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Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire

BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Ukraine controls ...

Aug 12, 2025

South Korean court orders arrest of wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, inc...

Aug 12, 2025

CDC shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Georgia investigators say

ATLANTA (AP) - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and...

Aug 12, 2025

DeSantis picks state Sen. Jay Collins to be Florida’s lieutenant governor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his next lieutenant governor. It's a closely watched appointment by the two-term governor, who can...

Aug 12, 2025

Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 classroom shooting, after legal fight over access

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - School officials in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School, following a...

Aug 11, 2025

Police say 2 dead in a shooting at a Target in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Two people were killed Monday in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained, police said. Austin police said in a post on the social platform X...

Aug 11, 2025

Trump suggests he'll know if Putin wants a peace deal with Ukraine soon into their meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to determine mere moments into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week whether it would be possible to work out a...

Aug 11, 2025

Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation's capital safer. Tru...

Aug 11, 2025

Germany invites Trump, Zelenskyy, NATO, EU leaders to a virtual meeting before Trump-Putin summit

BRUSSELS (AP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the NATO secretary general and several European leaders to a virtual ...

Aug 11, 2025

Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge in New York on Monday denied a Justice Department request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend. The Associ...

Aug 11, 2025