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Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal
November 19, 2025 - 11:41 PM

BOSTON (AP) — Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved potter who shaped the vessel nearly 175 years ago in South Carolina.
Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism-related charges
November 19, 2025 - 11:33 PM

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AP) — A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of seven terrorism-related charges.
The Latest: Belated jobs report likely shows sluggish hiring
November 19, 2025 - 11:29 PM

During the 43-day U.S. government shutdown, investors, businesses, policymakers and the Federal Reserve were groping in the dark for clues about the health of the American job market. The federal workers who collect data on hiring and unemployment had been furloughed and couldn’t do their jobs.
Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the trip
November 19, 2025 - 11:13 PM

After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet feeling strangely out of place.
Multicultural New Orleans awaits arrival of 'Swamp Sweep' immigration crackdown
November 19, 2025 - 11:12 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, where lavish parades, bead-throwing debauchery and Creole cuisine attract tourists from around the globe, is about to become the next staging ground for the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
The Ten Commandments are up in Texas schools. They're also being taken down
November 19, 2025 - 11:02 PM

DALLAS (AP) — When it became clear to high school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes that she couldn't ignore a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Texas classroom, she felt she had no choice. She resigned from the job she loved.
Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start
November 19, 2025 - 11:00 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — A pair of Israeli strikes in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33. The strikes have been some of the deadliest since Oct. 10 when a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect.
House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own
November 19, 2025 - 10:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus, but its agenda has been quickly overtaken by a sudden flurry of censures, reprimands and the investigation of members, leaving little bandwidth for legislating.
Next year's UN climate talks set for Turkey, as Australia backs out of bid in compromise
November 19, 2025 - 10:33 PM

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Turkey will host next year's annual United Nations climate talks, as Australia late Wednesday bowed out of the race to host the conference after a protracted standoff.
UN atomic agency demands Iran provide full information about its nuclear stockpile
November 19, 2025 - 10:23 PM

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.
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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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Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal

Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism-related charges

The Latest: Belated jobs report likely shows sluggish hiring

Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the trip

Multicultural New Orleans awaits arrival of 'Swamp Sweep' immigration crackdown

The Ten Commandments are up in Texas schools. They're also being taken down

Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start

House gets back to work and quickly falls into a cycle of punishing its own

Next year's UN climate talks set for Turkey, as Australia backs out of bid in compromise

UN atomic agency demands Iran provide full information about its nuclear stockpile

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