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ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation

BRUSSELS (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced F...

May 16, 2025

Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected them...

May 16, 2025

Trump says Iran has a proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear program

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries g...

May 16, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 64 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least 64 people, hospitals said, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit that skipped I...

May 16, 2025

Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a wo...

May 15, 2025

Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of th...

May 15, 2025

Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a compr...

May 15, 2025

DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the...

May 15, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian ...

May 15, 2025

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration authorities looking to arrest him in her courtroo...

May 15, 2025