arrest of one of the closest allies of opposition leader María Corina Machado, less than 12 hours after his release from a detention facility as part ...
Feb 09, 2026
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Seahawks ride 'Dark Side' defence to Super Bowl title, pounding Patriots 29-13
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The "Dark Side" defence carried Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks to a Lombardi Trophy. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald's ferocious unit pummelled Drake Maye, and the Seahawks be...
Feb 09, 2026
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Breezy Johnson wins 1st gold for US at Milan Cortina Olympics after Lindsey Vonn crashes
MILAN (AP) - The crash. The gasps. The helicopter. Lindsey Vonn's frightening fall in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics couldn't help but overshadow U.S. teammate Breezy Johnson's feat - winning her country's first gold medal at these ...
Feb 08, 2026
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A truck carrying passengers crashes in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - A truck carrying passengers crashed in northern Nigeria because of reckless driving, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, authorities said Sunday. The trailer was driving along a highway in Kwanar B...
Feb 08, 2026
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UK leader's chief of staff quits over appointment of Mandelson as ambassador despite Epstein ties
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney sai...
Feb 08, 2026
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Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi's ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing coalition is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, NHK public television and other major networks say, citing their exit poll results. ...
Feb 07, 2026
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Pakistan arrests 4 suspects in mosque bombing that killed 31 in the capital
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani security forces raided multiple locations and arrested four suspects, including the alleged mastermind, behind a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of the capital that killed 31 people, the interior minister ...
Feb 07, 2026
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