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Frank Caprio, Rhode Island judge who drew a huge online audience with his compassion, dies at age 88

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and ...

California resident tests positive for plague

A resident in South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, according to local health officials.The person is ...

Judge denies DOJ's request to unseal Epstein grand jury records

A federal judge in New York has denied the Department of Justice's request to unseal grand jury material from Jeffrey Epstein ...

Meta Freezes AI Hiring After Blockbuster Spending Spree

Meta Platforms has frozen hiring in its artificial-intelligence division after spending months scooping up 50-plus AI ...

'South Park' targets federal takeover of Washington, DC, police in latest episode

NEW YORK (AP) — “South Park” is continuing its cartoon assault on the Trump administration, with an episode on Wednesday that ...

A museum's human remains collection updated after 'Postmortem' investigation

PHILADELPHIA — For years, the Mütter Museum leaned into its appeal as a repository of medical curiosities: dozens of human skulls, fetal specimens and skeletons of people with varying pathologies, ...

North Carolina’s Outer Banks Braces for Hurricane Erin

Residents across North Carolina’s Outer Banks and coast braced for flooding from storm surge and powerful winds Wednesday as ...

State Dept. fires official after internal debates over Israel

The State Department fired its top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs following multiple disputes over how to ...

Trump Turns Up the Heat. Fed Chair Jerome Powell Tries to Keep His Cool.

Minutes before his congressional testimony this summer, Jerome Powell sat alone, staring straight ahead in the wood-paneled ...

Trump says he did not call Putin in presence of EU leaders: That would have been disrespectful to Putin

US President Donald Trump has stated that on 18 August, he did not speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the presence ...

Lula, Macron discuss US tariffs, Mercosur-EU deal in phone call

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke by phone on Wednesday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and ...

EU's 19th sanctions package against Russia expected to be ready in September, Kallas says

The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia is expected to be ready in September, top EU diplomat Kaja ...

Trump Pledges ‘Lot of Help’ to Ukraine in White House Meeting With Zelensky and EU Leaders

Trump welcomed Ukraine's President to the Oval Office, striking a more conciliatory tone and not ruling out sending US troops to Ukraine.

Trump called Orban to win his support for Ukraine joining EU: Report

Trump Suggests US Planes, Pilots Could Support Ukraine As Part Of Security Guarantees President Trump called Hungarian Prime ...

Google Offers to Tweak Play Store Terms to Stave Off EU Fine

The company said it would alter developer fees and make it easier to lead users to deals and offers outside of its app store ...

UK faces more protests and legal action after asylum seekers hotel injunction

The British government policy of housing thousands of asylum seekers in hotels was facing severe pressure on Wednesday, as ...

UK Backs Down on Demand for Access to Apple Users’ Data Amid US Pushback

The U.S. is welcoming the U.K.'s retreat on its demand that it be given access to Apple users' encrypted data.

Most common pub names in UK listed as hundreds more close for good

New research from Bionic, which analysed UK phonebook data and counts of active pubs, has crowned the nation’s favourite pub ...

Could Hurricane Erin bring wet and windy weather to the UK?

Ex-hurricanes and their remnants bringing wet and windy weather to the UK is quite typical from mid- to late August, as the ...

UK savers flee to once unfashionable payments to beat Rachel Reeves tax grab

Phoenix Group, the UK’s biggest long-term savings firm, said annuities are increasingly being recommended by financial ...