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Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said Friday
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The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
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Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job in the United States and around the world. U.S.
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Police arrest a suspect in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial that injures 1 victim

Police arrest a suspect in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial that injures 1 victim

BERLIN (AP) — Police arrested a man suspected in a stabbing attack Friday at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that left a Spanish tourist seriously injured, police said.
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A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie

A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.
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Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort

Top immigration enforcement official reassigned amid frustrations over mass deportation effort

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn't moving fast enough.
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Michigan court uproots part of verdict in favor of gardener whose organic lawn was killed

Michigan court uproots part of verdict in favor of gardener whose organic lawn was killed

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide — at the wrong address.
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Three shot and killed at Louisville motor vehicle office, police say

Three shot and killed at Louisville motor vehicle office, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say three people were shot and killed at a motor vehicle office in Louisville on Friday. Louisville Metro Police Department Maj.
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Pope Francis isn't out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team says

Pope Francis isn't out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team says

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn't life-threatening but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in the hospital battling pneumonia in both lungs — along with ba
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