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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

Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration's request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal c...

Aug 15, 2025

New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they're discharged

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers fo...

Aug 15, 2025

Trump and Putin end their meeting that started with a warm handshake belying bloodshed in Ukraine

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) - President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 half hours on Friday, a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile an...

Aug 15, 2025

Trump arrives for pivotal summit with Putin in Alaska that could reshape the war in Ukraine

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) - President Donald Trump arrived in Alaska on Friday for a pivotal summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations ...

Aug 15, 2025

Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after long corruption probe

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday after a long corruption investigation. Cantrell's lawyer, Eddie Castaing, confirmed to The Associated Press...

Aug 15, 2025

Heavy rains expected in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands as Hurricane Erin nears

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Erin strengthened into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides. The storm is expe...

Aug 15, 2025

New lawsuit challenges Trump's federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's capital challenged President Donald Trump's takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown on policing by ...

Aug 15, 2025

Flash floods kill a further 56 people in Pakistan’s northwest

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Flash floods triggered by heavy rains and cloudbursts early Friday killed at least 56 people in Buner in Pakistan's northwest, a government administrator said. Kashif Qayyum ...

Aug 15, 2025