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Trump’s approval rating drops to 39% amid economic concerns: US poll
Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump’s handling of the economy. ...
States sue Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging funds
DETROIT (AP) — Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is the unlawful withholding of over $2 billion dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs, according to a federal lawsuit announced Tuesday. The lawsuit f ...
Praise for people who died while trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers
One of the bystanders who tried to stop the attack originally came to Australia from the former USSR to escape anti-Semitic persecution. ...
The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalates
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them. The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo, w ...
Brown mourns the loss of an aspiring doctor and campus leader to the campus attack
A makeshift shrine of flowers and condolence cards has gone up outside of the Brown University building where a gunman killed two students and wounded nine others, with the Ivy League school and surrounding community trying to make sense of the tragedy. As investigators pursue clues about the gunman ...
Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others. This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The decision follows the arrest of an Afghan national suspec ...
Texas sues utility company to recover damages from historic wildfire sparked by downed power lines
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has sued the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history, a deadly blaze that destroyed homes and livestock and charred miles of landscape, causing more than $1 billion in damage. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by state Attorney Genera ...
Doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death avoids prison time
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included 3 years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr. M ...
US Muslim group sues Florida’s DeSantis over ‘terrorism’ designation
CAIR lawsuit says the Republican governor is targeting the civil rights group to suppress its advocacy for Palestine. ...
Authorities say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at home
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at his home. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, died at a local hospital on Tuesday morning after the Monday night shooting in Brookline, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a st ...
Thousands protest Slovak leader Fico over whistleblower office closure and penal code changes
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday to protest the latest moves by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to dismantle an independent office that protects those who report corruption and other criminal activities and amend the penal code. Rallies t ...
Injured Davante Adams not ruled out by McVay for Rams' Thursday night showdown with Seahawks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Receiver Davante Adams has not been ruled out for the Los Angeles Rams’ showdown at Seattle on Thursday night despite his hamstring injury. Coach Sean McVay said the NFC-leading Rams (11-3) likely will wait until game time to make a final decision on the availability of the NFL’s ...
‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,' ‘KPop Demon Hunters' advance in Oscars shortlists
Ryan Coogler’s bluesy vampire thriller “Sinners,” the big screen musical “Wicked: For Good” and the Netflix phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters” are all a step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released shortlists for 12 categories Tuesday, including for best ...
US officially labels Colombia’s EGC group a ‘terrorist organization’
Analysts warn US ‘terrorist’ designation of the EGC could escalate violence and hinder peace negotiations in Colombia. ...
Trump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert that is testing the rapprochement between Washington and Damascus. The two guardsmen killed ...
Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military. “This is just about sending a message to retired service members, ac ...
West Virginia got federal money to help foster kids succeed, but it sent millions of dollars back
When Jaiden Holt was growing up, there wasn’t a whole lot in his life that made him feel good. His biological mother lost custody of him when he was young, and he entered the child welfare system, often living with his aunt and grandmother in St. Albans. Then, when he was seven, his mother regained ...
Christine Baranski narrates 'A Christmas Carol' before returning for new 'The Gilded Age' season
NEW YORK (AP) — Christine Baranski was in the playground outside St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic director of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble. “I love choral music,” she told him. An Emmy- and Tony-Award winning ...
EU moves to ease 2035 ban on internal combustion cars as auto industry faces headwinds
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European officials on Tuesday moved to ease their ban on sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, responding to pressure from governments and automakers who argued that the industry needed more flexibility in finding ways to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide ...
Gaza families struggle to recover from days of torrential rains that killed 12 people
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza struggled to recover Tuesday from torrential rains that battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, collapsing buildings already badly damaged in the two-year war and leaving at least 12 dead, including a two-week-old baby. ...