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Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his ...
Here’s how millions of people could lose health insurance if Trump’s tax bill becomes law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 11.8 million adults and children will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans’ ...
A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a federal immigration building in downtown Los Angeles guarded by U.S. Marines, daughters, sons, aunts, ...
President Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam that will let US goods into the country duty-free
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty-free. Vietnamese exports to the United States, by contrast, ...
Gov. Maura Healey commits to approving brokers’ fee reforms included in state budget
Gov. Maura Healey said she plans to sign the fiscal year 2026 state budget “in the coming days,” and will leave intact a provision that requires residential brokers’ fees to be covered by the ...
Hamas says it’s open to a Gaza truce but stops short of accepting a Trump-backed proposal
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas suggested Wednesday that it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but stopped short of accepting ...
Analysis shows Trump’s tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion
An analysis finds a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from Trump’s current tariff ...
MCAS ballot question supporters pay $4K penalty to resolve late reporting accusations
The group that backed a successful ballot question to end the use of the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement paid a ...
Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions
Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices ...
Hamas is open to a ceasefire. But Netanyahu says there’s no room for Hamas in postwar Gaza
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire ...
US judge says China’s Huawei Technologies must face criminal case for racketeering and other charges
BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face ...
A look at the potential sentence faced by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in his sex trafficking trial
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, portrayed the Bad Boys Records founder as the victim of overzealous prosecutors who exaggerated ...