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Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of indirect talks on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days. After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his administration would be “very traumatic.” Similar talks last year broke down in June as Israel launched what became a 12-day war on Iran

US, Iran to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week, Swiss government says

Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course

US military reports a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis

Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice.Messages sent between the pair in 2019, released in the massive document dump last month, reveal Bannon courted the late financier in his attempts to undermine the former pontiff after leaving the first Trump administration.Bannon had been highly critical of Francis whom he saw as an opponent to his

Russian opposition figure Navalny killed by toxin found in poison dart frogs, Europeans say

States ready to seize Supreme Court redistricting decision amid countdown to midterm elections

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These Americans made big investments in Italian property. Here are the rewards and pitfalls

In our travel roundup this week: why British Chinese food is baffling to Americans, the couple who bought an Italian mansion sight unseen, plus who’s staying in North Korea’s luxury hotels.A home in ItalyVito Andrea Racanelli’s ancestors migrated from Italy to America in the late 1800s. More than a century and a half later, he and his family decided to do it in reverse, choosing Tuscany as their home. Racanelli, a Denver-based attorney, spent more than $1 million on a sprawling farmhouse in Radicondoli.“Buying real estate in Italy is completely different,” he tells CNN, suggesting th

Tatreez explained: Why Palestinian women are preserving this embroidery

The shocking, rule-breaking new move in pro wrestling: getting specific about politics

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Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say

Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump hadn’t let go.He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences, sources familiar with his comments told CNN.The president railed against South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — the sole Black Republican senator and chair of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm — throughout the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, arguing one of his top congressional allies was out of line to

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Hundreds of agents search for Nancy Guthrie as her case spotlights other families left behind

As hundreds of federal and local agents scoured the Arizona desert and chased down potential leads in the nearly two weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her affluent neighborhood, families of other missing people are reminded how elusive answers can be. On the one hand, families who spoke to The Associated Press share in the deep pain that Nancy Guthrie's children, including the well-known “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, have expressed publicly. On the other, people like Tonya Miller — whose own mother disappeared under suspicious cir

Law enforcement block road near Nancy Guthrie's home during investigation into her disappearance

Trump says change in power in Iran 'would be the best thing that could happen'

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Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools

Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military and sponsoring “troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.”The uncertainty about tuition assistance and eligible programs for Defense Department funding has led to confusion and concern amongst service members who have already applied or been accepted to these schools. Officials also said they were concerned it amounted

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Behind the scenes sorting through tips in cases like the Nancy Guthrie disappearance

An Arizona sheriff's department got more than 4,000 calls within 24 hours after the release of videos of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie's porch. Many tips will be worthless. Others could have merit. Experts say one thing's certain: They can't be ignored. Tips can solve crimes — big or small — and eerie images of a mysterious male covered head to toe have been the most significant clues shared with the public during Guthrie's nearly two-week-old disappearance in the Tucson area. Late Friday night, the investigation prompted officers to block off a road into a

Trump administration files new lawsuit against Harvard in long-running funding battle

Don Lemon pleads not guilty to federal charges stemming from church protest

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There’s a real life ‘Heated Rivalry’ at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

On the ice, they’re sworn enemies. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, they’re on opposing sides of a historic and storied rivalry between two proud nations and both will be fighting tooth and nail throughout the competition to emerge victorious.Off the ice, though, they’re a very happy couple and are engaged to be married.You would be forgiven for mistaking all of this for a plot from “Heated Rivalry,” the global TV phenomenon about gay hockey players. But this isn’t TV – this is the real life story of Anna Kjellbin and Ronja Savolainen. Kjellbin will captain the Sweden women’s natio

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The mental hurdle of ‘The Moment’ affects even the greats like Ilia Malinin and Mikaela Shiffrin

The great ones make it look so easy that we forget how hard it is to be exceptional.Secretariat running like a machine in the Belmont and Michael Phelps gobbling up gold medals in 2008; Tom Brady engineering seven Super Bowl victories and Simone Biles coming back for more golds after battling the twisties; Carl Lewis winning golds in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 and Katie Ledecky lapping Olympians like she’s out for a rec league swim.There is, however, a fragility to true excellence. As thin, you might say, as a skate blade or a ski’s edge.What Ilia Malinin failed to do in his free skate at

Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins giant slalom, earns South America’s 1st medal at Winter Games

Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

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People — and robots — are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year in China

It's not just people — in China, the robots are also getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Friday was dress rehearsal day for four cute humanoid robots, each about 95 centimeters (3 feet) tall at a mall in western Beijing. Curious onlookers stopped to watch. Each robot got a colorful lion costume and within minutes the moves started: Bend the knees, up, to the left, to the right, shake the mask, and do it all again! Ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrated next week, and as part of different “fairs” and activities around Beijing, some

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US strikes alleged drug boat, killing 3

The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat on Friday, killing three people, according to US Southern Command.“On Feb. 13, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X, adding that no US military personnel were harmed in the strike.The statement did not specify where the strike took place but said “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in t