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Trump fumes after judge throws out Kennedy Center renovation plan, name change

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation’s premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.” In a lengthy post on […]

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Aurora police shooting of Black man during traffic infraction under review by grand jury

EDITOR’S NOTE: Be advised that the officer worn video contains graphic language and graphic shooting violence. AURORA | An Arapahoe County grand jury will decide whether an Aurora police officer acted legally when he shot a Black man during a traffic altercation last summer. “Following completion of the (Critical Incident Response Team) investigation and this […]

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Questions dog tentative US-Iran deal as Iranian official says concessions come ‘through missiles’

WASHINGTON | Uncertainty swirled Friday around what the U.S. called a tentative deal to extend the ceasefire in its war with Iran. It wasn’t clear whether U.S. President Donald Trump supports it, and a top Iranian official said his country wins concessions “through missiles,” not talks. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday the adversaries […]

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Bus hits cars in Virginia, killing 5 people and injuring 34, state police say

STAFFORD, Va. | A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound I-95 in Stafford County. All five of the people who died were in vehicles […]

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Rescuers unite in Laos to free 5 villagers trapped in a flooded cave and find 2 still missing

BANGKOK | Rescuers working at a flooded cave in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos face two daunting tasks: extricating five villagers who were located inside after being trapped for more than a week, and finding two more who are still missing. Rescue teams were pumping water out of the flooded cave’s passages on Friday, […]

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Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight

LAKE OZARK, Mo. | A facility deep in rural Missouri promises relief for desperate parents whose adopted kids are struggling — a lakeside, summer camp-like academy where kids can heal by bonding with golden retrievers, and where caring employees “create joy.” The company that operates the place known as Calo Programs says it exists “to […]

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With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Putin seems ready to escalate his war

Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict. He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an […]

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Judge refuses to block Trump order to limit mail voting. There’s no immediate effect on the midterms

A federal judge has declined to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail voting, clearing the way for potential sweeping changes in how American elections are run shortly before this year’s midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, late Wednesday rejected the request […]

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Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of assault: AP source

WASHINGTON | The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store 30 years ago, lied during the course of civil litigation against the Republican president, according to a person familiar with the matter. The […]

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Zelenskyy says he’s pressing US for more Patriot missiles for Ukraine to counter Russian strikes

KYIV, Ukraine | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he’s being “very persistent” in pressing the United States to provide his country with more Patriot air defense missiles that can counter devastating Russian ballistic missile attacks. Zelenskyy said he hasn’t yet received a reply to a letter he sent earlier this week to U.S. […]