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Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along US coast

MIAMI (AP) - A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Ca...

Aug 17, 2025

US envoy says Putin agreed to security protections for Ukraine as part of Trump summit

NEW YORK (AP) - Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine ...

Aug 17, 2025

Polls in Bolivia open for national elections that could empower the right wing

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Polls in Bolivia opened on for presidential and congressional elections that could spell the end of the Andean nation's long-dominant leftist party and see a right-wing governme...

Aug 17, 2025

Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed in northwestern district

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed hou...

Aug 17, 2025

European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump

KYIV (AP) - European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they'll be joining President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for crucial talks with President Donald Trump, rallying around the Ukrainian ...

Aug 17, 2025

Protestors go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage releases

JERUSALEM (AP) - Police in Israel made more than two dozen arrests on Sunday for "disruption of order" as families of hostages held in Gaza step up their campaign with a nationwide strike. Police said...

Aug 17, 2025

West Virginia sends hundreds of National Guard members to Washington at Trump team's request

WASHINGTON (AP) - West Virginia is sending 300 to 400 members of its National Guard to the nation's capital to assist in the Trump's administration's takeover of the city's police department. The move...

Aug 16, 2025

Erin becomes a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen further

MIAMI (AP) - Erin became a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean early Saturday and is expected to strengthen further during the day, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm is currently 170...

Aug 16, 2025

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy said...

Aug 16, 2025

Floods in Pakistan wash away homes and leave at least 220 dead

BUNER, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at leas...

Aug 15, 2025