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Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The federal government over the weekend asked a judge in Miami to put on hold her ruling ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built by the state ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who just days earlier had reporte...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wildfire in Oregon destroys 4 homes, threatens thousands more

Ten structures — including four homes — have been destroyed by a wildfire sweeping through central Oregon as thousands of homes in the state and in Northern California wine country remained ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Democrats demand Trump resume a major offshore wind project near Rhode Island

A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future as the states' Democratic governors, members of Congress and union workers are calling Mon...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Person in US is diagnosed with New World screwworm parasite

NEW YORK (AP) — A person who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Cente...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ukrainian war veterans swim the Bosphorus strait in a triumph over their war injuries

ISTANBUL (AP) — During a pool training session months ago, Ukrainian war veteran Oleh Tserkovnyi was struck by an idea: What if a group of veterans swam across the strait of Bosphorus, betwe...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

What to know about Charles Kushner, the US diplomat being summoned to Paris over Macron letter

The summoning to Paris of Ambassador to France Charles Kushner, following his allegations that the country had not done enough to combat antisemitism, marks his host country's formal displea...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

What to know about the delisting of property developer China Evergrande's shares in Hong Kong

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, marking another step in the retreat of the giant real estate developer whose downfall cont...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

'Stay out of our city': Chicago officials slam Trump’s threat to target the city

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Trump indicated that ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tropical Storm Juliette forms in the Pacific as Fernand churns over open waters in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Juliette formed Monday in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula as Tropical Storm Fernand churned in the Atlantic Ocean. No ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

To get that perfect ear of corn, weather has to cooperate. But climate change is making it dicier

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what's now a little over 200 acres of corn, so...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Sole survivor of Australian mushroom poisoning grieves loss of wife and friends

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The sole survivor of a deadly lunch laced with toxic mushrooms said Monday he felt only half alive following the death of his wife and he continued to grieve the ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press