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Supreme Court slows Trump’s mass deportations but doesn’t stop them
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this week put an important check on President Donald Trump’s power to arrest and quickly deport people who are alleged to be members of a foreign crime gang. Those who face deportation “are entitled to notice and opportunity to challenge their removal” before a federal...
Iran, U.S. plan talks next week after ‘constructive’ meeting
Iran said the first formal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over its nuclear program were “constructive” with both sides agreeing to meet again next week. The two sides discussed Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions “in a constructive atmosphere and with mutual respect,” the Iranian foreign...
Dominican club collapse death toll rises to 226 after woman pulled from rubble dies in hospital
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A woman hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died on Saturday, raising the death toll to 226, health officials said. The latest victim was a 41-year-old Costa Rican national, according to the...
Buffalo Trace Distillery, inspections of affected barrels will take time as flood cleanup progresses
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Signs of renewal are underway at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky since floodwaters that inundated the whiskey-making campus receded. But executives say the painstaking task of inspecting any bourbon barrels touched by the high water will take time. The historic distillery has resumed shipping spirits and...
Regulators order corrective action as Keystone Pipeline operators aim to restore service
BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota, and the company said its goal is to resume deliveries to refineries on Tuesday. The Pipeline and...
Israel cuts off Gaza’s southern city of Rafah and vows to ‘vigorously’ expand in the territory
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel announced Saturday it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, as the military said it would soon expand “vigorously” in most of the small coastal territory. Palestinians were further squeezed into...
Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive U.S. Treasury information
NEW YORK — A New York judge has relaxed a ban she had put on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency preventing it from accessing sensitive Treasury Department information related to millions of Americans. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas said in a written opinion late Friday that one DOGE worker, Ryan...
Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S. It would also benefit big tech companies like Apple and...
Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students
PORTLAND, Maine — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program that were suspended amid a disagreement between the state and the president over transgender athletes. District Court Judge John Woodcock issued a temporary restraining order Friday in a case...
At least 100 people killed in attacks on famine-hit camps in Sudan’s Darfur, UN official says
CAIRO — Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group launched a two-day attack on famine-hit camps for displaced people that left more than 100 dead, including 20 children and nine aid workers, in the Darfur region, a U.N. official said Saturday. The Rapid Support Forces and allied militias launched an offensive on the...
Israel cuts off Gaza’s southern city of Rafah and vows to ‘vigorously’ expand in the territory
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel announced Saturday it had completed construction of a new security corridor cutting off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, and the military said it would soon expand “vigorously” in most of the small coastal territory. Palestinians were further squeezed into shrinking...
Trump proclaims himself ‘in good shape,’ but the results of his physical aren’t immediately released
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had an annual physical on Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend. The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history...
Judge rules Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom through resentencing can continue
LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearings can continue despite opposition from the Los Angeles County district attorney, a judge ruled Friday. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and...
April ‘pink moon’ returns this weekend as micromoon
The annual April “pink moon” is set to rise this weekend — and this year, it’s going to be a micromoon. The pink moon will reach peal illumination at 8:22 p.m. EDT Saturday in the United States, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. April’s full moon will rise when its...
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, La. — Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations out of the U.S. Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans said at...
Trump wants Congress to end changing of clocks and keep country on daylight saving time
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media network, said it would be “Very popular and, most importantly,...
Convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later, U.S. Marshals say
JONESBORO, Ga. — A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Georgia jail has been caught two weeks later in Florida, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday. Kathan Guzman was apprehended Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Florida, spokesman Brady McCarron told The Associated Press. Guzman admitted to...
Judge refuses to dismiss Central Park Five’s defamation case against President Trump
HARRISBURG — A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him filed by the men formerly known as the Central Park Five who were exonerated after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1989 rape and beating of a woman who...
Mayor: Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when NYC sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing 6
NEW YORK — A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing all six people aboard in the latest U.S. aviation...
50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books. And thousands of Americans and Vietnamese know them as the graveyards of loved ones who...
Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic said. The mix-up was discovered in February when the clinic in the city of Brisbane found that...
Judge directs Trump administration to ‘take all available steps’ for return of mistakenly deported man
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge directed the Trump administration to “take all available steps to facilitate the return” of a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison and set a status conference in the case for Friday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order comes...
European countries vow to send billions in military support to Ukraine as Russian and U.S. envoys meet
BRUSSELS — European countries vowed Friday to sends billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a U.S. envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to Russia amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than three-year war. After chairing a...
Sheriff: Walmart employee kills co-worker in Georgia store, woman at nearby home, wounds another
COVINGTON, Ga. — A Walmart employee shot and killed a co-worker inside a Georgia store and critically wounded another worker outside early Friday while the business was closed to the public, authorities said. After leaving the store, the gunman forced his way into a nearby home nearby and fatally shot...
Israelis mark another Passover hoping for Gaza captives to be freed
NAHAL OZ, Israel — Relatives of hostages in Gaza say they feel the absence of their loved ones acutely during Passover, which commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and their liberation from slavery. Jews around the world will mark the beginning of the weeklong holiday Saturday night, gathering...
