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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge must reconsider the possible national security implications of halting construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, a federal appeals court ruled on Saturday. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it did not have enough information to …
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The room intimidates whether it’s the first gathering or the 20th, so much intellect, achievement and initiative squeezed into a confined space. The uneasiness begins to peel away during initial conversations, then dissipates more during the 1-mile walk to the start of the race. By the time the Tillman Scholars reach …
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy planned to keep his mind off golf as much as possible while awaiting the third round of the Masters. “There’s actually two really good semifinals at Monte Carlo in the tennis. So I’ll watch that,” he said. “We’ve been watching the tennis early in the mornings.” The tennis matches …
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday that two of its warships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a plan to start removing mines from the vital conduit for the global oil trade. Sending the ships through the strait was aimed at “setting conditions for clearing mines in …
The Trump administration approved major disaster declaration requests for at least seven states this week, according to information released Saturday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, allowing affected communities to access federal support. About 15 requests for assistance from others states and tribes for extreme weather events this year and last seem to be pending, …
VATICAN CITY, April 11 (Reuters) – Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ on Saturday urged world leaders to end what he called the “madness of war,” in an impassioned appeal as senior U.S. and Iranian officials met in Pakistan nL1N40U01A to discuss ending the six-week conflict. At a special prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, the first U.S. …
LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – A former Moscow district official serving a long prison sentence in Russia for what he says were trumped-up political charges has declared a “dry hunger strike”, refusing both food and water. Alexander Shestun, 61, is considered a political prisoner by Russia’s Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial – which itself …
LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – Police said on Saturday they had arrested 212 people at a protest in London’s Trafalgar Square opposing Britain’s banning of the Palestine Action group. The gathering was the first since London’s High Court ruled in February that a ban designating the pro-Palestinian group as a terrorist organisation was unlawful L8N3Z90PY. …
Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iranappearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump on Saturday, speaking out against military actions “some adults proudly boast about.” The rebuke, during a prayer vigil for peace at St. Peter’s Basilica, comes days after the pope said it was “truly unacceptable” …
Sunday is the final day of the NBA regular season, and here’s a full listing of all the playoff and postseason matchups that have been decided. There are 10 teams that are locked into specific seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, there are 10 other teams that know their seasons will end on Sunday …