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Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.

Jan 22, 2025 6:05 AM Read more >

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes who lived in exile in Nicaragua dies at 65

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.

Jan 22, 2025 5:23 AM Read more >

US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a poll.

Jan 22, 2025 5:02 AM Read more >

Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s Sun tabloid

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry settled his privacy invasion lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids as his trial was about to begin, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Jan 22, 2025 3:42 AM Read more >

LA's Olympic venues spared by wildfires, but city's rebuild could impact Games' runup

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.

Jan 21, 2025 8:45 PM Read more >

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday.

Jan 21, 2025 6:32 PM Read more >

White House cheers release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Biden, Qatar

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.

Jan 21, 2025 4:37 PM Read more >

Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.

Jan 21, 2025 4:16 PM Read more >

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.

Jan 21, 2025 3:52 PM Read more >

At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flame

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