By JANIE HAR and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday. The records in a federal student database maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday. The records in a federal student database maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life, the archbishop who administers the basilica said Friday. Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will be
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty, and the judge warned Justice Department officials to refrain from making public comments that could spoil
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas may enter his state’s Republican primary for a Senate seat, adding more intrigue to what is already a marquee midterm contest. Hunt this month discussed a potential Senate bid with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and political director James Blair, according to
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Taliban commander pleaded guilty Friday to providing weapons and other support for attacks that killed American soldiers and for key roles in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a reporter for The New York Times and another journalist. Speaking through an interpreter, Haji Najibullah entered
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — He called me “la prima della classe,” or “the first in class.” It wasn’t necessarily a compliment. I had earned the nickname from Pope Francis in 2018, a year that marked a low point in his papacy, and a turning point in how he handled cases
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A government attorney says ICE is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the US.
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The irony tickles Cheech and Chong: The Palisades fire smoked them out of their homes. “I had to de-smoke my house,” Tommy Chong says, giggling. “Can you imagine that?” Chong and Cheech Marin ‘s houses, both in the Pacific Palisades, didn’t burn down. But as
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By ELISE RYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the COVID-19 vaccine began distributing more widely in early 2021, California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae affectionally joked in a tweet that Phoebe Bridgers would release a song in two years about “hooking up in the car while waiting in line to get vaccinated at Dodger Stadium.”
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos sentenced to 87 months in prison for fraud and identity theft.
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Why not tax the millionaires? As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with trillions of dollars in tax breaks and federal program cuts, it’s a question that won’t seem to go away. Trump himself has mused he’d “love” to
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer President Donald Trump is badgering the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, but even if the Fed gave in to the pressure, it wouldn’t necessarily lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers. In fact, economists say, Trump’s ongoing attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his tariff policies could
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The great theater composer Stephen Sondheim loved puzzles, and when he died in 2021, he left one for his good friend, British super-producer Cameron Mackintosh. He left him an unfinished show. The two men conceived of a revue of Sondheim’s songs during the pandemic and
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press Forecasters on Friday warned low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk that fire could develop across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to battle a vast wildfire in the Pine Barrens. The National Weather Service discouraged any outdoor burning with low humidity,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, April 26 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Western at Greater Western Sydney 1:05 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Carlton AUTO RACING 8:55 a.m. FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Sprint Race, Cadiz, Spain 10:30 a.m. PRIME VIDEO
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early ’80s, leather-clad and bleached hair in tow, he not only brought a punk rock sound to the mainstream. The Englishman brought a new attitude, a new, rebellious way of being. In the time since, songs
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 2, Detroit 1 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 29: Detroit at New York,
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay at Florida, 1 p.m. Monday, April 28: Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 30: Florida at Tampa
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Charlotte FC 6 2 1 19 16 7 Cincinnati 6 2 1 19 13 11 Inter Miami CF 5 0 3 18 13 6 Columbus 5 1 3 18 12 7 Philadelphia 5 3 1 16 16 9 Nashville 4 4 1 13 12
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 15 11 .577 — Boston 14 13 .519 1½ Toronto 13 13 .500 2 Tampa Bay 12 14 .462 3 Baltimore 10 14 .417 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 15 10 .600 — Cleveland 14 10 .583 ½ Kansas City 13
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv26-27 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 28 COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7 p.m. SECN — Florida at LSU MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Washington OR St. Louis at Cincinnati 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore OR St.
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By ABBY SEWELL and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country’s new flag at the international body’s headquarters. It was the first public appearance by a high-ranking Syrian government official in the United States since the fall of President Bashar
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations. American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for
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By The Associated Press The FBI on Friday arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, saying she “intentionally misdirected” federal immigration agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse. The judge’s arrest escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown. The
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine. The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main
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