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China's pressure on Japan is a familiar tactic that could last for some time

BEIJING (AP) — Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda's tearoom in an alley in Tokyo's historic...

Israel identifies the latest remains returned from Gaza as hostage Dror Or

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel had identified the latest remains returned from Gaza as hostage Dror Or. That leaves the bodies of two hostages ...

Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Kenny Beck surveyed the damage Tuesday to his family's two-story home after at least two tornadoes tore through the Houston area, damaging over 100 homes at the start o...

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released from a Chicago hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder, his son said Tuesday. The 84-year-old civil rights lea...

Taiwan announces special budget of $40 billion for arms purchases to bolster defense

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with hig...

DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Yaakub Vijandre was preparing to go to work as a mechanic when six vehicles appeared outside his Dallas-area home. Federal agents jumped out, one pointed a weapon at hi...

Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump didn't bring much holiday cheer Tuesday when bestowing ceremonial pardons on two Thanksgiving turkeys, dispensing more insults than goodwill at the t...

FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signali...

National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of th...

Trump says he's sending his envoys to see Putin and Ukrainians after fine-tuning plan to end war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been “fine-tuned” and he’s sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Pu...

DC Mayor Bowser announces she won't seek fourth term, as Trump's federal intervention continues

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., announced on Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election next year, a decision that came as she has had to confront a fed...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nat...
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