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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling t...

Jan 24, 2025

State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to...

Jan 24, 2025

Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela wracked in recent days by a deadly turf wa...

Jan 24, 2025

FBI arrests a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent

The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont earlier this week. Teresa Youngblut, 21, was charged in Monday's killing of...

Jan 24, 2025

FBI arrests a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont. Teresa Youngblut, 21, was charged in Monday's killi...

Jan 24, 2025

Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of FEMA" as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term. The comme...

Jan 24, 2025

London court clears way to extradite US mother accused of killing 2 of her children in Colorado

LONDON (AP) - A London judge on Friday rejected a U.S. mother's challenge to her extradition to face murder charges in Colorado in the deaths of two of her young children. The ruling by Judge John Zan...

Jan 24, 2025

Oath Keepers founder Rhodes is barred from entering Washington or Capitol without court permission

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right ...

Jan 24, 2025

Governor of Congo's North-Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say

GOMA, Congo (AP) - The governor of eastern Congo's North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provi...

Jan 24, 2025

Judge bars Oath Keepers founder Rhodes from entering Washington without court's permission

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right ...

Jan 24, 2025