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Costa Rica nominates former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan to lead UN
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica put forward Wednesday longtime diplomat and former…
Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump’s use of war powers against cartels
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check…
Kirkus Prize winners include a novel on identity, a history of Iran and an ode to belly buttons
NEW YORK (AP) — A novel about identity and a missing youth, a history of…
Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving…
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute wins $700,000 settlement
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an…
Noboa’s motorcade attacked with rocks in Ecuador in what government calls an assassination attempt
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Cabinet of Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday denounced protesters…
Last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured under a house in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — A monthslong search for the only Louisiana inmate still on the run…
Alabama inmate maintains innocence ahead of execution by nitrogen for 1993 murder
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Family members and supporters of an Alabama inmate scheduled to be…
Robert Roberson is again approaching execution in Texas in shaken baby case
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality…
Houston-area shootings at different locations leave 4 dead, including suspect
HOUSTON (AP) — A man is believed to have fatally shot three people at two…
Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: ‘I’m not dying’
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton “ain’t dead yet,” the country superstar said on social…
Here’s a look at California’s 5 most destructive wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Palisades Fire was the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles…
UN strives to work with new Syrian government to determine the fate of the missing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of a U.N. body established to determine what happened…
The Latest: Trump says officials should be jailed as they oppose his use of National Guard troops
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson,…
Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled…
Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to…
UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly…
Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment with no new cases, WHO reports
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks…
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son…
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to save Rikers Island, New York’s notorious jail complex
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the…
Federal government shutdown grinds into a week two as tempers flare at the Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is…
Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday he was troubled that…
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raises $12 million for 2026 reelection
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is building a cash hoard even as…
Judge tosses summons for former ‘The Bear’ writer who was handcuffed in NYC train seating dispute
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City judge has dismissed a civil summons against…