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It took six words after a soccer match to unleash racial, political and economic tensions that have long simmered between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. “L’Hispaniola c’est Haiti! This is Haiti!” star player Wilson Isidor shouted after helping Haiti beat the Dominican Republic 4-1 in Santo Domingo. Hispaniola is the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two neighbors with a long and troubled history. The reaction was swift. “We have very bad news for…Haiti’s team,” Dominican Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz said Fr

Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump administration funding cuts to Harvard

Trump to issue order expanding access to tax-exempt diesel fuel, sources say

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As Iran war drives up gasoline prices in US, Trump blames Ukraine, Democrats

U.S. President Donald Trump, under pressure from rising energy prices fueled by the war in Iran, on Monday tried to shift the blame for high gasoline prices to the Democrats and Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries."What's driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out now on an almost daily basis, but the word, "Refineries," where Russia's are being blown up by Ukraine, and where ours are being closed up, in Blue States, like California, by the Dumocrats," Trump said in a Truth Social post. Energy prices have spiked since Iran

French bond contagion fears are rattling the euro

AstraZeneca to invest over $1 billion in Massachusetts, boost workforce

Mother and son from Bermuda named as passengers on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston

The two people aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston were identified Monday as a mother from Bermuda and her son. Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a Gulfstream G100 with four crew members when it went missing off Nantucket around 1 a.m. Saturday. Bermuda is about 750 to 780 miles (roughly 1,200 to 1,250 kilometers) southeast of Boston. Searchers later found a “debris field” off the c

US Supreme Court rejects Nexstar bid to avoid DirecTV lawsuit over fees

Heavy rains lead to Senegal floods, government reports several deaths

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US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack

The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity. Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days

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2 killed, dozens hurt as gunfire erupts at homecoming block party in south Georgia

Law enforcement officials are still working to determine just what happened when a chaotic homecoming party spanning a four-block radius of a southern Georgia town erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving two people dead and nearly three dozen others injured. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two people killed as 21-year-old Jaquevion Jackson of Cordele and 23-year-old Macaleb Jackson of Hawkinsville, Georgia. He did not say if the two were related. Some of the three dozen injured had gunshot wounds, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hos

Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution

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US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan

A US Marine was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder and robbery after a woman’s body was discovered in a hotel room in Okinawa, prompting outrage across Japan, with the local governor saying the incident showed the US efforts to maintain discipline among its troops were “completely ineffective.”Anna Yagi, 39, was found unresponsive in her hotel room in Naha city on Okinawa Island and pronounced dead at the scene early Saturday, Okinawa police said.Police told CNN that Yagi had “died from suffocation after being strangled.”Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old Marine as

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Blazing triple-digit heat bears down on Braves-Dodgers NLDS opener in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Dodgers kept their cool against the Atlanta Braves in the second-hottest postseason game at Dodger Stadium. Shade was at a premium Saturday for Game 1 of the National League Division Series, which began at 1 p.m. local time. The game-time temperature of 100 degrees fell just short of the record of 103 degrees set in Game 1 of the 2017 World Series. “I've got a lot of respect for the fans that came out. It’s not easy,” said Tarik Skubal, who pitched the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory. “The sun was on us the entire game. Hopefully they packed some s

Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole

MLB won't consider game at Grand Teton National Park, says was only conducting initial due diligence

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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it?

A 28-year-old lab researcher at a Russian institute dedicated to studying plague and dangerous pathogens died of pneumonia of an “unknown” origin.The Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute operates in Siberia, where several other people are quarantined. Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that oversees infectious disease, has downplayed the link between the researcher’s death and her work, but the case has prompted questions about the type of plague that causes pneumonia.The US State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are monitoring the situation closely.

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FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China

The FBI arrested a California real estate agent at the Los Angeles airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying for China on the president of Taiwan's family, federal officials said. Wanying Zhang, who went by the name Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son and his family last year for the Chinese government, according to the FBI. Zhang, 34, who lives in Irvine, was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport on charges for working for China as an unregistered agent, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action against UK police over Epstein arrest

US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat

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Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis

Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said on Sunday it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all areas of the country controlled by the .The government’s armed forces would press the offensive “until the country is liberated from the grip of the terrorist militia,” Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said in a televised address. A military spokesman later called on the Houthis to lay down their weapons.The Houthis, known formally as Ansar Allah, have held Yemen’s capital Sanaa and vast parts of the northwest, where most of the population live, sinc

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Russian drone slams into Kyiv bridge in escalating campaign as Germany’s chancellor arrives to airsirens and explosions

A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated.Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes on the city.“Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks,” Merz said.Highlighting attacks on Ukraine’s towns, residential buildings and energy, he said: “If Russia is not stopped, sooner or later its war machine will turn ⁠against us.”Video foot

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Putin warns Russia is prepared to use ‘all weapons,’ including nuclear, to protect Kaliningrad

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Anthropic expected to IPO despite market uncertainty, AI slowdown calls

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Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre

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Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and

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Conservative justices ask sharp questions of Colorado city suing oil companies over climate change impacts

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Demonstrators in Ithaca rally behind Jane Doe

Supporters of sexual assault survivors turned out for a rally in Ithaca, New York on Sunday amid the ongoing Cornell University investigation.

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Spanish PM Sánchez calls November election amid growing housing protests

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Key takeaways as Brazil heads to presidential runoff that could reshape Latin America

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Trump announces leadership of AI task force

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Saudi-backed forces push against Houthis near key global trade route

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Inside Democrats’ efforts to secure Election Day and respond to fears of Trump interference

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls