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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wants to discuss a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, though he warned that any truce should lead to a long-term resolution of the war.

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President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to slap 200% tariffs on wine and other alcoholic beverages imported from European Union countries as he escalates his trade war aimed at geopolitical friends and foes alike.

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ATLANTA — Tyler Perry’s first Netflix TV series, “Beauty in Black,” made the cut for a second season.

Netflix released the second half of Season 1 last week, five months after its debut last October.

Perry was ...Read more

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers advanced two bills Wednesday adding limited medical exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban after three years of refusing calls from doctors to do just that.

A House ...Read more

FRANKFORT, Ky. — After falling short of passing a similar bill in 2024, Kentucky lawmakers gave final passage to a bill to dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion programs, offices and initiatives at public higher ...Read more

NEW YORK — Dozens of protesters stormed Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday, demanding the release of Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil.

The protesters chanted “Free Mahmoud! Free them ...Read more

A 191-acre wildfire that tore through Franklin Township, Gloucester County starting Wednesday evening was fully contained as of Thursday, according to New Jersey firefighting officials.

Initially the fire, dubbed the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear denounced the Republican-led effort to ban Medicaid from funding gender-affirming care for transgender Kentuckians and to undo his executive order restricting the practice of...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A conservative legal group representing Pennsylvania school districts and parents has sued Pennsylvania over rules barring discrimination based on gender identity — arguing the state illegally expanded ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being fired unfairly, including for political reasons.

But the Trump administration’s ...Read more

When a string of hurricanes ravaged the East Coast this past fall and a cluster of wildfires burned the Los Angeles area in January, tens of thousands of displaced people suddenly needed shelter.

A Twin Cities-made ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House Thursday withdrew the nomination of former Republican Rep. David Weldon to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Weldon, a longtime vaccine skeptic, had been ...Read more

Just hours before a planned confirmation hearing on Thursday, the White House scrapped the nomination of Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman with a history of anti-vaccine rhetoric, to lead the nation’s leading ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tony Hinchcliffe, the insult comedian who drew ire for making racist jokes at President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last October, has landed a deal with Netflix.

The streaming platform ...Read more

NEW YORK — The cast of “Taxi” reunited again this week in New York City to celebrate Danny DeVito’s theater honor, 42 years after the Emmy-winning sitcom turned off its cab light.

Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane, ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — There's a popular saying in Mexico, where corn is as central to national mythology as it is gastronomy.

Sin maíz, no hay país. Without corn, there is no country.

This week, Mexico's leaders voted to ...Read more

ATLANTA — The man accused of slashing tents at a homeless encampment last week appeared to be carrying a firearm and had been threatening and harassing people for two weeks before the incident, according to court records...Read more

Democratic-led states Thursday sued the Trump administration, seeking to halt massive layoffs at the Department of Education, alleging the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of its crucial work to administer student loans,...Read more

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is launching a new podcast.

The 'With Love, Meghan' star will host 'Confessions of a Female Founder', which will follow the 43-year-old royal's own journey as an entrepreneur with her lifestyle ...Read more