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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, REGINA GARCIA CANO and GEIR MOULSON
Oct 10, 2025 7:41 am - OSLO, Norway — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South Amer...
Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN
Oct 10, 2025 7:41 am - WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to p...
White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

By Natalie Allison and Riley Beggin
Oct 09, 2025 8:29 pm - In the eight days since the government shut down, President Donald Trump and his allies have engaged in a furious public campaign against Democrats, blaming them for the closure, trolling political opponents online and urging party leaders to accede to their demands.Behind the scenes, Trump and his aides have still not engaged with Democrats at all. The stance comes despite the potential political ramifications of the closure, which polling has shown the public blames more so on Republicans than Democrats.
New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER
Oct 09, 2025 8:18 pm - WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on mortgage fraud charges in a case that President Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to...
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Oct 09, 2025 8:07 pm - An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at Rutgers University says he is fleeing with his family to Spain after getting death threats amid a campaign by the campus c...
Judge orders halt to DHS agents’ targeting of journalists in Chicago

By Scott Nover
Oct 09, 2025 6:47 pm - A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using riot control weapons against journalists covering protests and immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.
Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Oct 09, 2025 4:43 pm - Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including one scheduled nearly a year ago, due to an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who believe he is innocent.
Hungarian master of absurdist excess László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, JILL LAWLESS and MIKE CORDER
Oct 09, 2025 4:33 pm - Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for work the judges said upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”
Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Oct 09, 2025 4:18 pm - Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff's hometown.
Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Oct 09, 2025 4:17 pm - Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social and economic injustice.

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