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#Bipartisanship #GovernorsAssociation #PoliticalCollaboration
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Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
WASHINGTON -- An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.
#FoodSafety #ChemicalAdditives #HealthRisk
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FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods
Federal health officials will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products
Federal health officials said Tuesday they will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products.
#BadBunny #SuperBowl #CulturalInclusion
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'God bless Am茅rica': Why Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show resonated far beyond the US
MEXICO CITY -- When Bad Bunny said "God bless America" during the Super Bowl halftime show and then began naming countries across the continent, the line landed as both wordplay and statement.
#BadBunny #SuperBowl #CulturalInclusion
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'God bless Am茅rica': Why Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show resonated far beyond the US
MEXICO CITY -- When Bad Bunny said "God bless America" during the Super Bowl halftime show and then began naming countries across the continent, the line landed as both wordplay and statement.
#Venezuela #HumanRights #PoliticalPrisoners
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Venezuelan opposition politician placed under house arrest after release from jail, son says
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close political ally of Venezuela's opposition leader Mar铆a Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest, his family said on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison.
#UKPolitics #LabourParty #LeadershipCrisis
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How Mandelson appointment nearly cost Starmer his job as UK prime minister
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced the biggest crisis of his leadership because of his decision to appoint a close ally of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the plum job of U.
#SexualAssault #JusticeForVictims #CriminalInvestigation
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French prosecutor searches for victims after a man is accused of abusing 89 minors over 55 years
PARIS -- A French prosecutor on Tuesday made public the identity of a 79-year-old man accused of raping and sexually assaulting 89 minors over more than five decades, launching an appeal for witnesses and possible victims in what authorities described as an unusually sprawling case spanning multiple countries.
#PressFreedom #HongKong #MediaCensorship
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Plight of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms
HONG KONG -- Nearly five years after Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily shut down, its founder, Jimmy Lai, jailed, the newspaper's former staff and readers are lamenting the loss of the city's press freedoms.
#ImmigrationReform #HabeasCorpus #JudicialSystem
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Trump's immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm
ATLANTA -- Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.
#NursesStrike #Healthcare #WorkplaceSafety
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NYC nurses reach a deal to end a strike at 2 major hospitals while walkout continues at another
NEW YORK -- Nurses and two major hospital systems in New York City have reached a deal to end a nearly monthlong strike over staffing levels, workplace safety, health insurance and other issues.
#Bangladesh #Elections2024 #Democracy
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In their words: Bangladeshis talk about the election that could redefine the nation's future
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh's election Thursday is the country's most consequential. It follows youth-led protests 18 months ago that overthrew the government of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ushered Bangladesh into an interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
#Venezuela #OilSanctions #MilitaryOperations
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US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean
WASHINGTON -- U. S. military forces boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea as part of an oil quarantine meant to squeeze Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.
#Policing #Immigration #Accountability
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump's ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
Not in recent U. S. memory has an American policing operation so consistently masked its thousands of officers from the public, a development that the Department of Homeland Security believes is important to safeguard employees from online harassment.
#PressFreedom #HongKong #Democracy
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Plight of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms
HONG KONG -- Nearly five years after Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily shut down, its founder, Jimmy Lai, jailed, the newspaper's former staff and readers are lamenting the loss of the city's press freedoms.
#MurderTrial #TrueCrime #JusticeSystem
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Jury selection to begin in murder trial of Utah mom accused of fatally poisoning husband with fentanyl
Jury selection is set to begin on Tuesday in the murder trial of Kouri Richins, a Utah mom accused of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl.
#Optimism #Polls #FutureOutlook
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How Americans' optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling
WASHINGTON -- Americans' hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.
In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this question almost 20 years ago.
#IranProtests #HumanRights #Repression
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1 month after Iran regime's deadliest crackdown, the death toll mounts as repression deepens
At least 200 students are believed to have been killed in the protests.
One month after Iran was rocked by the beginning of the deadliest crackdown in its modern history, the full toll of the regime's response to nationwide protests is still coming into focus.
#UkraineWar #EnergyCrisis #Security
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Russian border regions face blackouts after Ukrainian strikes, governors say
LONDON -- Governors of two Russian regions bordering Ukraine said Tuesday that residents are facing sustained power outages as a result of Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure, as both sides continue long-range strikes in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
#Iran #Diplomacy #NuclearTalks
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Top Iran security official to travel to Oman, site of talks with US, likely with nuclear message
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A top Iranian security official traveled Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and the United States over the Islamic Republic' nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American strike.
#RussiaUkraineWar #Diplomacy #IntelligenceAnalysis
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Russia thinks it can outsmart the US during Ukraine talks, intelligence chief says
LONDON -- Russian officials have no desire to halt Russia's almost 4-year-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine and think they can "outsmart" the United States during talks with Washington about how to end the war, a senior European intelligence official told The Associated Press.
