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New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation's largest to attempt to impose such a mandate. ...

Jun 21, 2025

Sunken Bayesian superyacht lifted out of the water off Sicily as salvage operate completes

PORTICELLO, Italy (AP) - A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, was lifted fully out of the water on Saturday afternoo...

Jun 21, 2025

Belarus frees key opposition figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski following rare visit from top US envoy

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, following a visit there by a senior Trump a...

Jun 21, 2025

Israel-Iran war stretches into a second week without diplomatic breakthrough

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war entered its second week with a fresh round of stri...

Jun 21, 2025

The Latest: 2nd week of Israel-Iran war starts with renewed strikes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The second week of the Israel-Iran war started with a renewed round of strikes despite talks between European ministers and Iran's top diplomat. Friday's talks, whic...

Jun 21, 2025

Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as a...

Jun 20, 2025

Husband re-arrested in the death of Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were found after 3-year search

DENVER (AP) - The husband of Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were discovered over three years after she was reported missing on Mother's Day 2020, was arrested again Friday on suspicion ...

Jun 20, 2025

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state's public school classrooms is unconstitutio...

Jun 20, 2025

Federal judge blocks Trump effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students. The order from U.S....

Jun 20, 2025

Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge says he'll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention. Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in New ...

Jun 20, 2025