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Manfred Goldberg wants you to know how the Nazis took his brother’s life. And how an angel saved his
Monday’s ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is more than just the moment to remember some 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust
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Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico, saying “America’s sovereignty is under attack.”
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With the ceasefire in Gaza comes a gruesome challenge: Counting and collecting the dead
The corpses keep coming every day, sometimes dozens at a time brought to morgues in the Palestinian enclave, after being pried from under 15 months of rubble and pulled from battle zones long too dangerous for search-and-rescue teams to reach
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A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba's economic troubles mount and tourism plummets
The tallest building in Havana is impossible to miss
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What does Mexico really think of ‘Emilia Pérez?'
It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing sharp rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive subjects
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'Yes, Queen!' Fans gather at The Town Hall in Manhattan to cheer on author Rebecca Yarros
Friday night at The Town Hall had the feel of a costume party, rock concert and family reunion as a capacity crowd of around 1,500 clapped, laughed and shouted, “Yes queen!”
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Israel and Hamas are set to swap more hostages for prisoners in another test of the Gaza ceasefire
Israel and Hamas are expected to swap more hostages for Palestinian prisoners
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Secret Service agents, not ICE, visited Chicago school, officials say amid deportation fears
The U.S. Secret Service says its agents visited a Chicago elementary school while investigating a threat
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Man says he was behind some of the viral googly eyes on public art in Oregon
A man in the central Oregon city of Bend says he was responsible for some of the googly eyes placed on sculptures there
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Kentucky man sentenced to 17 years for shooting at Louisville mayoral candidate in 2022
A Kentucky man who shot at Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg when he was a candidate in 2022 has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison
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Iowa immigration law remains blocked, US appeals court says, but second lawsuit to be dismissed
A federal appeals court is siding with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and keeping a temporary block on an Iowa immigration law
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Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad's golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Friday
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What to know about the fatal shooting of a US Border Patrol agent in Vermont
A woman from Washington state has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont
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Pete Hegseth is only the beginning of Trump’s confirmation headaches
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel all have their hearings next week, Eric Garcia reports
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US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data
Federal prosecutors have dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors and was accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who weren’t under his care
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Ukrainian winemaker, US vets team up on a mission: showing the best of Ukraine, one glass at a time
A group of former American military officers and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience
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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops
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Australian Open women's final: Aryna Sabalenka eyes a third straight title against Madison Keys
Aryna Sabalenka hopes to do something no woman has in more than a quarter of a century: win a third consecutive Australian Open championship
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Philippines accuses China's forces of harassing fisheries vessels in the South China Sea
The Philippine coast guard says Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to cancel the operation
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Mexican sailor returns home to festivities after 14 months in Houthi rebel captivity
Escorted by locals on bicycles and cars that awaited his arrival outside his hometown, Arturo Zacarías Meza has returned home days after Houthi rebels in Yemen released him and fellow crew members following more than a year in captivity
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South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial, with both supporters and opponents sending hundreds of wreaths to government buildings since his December martial law declaration
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JD Vance arrives in Senate to break nail-biter Pete Hegseth tie on Defense Secretary vote
Surprise third Republican Mitch McConnell opposed Hegseth’s confirmation after a series of revelations about his personal life and alleged misconduct
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Fighting in Sudan's war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show
Fighting around Sudan’s largest oil refinery has set the sprawling complex ablaze, sending thick, black polluted smoke over the country’s capital, Khartoum
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Judge bans Stewart Rhodes and convicted Oath Keepers from Washington after Trump’s clemency
The judge who presided over a months-long seditious conspiracy trial ordered the defendants to keep out of D.C.
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Moment teenagers arrested at airport attempting to flee country after e-bike drive-by shooting
Two teens were arrested by police officers as they prepared to flee the country on a flight to Spain, after taking part in a broad daylight shooting at a Nottingham shopping centre.
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Trump’s first foreign call was with ‘fantastic guy’ Prince Mohammed bin Salman about $600 billion deal
Trump hailed the crown prince American intelligence accused of ordering the assassination of a Washington Post journalist, and said he’s going to press Saudia Arabia to invest $1 trillion in the U.S.
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Britain can learn from Trump’s positivity, says Rachel Reeves
With pressure on Rachel Reeves over the state of the UK economy, the chancellor says she is challenging people to be more positive on the UK’s strengths
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Trump and Newsom put tensions aside as president arrives in LA to survey extensive wildfires damage
Despite previous online acrimony between the men, the California governor smiled as he shook hands with Trump
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Dispute over first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma makes it way to the Supreme Court
Case raises questions about the separation of church and state as Oklahoma Republican leaders advocate in favor of Catholic public charter school
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Oscars host Conan O'Brien, still displaced by wildfires, says the show is being planned sensitively
Oscars host Conan O’Brien says he’s still unable to live in his home due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and that the show’s organizers “want to be sensitive to what’s happened” to residents