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Trump's expanded travel ban hits Africa the hardest but reactions are muted
December 17, 2025 - 8:53 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s decision to add 20 countries to a list of travel restrictions but reactions on the continent of some 1.5 billion people were largely muted on Wednesday as affected nations mulled the implications of the measure and their next moves.
Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect
December 17, 2025 - 8:52 AM

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home outside Boston.
The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives
December 17, 2025 - 8:46 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to cut off Venezuelan oil sales could devastate a country already wrangling with years of spiraling crises.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official
December 17, 2025 - 8:44 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir sells 1M copies worldwide
December 17, 2025 - 8:42 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold 1 million copies worldwide two months after its release.
The Latest: 4 Republicans join Democrats on extending ACA subsidies, defying Speaker Johnson
December 17, 2025 - 8:38 AM

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
December 17, 2025 - 8:36 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump

Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video
December 17, 2025 - 8:34 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final passage Wednesday to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.
The Lumbee Tribe's federal recognition is assured with a final push by Trump
December 17, 2025 - 8:30 AM

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina achieved a goal more than a century in the making on Wednesday when it secured federal recognition as a tribal nation through the passage of a defense bill in Congress.
Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants
December 17, 2025 - 8:30 AM

An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
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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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Trump's expanded travel ban hits Africa the hardest but reactions are muted

Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect

The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir sells 1M copies worldwide

The Latest: 4 Republicans join Democrats on extending ACA subsidies, defying Speaker Johnson

Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump

Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

The Lumbee Tribe's federal recognition is assured with a final push by Trump

Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants

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