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NATIONAL
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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
SUMMARY: Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy. Starting Thursday, he lies in repose for two days at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters. Events also take place in Washington, D.C., and in South Carolina, where he was born and began his activism. Jackson died last week at 84 after a rare neurological disorder limited his mobility and speech. Tributes have spread worldwide. Chicago's L trains have used digital screens to display Jackson’s portrait and his well-known mantra, “I am Somebody!” His family says the services are open to all.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSJesseJacksonMemorialthLdWritethru/649518382cd9f37a49fe393a6c9ec09b/text___
Third victim dies from wounds suffered in Rhode Island ice rink attack, police say
SUMMARY: Officials say a third victim has died from injuries sustained during a deadly shooting at a youth hockey game in Rhode Island. Pawtucket police said Wednesday that Gerald Dorgan has died. He had been in critical condition following last week’s shooting at an ice rink. His daughter, Rhonda Dorgan, and adult grandson, Aidan Dorgan, were also killed in the shooting. Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien says he was heartbroken that another person has died because of the shooting. Police have identified the shooter as 56-year-old Robert Dorgan. The shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Robert Dorgan’s ex-wife was Rhonda Dorgan and adult son was Aidan Dorgan.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSIceRinkShootingthLdWritethru/b7cbe46eb3e0f9a221623ac4002b7cd0/text___
No-parking zone in Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood widened amid complaints about journalists, streamers
SUMMARY: The no-parking zone around the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother where journalists and social media streamers have stationed themselves over the past three weeks since her disappearance is being widened. The change is being made in response to complaints from neighbors about congested roads, trespassing and trash left along roadways. County officials say an effort over the weekend to have one-way traffic flow on the road in front of Nancy Guthrie’s house hasn’t worked as they hoped. Authorities say journalists and streamers can still have access to the area, but they will have to park elsewhere and get dropped off in the neighborhood.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSSavannahGuthrieMomMissingstLdWritethru/cd9ffc12645fb31ffedca36e338ec91a/text___
What to know about the LA superintendent whose home was searched by FBI
SUMMARY: Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho has developed a reputation for improving academics and graduation rates while leading two major U.S. districts. He had his home searched Wednesday by the FBI as part of a federal investigation. Agents served search warrants at the home, as well as at the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and a location near Miami. Carvalho was previously that city's schools superintendent. Authorities have not given details on what they are investigating.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLosAngelesSchoolsFederalRaidWhattoKnow/22d5dd4a8d7d5298f0c27ffa0efae243/text___
Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges
SUMMARY: Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range. Some residents of Escondido say Immigration and Customs Enforcement has changed by donning masks and using hard-handed tactics in raids that turned deadly in such places as Minneapolis and Chicago. They don't want to give agents a reason to come to their city. They packed a City Council meeting Wednesday to discuss the arrangement. Similar debates have sprung up in various communities since the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security didn't comment on the local backlash.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSImmigrationICEGunRangesndLdWritethru/2b5eac653df205e1d208f877f15d792a/text___
FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and the superintendent’s home
SUMMARY: The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent. The nature of the federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school district and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's home was not immediately clear. Affidavits laying out details for the basis for Wednesday's searches were under seal. The Los Angeles district said in a statement that it “is cooperating with the investigation and we do not have further information at this time.” A third location near Miami was also searched. Carvalho previously led public schools in that area.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSLosAngelesSchoolsFederalRaidthLdWritethru/f7ffc6853a6c0b228c50cf5fe596ce66/text___
Power outages, piles of snow vexing parts of Northeast in snowstorm aftermath
SUMMARY: Power failures and waist-high canyons of snow bedeviled parts of the Northeast in the aftermath of a massive storm that dumped piles on streets and sidewalks from Maryland Maine, even as fresh snowfall coated the region. Across the Northeast, the fallout from the storm persisted: In Rhode Island, where 3 feet (0.9 meters) of snow surpassed the record set in the Blizzard of 1978, people confronted a third straight day stuck at home as residential streets remained unplowed, trash pickup got postponed in some places and some schools went virtual. In Massachusetts, particularly in Cape Cod where nearly 145,000 were without power, utility crews worked 18-hour shifts to restore electricity.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSWinterWeatherthLdWritethru/bd0e342070154e27dff32d805ab2ba46/text___
What to know about the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning after college student’s death
SUMMARY: A Rhode Island college football player has died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after running his car to charge his phone. On Monday, first responders found 21-year-old Joseph Boutros unresponsive in his car during a major snowstorm and power outage. Police say snow blocked the exhaust pipe and fumes built up around the vehicle. Salve Regina University says Boutros is a sophomore lineman and a beloved teammate. Experts say carbon monoxide risks rise in winter and during outages. The gas has no smell or color. It can cause headaches, confusion, sleepiness and death.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCarbonMonoxidePoisoningWhattoKnowstLdWritethru/6b311028f7c4b0c662b98c07e7c5f20b/text___
