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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking

April 20, 2026 By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer FBI Director Kash Patel hit The Atlantic magazine with a $250 million defamation lawsuit on Monday, claiming an article that talked about mismanagement at the agency and...

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Cuba confirms meeting with US officials on island, wants energy blockade lifted

April 20, 2026 HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday confirmed that it had recently met with U.S. officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the U.S. energy blockade of the Caribbean...

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Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children

April 20, 2026 By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A stunned Louisiana city struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by a...

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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

April 20, 2026 By DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that the U.S., under his leadership, is limiting the spread of measles better than any other country in the world. His most...

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Oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are climbing Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves are more modest than they were earlier in the war. U...

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VIDEO: Powerful winds and reported tornadoes rip through Wis. and Illinois, leaving heavy damage but no deaths

April 18, 2026 FREIDA FRISARO – Associated Press A trail of damaged homes and buildings dotted a wide swath of the U.S. on Saturday after a burst of destructive winds and reported tornadoes tore off roofs...

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Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30

April 18, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30, a short-term renewal that sets up another showdown in Congress. The bill...

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US extends waiver on Russian oil sanctions to ease Iran war shortages despite Bessent denial

April 18, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a...

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What consumers can do as the Iran war impacts the cost and availability of flights

April 18, 2026 By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights as...

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VIDEO: Trump says blockade working as Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz

April 18, 2026 CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United...

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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking

Cuba confirms meeting with US officials on island, wants energy blockade lifted

Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

Oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally

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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking

Cuba confirms meeting with US officials on island, wants energy blockade lifted

Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

Oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally

VIDEO: Powerful winds and reported tornadoes rip through Wis. and Illinois, leaving heavy damage but no deaths

Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30

US extends waiver on Russian oil sanctions to ease Iran war shortages despite Bessent denial

What consumers can do as the Iran war impacts the cost and availability of flights

VIDEO: Trump says blockade working as Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz

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