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A giant schnauzer named Monty has won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club

NEW YORK (AP) - A giant schnauzer named Monty won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night. Monty's competition included a bichon fris called Neal, a Skye terrier named Arch...

Feb 11, 2025

Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and recently said his death sentence was "long overdue." It...

Feb 11, 2025

Appeals court won't halt judge’s order requiring Trump administration to unfreeze all federal cash

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to immediately halt a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans that rema...

Feb 11, 2025

Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia, has been released, the White House announced on Tuesday. Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Donald Trump, left Russian a...

Feb 11, 2025

Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia, has been released, the White House announced on Tuesday. Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Donald Trump, left Russian a...

Feb 11, 2025

Trump, hosting Jordan's king, renews his insistence that the US can control and redevelop Gaza

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump hosted Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his suggestions that Gaza could be emptied of residents, controlled by the U.S. and ...

Feb 11, 2025

Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...

Feb 11, 2025

Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...

Feb 11, 2025

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border - a case the conserv...

Feb 11, 2025

Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022

Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder a...

Feb 11, 2025