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June 16, 2025
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people,...
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June 16, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY 16 Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2025. There are 198 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 16, 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshk...
Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear & missile sites
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June 13, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adver...
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House approves funding cuts for
June 13, 2025
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who ...
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June 11, 2025
Mayor Ed Gainey beat incumbent Mayor Bill Peduto in that race. Over 60,000 Democrats voted in Pittsburgh’s mayoral primary this year, and nearly 5,000 Republicans cast ballots. Gainey lost the Democra...
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At least 2 killed as storms push through South
June 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set to take effect Monday amid escalating tension over the p...
L.A. protests intensify after Trump deploys National Guard troops
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June 9, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, block...
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June 7, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, June 7, the 158th day of 2025. There are 207 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 7, 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation and led to stronger state ...
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June 7, 2025
DENVER (AP) — A man who told investigators he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators raising awareness of Israeli hostages appeared briefl...
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McKeesport
June 7, 2025
• Gregory J. Stephenson, 43, of Elizabeth was charged with DUI stemming from an alleged traffic incident Wednesday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Beth Mi...
D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of landings
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June 7, 2025
“Freedom is everything. I pray for freedom for the whole world. For the war to end in Ukraine, and Russia, and Sudan and Gaza. I think war is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.” HAROLD TERENS COLLEVIL...
Gov’ts denounce Trump’s travel ban and vow to push back against U.S.
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June 6, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in some of the 12 countries whose citizens will be soon banned from visiting the United States denounced President Donald Trump’s move to resurrect a hallmark policy of his...
U.S. inflation gauge cools, with little sign of tariff impact
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May 31, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices. Spending by Americans slowed despite rising incomes, potential...