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Latino leaders condemn ICE over incidents in Chicago, including driver's fatal shooting
September 13, 2025 - 4:03 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — Latino leaders expressed dismay Saturday over recent immigration enforcement operations in Chicago that resulted in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop, the arrest of an immigrant at a barbershop and a tense standoff between protesters and agents at an immigration processing facility.
Report says school shooting suspect was fascinated with mass shootings and expressed neo-Nazi views
September 13, 2025 - 3:52 PM

DENVER (AP) — A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts.
Venezuela says US marines raided a fishermen's boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise
September 13, 2025 - 3:51 PM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.
They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Now students reckon with the trauma
September 13, 2025 - 3:46 PM

OREM, Utah (AP) — One student holed up in his house for two days after witnessing Charlie Kirk’s assassination, nervous about going back to the Utah college campus where the conservative activist was shot. Another, unable to sleep or shake what she saw and heard, called her dad to come take her home.
Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments
September 13, 2025 - 3:21 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis' mayor said Saturday that President Donald Trump's TV announcement the day before was the first hard confirmation he received that the National Guard would be sent to the city an anti-crime mission.
Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI
September 13, 2025 - 3:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel declared online that “the subject” in the killing was in custody. The shooter was not. The two men who had been detained were quickly released, and Utah officials acknowledged that the gunman remained at large.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT
September 13, 2025 - 3:04 PM

Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens 50% to 100% tariffs on China
Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City and hospital says at least 32 are dead
September 13, 2025 - 2:37 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A barrage of airstrikes killed at least 32 people across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to evacuate, medical staff reported Saturday.
California to extend cap-and-trade program aimed at advancing state climate goals
September 13, 2025 - 2:31 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has championed it as a crucial tool to respond to the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks.
Judge extends temporary measures protecting Guatemalan children from deportation
September 13, 2025 - 2:15 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is temporarily keeping in place measures preventing the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

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

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

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Latino leaders condemn ICE over incidents in Chicago, including driver's fatal shooting

Report says school shooting suspect was fascinated with mass shootings and expressed neo-Nazi views

Venezuela says US marines raided a fishermen's boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise

They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Now students reckon with the trauma

Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments

Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI

AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City and hospital says at least 32 are dead

California to extend cap-and-trade program aimed at advancing state climate goals

Judge extends temporary measures protecting Guatemalan children from deportation

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