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A judge has ordered 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida to wind down operations. What happens now?

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz, ordering that its...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iranian nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump, ac...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Don't fret: Air guitar world title returns home to Finland after 25 years

OULU, Finland (AP) — Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time si...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump frustrated after thinking he made headway on Russia-Ukraine talks only to see Putin balk

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for d...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Colorado governor demands coroner's resignation after decomposing bodies found in funeral home

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called for a county coroner to resign after state inspectors found at least 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home he owns. Pueblo C...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Salvad...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wall Street soars on hopes for lower interest rates as the Dow surges 846 points to a record

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to its best day in months on Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way, along with the kick they c...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Erin weakens to post-tropical cyclone, moving out to sea as it batters East Coast with wind, waves

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to New England as Hurricane Erin made its way f...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says

TORONTO (AP) — Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carn...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rockies release struggling pitcher Austin Gomber, a big piece in the Nolan Arenado trade in 2021

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Colorado Rockies released Austin Gomber on Friday, the left-handed pitcher who was a big piece of the trade that sent Gold Glove third baseman Nolan Arenado to the St. ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Former Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday over allegations that the senior opposition politician misused public funds during his ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing o...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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