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El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends presidential terms to 6 years

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential ...

Jul 31, 2025

Judge extends migrant status protections for 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in California extended on Thursday temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua....

Jul 31, 2025

Florida carries out record 9th execution of 2025 on man convicted of killing his wife and 2 children

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children was put to death Thursday, becoming the ninth person executed in Florida this year and setting a sta...

Jul 31, 2025

Carlos Correa is reuniting with the Astros after a trade with the Twins, AP source says

HOUSTON (AP) - Carlos Correa is returning to Houston, giving the Astros a huge - and familiar - boost after they reacquired the shortstop from the Minnesota Twins just before Thursday's trade deadline...

Jul 31, 2025

A teacher has been charged in the stabbing deaths of a couple in an Arkansas state park

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas police have charged a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the stabbing deaths of a married couple who were killed when they were hiking with two of their children at Devil's...

Jul 31, 2025

Trump envoy Witkoff and US Ambassador Huckabee will inspect food distribution in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death toll of P...

Jul 31, 2025

Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state's high court ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturns a lower court's or...

Jul 31, 2025

Swedish man convicted for his role in 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group

STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Swedish man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for his role in the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State militant group, Swedish media report...

Jul 31, 2025

Lithuania Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas steps down after investigations and protests

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Lithuania Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas stepped down on Thursday following investigations into his business dealings that prompted protests in the Baltic country 's capit...

Jul 31, 2025

Russia hits Kyiv with missile and drone attack, killing 6 and injuring 52

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least six people including a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. Kyiv City Milita...

Jul 30, 2025