By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to formally dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol — a decision that either way will likely deepen domestic divisions. The court has been deliberating on Yoon’s political fate after the conservative leader was impeached
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least four people, as the military said it had targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group. The airstrike came without warning days after Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut,
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 74 45 25 4 94 242 219 Tampa Bay 73 43 25 5 91 264 195 Florida 73 44 26 3 91 233 198 Ottawa 73 39 28 6 84 211 209 Montreal 73 34 30 9 77 220 246
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div x-Washington 73 47 17 9 103 266 196 24-8-6 23-9-3 15-4-0 m-Carolina 73 45 24 4 94 238 196 29-8-1 16-16-3 16-4-3 a-Toronto 74 45 25 4 94 242 219 23-13-1 22-12-3 12-7-1 a-Tampa Bay 73 43 25 5 91
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Toronto 74 45 25 4 94 242 219 23-13-1 22-12-3 12-7-1 Tampa Bay 73 43 25 5 91 264 195 27-8-2 16-17-3 9-11-0 Florida 73 44 26 3 91 233 198 24-11-2 20-15-1 9-8-1 Ottawa 73 39 28
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fire that damaged the entryway to the New Mexico Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque is being investigated as arson, a fire official said Monday. No suspect has been named in the Sunday morning blaze that’s under investigation by local authorities, the
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is set to have its first female saint following approval from Pope Francis. On Monday, he paved the way for the canonization of Blessed María Carmen Rendiles by authorizing a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to her, the founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Jesus. A date for
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By AMANDA SEITZ and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn’t be back, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Nervous employees — roughly
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As they readied to leave work Monday, some workers at the Food and Drug Administration were told to pack their laptops and prepare for the possibility that they wouldn’t be back, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Nervous employees — roughly
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By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The “reciprocal’’ tariffs that he is expected to announce Wednesday are likely to create chaos for global businesses and conflict with America’s allies and adversaries alike.
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill, but parts of that plan survive. The Senate and House gave final approval to House Bill 268 on Monday, sending the response to September’s deadly shooting at Apalachee High School to
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, a week before they were scheduled to expire. The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco is a relief for 350,000
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in a program meant to help them deal with emotional issues, authorities announced Monday. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism, with the announcement of a new “comprehensive review” that could jeopardize billions of dollars for the Ivy League college. A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office on Monday and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live events are priced. “Anyone who’s bought a concert ticket in the last decade, maybe
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office on Monday and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live events are priced. “Anyone who’s bought a concert ticket in the last decade, maybe
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Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Election boards in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties may not invalidate mail-in ballots simply because they lack accurate, handwritten dates on their exterior return envelopes, a federal judge ruled Monday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter, the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what
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By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional. The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund brought the
Continue Reading By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional. The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund brought the
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges and built in its place a sleek, disciplined machine with the single goal of winning the
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By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny flower recently discovered in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area. Dubbed the wooly devil, the flower with furry leaves, purplish-striped petals and pops of
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution was abruptly called off in 2022 and a follow-up investigation found scores of missteps in several executions. The lawsuit was filed March 14 in
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By REBECCA SANTANA and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to countries other than their own despite
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to countries other than their own despite
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says
Continue Reading By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking a blowtorch to the rules that have governed world trade for decades. The “reciprocal’’ tariffs that he is expected to announce Wednesday are likely to create chaos for global businesses and conflict with America’s allies and adversaries alike.
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