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7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its stores in North America this year

Convenience chain 7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its locations this year. According to earnings filings published last week, 7-Eleven's North American operator plans to close 645 stores in the 2026 fiscal year — outpacing the 205 locations it forecasts it will open during that same time. Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japan-based parent of the convenience chain, noted that these closures “include the conversion to wholesale fuel stores.” Financial documents show that 7-Eleven Inc. has steadily opened new wholesale fuel stores in North America over rec

Democrats seek to overturn Trump's new rules for student loan forgiveness

California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018

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Woman creates free tool, new AI-powered grant-writing app

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) -- A Kansas City woman with an extensive grant-writing background just created a new AI-powered app to help nonprofits.Barbara Wright created an app called Grant Builder Pro Max."I wrote raps, rhymes, songs, plays, never knowing — and stories — never knowing that that would end up being a part of my destiny and something that I would do," said Dr. Wright, president of Certified Dream Builder Inc.She has experience writing grants for the Housing Authority and Kansas City Public Schools. She also taught at JCCC and UMKC for years."I start

Mexico’s Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump over migrant deaths and Cuba

Vatican visitors slam Trump over attacks on the US-born pope's message of peace

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From chants on trams to a parliament rave, young Hungarians provided a soundtrack for Orbán’s defeat

Many of the young Hungarians who came of age during Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power have never known life outside his political system. Yet it was they that were at the forefront of Sunday's earthquake election that ejected him from office. As hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the historic win by pro-European candidate Péter Magyar, music from some of Hungary's most popular — and most Orbán-critical — performers filled the air. Teenagers scaled Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge and blasted revolutionary anthems by artists w

Warner Bros. to take the stage at CinemaCon as filmmakers oppose Paramount acquisition

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette rescued from shutdown by last-minute sale

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Olivia Troye, former Pence adviser turned Trump critic, launches Democratic bid for US House from Virginia

Olivia Troye, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, announced Tuesday that she would run for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia’s proposed new 7th District, pending passage of a sweeping redistricting referendum this month.Troye publicly broke with the Republican Party in 2020 after serving in political and national security roles, signing onto a letter with more than 130 fellow GOP officials endorsing Joe Biden’s campaign and arguing that “Donald Trump has failed our country.”In the years since, Troye has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Republican Party under Trump. She

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Husband of missing American woman in the Bahamas says he’ll keep searching for her following his release

In some of his first interviews since being released from police custody in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker told CBS and NBC on Tuesday he is choosing to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out and search for her.“No one has told me not to stop looking and I’m going to keep looking,” he told NBC Tuesday.Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old mother and sailor, went missing on April 4. Her husband of 25 years told authorities she fell from an 8‑foot dinghy in the rough waters near Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands that evening as the couple was traveling back to their yacht, according to

Another boat strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean leaves 2 dead, US military says

Citing fallout from the Iran war, IMF cuts the outlook for global growth, expects higher inflation

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Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announces he’s stepping down from Congress

Embattled Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday that he would step down from Congress, just days before he faced the possibility of a high-stakes vote that could have made him the seventh member to ever be expelled from the House.The Texas Republican said he planned to “file my retirement from office” on Tuesday, which GOP leadership sources confirmed to CNN meant that he would resign. Gonzales had been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for having a relationship with a former senior aide in his congressional office.It was not immediately clear when the resignation

Race for California governor moves on after dramatic downfall of Rep. Eric Swalwell

After the dramatic downfall of Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, the race for California governor is moving on. Once a leading candidate to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, Swalwell suspended his campaign — then announced he would resign from Congress — following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman. A lengthy lineup of remaining candidates is scheduled to gather Tuesday in Sacramento, their first public appearance together since Swalwell's departure reshaped the wide-open contest. Meanwhile, lawyers said a woman would detail new alleg

Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations

DOJ ‘weaponization’ report accuses Biden administration of biased prosecutions against anti-abortion protesters

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British leader’s complacency on defense puts country ‘in peril,’ former NATO chief warns

It’s not just the US President Donald Trump criticizing the British prime minister for being weak on defense. On Tuesday his own adviser George Robertson joined in, accusing Keir Starmer of a “corrosive complacency” that puts the United Kingdom “in peril.”Speaking to the Financial Times Robertson, a former NATO chief, said there was a gap between Starmer’s rhetoric and his actions. He said the prime minister was unwilling to make the necessary investment to keep the UK safe, choosing instead to put money into “ever expanding welfare budget.”Robertson is a key government adviser

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Lebanon and Israel hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington

Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “historic opportunity” but making clear that no breakthrough agreement was immediately expected. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter hailed what he called a convergence of opinion about removing Hezbollah’s influence from Lebanon, saying he was encouraged by a “wonderful exchange" of more than two hours. �

Orbán’s defeat is also a blow to his ally Netanyahu

Economists are putting a price on the Iran war fallout in Asia. It doesn’t look good.

Wall Street rallies to the edge of its all-time high as oil prices ease

The U.S. stock market is rallying to the edge of its all-time high Tuesday, and oil prices are easing as hopes climb that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war and avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy. The S&P 500 added 1.1% to its leap from the day before, which had erased the last of its losses since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February. It's just 0.2% below its record set in January and on track for its ninth gain in the last 10 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 275 poin

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US eyes potential second round of in-person talks with Iran as blockade takes hold

Marathon talks that failed to produce a breakthrough between the United States and Iran were not the final word in negotiations, officials in the US and the region said Monday, as the contours of the two sides’ disagreement — primarily over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions — came into sharper focus.In Islamabad on Saturday, American negotiators proposed a 20-year pause on Iran enriching uranium, a source familiar with the discussions said. Iran responded with a proposal for a five-year suspension, which the US has rejected, according to a US official.The gap, for now, remains unresolved. But