#FigureSkating #Olympics #DiversityInSports
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Malinin made history with Olympic backflip, some say the glory owed to a Black skater
MILAN -- MILAN (AP) -- Ilia Malinin, the U. S. figure skater nicknamed the "Quad God," became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics -- although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the move was still forbidden.
#MeaslesOutbreak #HealthScreening #VaccinationCampaign
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Mexico state steps up health screening in schools as measles cases grow nationwide
Mexico's most populous state is increasing health screenings at schools and recommending face masks due to a growing measles outbreak
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's most populous state said Monday it was stepping up health screening at schools and recommended the use of face masks for students and staff as the country confronts a growing measles outbreak.
#SnowDrought #ClimateChange #WaterSupply
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Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies, making it more vulnerable to wildfires and hurting winter tourism and recreation.
#IranNuclearTalks #IsraelUSRelations #MiddleEastDiplomacy
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Israel's Netanyahu is meeting with Trump this week to push for a far broader Iran deal
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington on Tuesday to encourage President Donald Trump to expand the scope of high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran.
#Palestine #WestBank #HumanRights
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Misery deepens in the West Bank as Israel provides few Palestinian work permits
TULKAREM, West Bank -- Hanadi Abu Zant hasn't been able to pay rent on her apartment in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel.
#JapanPolitics #SanaeTakaichi #SecurityPolicy
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Takaichi's election victory sets the stage for a rightward shift in Japan's security policies
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower house of parliament.
#ImmigrationReform #DHSFunding #GovernmentShutdown
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Democrats and White House trade offers as shutdown of Homeland Security looms
WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders said late Monday that a proposal from the White House is "incomplete and insufficient" as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire.
#CFPB #ConsumerProtection #FinancialRegulation
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Trump administration's changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says
NEW YORK -- One year after the Trump administration took control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the consumer watchdog has largely retreated from enforcement and regulatory work, changes that consumer advocates and Democrats now estimate have cost Americans at least $19 billion in financial relief.
#SocialMedia #ChildSafety #Addiction
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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial
LOS ANGELES -- Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram owner Meta and Google's YouTube responsible for harms to children who use their products.
#SocialMedia #ChildSafety #Addiction
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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial
LOS ANGELES -- Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram owner Meta and Google's YouTube responsible for harms to children who use their products.
#JimmyLai #HumanRights #USChinaRelations
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Jimmy Lai's children look to Trump and other leaders to push China to free their father
WASHINGTON -- The children of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, said Monday that a possible visit by President Donald Trump to Beijing in April could be "crucial" in securing the release of their 78-year-old father.
#PoliceAccountability #TrainingReform #InvoluntaryManslaughter
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4 Massachusetts State Police officials indicted in connection to recruit's death in training
BOSTON -- A supervisor and three instructors with a Massachusetts State Police tactical unit were indicted in connection with the death of a recruit following a boxing match during training, the official who led an independent investigation into the case said Monday.
#Iran #NuclearTalks #MiddleEast
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Top Iran security official to travel to Oman, site of talks with US, likely with nuclear message
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A top Iranian security official traveled Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and the United States over the Islamic Republic' nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American strike.
#BadBunny #SuperBowl #StreamingMusic
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show sparks global streaming surge, Apple Music data shows
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance translated into an immediate surge in global listening, with new data from Apple Music showing sharp gains across streaming charts, playlists and music discovery platforms in the hours following the show.
#BadBunny #SuperBowl #LatinoRepresentation
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show celebrated America - all of it - with a message of unity
New York -- To better understand some of the significance of Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday night, start at the end.
#BadBunny #SuperBowl #LatinoRepresentation
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show celebrated America - all of it - with a message of unity
New York -- To better understand some of the significance of Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday night, start at the end.
#UnitedNations #USBudget #GlobalGovernance
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UN is waiting to see how much the US intends to pay of the nearly $4 billion it owes
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations said Monday it's waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organization the Trump administration intends to pay and when the money will arrive.
#ConsumerTrends #ChinaMarket #NationalismVsConsumerism
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In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the U.S. and Japan
Chinese consumers are prioritizing quality and value over patriotism, regardless of how testy relations become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States
HONG KONG -- In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States.
#China #Consumerism #Nationalism
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In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the U.S. and Japan
HONG KONG -- In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States.
#ImmigrationReform #DHSFunding #BipartisanNegotiations
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Democrats say White House offer on ICE is 'insufficient' as Homeland Security funding set to expire
WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is "incomplete and insufficient" as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
#Terrorism #HateCrime #JusticeSystem
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New Zealand mosque shooter always planned to admit his crimes, his former lawyers tell appeals court
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The self-professed white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting was pleased to be charged with terrorism and wanted to be described as a terrorist, his former lawyer told a court deciding if the man was in a fit state to admit to his crimes.
