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The Latest: Trump administration takes aim at Harvard international students and tax-exempt status
President Donald Trump’s administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university ...
Crews restore power to nearly all customers after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico
Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities ...
Trump’s claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang ties largely rely on 1 confidential tip
The Trump administration’s argument that the mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 is based largely ...
Venice expands its day-tripper tax program to combat overtourism
Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure to ...
Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 17 people early Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U ...
New US ambassador to Japan says he is optimistic the two sides will reach a deal over tariffs
The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally ...
Iran-US talks over Tehran’s nuclear program hinge on a billionaire and a seasoned diplomat
As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s ...
China’s leader concludes visit to Cambodia at the end of a 3-nation Southeast Asia tour
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday completed a two-day state visit to Cambodia, capping a three-nation tour that included ...
Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes
From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple ...
Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics
Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and created by two young Jewish men in ...
Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues
President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...
Surprise open governor’s seat in Iowa signals competitive GOP primary, glimmer of hope for Democrats
Iowa looked a lot different in 2010, when Kim Reynolds was first elected to statewide office. Reynolds was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor on the ticket ...