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Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify and deport people illegally in U.S.

A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people i...

May 12, 2025

Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas in goodwill gesture toward Trump administration

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months, offering a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administra...

May 12, 2025

6 Bulgarians convicted in UK of spying for Russia get prison terms up to nearly 11 years

LONDON (AP) - Six Bulgarians convicted of carrying out a sophisticated spying operation for Russia were sentenced by a London judge Monday to prison terms up to nearly 11 years. The group that used Ho...

May 12, 2025

A power outage disrupts London's subway network

LONDON (AP) - Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted Monday because of a power outage, the British capital's transport authority said. The Transport for London we...

May 12, 2025

UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Starmer's house

LONDON (AP) - British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire that damaged door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's house in north London. Starmer has rented out the house since he was elec...

May 12, 2025

Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial named acting Librarian of Congress

NEW YORK (AP) - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting Librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. ...

May 12, 2025

Modi says India has only paused military action and will strike if any further terror attack occurs

NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India has only "paused its military action" and will "retaliate on its own terms" if there is any future terror attack on the country. "We wil...

May 12, 2025

Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end its campaign

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't lift its blockade and stop its military campaign, food security experts said Monday. Outright famine is the mostl...

May 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity with imprisoned journalists

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Monday expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and affirmed the "precious gift of free speech and the press." He spoke in an audience with some of the 6,00...

May 12, 2025

Hamas says it will release American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Monday

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An American-Israeli soldier taken captive and held for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip is expected to be released on Monday, Hamas said, as part of a good will g...

May 12, 2025