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February 24, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing...
Pope Francis in critical condition, but remains alert as prayers pour in
World Briefly
February 24, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, responsive and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pont...
World Briefly
February 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from D...
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February 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing out protections that shielded roughly half a million Haitians from deportation, meaning they would lose their work permits and could be eligible ...
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February 20, 2025
(AP) — A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona has killed two people. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided in Marana Regi...
World Briefly
1995
February 20, 2025
• Sunday—no paper. • The Greater Charleroi Chamber of Commerce was accepting applications for the third Magic City Magical Wedding contest. The winning couple would receive a free wedding package duri...
Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm
World Briefly
February 20, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The latest in a long line of storms took direct aim at the East Coast on Wednesday, threatening to dump heavy snow and some ice across several states on winter-weary residents. A s...
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Border arrests plummet 39% in January
February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed wealthy financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary Tuesday, putting in place a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s hardline trade polices. At the C...
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters records
World Briefly
February 19, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 95 million people are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures plunging to record levels, closing schools, bursting pipes and forcing communiti...
At least 9 people are dead in latest blast of winter weather
World Briefly
February 17, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky who died as creeks swelled from heavy rain and wa...
World Briefly
1995
February 15, 2025
• Union Township was struggling with a severe financial crisis. In a meeting packed with residents demanding answers, the chairman of the board of township supervisors pointed to a statement he made l...
World Briefly
February 14, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic ...
U.S. officials bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine
World Briefly
February 10, 2025
By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine...
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February 8, 2025
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in pa...