BEIRUT — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in…
Surry County Elections Board Chairman James Yokeley was arrested on felony child endangerment charges. Photo courtesy of the Wilmington (N.C.) Police Department Aug. 28 (UPI)…
Longtime online blogging platform Typepad is ceasing its existence and eliminating all content after Sept. 30, officials for the online service announced on Wednesday. File…
A group of children listens to speakers during a Wednesday evening candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in…
Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 by the U.S. Open for his actions during and immediately after his first-round loss to France’s…
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. gross domestic product was revised slightly upward, according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic…
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, seen here on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in May. Two now-former employees were arrested Tuesday for allegedly…
A sign at the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport is seen on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Ochopee…
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Mexico is temporarily suspending postal and parcel shipments to the United States, making it the latest country to halt mail delivery…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (pictured before his check-in at the ICE Baltimore Field Office in Baltimore on Monday) cannot be deported again until at least October,…
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his…
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's wish to end mail-in voting is only part of his grander vision for fundamentally changing the election process,…
California voters are heavily divided along partisan lines when it comes to President Trump, with large majorities of Democrats and unaffiliated voters disapproving of him…
U.S. diplomat apologizes for using the word ‘animalistic’ in reference to Lebanese reporters
BEIRUT — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in…
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White House taps RFK Jr. deputy Jim O’Neill as interim CDC director
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The White House chose Jim O'Neill, a close ally of top health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Thursday to serve…
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Elections official in N.C. resigns; accused of drugging granddaughters’ ice cream
Surry County Elections Board Chairman James Yokeley was arrested on felony child endangerment charges. Photo courtesy of the Wilmington (N.C.) Police Department Aug. 28 (UPI)…
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Typepad blogging platform to close and delete all content
Longtime online blogging platform Typepad is ceasing its existence and eliminating all content after Sept. 30, officials for the online service announced on Wednesday. File…
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Minneapolis mourns church school shooting as FBI investigates
A group of children listens to speakers during a Wednesday evening candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in…
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Russia’s Daniil Medvedev fined $42,500 after epic U.S. Open meltdown
Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 by the U.S. Open for his actions during and immediately after his first-round loss to France’s…
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Trump fires Surface Transportation Board member amid railroad merger
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Robert Primus, member of the Surface Transportation Board, was fired by the White House Thursday, though he contends that the move…
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U.S. GDP was revised slightly upward in the second quarter
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. gross domestic product was revised slightly upward, according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic…
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Two staffers fired for protest in Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, seen here on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in May. Two now-former employees were arrested Tuesday for allegedly…
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Reports: All detainees to be removed from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in days
A sign at the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport is seen on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Ochopee…
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Mexico suspends postal, parcel shipments to U.S. over Trump’s tariffs
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Mexico is temporarily suspending postal and parcel shipments to the United States, making it the latest country to halt mail delivery…
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DHS announces new rule capping length of foreign student visas
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security plans to introduce a new rule capping the length of stay for international students, among other…
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ESPN, Fox team up for bundled streaming service in October
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Disney's ESPN and Fox Corp. on Monday announced the two rivals are joining forces to offer a streaming service to consumers…
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CDC Director Susan Monarez out after month on job as 4 others resign
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention left after less than one month on the job, and four…
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Prosecutors seek seven-year sentence for wife of Bob Menendez
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Prosecutors seek a seven-year sentence for Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., for her part in a…
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FDA signs off on new COVID vaccines but limits who will get them
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The federal government signed-off on the latest round of COVID-19 vaccines, but new limits were set on which Americans can get…
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Abrego Garcia cannot be deported before October hearing, judge says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (pictured before his check-in at the ICE Baltimore Field Office in Baltimore on Monday) cannot be deported again until at least October,…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the U.S., hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his…
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Mail-in voting latest target of Donald Trump’s election ire
Aug. 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's wish to end mail-in voting is only part of his grander vision for fundamentally changing the election process,…
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Poll finds partisan split in California on U.S. direction under Trump
California voters are heavily divided along partisan lines when it comes to President Trump, with large majorities of Democrats and unaffiliated voters disapproving of him…
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