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Israeli military will call up 50,000 reservists as it plans new phase of war in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that the country's top generals had approved plans to begin a new phase of operations in some of Gaza's most densely populated areas. Sp...

Aug 20, 2025

Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed Tuesday evening. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. follo...

Aug 19, 2025

National Guard troops from four states begin arriving in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) - National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana began arriving in Washington on Tuesday to assist in President Donald Trump's federal crackdown o...

Aug 19, 2025

Syria's foreign minister held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris, report says

BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's state-run news agency says the country's foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris. The SANA news agency says Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani...

Aug 19, 2025

Nebraska’s governor announces plan for immigration detention center in state's southwest corner

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state's southwest corner as President Donald Trump's admin...

Aug 19, 2025

Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has ordered the revocation of the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials, including some who worked on the intelligence com...

Aug 19, 2025

Trump's Justice Department is investigating whether DC police officials falsified crime data

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified crime data, according to a person familiar with the probe who was...

Aug 19, 2025

Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center

MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge in Miami issued a split decision in a lawsuit over the legal rights of detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, dismis...

Aug 19, 2025

Trump says he has begun arrangements for face-to-face meeting between Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia's invasion of Ukrai...

Aug 18, 2025

Louisiana becomes sixth GOP-led state to authorize troop deployment to DC as part of Trump plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of national guard troops to Washington as part of President Donald Trump's show of force meant to crack down on crime and bo...

Aug 18, 2025