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Ohio county agrees to $7M settlement over man's death after jail guards restrained him, family says
September 30, 2025 - 11:38 AM

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio county jail said Tuesday that they have reached a $7 million settlement agreement with the county and are pushing officials there to prevent something like the death from happening again.
Strong earthquake in central Philippines damages building and sends people out of their homes
September 30, 2025 - 11:37 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook the central Philippines late Tuesday, damaging stone and concrete buildings, injuring several people with falling debris and sending residents scrambling out of their homes, officials said.
The Latest: Hamas says it will study Trump's peace plan before responding
September 30, 2025 - 11:34 AM

Hamas said Tuesday it will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza within the militant group and with other Palestinian factions before responding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already thrown his support behind it, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will agree, or when it will give a response.
The Latest: Trump targets ‘the enemy from within’
September 30, 2025 - 11:33 AM

Although the military is designed to handle foreign threats, President Donald Trump emphasized his vision of using it for domestic purposes during a speech to top U.S. military officials on Tuesday.
Rep. David Schweikert joins Trump-backed candidates in GOP primary for Arizona governor
September 30, 2025 - 11:31 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — Rep. David Schweikert jumped into the Republican primary for Arizona governor Tuesday, joining a field crowded by two candidates backed by President Donald Trump and raising Democratic hopes for flipping his seat in Congress.
Judge finds the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens over Gaza war protests
September 30, 2025 - 11:30 AM

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s efforts to deport noncitizens who protested the war in Gaza was unconstitutional.
Judge rejects claims of racial gerrymandering in North Carolina state Senate districts
September 30, 2025 - 11:28 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pair of northeastern North Carolina legislative districts can remain intact, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting Black voters’ claims that state Republicans illegally manipulated the boundaries to prevent them from electing their favored candidates.
Hundreds of feet of coastal bluff in California fell toward the ocean in landslide-stricken town
September 30, 2025 - 11:24 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wealthy enclave in Southern California that has been threatened for years by worsening landslides faced more land movement this week but suffered minimal damage.
No. 2 US diplomat meets much-prosecuted West African leader after visa restrictions were eased
September 30, 2025 - 11:24 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has met with the heavily prosecuted vice president of Equatorial Guinea in Washington after the Trump administration approved a waiver of corruption sanctions that allowed the leader of the West African country to travel to New York for last week’s high-level U.N. meeting and other U.S. cities.
Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing couple in a 1990 robbery is set to be executed
September 30, 2025 - 11:22 AM

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a married couple during a 1990 robbery in South Florida is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening.
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THOMPSON: Censorship, capitulation nothing new in American entertainment industry
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Kamloops lobby group says new housing rules lack rental protections
A Kamloops lobby group is calling on city hall to protect renters amid plans to densify urban neighbourhoods. New City of Kamloops plans "don't go far enough" to prioritize renters displaced by redevelopment, according to a Tr

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