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Central Africa Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra reelected, provisional results show

By JEAN-FERNAND KOENA and OPE ADETAYO Associated Press BANGUI, Central Africa Republic (AP) — Central Africa Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term in last month’s election, provisional results showed. The major opposition coalition boycotted the vote after a referendum allowed the removal of term limits. Touadéra, 68, faced challenges from six candidates,

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Military action in Venezuela emerges as an issue in a closely watched GOP primary in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in the closely watched Republican primary campaign between Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a long-running Trump antagonist, and retired Navy SEAL officer Ed Gallrein, who has the president’s backing. Massie, showing his non-interventionist leanings, fired off a

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Trump may have his name on the building but it’s still the Kennedy Center to Congress

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may have his name on the building, but it’s still the Kennedy Center to Congress. A bipartisan spending package released Monday by House Speaker Mike Johnson includes $32 million for operating expenses at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts through Sept.

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Judge spares Tennessee lawmaker prison time in corruption case where Trump pardoned ex-speaker, aide

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped convict the former state House speaker and his onetime aide of public corruption. Although her cohorts were pardoned by President Donald Trump, Republican Rep. Robin Smith had

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Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications

By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people” — a directive that could reshape the early education program. A coalition of organizations representing Head Start providers and parents said in court

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FACT FOCUS: Fabricated and misrepresented images shared widely online after US removal of Maduro

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press As deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom Monday, an array of misrepresented and fabricated images that began circulating soon after his capture over the weekend continued to multiply on social media. President Donald Trump contributed to the deluge, sharing

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Danish prime minister says a US takeover of Greenland would mark the end of NATO

By ANDERS KONGSHAUG, CLAUDIA CIOBANU and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Monday an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Her comments came in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island to

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Michael J. Schumacher, author who chronicled lives of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75. Schumacher’s daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed Monday that her father passed

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Michael J. Schumacher, author who chronicled lives of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75. Schumacher’s daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed Monday that her father passed

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What to know about the Trump administration’s latest moves on child care funding

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, GEOFF MULVIHILL and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press/Report for America President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it’s planning to tighten rules for federal child care funds after a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents. A Department of Health and Human Services spokesman also reiterated

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Florida awaiting federal approval for 3rd immigration detention center

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida is awaiting approval from federal officials to open a third immigration detention center, following “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot,” and the state also is looking into a potential fourth detention facility, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday. Florida officials were waiting for the U.S. Department of

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US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to critique Venezuela intervention as America defends it

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Both allies and adversaries of the United States on Monday used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro. Before the U.N.’s most powerful body, countries critiqued

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College Basketball Scores

Monday, Jan. 5 EAST Brandeis 90, Lasell 79 Cairn 108, Penn State Lehigh Valley Nittany Lions 51 Columbia 104, Cornell 99 Daemen 78, Franklin Pierce 72 Dartmouth 76, Harvard 68 Dean 87, New England College 67 Frostburg State 89, D’Youville 87 Husson 101, SUNY-Delhi 83 Maine Maritime Academy 69, Northern Vermont-Johnson 59 Maine-Farmington 94, Northern

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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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA-MINNESOTA DESCRIPTION: Iowa plays Minnesota at Williams Arena. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 01/06/2026 07:00

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