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Rescuers search in rough seas for 38 missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia
July 02, 2025 - 7:51 PM

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
July 02, 2025 - 7:31 PM

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Wisconsin Senate passes state budget in rush to help hospitals
July 02, 2025 - 7:28 PM

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed a compromise state budget on a bipartisan vote Wednesday in a race to approve a deal reached between Gov. Tony Evers and majority Republicans.
A Q-tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students
July 02, 2025 - 7:22 PM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The lead prosecutor tasked with finding justice for four University of Idaho students killed in a grisly quadruple stabbing more than two years ago laid out his key evidence Wednesday at a court hearing for Bryan Kohberger, who agreed to plead guilty earlier this week to avoid the death penalty.
Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
July 02, 2025 - 7:07 PM

Fifteen people were taken to a hospital when a skydiving aircraft went off a runway and crashed in the woods near an airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening, according to authorities.
Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants
July 02, 2025 - 7:04 PM

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — The first group of immigrants were scheduled to arrive Wednesday night at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state's attorney general said.
Trump says deal for ceasefire in Gaza is closer after Israel agrees on terms
July 02, 2025 - 6:17 PM

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza.
Authorities search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return
July 02, 2025 - 6:16 PM

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday.
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July 02, 2025 - 6:04 PM

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is denied bail after mixed verdict clears him of top charges in sex crimes case
7 missing after explosion at California fireworks warehouse sets off massive blaze
July 02, 2025 - 6:03 PM

ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — Seven people were missing Wednesday following an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural Northern California that caused a massive fire that spread to farm fields and forced evacuations in the surrounding community, authorities said.
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Rescuers search in rough seas for 38 missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail

Wisconsin Senate passes state budget in rush to help hospitals

A Q-tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students

Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

Trump says deal for ceasefire in Gaza is closer after Israel agrees on terms

Authorities search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return

AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

7 missing after explosion at California fireworks warehouse sets off massive blaze

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