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In blow to Democrats, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen will not seek reelection in New Hampshire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. will not seek reelection next year, a decision that will end the longtime senator's historic political career and deals a significant blow to Democrats who were already fac...

Mar 12, 2025

Pakistani security forces battle to free about 300 hostages aboard a hijacked train

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire on Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about 300 hostages aboard a train in the country's rugged ...

Mar 11, 2025

Center-right party wins most votes in Greenland's parliamentary election as Trump seeks control

NUUK, Greenland (AP) - The right leaning Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland's parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the shadow of President Do...

Mar 11, 2025

NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

NASA's newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before - a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginni...

Mar 11, 2025

Democrat David Gottfried wins Minnesota House special election, restoring a 67-67 power split

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday in a race that will leave control of...

Mar 11, 2025

Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that's seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump's plan to dismant...

Mar 11, 2025

Federal judge halts Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A federal judge halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a pre...

Mar 11, 2025

Portugal’s minority government loses confidence vote in parliament triggering early general election

LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's minority government lost a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday, forcing its resignation and bringing the European Union country's third general election in three y...

Mar 11, 2025

NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died

Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people recommended a ban on some helicopter fl...

Mar 11, 2025

Trump administration to resume military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv, more than a week afte...

Mar 11, 2025