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Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein's crimes and doesn't recall meeting him
SUMMARY: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told U.S. House lawmakers in New York she has no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and doesn't recall ever meeting him. Thursday's testimony comes at the start of two days of depositions that will include former President Bill Clinton. The depositions are in the Clintons’ hometown of Chappaqua, north of New York City. The depositions come after months of tense back-and-forth with the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. Hillary Clinton has said the Democratic couple's knowledge of Epstein is “very limited.” Bill Clinton has not been accused of wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein. But Republicans have long wanted to press the Clintons for answers.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEpsteinCongressClintonsthLdWritethru/299d82e8549f4d994dcb081c3876585c/text___
Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks US judge in Tennessee to dismiss his criminal case, saying it's vindictive
SUMMARY: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has arrived at a Tennessee federal courthouse where his attorneys are trying to prove criminal charges against him are vindictive and should be dismissed. The Salvadoran citizen was mistakenly deported last year in violation of a court order. Abrego Garcia was eventually returned to the U.S. only to face human smuggling charges. A federal judge determined some Trump administration officials made statements about Abrego Garcia that are cause for concern. At a Thursday hearing in Nashville, Abrego Garcia will try to prove the animus of those officials is what motivated the charges against him. Abrego Garcia immigrated to the U.S. illegally and has lived and worked in Maryland for years.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSDeportationErrorAbregoGarciathLdWritethru/62d17015d5d075897938a971e30e3276/text___
What Americans think about Trump's judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll
SUMMARY: A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat. At the same time, few Americans have high trust in President Donald Trump’s judgment on the use of military force abroad. The survey was conducted Feb. 19-23, as military tensions built in the Middle East between the U.S. and Iran. It found about half of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” concerned Iran’s nuclear program poses a direct threat to the U.S., but only about one-quarter say they have high trust in Trump on relationships with adversaries or the use of military force abroad.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSAPPollIranndLdWritethru/41f4f308683c2ee10420225e1380cf21/text___
FBI fires agents who worked on Trump classified document investigation, AP sources say
SUMMARY: The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employees who participated in the probe into the Republican’s hoarding of classified documents. That's according to people familiar with the matter. The firings disclosed Wednesday are part of a broader personnel purge under the leadership of Director Kash Patel, a Trump appointee who, over the last year, has pushed out dozens of employees who either contributed to investigations of the president or who were perceived as not in alignment with the administration’s agenda. The Justice Department has engaged in similarly sweeping firings of prosecutors since Trump took office last year.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSFBIFiringsTrumpstLdWritethru/932c7c68e22cc36e01990659a8cc2807/text___
Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld
SUMMARY: The Justice Department says it is looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files. The announcement Wednesday comes after several news organizations reported that records involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump were not among those released to the public. The reports say the Justice Department did not release some summaries of interviews that the FBI conducted with an unidentified woman who claimed to have been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was a minor in the 1980s. The Justice Department has said that the FBI received many “untrue and sensationalist” claims about Trump that are included in the files.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSJusticeDepartmentJeffreyEpsteinndLdWritethru/793e47b09863f5a55e54040c891291d8/text___
Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
SUMMARY: Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds. Vance, who made the announcement Wednesday with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the administration was taking the action “in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.” Wednesday’s move is part of a larger Trump administration effort to spotlight fraud around the country.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpMinnesotaFraudthLdWritethru/47b160fd664cdfeef355ae00ca5fecc0/text___
Bill and Hillary Clinton, battle-tested, gear up for another Washington fight
SUMMARY: Bill and Hillary Clinton are slated to testify this week in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a deal with Republicans after it became clear that Congress — with the help of some Democrats — was on track to hold them in contempt if they refused to cooperate. For the battle-hardened couple, it amounts to one more Washington brawl. And like so many of the battles that came before, this one is another mix of questionable judgment, sexual impropriety, money and power.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEpsteinClintonsScandal/fb3b8d7caafda88ddfa670148ceb2a89/text___
Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications
SUMMARY: Wellness influencer and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of what she calls “reactive sick care” during her confirmation hearing to become the next surgeon general. Wednesday's hearing in the Senate health committee was rescheduled from October, when Means went into labor the day she was set to appear. Means' message that dietary and lifestyle changes are needed to heal an ill and struggling nation aligns closely with that of her ally Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But she also faced tough questions about topics that have become divisive in recent years, such as vaccines and hormonal birth control, as well as about her qualifications for the job.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpSurgeonGeneralthLdWritethru/9e25bb95d033e331d40f5b93b3520aaa/text___
Citing AP investigation, new bill seeks to prohibit DHS from using full-body restraints
SUMMARY: A new House bill aims to stop the Department of Homeland Security's use of a full-body restraint device called the WRAP. On Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez introduced the “Full-Body Restraint Prohibition Act.” She points to an Associated Press investigation showing ICE used the device on deportation flights since 2020. The bill also adds new oversight and reporting rules. Advocates say ICE may not track its use as force reports require. The maker says the device can save lives.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSICERestraintDevicerdLdWritethru/a451851f02c311c96a07b9ea0b4309b4/text___
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Afghan authorities carry out strikes in retaliation for earlier Pakistani airstrikes
SUMMARY: Afghan military authorities say they have begun carrying out strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes days ago. A statement issued by the media office of Afghanistan’s military corps in the east said “heavy clashes” had begun Thursday night “in response to the recent airstrikes carried out by Pakistani forces in Nangarhar and Paktia” provinces. There was no immediate confirmation from Pakistan and no immediate information on casualties. On Sunday, Pakistan’s military carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan, saying it had killed at least 70 militants. Afghanistan rejected the claim, saying dozens of civilians had been killed, including women and children.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASAfghanistanPakistan/513791ef82fb8c2e4acce08c2b80c41a/text___
Denmark calls an early election following tense US-Greenland standoff
SUMMARY: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that the Scandinavian country will hold a parliamentary election on March 24. She is giving voters a say several months early as the country digests a standoff with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland. Voters will determine who sits in the Folketing, or parliament. It has 179 seats — 175 of which go to lawmakers representing Denmark and two apiece to lawmakers from Greenland and another semiautonomous territory, the Faroe Islands. A general election must be held at least every four years but the prime minister of the NATO and European Union member country can call one at any time.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUDenmarkElectionthLdWritethru/3967d75664b94a87089fdc17985499bd/text___
US and Iran hold another round of indirect nuclear talks as American forces mass in Mideast
SUMMARY: Iran and the United States are holding another round of indirect talks in Geneva. Thursday's negotiations are aimed at reaching a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and potentially averting another war as the U.S. gathers a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump wants a deal to constrain Iran’s nuclear program, and he sees an opportunity while the country is struggling at home with growing dissent following nationwide protests. Iran also hopes to avert war, but maintains it has the right to enrich uranium and does not want to discuss other issues, like its long-range missile program or support for armed groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSthLdWritethru/c1eb17f570b059f34071937c3f310fb6/text___
What to know about the boat shooting in Cuban waters that killed 4
SUMMARY: Investigations are underway after Cuba said a speedboat carrying 10 people approached the island's north shore and opened fire on Cuban soldiers when confronted. The Cuban Interior Ministry said the troops returned fire, killing four people and wounding six others who were been detained Wednesday after the encounter. Cuba’s government said the people aboard the boat were Cubans living in the U.S. and accused them of trying to infiltrate the Caribbean island to unleash terrorism. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was not a U.S. government operation. The U.S. government said it is launching its own investigation to determine the facts.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCBCubaUSWhattoKnowstLdWritethru/b951fbbfced99f8cd350e9a5010e100d/text___
Ukraine says Russia launched a major aerial attack before Kyiv's talks with US
SUMMARY: Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The bombardment targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said Thursday. Officials said dozens of people, including children, were injured. The attack came hours before U.S. and Ukrainian envoys prepared to hold more talks in Geneva on ending the war that is now in its fifth year. Zelenskyy said late Wednesday he had spoken by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and thanked him for his “efforts and engagement” in pursuing peace negotiations.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarthLdWritethru/74adada5f3cf9f56423d6c15100a6dbc/text___
Iran would be outgunned in any war with the US but could still inflict considerable pain
SUMMARY: Iran’s military capabilities were badly degraded by 12 days of Israeli and U.S. strikes last year. But analysts say it could still inflict pain on American forces and allies in response to another U.S. attack. Iran has a large supply of missiles capable of hitting American bases in the Middle East or Israel. Iranian officials have named both as targets if attacked. Iran may opt for greater retaliation than it did last year, especially if its leaders feel the Islamic Republic is at risk of being overthrown. Iran also has the ability to disrupt trade in the Strait of Hormuz. That's a key waterway for global oil.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSTehransOptionsrdLdWritethru/93db52cd853724dfc5f52d0185f27c18/text___
Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to infiltrate the country
SUMMARY: Cuba says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. The announcement late Wednesday came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the soldiers first. Cuba’s government says the majority of the 10 people on the boat “have a known history of criminal and violent activity.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is gathering its own information.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCBCubaUSBoatShootingthLdWritethru/68e07061282dc2470993f6539bd0bde2/text___
Kenyan police arrest man accused of recruiting fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine
SUMMARY: Police in Kenya say they arrested a man named in the alleged scheme that duped Kenyans with promises of skilled work in Russia that saw them end up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine. Festus Omwamba was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking Wednesday in northern Kenya near the border with Ethiopia. Police spokesperson Michael Muchiri says Omwamba was fleeing after returning to the country from Russia. The Kenyan government last week said more than 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APAFKenyaRussiaRecruitsndLdWritethru/f373f0f715a259f58ce8acfae08e1db3/text___
A Hong Kong court quashes fraud conviction of ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai
SUMMARY: A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday quashed onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai’s fraud convictions linked to lease violations, in a rare victory in the prominent activist’s legal battles. On Thursday, the judges approved the founder of Apple Daily newspaper's challenge over a case tied to lease violations at his media business. Lai was convicted and sentenced to five years and nine months in prison in 2022 for two fraud charges. Earlier this month, Lai also was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his conviction under a China-imposed national security law. His plight has evoked grief over the city’s loss of press freedom.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASHongKongJimmyLairdLdWritethru/7569a4e9d12d77fbc470db73ca9c38bb/text___
Despite differences, China's Xi and Germany's Merz seek to deepen ties in turbulent times
SUMMARY: China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday in Beijing. Xi says that the more turbulent and complex the world becomes, the more China and Germany should strengthen strategic communication and enhance strategic mutual trust. Merz, on a two-day visit to China, says Europe wants a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable and fair. He also says global crises, including the war in Ukraine, cannot be tackled without Beijing.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASChinaGermanythLdWritethru/23eff16baaae1656ac32b189749b7155/text___
Rubio defends US ouster of Venezuela's Maduro to Caribbean leaders unsettled by Trump policies
SUMMARY: Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. The secretary of state tells leaders from the 15-member Caribbean Community bloc that Venezuela and the region are better off as a result of that U.S. raid. Rubio said Wednesday that he offered the defense without “apology” or “apprehension.” Caribbean leaders have been unsettled by the Maduro operation, particularly because it was accompanied by a significant hardening of U.S. policies in the Western Hemisphere.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APCBCaribbeanUSSummitthLdWritethru/b8d8063fd427793ee8e2398305578c83/text___
Soaring cost of food and other staples squeezes Iranians as threat of US attack looms
SUMMARY: Iranians face a sudden surge in prices for food and daily essentials, and many families say they cannot keep up. The mounting costs only further strain the population as they fear a possible war with the U.S. and wrestle with the aftermath of protests that swept the country last month. The rial keeps falling against the dollar, hiking the cost of imports and raw materials. Uncertainty over potential war only drives prices higher. Shoppers in Tehran say staples like potatoes, milk, and meat have risen sharply in just a month. Some are buying in bulk in case the U.S. strikes.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranEconomystLdWritethru/aa1c14906b39f79b88cdf47616a4a755/text___
UK parliamentary speaker says he tipped off police over possible Mandelson flight risk
SUMMARY: The Speaker of the U.K.’s House of Commons has told lawmakers that he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the U.S. who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk. Lindsay Hoyle said Wednesday that he had told police of information he had heard, without disclosing the source. Lawyers for Mandelson said his arrest Monday at his home in north London for alleged misconduct in public office was the result of a “baseless suggestion” that he planned to flee the country. Mandelson was released on bail early Tuesday morning after more than nine hours of questioning. He denies any wrongdoing.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainEpsteinMandelsonstLdWritethru/ba9801fcf3bf00044297e7d071ed2548/text___
American is freed after 11 years for Bali 'suitcase murder,' but a US case awaits
SUMMARY: Indonesia has freed and deported an American man after 11 years in prison for killing his girlfriend’s mother, in a case that became known as the Bali “suitcase murder.” However, U.S. charges await him back home. On Tuesday, Indonesian officials said they deported Tommy Schaefer after finishing his 18-year sentence with time off for good behavior. Prosecutors say he and Heather Mack, nearly 19 at the time and a few weeks pregnant, wanted access to a trust fund. Authorities found the mother's body in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi at a luxury resort in 2014. Schaefer has a court date Thursday in Chicago. It’s not clear whether he has an attorney.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASIndonesiaBaliSuitcaseMurderthLdWritethru/77946e160861d16c45e5f54b2ee02640/text___
The former Prince Andrew went from helicopter pilot to trade envoy to royal pariah
