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Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’

JORGE RUEDA CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking

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Gang violence forces medical nonprofit Doctors Without Borders to suspend services at Haiti clinic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it was suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haiti’s capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups. The announcement is a blow to the Bel-Air slum where the nonprofit group operated, because it offered the only

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Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to be director-general of peace board

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza. The appointment marks an important

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Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone strikes temporarily knocked out power to the entire southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine and left more than 600,000 households in the central Dnipropetrovsk region without electricity, officials said Thursday. The bombardment occurred against the backdrop of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting, nearly

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage as the Trump administration launches what officials are calling the

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage as the Trump administration launches what officials are calling the

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage as the Trump administration launches what officials are calling the

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage as the Trump administration launches what officials are calling the

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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–Trump-Education-States Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow SUMMARY: The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power

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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–Trump-Education-States Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow SUMMARY: The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power

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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–Trump-Education-States Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow SUMMARY: The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power

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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–Trump-Education-States Trump officials loosen strings on federal education money for Iowa. More states could follow SUMMARY: The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power

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Britain says tanker seizure is a win for trans-Atlantic security but tensions loom over Greenland

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. seizure of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic was seen by some as the unilateral action of an America-first government with scant regard for other countries’ views. Britain calls it an example of trans-Atlantic cooperation in support of international rules. The U.K. government

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Trump officials and Louisiana put an end to another decades-old school desegregation order

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court mandates they describe as outdated. A federal judge on Monday approved a joint motion from Louisiana and the U.S. Justice Department to dismiss a 1967 lawsuit

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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 24 13 .649 — Boston 23 13 .639 ½ Toronto 23 15 .605 1½ Philadelphia 20 15 .571 3 Brooklyn 11 23 .324 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 21 17 .553 — Miami 20 17 .541 ½ Atlanta 18

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The Latest: Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela

By The Associated Press The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Five Republicans backed the resolution, and more war powers votes are looming on Greenland and other countries where Trump

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Senate rejects Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on

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