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Israeli probe into the killings of Palestinian medics finds 'professional failures'

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli probe into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said Sunday it has found "professional failures" and a deputy commander will be fired....

Apr 20, 2025

JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration

VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance's motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and p...

Apr 20, 2025

Putin announces an Easter ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine starting Saturday, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers in the la...

Apr 19, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter ceasefire in the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. KYIV, Uk...

Apr 19, 2025

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 90 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes in the last 48 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry does not differentiate between...

Apr 19, 2025

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administrat...

Apr 18, 2025

Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration's immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Ariz...

Apr 18, 2025

Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of ge...

Apr 18, 2025

Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

A federal judge on Friday ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was...

Apr 18, 2025

Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

WASHINGTON (AP) - Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is recounting the chronology of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's travel to El Salvador, saying he told him he was initially taken to Baltimore, then Texas, then ...

Apr 18, 2025