Tuberville stands down, lets Senate approve promotions
WASHINGTON -- The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade o…
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NAMES & FACES: Vanessa Hudgens, Cole Tucker wed; Post Malone collaborating with Dallas Cowboys
Actress Vanessa Hudgens and professional baseball player Cole Tucker got married over the weekend in Mexico, according to multiple reports. Hudgens, 34, and Tu…
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U.K., Rwanda renew asylum plan
LONDON -- The governments of Britain and Rwanda signed a treaty on Tuesday that aims to revive a plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country that h…
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Virginia house explosion follows police raid
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The owner of a Virginia house that exploded as police tried to execute a search warrant is believed to have died in the blast, officials said…
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Fourth man pleads guilty in plot to kill Haitian president
MIAMI -- A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jov…
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Israeli troops bombard first target in southern Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza's second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances a…
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Hollywood actors vote to OK deal with studios
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, leaders announced Tuesday.
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10,000 in Italy flock to funeral for victim
MILAN -- The father of a young woman whose murder galvanized Italian anger against violence targeting women implored men during her funeral Tuesday in the nort…
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Dutch allocate $2.7B more to back Ukraine’s fight
KYIV, Ukraine -- The Netherlands announced Tuesday that it would support Ukraine in 2024 with a nearly $2.7 billion allocation as the 21-month-long war drags i…
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Drone error leaves 85 dead in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria -- At least 85 civilians were killed when an army drone attack erroneously targeted a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, officials confir…
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Value of Mar-a-Lago disputed in fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial turned Tuesday to one of the topics that has vexed him most -- the value of his Mar-a-Lago club in P…
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For Ukraine aid, GOP won’t bend on border
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their "hill to die on" in nego…
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Russia rejects latest U.S. offer to release American detainees
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration has made a new and significant offer aimed at securing the release of American detainees Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovic…
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m Kamala Harris, U.S. Democratic vice president, achieved a "great milestone," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, as she broke a nearly 200-year-old re…
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House near impeachment-inquiry vote
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House will vote next week on formally authorizing its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday, a…
