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Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP. Gehry won every major prize that architecture has to offer. Gehry’s fascination with […]
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Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand

ATLANTA (AP) — With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve computer complexes? Or could the utility overbuild and stick other ratepayers with the bill? It […]
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Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds […]
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Visiting Harvard instructor leaves US after BB-gun incident DHS labeled antisemitic

BOSTON (AP) — A visiting Harvard Law professor from Brazil whose visa was revoked after he was charged with firing a BB gun near a synagogue during Yom Kippur has left the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced and his lawyer confirmed on Thursday. After Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Carlos Portugal Gouvêa […]
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The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices will hear Trump’s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the […]
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Photos of the FIFA World Cup draw for the 2026 soccer tournament

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Cup draw determines where teams will play at next year’s soccer tournament between 48 nations that will run from June 11 to July 19. Presidents from the three host countries attended the event, with U.S. President Donald Trump receiving FIFA’s first peace prize. Trump thanked the leaders of fellow host […]
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Texas residents and Camp Mystic staffer plead for help in newly released 911 audio from July floods

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas residents caught up catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for water rescues and staffers at Camp Mystic requested help in newly released recordings of 911 calls during the floods that killed more than 100 people in July. Texas authorities on Friday released hundreds of 911 calls. Emergency dispatchers in rural Kerr […]
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Indiana House Republicans pass Trump-backed map, setting up high-stakes Senate fight

Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday at the behest of President Donald Trump, advancing the legislation to the state Senate, where it is unclear if enough lawmakers will support its final passage. Republican lawmakers voted 57-41 in favor of the map, which splits the city of Indianapolis into four districts […]
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Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs in DC on eve of Capitol riot appears in court

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol. U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya ordered Brian Cole Jr. to remain […]
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Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently-passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the […]
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FACT FOCUS: Trump said weaker gas mileage rules will mean cheaper cars. Experts say don’t bet on it

DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump this week announced plans to weaken rules for how far automakers’ new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline, set under former President Joe Biden. The Trump administration said the rules, known formally as Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, are why new vehicles are too […]
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FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heavily favored to win […]
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Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would build on a travel ban […]
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Father says ex-wife didn’t supervise son who’s focus of probe into stepsister’s cruise ship death

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who is the subject of an FBI investigation into the death of his older stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month never had permission from his father to go on the trip, the dad said in family court papers accusing his ex-wife of failing to supervise the […]
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Suspect in DC pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Brian Cole Jr. also […]
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US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be […]
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Day 4 of Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing is postponed because he’s sick, judge says

NEW YORK (AP) — A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said. The hearing is slated to resume Monday. Mangione is seeking to exclude a gun, notebook and other items police officers say they […]
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Fed’s preferred inflation gauge changed little in September with price gains muted

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation slowed a bit in September, likely easing the way to a widely expected interest rate cut by the central bank next week. Prices rose 0.3% in September from August, the Commerce Department said Friday, the same as the previous month. Excluding the volatile food and […]
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Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s White House is taking on the role of media critic and asking for help from “everyday Americans.” Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the White House launched a web portal it says will spotlight bias on the part of news outlets, targeting the Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent […]
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Trump’s security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in Western Hemisphere

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for its scathing critiques of their migration and […]
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The Latest: Supreme Court allows Texas to use map favoring Republicans in 2026

A divided Supreme Court has come to the rescue of Texas Republicans. Thursday’s ruling allows the state’s next congressional elections to use the GOP’s new map pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that it likely discriminates on the basis of race. The U.S. Southern Command announced another strike against a small boat […]
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What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school or any place on […]
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Around the world, refugees are shut out of the US by Trump’s new policies

When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned. Many had already sold possessions or ended leases in preparation for travel. They had submitted reams of documents supporting their […]
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US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools. The mental health program, which was funded by Congress after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, […]
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