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Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds
For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk about 9/11. How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims’ families want students to be told about the dead? “Even worse […]
Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the […]
Sen. John Fetterman’s isolation from Democrats grows stark in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. | Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and down the ballot. Now, after two years of crossing swords with Democrats and backing some of President Donald Trump’s priorities, he’s nowhere on the stump. No […]
Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children
MINAB, Iran | The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s school. His face was soaked with tears. A banner strung around the rubble showed the faces of children and teachers killed […]
A NYC firehouse was first to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff
NEW YORK | Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small Manhattan firehouse just across an intersection from the twin towers. He rushed […]
Hours after a Russian attack destroys their home, a Ukrainian couple marries anyway
KYIV, Ukraine | On the eve of her wedding, Liudmyla Ryzhak pressed her delicately embroidered dress, laid out a full white tulle skirt and her soon-to-be husband’s traditionally patterned shirt, then hung them on the bedroom door. After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours away from marrying her partner, […]
The Latest: Trump gave $45,000 cash to Natalie Harp amid gifts to White House aides
President Donald Trump gave sizeable cash gifts to Natalie Harp and several other White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the gifts were “entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards.” […]
As midterms approach, new poll finds that few Americans trust campaigns or Trump
WASHINGTON | Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and […]
US sinks an Ecuadorian boat in the Pacific it alleges is tied to drug trafficking
QUITO, Ecuador | The U.S. Southern Command on Monday sank another Ecuadorian vessel that the U.S. alleged was linked to the criminal group Los Choneros. It was the latest action by the U.S. against boats and vessels in Latin America that it said were involved in drug trafficking. The joint task force intercepted a floating […]
Trump wants voters to pretend he’s on the ballot. The Republican Party is going along for the ride
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is embracing his inner cowboy, seeking to gallop into this week’s Republican convention in Dallas and save the midterm elections for his party just in the nick of time. As first-of-their-kind festivities open Wednesday, Trump wants to stoke his core supporters’ enthusiasm by making Election Day on Nov. 3 all […]