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Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe

NEW YORK (AP) - A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years, prosecutor...

Aug 21, 2025

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (AP) - Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry ...

Aug 21, 2025

Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, offic...

Aug 21, 2025

Ukraine expects clarity soon on security guarantees from US and other allies

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks this year at Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday. The attack mostly targeted wester...

Aug 21, 2025

Brazilian police accuse ex-President Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Police in Brazil say messages found on former President Jair Bolsonaro's telephone showed that he wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum from President Javier...

Aug 20, 2025

Texas' Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, s...

Aug 20, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and stayed a lower court's order keeping in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central Amer...

Aug 20, 2025

Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce by 40%, cutting budget by more than $700 million

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Office of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. Direct...

Aug 20, 2025

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts...

Aug 20, 2025

Israel approves settlement project that could divide West Bank

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel gave final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights gr...

Aug 20, 2025