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The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

“Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her…

April 27, 2025

Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling…

April 27, 2025

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Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump’s budget cuts

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs…

April 27, 2025

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Conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Pope Francis’ radical legacy or change course?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who…

April 27, 2025

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Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next…

April 27, 2025

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White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment

There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the…

April 27, 2025

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Israel says it has intercepted a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile early Sunday toward Israel, which the Israeli military said it shot…

April 27, 2025

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Lawsuit says migrants endure isolation and intimidation at US’ Guantanamo detention center

Immigration and civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at Guantanamo Bay are being held in extreme isolation,…

April 27, 2025

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Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside…

April 26, 2025

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Los Angeles police release video of armed confrontation that wounded author, wife of Weezer bassist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have released video from the shooting of author Jillian Lauren, the wife of…

April 26, 2025

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A look at the PLO’s new vice president, Hussein al-Sheikh

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized…

April 26, 2025

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US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century…

April 26, 2025

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successor

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new…

April 26, 2025

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A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction

LONDON (AP) — A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before…

April 26, 2025

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ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old…

April 26, 2025

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Shedeur Sanders’ long wait ends when Browns take him in the 5th round of the NFL draft

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders dealt with his shockingly long wait to get drafted by relying on the…

April 26, 2025

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Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering…

April 26, 2025

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They came for the canonization of a millennial saint. They stayed for Pope Francis’ funeral

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this…

April 26, 2025

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Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close

ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in…

April 26, 2025

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Only about half of Republicans say Trump has focused on the right priorities, AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans do not agree with President Trump’s aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda, a new…

April 26, 2025

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Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10…

April 26, 2025

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Russia says it has fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukraine says it is still fighting there.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control…

April 26, 2025

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A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to missile fuel kills 25, injures some 800

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a…

April 26, 2025

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What to know about the funeral and burial of Pope Francis

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. His death set off mourning…

April 26, 2025