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Five years later: How the murder of George Floyd changed America
The following episode of The Story Behind the AP Story contains sound and descriptions that some listeners may find graphic ...
Venezuelans vote for lawmakers and governors as opposition calls for election boycott
Voters in Venezuela are choosing lawmakers, governors and other officials Sunday in polling being held against a backdrop of ...
The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it
One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away ...
Real Madrid confirms Xabi Alonso will return to take over as coach
He’s back. Xabi Alonso is returning to Real Madrid to take over a club that failed to meet expectations this season. The ...
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the ...
Randle’s revival for the T-wolves in their Game 3 win started with a pep talk from a vital teammate
Julius Randle lowered his head to drive into the lane with a determination that was missing in the last game, muscling his ...
The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops
The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment ...
Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he’s a foreign head of state?
Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...
Griffin and Schmid share lead going into final round at Colonial with No. 1 Scheffler lurking
Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid matched each other again Saturday, and will go into the final round at Colonial tied four ...
First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam’s palace
The American University of Baghdad celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was ...
Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy
The Trump administration’s efforts to block international students from Harvard could come at a hefty price — and not just ...
NBA champ, ‘Survivor’ contestant Scot Pollard shares Indy 500 parade float with heart donor’s family
Scot Pollard was standing in Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and trying not to cry. The NBA champion and ...