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The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs. The office has already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the nation. Among a…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a dramatic uptick in attacks in recent years underscoring the struggles the government in Islamabad faces in…

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces on Wednesday ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al-Shabab militants who launched the attack,…

VIENNA (AP) — The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately. The measure is temporary and intended to…

Court records say a passenger on a small regional flight to Miami attacked a flight attendant and swallowed rosary beads as pilots returned to the airport in Savannah, Georgia. No one was seriously hurt on the Monday night flight operated…

President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term. Alarms grew after immigration authorities arrested a…

Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions in recent weeks that have heightened tensions in the Balkan country. The…

Ukrainian and Polish officials say U.S. arms deliveries to Ukraine have resumed. The deliveries came Wednesday, a day after the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid for Kyiv in its war against Russia and Ukrainian…

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been turned over to the custody of the International Criminal Court. He was arrested Tuesday in Manila on a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he…

Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings.…

CHICAGO (AP) — A man was shot outside of a Chicago O'Hare International Airport terminal early Wednesday following an altercation among multiple people, police said. The 25-year-old suffered two gunshot wounds to the lower body, a Chicago…

The 2025 Subaru Forester is a redesigned model, but Subaru didn’t exactly stray from the formula of the last generation. It’s still a boxy small SUV with great visibility, adventure-ready versatility, and a no-nonsense approach to interior…

Five years after the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, six members of his Mamba Basketball Academy team are finishing up their first season of college basketball. A proud group that learned so much from him — forever connected by…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed disappointment Wednesday over the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on global steel and aluminum imports, and said a retaliatory response was possible. During his…