By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A flight carrying a group of 59 White South Africans granted refugee status in the United States by the Trump administration arrived at Washington Dulles airport in Virginia on Monday, a State Department official said. US Deputy Secretary of State Christoper Landau and Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary
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By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, shortly before 59 South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport
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LONDON (AP) — British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire at the London house where Prime Minister Keir Starmer lived before he was elected to lead the country. Since taking office in July, Starmer has lived in the prime minister’s official Downing Street residence, renting out the family home in the Kentish Town
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION-2026-IOWA-GOVERNOR Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor SUMMARY: Democrat Rob Sand has
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION-2026-IOWA-GOVERNOR Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor SUMMARY: Democrat Rob Sand has
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION-2026-IOWA-GOVERNOR Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor SUMMARY: Democrat Rob Sand has
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION-2026-IOWA-GOVERNOR Iowa’s lone Democratic statewide officeholder Rob Sand announces 2026 bid for governor SUMMARY: Democrat Rob Sand has
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By HILLEL ITALIE and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. Blanche replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from conservatives
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CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world. Now, the festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity. While nudity was never previously endorsed at the festival, Cannes updated its dress policy on the eve of its 78th edition to read that
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs. After a delay that has
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A groundbreaking ceremony took place outside of Daily’s Premium Meats to officially start an expansion that will double the size of the plant.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A fifth person has died following an intense fire that engulfed a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee on Mother’s Day. Details about the victim were not immediately released Monday by the Milwaukee Fire Department. Further details about the blaze also were not released. The fire was reported about 8 a.m. Sunday at
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A 26-year-old man sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning near Clarksdale, Missouri.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — They went into last week’s conclave vastly outnumbered and smarting after being sidelined by Pope Francis for 12 years. And yet conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful that he will return doctrinal rigor to the papacy,
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted Monday because of a power outage, the British capital’s transport authority said. The Transport for London website showed that at least three subway lines were suspended due to a power failure, and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at
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By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Lex Harvey, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, was released by Hamas on Monday, ending an 18-month ordeal that began with the militant group’s October 7 attack. Hamas announced Sunday night it had agreed
Continue ReadingBy abc15.com staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KNXV) — A tree trimmer has died after getting trapped in a 50-foot palm tree he was working on Saturday morning in west Phoenix. Phoenix fire officials say it happened near 67th Avenue and Thomas Road. After being rescued, 43-year-old Jaime Yepiz was taken
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KNXV, AIMEE YEPIZ, PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT, CNN By abc15.com staff Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KNXV) — A tree trimmer has died after getting trapped in a 50-foot palm tree he was working on Saturday morning in west Phoenix. Phoenix fire officials say it happened near 67th Avenue and Thomas Road. After
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press President Donald Trump ‘s readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the notion of a president otherwise allegedly profiting off of the office. “I would never be one to
Continue Reading By MEG KINNARD Associated Press President Donald Trump ‘s readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the notion of a president otherwise allegedly profiting off of the office. “I would never be one to
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, shortly before 59 South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kaitlan Collins and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the legal details on accepting a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace Air Force One as a gift from the Qatari royal family, are “still being worked out.” “Any donation to this government is always done
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By Adam Klepp Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KNXV) — On March 25th, 2020, Justina Valdez and her kids were walking to a neighborhood park in north Phoenix. They never made it. Crossing Morten Avenue at 16th Street, a truck turning left didn’t see them in the crosswalk. When she saw the
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Continue Reading New York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.85 —.100 Altria 57.08 —2.35 AmerenCp 95.59 —1.82 AmExpress 296.45+11.94 ArchDanM 49.53 +1.00 AutoZone 3601.07—62.66 BPPLC 30.08 +.31 Boeing 197.99 +3.14 BristMySq 47.62 +1.17 Brunswick 51.95 +3.97 Chevron 140.78 +2.29 Citigroup 75.04 +3.59 CocaCola 69.17 —1.36 ConAgraBr 23.08 — .01 ConocoPhil 92.30 +3.71 Corning 46.61 +1.53 CurtissWright 383.84 — .77
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By Matt Stiles and Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. As temperatures rise, CNN is tracking extreme heat conditions and the potential risk for Americans each day. To help prepare Americans
Continue ReadingPor Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Durante unas 30 horas, se mantuvo la ilusión de unidad transatlántica sobre Ucrania. Europa y Ucrania habían exigido un acuerdo sobre el alto el fuego absoluto de 30 días propuesto por el Gobierno de Trump dos meses antes. Los líderes europeos dijeron que el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, había
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — AAA predicts 45 million people will travel this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, 1.4 million more travelers than last year. Those numbers are expected to set a new travel record — the previous record was set in 2005. The biggest increase will be through the air as airlines can expect
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By Zitlali Solache Click here for updates on this story GREENACRES, Florida (WPTV) — A mother and daughter duo from Greenacres are sharing a special milestone this Mother’s Day after graduating from college together. Lanise Jean put her career on hold in 2006 after learning she was pregnant with her daughter, Denallie Geneya. Fast forward
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