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Federal workers start to get a new email demanding their accomplishments

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees are starting to receive another email requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Donald Trump and billionaire entreprene...

Feb 28, 2025

Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine won't enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees against another offensive. Zelenskyy added Friday's contentious spat w...

Feb 28, 2025

Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Ivey said Myers, who was facing exec...

Feb 28, 2025

Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say wil...

Feb 28, 2025

Jury finds Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead. Joseph Czuba...

Feb 28, 2025

Pope had a bronchial spasm and his prognosis remains guarded, Vatican says

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, but he responded well and remained conscious and aler...

Feb 28, 2025

Zelenskyy meets Trump at White House and seeks security assurances against future Russian aggression

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with President Donald Trump at a pivotal moment for his country, as he tries to persuade the White House to provide some form of U....

Feb 28, 2025

Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House. The order wil...

Feb 28, 2025

Violent protests in Athens on rail crash anniversary as frustration over system failures boils over

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and smashing paving stones clashed with riot police firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in central Athens Friday, as tens of thousan...

Feb 28, 2025

Suicide bomb at a seminary in northwest Pakistan kills top cleric and 4 others ahead of Ramadan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up after walking into a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing a top cleric and four other worshippers...

Feb 28, 2025