Articles filed under Associated Press
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US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environmentJul 17, 2025 9:22 am - After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.
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Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effectJul 17, 2025 7:58 am - Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority.
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Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI directorJul 17, 2025 7:51 am - The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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‘Eddington’ is a satire about our broken brains that might re-break your brainJul 17, 2025 5:30 am - You might need to lie down for a bit after “Eddington.” Ari Aster’s latest nightmare vision is sure to divide (along which lines, I can’t fathom), but there is one thing I think everyone will be able to agree on: It is an experience that will leave you asking “WHAT?”
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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courtsJul 16, 2025 7:41 pm - A group of immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants w...
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20 killed in Gaza as crowd surges at aid site run by an Israeli-backed groupJul 16, 2025 4:25 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly fro...
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Another key ally quits Netanyahu’s governing coalition in a major blow to Israel's leaderJul 16, 2025 4:20 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday as a key governing partner announced it was quitting his coaliti...
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RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setbackJul 16, 2025 3:59 pm - WASHINGTON — For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: Illegal, mind-altering substances like LSD and ecstasy shoul...
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Pete Davidson, model Elsie Hewitt are expecting first childJul 16, 2025 3:51 pm - Pete Davidson is going to be a dad. His girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, announced their baby news Wednesday on Instagram with an ultrasound preview.
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Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in privateJul 16, 2025 1:20 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation's central bank.