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Game off: Spanish league cancels plans for Barcelona to play regular-season match in Miami
October 21, 2025 - 1:13 PM

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer league said Tuesday that plans for Barcelona to play a regular-season game against Villarreal in Miami in December have been called off.
The Latest: Trump hosts GOP senators at White House as shutdown drags on
October 21, 2025 - 1:07 PM

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump ’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for

Trump-Putin summit planned for Budapest is on hold after Rubio spoke with Lavrov, US official says
October 21, 2025 - 1:04 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold, a U.S. official said Tuesday, the latest twist in his stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine.
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest
October 21, 2025 - 12:59 PM

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries.
Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries
October 21, 2025 - 12:56 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump's mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Vance is optimistic about Gaza ceasefire but notes 'very hard' work to come
October 21, 2025 - 12:56 PM

KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called progress in Gaza’s fragile ceasefire better than anticipated but acknowledged during an Israel visit the challenges that remain, from disarming Hamas to rebuilding a land devastated by two years of war.
A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say
October 21, 2025 - 12:52 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in seven strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week
October 21, 2025 - 12:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers nationwide are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees.
14 killed in train collision in a remote part of Ethiopia, official says
October 21, 2025 - 12:44 PM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An overcrowded train full of merchants collided with a stationary train in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens, a local official said.
The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists
October 21, 2025 - 12:40 PM

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

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

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Game off: Spanish league cancels plans for Barcelona to play regular-season match in Miami

The Latest: Trump hosts GOP senators at White House as shutdown drags on

Trump-Putin summit planned for Budapest is on hold after Rubio spoke with Lavrov, US official says

Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest

Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Vance is optimistic about Gaza ceasefire but notes 'very hard' work to come

A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week

14 killed in train collision in a remote part of Ethiopia, official says

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

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