Hamas has handed over three Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for more than 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Saturday’s exchange is the latest indication that …
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2/15/25
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The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years. Most of the cases are in children and teens, and 13 people have been …
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By SEAN MURPHY and DEVI SHASTRI
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2/14/25
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The Associated Press' U.S. immigration news editor, Elliot Spagat, was joined by Rebecca Santana, who covers the Department of Homeland Security, and Christopher Sherman, who is the news director for …
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2/14/25
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The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for “Sugarcane." Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the filmmakers behind …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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2/14/25
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Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts have been stirred up again after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the plant at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. …
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By The Associated Press
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2/14/25
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Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions starting this …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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2/14/25
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The families of Israeli hostages still held by the Hamas militant group have released the names of three hostages expected to be freed on Saturday. The Hostages Families Forum said Friday in a …
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By The Associated Press
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2/14/25
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Feb. 7-13, 2025
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Subramoney Iyer, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past …
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By The Associated Press
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2/14/25
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President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle with polio. The president did so after the senator opposed vaccine …
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By BRUCE SCHREINER
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2/13/25
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A group led by Donald Trump Jr. is infusing funding and some political muscle into the Enhanced Games, a sports festival that would hold track, swimming and other events free of anti-doping measures. …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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2/13/25
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Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes. They …
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The Associated Press
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2/13/25
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An Afghan government spokesperson says a blast at a ministry compound in Kabul has killed one person and injured three. Mohammad Kamal Afghan, a spokesperson for the Urban Development and Housing …
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By The Associated Press
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2/13/25
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A generation has passed since the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Few people under 30 years old understand what AIDS does to the body. The U.S.-led global response to HIV has been so effective that AIDS …
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By The Associated Press
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2/13/25
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President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution. But he’s already started making quips about serving a third one. Over the years, Trump …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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2/13/25
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The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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2/12/25
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Military officials say a U.S. Navy jet has crashed off the coast of San Diego and the crew has been rescued. A Coast Guard official says the two occupants of the E/A-18G Growler were picked up after …
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By TARA COPP
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2/12/25
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A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol. The study was small — just 48 adults — and lasted just over two …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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2/12/25
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The Kremlin says that a Russian citizen has been freed in the United States in exchange for Moscow’s release of American Marc Fogel. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday …
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By The Associated Press
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2/12/25
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A lighthearted Danish petition to buy the state of California and “bring hygge to Hollywood” comes in response to President Donald Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland, a vast and …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO
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2/12/25
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Russia has released an American teacher imprisoned over what his family said was prescribed medical marijuana, but several other Americans are still detained. Teacher Marc Fogel was released in what …
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By The Associated Press
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2/11/25
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