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Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding

BOSTON (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in gran...

Jan 31, 2025

Trump administration moving to fire FBI agents involved in investigations of Trump, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration officials are moving to fire FBI agents engaged in investigations involving President Donald Trump in the coming days, two people familiar with the plans said Fr...

Jan 31, 2025

Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Federal authorities said F...

Jan 31, 2025

New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest nea...

Jan 31, 2025

Serbian student protesters march ahead of major blockade of Danube bridges

INDJIJA, Serbia (AP) - A driver in Belgrade, rammed a car into a silent protest in the Serbian capital Friday, slightly injuring one woman, the third such incident in weeks. The incident happened in d...

Jan 31, 2025

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at 95. Button's son, Edward, said he died Thursday and did not provide a cause. Button won two Olympic g...

Jan 30, 2025

Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash

WASHINGTON (AP) - A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter has killed teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, as well as a group of un...

Jan 30, 2025

Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs

The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally. Among the passengers were several members of the Skating...

Jan 30, 2025

Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city o...

Jan 30, 2025

Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The 32-...

Jan 30, 2025