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Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband

FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) - An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S. A...

Mar 19, 2025

Vatican says Pope Francis is improving and no longer needs mechanical help to breathe

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis's condition continued to improve Wednesday and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pon...

Mar 19, 2025

Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimmin...

Mar 19, 2025

DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says

WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior official at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over a...

Mar 19, 2025

UN says an international staffer was killed and 5 others wounded in a strike in the Gaza Strip

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Jor...

Mar 19, 2025

A Dutch 'fish doorbell' has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a " fish doorbell " on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as the...

Mar 18, 2025

Police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, over alleged corruption and terror links

ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul's mayor - a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media repo...

Mar 18, 2025

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled ...

Mar 18, 2025

Previously classified files related to JFK assassination released

DALLAS (AP) - Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took of...

Mar 18, 2025

Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution

ANGOLA, La. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas, which is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is to be...

Mar 18, 2025