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Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan, according to a U.N. report released Thursday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual report said more than 4,600 people survived

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Delaware ex-Gov. Mike Castle, who championed 50 State Quarters Program while in Congress, dies at 86

By MINGSON LAU Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular 50 State Quarters Program of commemorative coins while he served in Congress, has died. He was 86. The Delaware Republican Party announced that Castle died Thursday in Greenville but shared no other details.

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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and MAYUKO ONO Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war should be taught to younger generations. A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s

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Warren Buffett’s company reveals new investments in Nucor, UnitedHealth and two big homebuilders

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway revealed four new investments Thursday in steelmaker Nucor, insurer UnitedHealth and two of the nation’s biggest homebuilders — Lennar and DR Horton — but it’s not clear if the investments are big enough to ensure that legendary investor Warren Buffett handled them. Buffett,

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Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans’ redraw of US House maps

By NADIA LATHAN and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home. The Democrats announced they will return provided that

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Bondi names DEA head as DC’s ’emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation’s capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” with all the powers of the police chief — a significant move that increases

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USA Network is bringing back scripted TV. First up? John Grisham’s ‘The Rainmaker’

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Since 2021, the USA Network had stacked its lineup with reality shows and sports, entirely forgoing original, scripted programming. Fans of “Suits”, “White Collar” and “Monk” were left with only memories of those shows’ case-of-the-week storytelling. But on Friday, the network returns to scripted TV with the legal thriller “The

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Judge orders RFK Jr.’s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials

By AMANDA SEITZ and KIMBERLY KINDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered the nation’s health department to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information — including home addresses — of all 79 million Medicaid enrollees. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first handed over the personal data on

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Climate-Wildfire Smoke-Politics As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change SUMMARY: Republican lawmakers are blaming Canada for

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