SUMMARY: The former Prince Andrew is the first senior British royal in modern history to be arrested by police. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was detained on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, in an investigation stemming from his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He was born in 1960, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. He spent 22 years in the Royal Navy, serving as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War. Named Britain’s special representative for international trade in 2001, he was forced to step down from that role in 2011 amid growing concern about his friendship with Epstein. Last year that friendship cost him his royal title and honors.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUBritainEpsteinAndrewProfilethLdWritethru/d64e61fd0214a68b9a05fc0da95d9486/text___
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Nvidia's drop drags the US market down even as most stocks rise
SUMMARY: Nvidia’s latest blowout profit report is getting waved off by Wall Street, and it’s dragging the U.S. market down even though most stocks are rising. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 77 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.3%. Nvidia delivered another stellar profit report and gave a forecast for revenue that again topped analysts' expectations. But such blowout performances have become typical for the AI chip company, and its stock fell sharply. Stocks of software companies that had earlier been hurt by worries that AI would make them obsolete rose. Oil prices erased earlier losses to rise.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/4fc4ccf75ee85f53585f08ddd93b2fc1/text___
Instagram says it will notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for terms related to suicide
SUMMARY: Instagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram's parental supervision program. Instagram says it already blocks such content from showing up in teen accounts' search results and directs people to helplines instead. The announcement Thursday comes as Meta faces two trials over harms to children. A trial underway in Los Angeles questions whether Meta’s platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Another, in New Mexico, seeks to determine whether Meta failed to protect children from sexual exploitation on its platforms.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSInstagramSuicidestLdWritethru/b2d193467ea253fc375580b127019a0b/text___
Trump's portrayal of 'golden age' is out of sync with how Americans see economy
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices, and soaring jobs, yet he faces a skeptical public with a much gloomier view. Barely 12 hours before his speech, in fact, The Conference Board, a business research group, released its latest consumer confidence report. It showed that overall confidence in the economy remains historically low, and is barely above the level it plunged to in the depths of the COVID recession. Other polling has yielded similar results: Only 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s economic leadership, according to the latest Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSStateoftheUnionEconomy/bfc3fd78f46eb5b4bd389c7763936211/text___
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A Boston Celtics game-inspired friction test finally pinned down the sneaker squeak
SUMMARY: A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth glass plate over and over, filming it and recording the squeaking sounds with a microphone. As the shoe works hard to keep its grip, the sole changes shape thousands of times per second as it momentarily loses and then regains contact with the floor at a frequency that matches the pitch of the loud squeak we hear. These insights can help scientists understand essential questions about friction, which has important practical applications. The study was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSCISqueakyShoesrdLdWritethru/808e5f51a548dca6281f03a560ef1b0f/text___
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Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
SUMMARY: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers has been on leave since November and his name has appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files. Harvard announced Thursday that Summers will leave at the end of the school year. Summers says it was a difficult decision and is expressing gratitude to students and colleagues he has worked with over 50 years, including five as Harvard’s president.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSEpsteinHarvardSummersthLdWritethru/e4075897230bb917f1c2f3286682e9b8/text___
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Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira get Rock Hall nominations
SUMMARY: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, and it mixes pop, rap, metal, R&B and more. The Hall released the list on Wednesday. It includes Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross, Shakira and the Wu-Tang Clan. It also names Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Buckley, Pink, New Edition, Sade, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, plus The Black Crowes and Oasis. Ten acts appear for the first time. More than 1,200 voters decide. The final class will be revealed in April.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APENTMusicRockHallNomineesndLdWritethru/04ba9dbcb039ca6c8c3e5ad5bb122c2a/text___
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FIFA's Infantino has 'complete confidence' in Mexico to host World Cup games despite cartel violence
SUMMARY: FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has “complete confidence” in Mexico as a World Cup co-host despite days of cartel violence in the country that has left at least 70 people dead. FIFA says Mexico can still safely co-host the World Cup despite deadly cartel violence linked to a top drug lord’s death. On Monday, authorities report at least 70 deaths after cartel members burn cars and block roads in many states. The unrest follows the death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” Some local league matches have already been postponed. FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he trusts President Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexico’s authorities.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APSOCMexicoViolenceWorldCupstLdWritethru/57622651ebeb40599f59b999047aa82e/text___
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