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Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tariffs ad that Ontario premier now says he’ll phase out

By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ROB GILLIES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he’s ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada because of a television ad sponsored by one of its provinces that used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs — prompting the province’s leader to

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Canada cuts tariff relief on some US cars due to Stellantis, GM ending some Canadian production

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government is limiting how many vehicles Stellantis and GM can import tariff free after the automakers ended some production in Canada, a government official said Thursday. The official said the companies will no longer be eligible to get the full break on Canadian countertariff duties

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Virginia Democrats will try to reshape US House districts in counter to Trump’s redistricting push

By OLIVIA DIAZ and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s U.S. House districts, hoping to boost their party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push for more partisan districts in Republican-run states. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott sent

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Virginia Democrats will try to reshape US House districts in counter to Trump’s redistricting push

By OLIVIA DIAZ and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s U.S. House districts, hoping to boost their party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push for more partisan districts in Republican-run states. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott sent

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The new Children’s Booker Prize aims to reward quality fiction for kids

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s most prestigious literary prize is getting a younger sibling. The Booker Prize Foundation announced Friday that it is setting up the Children’s Booker Prize alongside its existing awards for English-language and translated fiction. Like its sister prizes, the children’s award comes with a 50,000 pound ($67,000) purse. The prize will open

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Trump gives disaster declarations to Alaska and others but denies Illinois, Vermont and Maryland

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers. The decisions fell mostly along party lines, with Trump touting on social

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Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country’s airspace

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania’s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country. Lithuania’s foreign ministry planned to summon Russian Embassy representatives in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to protest the violation, President

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A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

By CURT ANDERSON, JULIA FRANKEL and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida family already grieving the beating death of a 20-year-old relative is now pleading with U.S. leaders to help free the dead man’s cousin, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who has been held in an Israeli prison for eight

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A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released

By CURT ANDERSON, JULIA FRANKEL and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida family already grieving the beating death of a 20-year-old relative is now pleading with U.S. leaders to help free the dead man’s cousin, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who has been held in an Israeli prison for eight

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Michigan terminates controversial EV battery plant and seeks to claw back millions in incentives

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is demanding millions of dollars in incentives back from a Chinese company after plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant collapsed following years of pushback against the project from neighbors and members of Congress. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer supported the $2.36 billion factory in

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MLB Postseason Glance

By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 New York 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct.

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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–USDA-Offices Reopening USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown SUMMARY: The Agriculture Department will

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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–USDA-Offices Reopening USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown SUMMARY: The Agriculture Department will

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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–USDA-Offices Reopening USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown SUMMARY: The Agriculture Department will

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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–USDA-Offices Reopening USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown SUMMARY: The Agriculture Department will

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