Articles filed under Associated Press
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US says it struck a commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach IranMay 30, 2026 5:30 pm - The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.
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‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with APMay 30, 2026 5:27 pm - The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside.
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WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace responseMay 30, 2026 5:23 pm - The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
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United Airlines flight from Chicago to Minneapolis is diverted because of an unruly passengerMay 30, 2026 4:41 pm - A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to remove an unruly passenger, officials said.
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Ukraine keeps up assault on Russian oil sites as Kyiv expects more strikesMay 30, 2026 4:36 pm - Ukrainian drone strikes caused fires at more Russian oil facilities overnight into Saturday, Russian officials said, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow’s vital oil industry.
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Congress has taken on Epstein. But lawmakers and survivors are still searching for accountabilityMay 30, 2026 4:08 pm - For nearly a year, public demand and increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics and search for accountability.
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Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refundsMay 30, 2026 3:50 pm - Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the constitutional authority to impose higher import taxes on goods from nearly every other country.
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Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacksMay 30, 2026 2:37 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation's premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.”
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Coco Gauff’s French Open title defense ends in 3rd-round loss, Naomi Osaka’s fashion show goes onMay 30, 2026 2:24 pm - Coco Gauff finally met a player in Paris who could match her court coverage in long baseline rallies.
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As the United States turns 250, Americans still can't get enough of French luxuryMay 30, 2026 2:15 pm - At the pinnacle of the American cultural pyramid, one particular inspiration has echoed across the centuries through friendship and tension alike: France. The American love affair with French luxury goods and their cultural cachet and craftsmanship has spanned the younger country's history, and a new exhibit explores the story of how these treasures shaped a cultural exchange that marks 250 years of Franco-American relations.