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Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions

By Perry Stein
May 17, 2025 7:44 pm - Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, ...
Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza. Netanyahu tells negotiating team to stay at talks

By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and SAMY MAGDY
May 17, 2025 7:37 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel said Saturday it launched a major military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages, while Prime Minister Benjamin N...
Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates’ escape from New Orleans jail

May 17, 2025 7:33 pm - NEW ORLEANS — At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching Saturday for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behin...
Trump administration strikes deal to allow sales of rapid-fire gun modification

By Arelis R. Hernández
May 17, 2025 7:27 pm - The Trump administration has struck a deal to allow sales of a trigger mechanism that modifies a semiautomatic firearm to allow it to fire more rapidly. Gun-control advoc...
College newspapers under pressure as immigration fears silence sources

By Angie Orellana Hernandez
May 17, 2025 6:42 pm - International students have asked to remain anonymous in college newspaper articles examining White House policies, to nix their names from old stories and — if they’re r...
Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

May 17, 2025 6:39 pm - SAO PAULO — Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, authorities sa...
Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
May 17, 2025 6:32 pm - HONOLULU — Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on T...
Big U.S. cities grew in 2024, reversing covid-era population declines

By Jonathan Edwards, Anumita Kaur and Kevin Uhrmacher
May 17, 2025 6:29 pm - Populations in major American cities have bounced back from pandemic-induced drops, with New York, Houston and Los Angeles leading the way, according to new data from the...
Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
May 17, 2025 6:28 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it...
Watching Trump from afar, Israel fears being left out of a new Middle East it helped create

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
May 17, 2025 6:26 pm - As U.S. President Donald Trump jetted from one sprawling palace to another, embracing Arab leaders and heralding a new Middle East this week, many in Israel worried that ...

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