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Panama and Venezuela to resume flights suspended for almost a year in diplomatic tensions

Panama and Venezuela to resume flights suspended for almost a year in diplomatic tensions

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama and Venezuela will resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when they broke off diplomatic relations, Panama’s Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday.
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Judge blocks Trump administration's mass layoffs at the Education Department

Judge blocks Trump administration's mass layoffs at the Education Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. U.S.
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Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.
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Clarification: Spain-Ukraine-Shooting story

Clarification: Spain-Ukraine-Shooting story

POZUELO DE ALARCON, Spain (AP) — In a story published May. 21, 2025, The Associated Press reported that the mother of a child at the school said she knew the victim through the emigre community but did not know him well.
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Iran's top diplomat says 'special measures' may be taken to defend nuclear sites from Israel

Iran's top diplomat says 'special measures' may be taken to defend nuclear sites from Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take “special measures in defense of our nuclear facilities” if Israel continues to threaten Tehran's atomic sites, raising the stakes further ahead of a ne
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Romanian court rejects defeated hard-right candidate's challenge to election result

Romanian court rejects defeated hard-right candidate's challenge to election result

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Thursday rejected as unfounded a request to annul the presidential election by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent on Sunday.
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Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.
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New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse

New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic Church .
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New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance worker who is charged with helping them said Wednesday.
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