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Ten Commandments, ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms is now Arkansas law

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law this week making religious displays in classrooms state law....

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From Bandung to Brics: Indonesia’s evolving quest for Global South autonomy

Seven decades after hosting a summit that birthed the Non-Aligned Movement, Indonesia prioritises pragmatic ties over gr...

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Between the lines of Xi's visit

From Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah, chairman, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Read full st...

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Trump on egg costs: 'If anything, the prices are getting too low'

Average wholesale price of eggs was $3.13, an increase from the previous week, Department of Agriculture data shows....

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Robert Garcia: Homeland Security vs. our children

Our communities deserve better...

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Abrego Garcia tells visiting US senator he's no longer held at notorious Salvadoran prison

Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen held an airport news conference after returning to the Washington area from El...

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Special spot in the ballpark: LCYO sees kids thrive in Champions Division

LYCO helps to break kids out of their shell and live a sports filled life despite mental or physical challenges....

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ACLU appeals to Supreme Court to stop Venezuelan deportations; Boasberg holds emergency hearing Friday night

The ACLU asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency injunction, halting the deportation, under the Alien En...

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Letters: Kamala Harris and others will be judged by courage

Also: Measure T | Agency overhaul | Shared responsibility | Jumping the gun. East Bay times reader letters to the editor...

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Port Coquitlam teen in coma after falling on North Shore mountain

Carson Storey was out skiing with friends when he tried to help a friend retrieve an errant ski, slipped and fell down a...

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LA Mayor Karen Bass expected to talk about fire recovery, $1B deficit in State of the City speech

The mayor could also address homelessness and the city's response to a federal crackdown on immigration and "sanctuary c...

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10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's assassination are released

Kennedy was shot and killed June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after giving a speech....

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2027: Why coalition of parties, SDP can’t oust Tinubu – Yabagi, ADP presidential candidate

• Nigeria practising autocratic system of government The presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) i...

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Nigerians need brain reset to elect competent leaders in 2027 – Okoye, Coordinator TBNI

By Dickson Okafor Abumchukwu N. Okoye, National Coordinator, Take Back Nigeria Initiative (TBNI) said only a brain reset...

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Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

The senator referred to the stagecraft with a term that ricocheted around social media: 'Margaritagate.'...

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How did NY leaders let gangbangers’ Bronx violence go on for so long?

On Thursday, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, Mayor Adams, and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that nearl...

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CIF Petco Park Series: Ramona 1, Valley Center 0

Ramona takes the 1-nothing win over Valley Center in CIF San Diego's John Baumgarten Classic at Petco Park....

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Letters: AI firms must show respect for content creators

Also: Guaranteed employment | Informed consumers | Florida St. shooting | ICE enforcement. Mercury News reader letters t...

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White House transforms official COVID site into conspiracy cesspool

President Donald Trump unveiled a brand new COVID-19 website on Friday, and it’s as unhinged as you’d expect.The hom...

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Loving the flag – and the people

EVERY time national footballer Faisal Halim scores a goal for Harimau Malaya, you can expect him to clutch his chest, pu...

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The light shines through with our athletes

THERE'S always light at the end of the tunnel. We saw it this week when, after a slump, former men's doubles world champ...

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Minnesota Legislature to return from break Monday with budget battle ahead

There is a budget battle brewing when the Minnesota Legislature returns to the state capitol on Monday after a week-long...

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Football fever can benefit the local game in Hong Kong

The World Football Summit and Hong Kong Football Festival could raise the public profile and standard of the sport in th...

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Western Regional Minister criticises police officers for accepting bribes from illegal miners

Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson The Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, has called on the Western Central...

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EXCLUSIVE: As Afghan Christians face deportation, faith leaders urge Trump administration to reconsider

Afghan Christians in the U.S. face imminent deportation after the termination of TPS, and faith leaders have made urgent...

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Burcum: Cosplay Kristi preens instead of fixing a grievous error

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s prison photo op hits differently now that we know at least one prisoner is w...

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Legal fight raging over possible imminent deportations to El Salvador

The Trump administration appeared on Friday to be preparing to send a new group of Venezuelan men from the U.S. to El Sa...

