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The Latest: Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid

Just after 2 a.m. ET, the Senate passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid, m...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby,' dead at 87

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life fill...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limit

WOODINVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Havalah Hopkins rarely says no to the chain restaurant catering gigs that send her out to Seattle-area events — from church potlucks to office lunches and graduatio...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority. While the truce b...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing a new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, was appointed as its new prime minister Thursday, becoming the cou...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A fire at a shopping center in eastern Iraq kills more than 60 people

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Civil defense teams rescued mor...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

2 killed and several injured in Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding several others, according to witnesse...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wall Street steady again after Trump downplays threat to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's job

Wall Street appears calm after President Donald Trump walked back his earlier threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Futures for the S&P 500 were unchanged before the opening b...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy

LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The c...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump's policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming mar...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

12-year-old Yu Zidi of China takes stunning times to the world swimming championships

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore. That's amazing. But her age is only part of the picture. Not only is sh...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced a renewed ceasefire Wednesday after days of clashes that have threatened to unravel t...

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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