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Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
January 24, 2025 - 3:36 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters.
US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data
January 24, 2025 - 3:33 PM

DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors and was accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who weren't under his care.
The Latest: Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ as he visits North Carolina and California
January 24, 2025 - 3:27 PM

President Donald Trump is heading into the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power.
No deal. Young collector who nabbed one-of-a-kind Paul Skenes card turns down Pirates trade offer
January 24, 2025 - 3:14 PM

The young collector who scored a one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes has turned down a trade offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Just days into the new Trump administration, worries spike amid a show of force on immigration
January 24, 2025 - 3:14 PM

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Less than a week into his presidency, the Trump administration Friday touted deportation efforts and published new rules making it easier to remove people — part of a flurry of actions to make good on campaign promises to crack down on illegal immigration. Amid officials’ latest show of force, waves of worry reverberated in parts of the country, with officials in Newark, New Jersey, lashing out over what they called illegal arrests by immigration agents.
North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal, court rules
January 24, 2025 - 3:06 PM

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Friday.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
January 24, 2025 - 3:05 PM

Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose
January 24, 2025 - 3:03 PM

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina said Friday the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured after two months living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being temped back into captivity by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months
January 24, 2025 - 3:00 PM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas announced Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel. An advocacy group representing the families of hostages confirmed the identities of the captive Israelis to be released on Saturday.
Connecticut to award $5.9 million to family of wrongfully imprisoned disabled man
January 24, 2025 - 3:00 PM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe's family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and killing of his wife's 88-year-old grandmother.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided. According to a Jan. 15 BC Supreme Court decision, Michelle Vrinder Sikora and Douglas Peter Sikora have launched nu

Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing
Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better. “We're going to be

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Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data

The Latest: Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ as he visits North Carolina and California

No deal. Young collector who nabbed one-of-a-kind Paul Skenes card turns down Pirates trade offer

Just days into the new Trump administration, worries spike amid a show of force on immigration

North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban won’t be in effect during appeal, court rules

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

Last 4 escaped monkeys are captured in South Carolina after months on the loose

Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months

Connecticut to award $5.9 million to family of wrongfully imprisoned disabled man

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