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Trump says career gov employees working on policy will be fired if they don’t adhere to his agenda

President Trump on Friday said that federal career employees working on policy issues will be reclassified as ‘Schedul...

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Walnut Park Library breaks ground in South Davis

Friday was a momentous day for the Davis community. The long-awaited Walnut Park Library has officially broken ground in...

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Opinion: Public media is a pillar of our communities. Don’t defund it.

It’s one of the few civic institutions that still commands broad trust in an age of division and disinformation....

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Opinion: Is space tourism a human rights violation?

What if instead of sending the ultra-wealthy to space, we put our resources into providing food, shelter, medicine and e...

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Readers Write: Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Welcome to the constitutional crisis....

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Xi Jinping’s Asian tour has brought the nations closer together

The president’s message is clear: countries should join hands to counter US unilateralism through globalisation and mu...

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Cartoon: Sisyphus

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez for April 19, 2025....

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Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

The policy would ban the 'X' marker used by many nonbinary people on passports....

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Behind two high-profile deportation cases, a legal crisis grows

This week, two federal judges handling separate immigration cases escalated their attempts to get the Trump administrati...

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Column: White House takes its first diplomatic step toward Iran

Washington and Tehran both have reasons for keeping negotiations about the Iranian nuclear program on track, Chicago Tri...

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Trump mulling whether to fire US Fed chair Powell

"If we had a Fed chairman that understood what he was doing, ... rates would be coming down. He should bring them down,"...

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Column: Trump, Vance raise puzzling question at the Smithsonian

Who determines what ideology is “proper?” That's the question hanging over President Trump's executive order about t...

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Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

Pierre Poilievre puts his chips down on enough Canadians wanting change so Conservatives can win this election...

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Anti-Israel Harvard students conspire to smear law firms critical of campus antisemitism: report

Anti-Israel Harvard Law students organized a smear campaign against law firms that have stood up against campus antisemi...

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Immigrants fight back after DOGE dummies declared them dead to cut benefits

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency used internal Social Security systems to fa...

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Professor dismissed over COVID vaccine suing LSC, governor

A former Lake Superior College professor is suing the college and Gov. Tim Walz after being dismissed for refusing the C...

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Yes, step up the pace on Ukraine peace — with fresh consequences if Putin resists

The Trump administration is right to inject a sense of urgency into the Ukraine cease-fire negotiations. But threatening...

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Trump Preparing to Deport Hundreds of Venezuelans, Lawyers Warn

The Trump administration is preparing to deport potentially hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members without giving t...

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U.S. slashing military presence in Syria

The U.S. will shrink its military footprint in Syria over the coming months, bringing troop levels below 1,000.Why it ma...

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Tufts Students Fight for Free Speech After Rumeysa Ozturk Was Detained

I’m an editor at the Tufts newspaper. We will not be silent after a student writer was detained....

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IRS Acting Director Replaced by Deputy Treasury Secretary Days After Appointment

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will ensure the former acting director, Gary Shipley, will continue to work in ...

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Japanese court gives seller of modified Nintendo Switch systems suspended two-year prison sentence

With less than two months to go until its release, the Nintendo Switch 2 has the global gaming community buzzing right n...

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US Open to Recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine Deal

The US is prepared to recognize Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement b...

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North Dakota Senate rejects effort to make lawmakers report suspected sex crimes

House Concurrent Resolution 3037 was introduced after the sentencing of former state Sen. Ray Holmberg, who pleaded guil...

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U.S., Japan need to push back against China, new U.S. ambassador says

The United States and Japan need to work together to align their defense forces in the face of an increasingly assertive...

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NPR obtained documents showing major upcoming changes that could limit human rights

Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department ...

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Aussie authors launch bid to close the book on AI theft

More than 1700 Australian authors have reported their works were stolen to train AI software but experts say lawsuits ma...

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California Republicans want to get tougher on crime. Are Democrats shifting their way?

After voters approved Proposition 36 last year, some Republican lawmakers are seeing greater support for tougher parole ...

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Lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

The suit seeks to represent more than 100 students in New England and Puerto Rico....