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Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions

By MARK VANCLEAVE and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Apr 23, 2025 4:00 pm - NORTHWOOD, Iowa — Iowans attending a forum Wednesday hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Do...
Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Apr 23, 2025 3:54 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as Arab mediators worked on a proposal to end the war wi...
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS
Apr 23, 2025 12:14 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the ‘killing field’ after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.
Wall Street rises in a worldwide rally after Trump softens his tough talk on trade and the Fed

By STAN CHOE
Apr 23, 2025 9:06 am - U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday as a worldwide rally comes back around to Wall Street after President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war.
Yemen's Houthi rebels fire a missile at northern Israel, the first time for the group to reach there

By JON GAMBRELL
Apr 23, 2025 8:20 am - Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

BY ANNIE MA
Apr 22, 2025 4:55 pm - The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department's offset program, which withholds payments from the government, including tax refunds, federal salaries and other benefits, from people with past-due debts to the government.
Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter's Square but was thankful he did, report says

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY
Apr 22, 2025 4:44 pm - Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter's Square on Easter, a day before he died. Although the agency reported Tuesday that he initially had some doubts given his poor health. The Argentine pontiff had been recovering after being hospitalized for five weeks with pneumonia. He died Monday at age 88.
Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

By MARK SHERMAN
Apr 22, 2025 4:31 pm - Supreme Court's conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters. The court seemed likely Tuesday to find the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to them.
Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

By MICHAEL CASEY
Apr 22, 2025 4:01 pm - The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is underway in Massachusetts. Lawyers presented opening statements Tuesday to a new set of jurors who are expected to wrestle over two theories in the death of Read's Boston police officer boyfriend. Prosecutors say she killed him. Defense attorneys say she was a victim of a conspiracy involving the police. Read has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene. A mistrial was declared last year after jurors said they were at an impasse.
Indian police say gunmen kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in disputed Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN
Apr 22, 2025 3:52 pm - Indian police say gunmen have killed at least 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Tuesday's attack appears to be a major shift in a regional conflict in which tourists have largely been spared from violence. Two senior police officers say at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at dozens of tourists from close range. The officers say at least three dozen people were wounded, with many of them reported to be in serious condition.

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