By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the closure of its offices in Niger and the departure of its foreign staff, four months after the ruling junta ordered the organization to leave the country. The ICRC confirmed the closure and departure in a statement on
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By Natasha Chen, CNN Lose Angeles (CNN) — Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program. Republicans have long advocated for so-called school choice, but critics have labeled the initiative a tax cut for the wealthy. Sending
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a dozen candidates will compete in New Jersey on Tuesday for the chance to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Voters will also pick nominees for the state General Assembly. New Jersey is one of only two states, along with Virginia, with a gubernatorial race on
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Representation of many of the world’s faiths and spiritual traditions has been minimal to nonexistent in the mainstream comics universe. Even when they are portrayed in comics, their presentation, as experts point out, is often inauthentic and sometimes, negative. Recently, however, comic book writers and academics who study the intersection
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press “Captain America doesn’t wear a beard and a turban, and he’s white.” Vishavjit Singh looked at the boy who uttered those words, and then he looked at himself — a skinny, bespectacled, turbaned, bearded Sikh in a Captain America suit. “I wasn’t offended, because I knew that this kid was
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s statements and actions aimed at curtailing the number of international students in the US have sent a chill of uncertainty through higher education institutions. These American schools have become more reliant on the higher tuition paid by international students as state and federal support has waned.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sailor Benjamin Kibler was overcome with pride when he was selected for the competitive position of Limited Duty Officer, a class of personnel the US Navy describes as “valuable individuals” who are among the “most fully qualified” talent the branch has to offer. Kibler and his wife celebrated the
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion and returned confident that Washington remains committed to NATO. Merz described his Oval Office meeting and extended lunch with Trump as constructive but also candid,
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español Videos y testigos informan que fuerzas israelíes dispararon en un centro de ayuda en Gaza. Trump dice que él y Xi solucionaron “los puntos complejos” de la crisis comercial. Rusia lanza un ataque aéreo sobre Kyiv pocos días después del audaz ataque con drones de Ucrania. ¿Cuántos puntos le faltan a
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman says that although he personally wouldn’t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion
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By Hanna Park, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An Oregon teen has been arrested in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, in southwestern Washington, officials said. The suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed due to their age, allegedly planned to detonate a chlorine bomb to create
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump’s proposed overhaul of U.S. elections and whether the changes could be made in time for next year’s midterm elections, how much it would cost the states and, more broadly, whether the
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese. Gyaltsen Norbu was installed by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 in defiance of the religion’s highest authority the
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By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon. With much of Gaza in rubble, men, women and
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By Amanda Jackson and Taylor Galgano, CNN San Antonio, TX (CNN) — A family who moved to a south-side San Antonio neighborhood roughly six years ago said that they were warned right away about an eccentric man who lived across the street. They were told, they said, that Jonathan Joss would play drums on his
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Even with new tariffs on imported cars and car parts, American car buyers paid slightly less in May for new vehicles. Data from Edmunds.com on Thursday showed that the the average price paid for new cars edged down 0.2% to $48,334 last month compared to April. The dip came
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Before a ball was even kicked on Thursday, the UEFA Nations League semifinal between France and Spain was billed as a clash of two modern greats, and the match certainly didn’t disappoint. Inspired by the likes of teenage superstar Lamine Yamal, La Roja managed to get the better of
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army condemned Friday Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war. The army statement came hours after the Israeli
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated one of the most ambitious railway projects ever built in India, which will connect the Kashmir Valley to the vast Indian plains by train for the first time. Dubbed by government-operated Indian Railways as one of
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Tampa Bay 4 Miami 3 Final Washington 2 Texas 0 Final Detroit 3 Chicago Cubs 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Houston 4 Cleveland 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 9 Boston 6 Final Chicago White Sox 7 Kansas City 2 Final Toronto 6 Minnesota 4 Final L.A. Angels 5 Seattle 4
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Jun. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of pounds of military hardware are expected to roll down the US capital’s streets in less than two weeks, fulfilling a dream of President Donald Trump but also an effort that has sparked concerns about how the roads of Washington, DC, will
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The long-resilient US labor market slowed down a little in May, adding 139,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. Last month’s job gains, which came in slightly more than expected, marked a retreat from April, which was downwardly revised to 147,000. The unemployment rate held
Continue ReadingPor Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Alrededor de 500 personas de tres aldeas de Guatemala fueron evacuadas de forma preventiva debido a la actividad que mantiene el Volcán de Fuego, informó este jueves la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres del país centroamericano (CONRED). Los evacuados son habitantes de Panimaché I, Panimaché II y
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El cómputo de actas para la elección de los nuevos ministros de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México llegó al ciento por ciento este jueves, según reporta el Instituto Nacional Electoral. Según la página de los resultados de la elección judicial, las 84.266 actas han sido ingresadas
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong on Friday was charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong Kong’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement. The prosecution was the second time Wong has been charged under
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