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FIFA moves ahead with new human rights strategy for World Cup games, but advocates are skeptical
August 11, 2025 - 9:11 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Human rights scandals have marred World Cup tournaments for years, but FIFA is testing a new protocol requiring all host committees to develop action plans to protect human rights for the 2026 games in North America.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
August 11, 2025 - 9:04 PM

US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies
Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime
August 11, 2025 - 9:04 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.
Federal becomes local: The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom
August 11, 2025 - 9:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about Donald Trump — in particular, the president's freshly announced plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard.
Uvalde school records show teenage gunman's spiral before 2022 shooting
August 11, 2025 - 8:58 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The teenage gunman in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre entered school in Uvalde, Texas, as a bright learner before years of escalating academic and behavioral troubles that preceded him opening fire on a fourth-grade classroom, according to records released Monday.
Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says
August 11, 2025 - 8:53 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's tax and spending law will result in less income for the poorest Americans while sending money to the richest, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Monday.
Kenyan farmers use bees and sesame to keep away marauding elephants
August 11, 2025 - 8:43 PM

TAITA TAVETA, Kenya (AP) — For farmers in the Taita hills in southern Kenya, elephants are a menace: they raid crops and will occasionally injure or even kill people.
Colombian senator and presidential hopeful dies 2 months after shooting
August 11, 2025 - 8:41 PM

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence died Monday.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
August 11, 2025 - 8:04 PM

US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies
Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during race at Bowman Gray Stadium
August 11, 2025 - 7:28 PM

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A veteran stock-car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said.
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Fun festivals for foodies in Okanagan, Kamloops
Foodies in Kamloops and the Okanagan might want to mark their calendars for some unique upcoming festivals in the region celebrating pickles, garlic, tomatoes and hot peppers. The inaugural Farmstrong Cider Pickle Festival in Armstrong ki

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase
BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, who oversees about 1,000 em

Is anyone buying the new shiny Kelowna condos? Actually, they already did
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FIFA moves ahead with new human rights strategy for World Cup games, but advocates are skeptical

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

Federal becomes local: The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom

Uvalde school records show teenage gunman's spiral before 2022 shooting

Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says

Kenyan farmers use bees and sesame to keep away marauding elephants

Colombian senator and presidential hopeful dies 2 months after shooting

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Robbie Brewer dies after medical emergency during race at Bowman Gray Stadium

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