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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year.
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US weighs new limits on Cuban travel at the UN as Havana decries Trump's economic squeeze
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration was considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials who travel to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana as its top diplomat accused the United States on Thursday of unleashing collective punishment on Cuba’s pe...
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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died. His lawyer announced the man's death on Thursday. Copenhaver was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-y...
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Small bites from the UN: Defiance, fiery language and a cold building
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Competing speeches from Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas commanded attention at the United Nations on Thursday, even though the Palestinian leader wasn't there in person: The United States denied him a visa.
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FBI employees in Trump Mar-a-Lago case seek clarity on subpoenas in Florida 'grand conspiracy' probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI employees involved in the criminal investigation into President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in a broad Florida-based conspiracy probe, their lawyers revealed Thursday as they asked a judge to clar...
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Trump's state dinner for Xi to feature sea bass and a long list of tech titans
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sits where, their body language throughout the night and what’s on the menu: these are the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy.
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Trump relishes showing Xi his Marine One chopper and new White House helipad
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump showed off some of his favorite things at the White House for the visiting leader of communist China on Thursday — bringing him inside his Marine One helicopter and exhibiting a new granite landing pad he built for it, along with the hulking, nearby constr...
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Trump administration turns to Supreme Court as third-country deportations are thrown into question
A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own has thrown a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court. The administration said Thursday that the appeals court ruling came...
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Netanyahu says Mamdani endangers Jewish New Yorkers by spreading lies about Israel's actions in Gaza
NEW YORK (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel's military actions in Gaza, saying during a speech at the United Nations on Thursday that the mayor has spread lies about Israel.
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Homeland Security defends officers in immigrant's fatal car crash in Michigan
The federal government is defending its officers after a fatal crash last weekend involving an immigrant in western Michigan. The Department of Homeland Security is trying to counter any claim that officers were chasing the vehicle when Mario Coronado Juarez died Sunday in Grand Rapids. The depar...
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California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who was running for governor at the time, claimed he confiscated the ball...
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Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms
ROME (AP) — Italy’s government passed a decree Thursday to place an upper limit on the number of students in each school classroom who have only limited Italian language skills and to ban face-covering Islamic veils in schools.
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An isolated Netanyahu takes UN stage as he seeks reelection at home
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two countries launched a war against Iran. But this week, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, t...
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Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom
A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Lafayette County Metro Narcotics issued the warning Tuesday, though it said it had no “confirmed informatio...
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Melania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Washington.
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40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late
The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms. Thursday's plan outlines potential threats and offers services to election officials. But election officials say the plan is inadequate and late, after the administration gu...
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Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive at Atlanta's zoo in the coming days
Chinese President Xi Jinping says two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days. Their arrival will bolster a loan program that at one time lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. China and the zoo had said in April that Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shu...
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Austrian Painter horse renamed after complaint it referenced Adolf Hitler
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Jockey Club has ruled that a racehorse known as Austrian Painter has been renamed Merrylegs after a review of a complaint that alleged it was a reference to Adolf Hitler.
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US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
At first glance, it looks like a typical Republican campaign advertisement. As images of President Donald Trump flash across the screen, the 30-second spot says “America will never be a communist country” and boasts about the “largest tax cuts in history.”
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NATO chief calls for calm as intel agency warns Russia may ramp up hybrid attacks
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is capable of handling sabotage and drone incidents in Europe and has good action plans in place to deal with them, the alliance's secretary general said Thursday as a Danish intelligence service warned Russia is expected to increase such attacks.
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Senate rejects resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms
Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution. Thursday's vote was the 14th time the Senate sought to halt President Donald Trump’s military action. More Republicans are breaking with the president over the war, which has been largely blame...
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8 sailors in Lincoln carrier group attempted suicide on extended deployment, Navy leader says
The Navy's top civilian leader says eight sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group attempted suicide during an extended deployment to support the Iran war. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the information to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter this week. The New Y...
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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He told that to world leaders in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran. It was not heard by scores of delegates who tro...
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A (permanent) seat at the table of power: African leaders press UN for Security Council reform
They want to help make the decisions — not just watch them unfold.
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The Latest: Trump-Xi state dinner expected to include tech titans, sea bass and glitzy diplomacy
President Donald Trump is hailing the friendship he’s forged with Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's highly anticipated state visit. While Trump has many thorny issues to discuss with the president of America’s biggest economic rival, he focused Thursday on his long relationship with Xi. Trum...
