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Venus Williams loses in 3 sets at the US Open in her 1st Grand Slam match in 2 years

NEW YORK (AP) - Even at age 45, even after two years away from Grand Slam tennis, Venus Williams displayed some big serves and powerful groundstrokes at the U.S. Open on Monday night in front of a sup...

Aug 25, 2025

Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit after Trump cuts to abortion providers

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A network of clinics in Maine will not resume getting Medicaid funds to treat thousands of low-income patients during its lawsuit over Trump administration cuts to abortion prov...

Aug 25, 2025

Long-elusive Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in US

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade that for years flooded the U.S. with cocai...

Aug 25, 2025

Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on its vessel in the Mediterranean

CAIRO (AP) - A humanitarian group said Monday that Libya's coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea. The nonprofit SOS Mediterranee said...

Aug 25, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda

WASHINGTON (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore Monday and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him to Uganda, an African countr...

Aug 25, 2025

Back home in Maryland, Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation again as he reports to ICE office

BALTIMORE (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose arrest and fight to stay in the U.S. has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, arrived Monday morning to Baltimore in anti...

Aug 25, 2025

Tropical Storm Juliette forms in the Pacific as Fernand churns over open waters in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Juliette formed Monday in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles from Mexico's Baja California peninsula as Tropical Storm Fernand churned in the Atlantic Ocean. No coastal wa...

Aug 25, 2025

AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza killed four journalists on Monday, including a freelancer who worked for The Associated Press, according to health off...

Aug 25, 2025

Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza hospital kills 8, health ministry says

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike hit the fourth floor of southern Gaza's main hospital Monday, killing at least eight people, Gaza's health ministry said. The ministry said the vict...

Aug 25, 2025

Netanyahu says Israel could withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed the Lebanese cabinet's "momentous decision" earlier this month to work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 20...

Aug 25, 2025