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Most Americans disapprove of Trump's treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of issues related to colleges and universities, according to a new poll, as his administration ramps up thre...

May 09, 2025

2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023

LONDON (AP) - Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023. A Newcastle Crown Court jury found Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers guilty of tw...

May 09, 2025

Danish leader says 'you cannot spy against an ally' after reports of US gathering Greenland info

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press "you cannot spy against an ally" after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Gre...

May 09, 2025

India suspends its top cricket tournament, the IPL, for a week amid military tensions with Pakistan

MUMBAI, India (AP) - India's biggest domestic cricket tournament was suspended for one week on Friday following the escalating military tensions with Pakistan. The Indian Premier League, which attract...

May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass after historic election as Pope Francis' successor

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pop...

May 09, 2025

Russia’s Victory Day parade begins, marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

MOSCOW (AP) - A military parade began Friday on Red Square in Moscow as Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. President Vladimir Putin and a host of foreign...

May 09, 2025

President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the pre...

May 08, 2025

Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's ca...

May 08, 2025

Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify, under a new d...

May 08, 2025

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in t...

May 08, 2025