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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

Tennessee man is executed for killing his wife and her 2 sons, 3 years after last-minute reprieve

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad B...

May 22, 2025

Prosecutor says Michigan police officer who killed Black motorist won't face a second trial

DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second trial, a prosecutor said Thursday, two weeks after ...

May 22, 2025

Judge blocks Trump administration's mass layoffs at the Education Department

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mas...

May 22, 2025

Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4. The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invali...

May 22, 2025

Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, setting home and vehicles on fire

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several bloc...

May 22, 2025

Iran's top diplomat says 'special measures' may be taken to defend nuclear sites from Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take "special measures in defense of our nuclear facilities" if Israel continues to threaten Tehran's atom...

May 22, 2025

Romanian court rejects defeated hard-right candidate's challenge to election result

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday rejected as unfounded a request to annul the presidential election by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-Europe...

May 22, 2025

UK court puts last-minute block on a deal to hand Chagos islands to Mauritius

LONDON (AP) - A British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, hours before the agreement was due to be signed on Thursday. The U.K. has agreed to ...

May 22, 2025

Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. asked all of his Cabinet secretaries to submit resignations on Thursday in a "bold reset" of his administration following last week...

May 21, 2025