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A Gaza-bound ship that left Cyprus with 1,200 tons of food aid nears Israeli port

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Aug 19, 2025 7:31 am - A ship that set off from Cyprus loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip is approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis in the Palestinian territory, where food security experts say the “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding.
India's Modi to meet China's top diplomat as Asian powers rebuild ties

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY
Aug 19, 2025 7:06 am - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a yearslong standoff between the Asian powers.
Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center

By DAVID FISCHER, MIKE SCHNEIDER and FREIDA FRISARO
Aug 19, 2025 7:02 am - A federal judge in Miami issued a split decision in a lawsuit over the legal rights of detainees at the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, dismissing part of the suit and also moving the case to a different jurisdiction.
Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting

By BILL BARROW, TRAN NGUYEN and FERNANDA FIGUEROA
Aug 18, 2025 10:30 pm - Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump's desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
Trump says face-to-face Putin-Zelenskyy meeting being arranged

By SYLVIE CORBET, SAMYA KULLAB and AAMER MADHANI
Aug 18, 2025 7:39 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mississippi joins states sending National Guard troops to D.C.

By MATT BROWN and MIKE PESOLI
Aug 18, 2025 5:49 pm - Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital.
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations but is expected to stay offshore

By BEN FINLEY and JOHN SEEWER
Aug 18, 2025 4:59 pm - Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.
Newsmax agrees to pay $67M over bogus 2020 election claims

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Aug 18, 2025 4:55 pm - The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trum...
20 states, D.C. sue DOJ for crime victims funding

By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI
Aug 18, 2025 4:45 pm - A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
2 officers killed and a 3rd is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities say

By KATHY McCORMACK
Aug 18, 2025 11:29 am - Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun, authorities said Monday.

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