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Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine carried out a large exchange of prisoners from their more than three-year war. A Ukrainian official said the swap was ...

May 23, 2025

A Norwegian man awoke to find a grounded cargo ship had narrowly missed his home

OSLO, Norway (AP) - A Norwegian man awoke to find that a cargo ship had run aground and narrowly missed crashing into his home along the Trondheim Fjord's coast. Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcast...

May 23, 2025

Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Some of Harvard's sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the nation's lar...

May 22, 2025

GOP US Sen. Tommy Tuberville is expected to announce run for Alabama governor, associates say

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after retiring as a college football coach, plans to run for governor of Alabama in 2026, according to people famili...

May 22, 2025

Supreme Court declines to reinstate independent agency board members fired by President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to reinstate independent agency board members fired by President Donald Trump. The court's action essentially extended an order Chief Justice J...

May 22, 2025

Man accused of killing 2 Israeli Embassy staffers in DC charged with murder of federal officials

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has brought federal charges against a man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington as they were leaving an event at a...

May 22, 2025

Trump's $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond

WASHINGTON (AP) - Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy raking in cash. The president has amassed a war chest of at le...

May 22, 2025

Florida court awards Mexican government massive civil judgment against former security chief

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Florida court awarded the Mexican government a massive civil judgment Thursday against its former security chief who is now serving a lengthy prison sentence in the United States ...

May 22, 2025

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current studen...

May 22, 2025

Federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge in California blocked the Trump administration Thursday from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous term...

May 22, 2025