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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. His remarks followed the release of a body that Israeli authorities found was not that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the Palestinian militants had promised.
Hamas said it would conduct a review of the information regarding the body. The group suggested a possible mix-up of remains might have occurred due to Israeli bombing of the area where the Israeli hostages were being held. Later, a small militant group in Gaza that was believed to have hostage Shiri Bibas’ body, said they had turned over her remains to the Red Cross.
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events. It's citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. The lawsuit was filed in U.
S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order. Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr.
as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move Friday sidelines a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a targeted campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks. Brown is only the second Black general to serve as chairman.
His 16 months in the job had been consumed with the war in Ukraine and the expanded conflict in the Middle East. But Brown’s future was called into question during the Senate Armed Services Committee’s confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump's censure of the Ukrainian leader KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia says he's held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war.
He praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S.
Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — who traveled to Kyiv on Wednesday and whose planned news conference with Zelenskyy on Thursday was changed at the last minute to a simple photo opportunity — struck a positive tone Friday after saying it was “a long and intense day” of talks with Ukraine’s senior leadership.
His comments marked a departure from rebukes of Zelenskyy by Trump and other senior U.S. officials that appeared to reflect an abrupt deterioration of relations.
The Latest: Trump signals he’s open to multiple budget bills instead of just one Hours after the Senate approved a spending framework, President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he’s open to approving the spending plan in multiple bills “as long as we get to the same point.” Pope Francis isn't out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team says ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff's condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn't out of danger.
The 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope's condition. They said that he would remain hospitalized at least all of next week.
The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen and is responding to strengthened drug therapy for pneumonia. Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemellli hospital on Feb. 14 after his bronchitis worsened.
Doctors have diagnosed pneumonia in both lungs and a complex infection. LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall. Bass says in a statement Friday that she is removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately.
Bass says 1,000 firefighters could have been on duty the morning the fires broke out but “were instead sent home on Chief Crowley’s watch.” Bass also says Crowley bucked doing a report requested by the city’s Fire Commission. Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore found they likely violate free-speech rights and granted an injunction blocking them as a lawsuit plays out. Trump signed an order his first day in office directing federal agencies to terminate all “equity-related” grants or contracts. The city of Baltimore and higher education groups sued, arguing the executive orders are unconstitutional and an overreach of presidential authority.
The Trump administration has argued that the president was targeting only DEI programs that violate federal civil rights laws. Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme LAS VEGAS (AP) — The FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme. Authorities say three of the men died, and she has been charged in one of their deaths.
Aurora Phelps is in custody in Mexico. She faces 21 counts including wire fraud, identity theft and one count of kidnapping resulting in death. The FBI says it is aware of other alleged victims in the U.
S. and Mexico. Authorities are seeking her extradition.
After 30 years in prison for murder, new DNA evidence frees Hawaii man who maintained innocence HONOLULU (AP) — A judge has ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has always denied committing. The judge says DNA test results and other new evidence would likely change the outcome of another trial against Gordon Cordeiro. The judge vacated his conviction and sentence and ordered his release.
The prosecutor says he is disappointed in the ruling. He plans to appeal and seek to impose bail on Cordeiro's release. The case involves the 1994 killing of Timothy Blaisdell during a drug deal robbery on the island of Maui.
Cordeiro was found guilty of murder, robbery and attempted murder and sentenced to life without parole..
