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By FREIDA FRISARO, TERRY SPENCER and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance that brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida delayed flights at two of the state’s largest airports and left vehicles waterlogged and stalled in some of the region’s lowest-lying streets. “Looked like the

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are holding a vote as part of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s effort to drive an election-year contrast with Republicans on reproductive care. Many took to the Senate floor Thursday to make a series of speeches that highlighted personal stories of how people have been

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump’s bid to retake the White House. This is despite

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat have agreed in a debate that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending. But only some say cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal. The

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New York hush money trial was winding down, it sparked a life-imitates-art screaming match with a nearby group of the former president’s supporters. “You are gangsters!” De Niro, who starred in

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan’s arms, legs and neck, and screams misted his ears, as he spat out saltwater and fought for three hours to keep afloat in the night, dozens of miles from land. Although a poor swimmer, he lived — one of just

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral. Details of the deal were being hashed out

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press BARI, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe’s political chessboard shifts to the right. Diplomats confirmed

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown shared a long hug after helping Boston avoid the biggest collapse in an NBA Finals game since at least 1997. The reward? The Celtics stars are on the brink of joining the litany of big-name predecessors to put a banner above

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down. The capital of San Juan was left without power late Wednesday, as well as neighboring municipalities including Bayamón, Caguas and Carolina. Luma Energy,

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools. That’s according to the U.N. children’s agency Thursday, which says that “no country can move forward when half its population is left behind.” The U.N. has warned that the ban on girls’

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady brought the New England Patriots endless memories and six Super Bowl trophies during his two-decade run with the team. The Patriots made sure his induction into the franchise’s Hall of Fame was a celebration unlike it had ever thrown before. Dozens of Brady’s

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has suspended plans for the controversial voting reforms in New Caledonia following a spate of unrest in the French Pacific territory. The reforms would have altered voting rights and Indigenous Kanaks fear they would have marginalize them further. The issue has caused the worst violence on the archipelago

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s government says the Alpine country’s next parliamentary election will be held on Sept. 29.  The government, which is coming to the end of its five-year term, made the announcement Wednesday. This comes in the wake of a narrow win by the far-right Freedom Party over Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s conservative Austrian People’s

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers have voted to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal over their support for a near-total abortion ban. Both chambers of the Legislature agreed Wednesday to let state voters decide Nov. 5 whether to

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees have given final approval to an agreement that buries the hatchet between Disney and the governing district for Walt Disney World. The governor took over the district after the company two years ago publicly opposed a state law critics dubbed “Don’t

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang has met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington, where the two leaders played up the ability of “good friends” to respectfully disagree — while publicly diverging on little. Li, China’s No. 2 official, is the first Chinese premier

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press READING, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP to open a “Latino Americans for Trump” office in Reading. It’s a town with a fast-growing Hispanic population. Trump and top Republicans are looking to boost their support among Latino

By GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada GOP Senate Republican runner-up Jeff Gunter has continued his attacks on the nominee and retired Army Capt. Sam Brown. However, on Wednesday, other former rivals backed Brown’s quest to unseat incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen. It marks an early preview of how Republican leadership may coalesce