Washington & Politics

Video footage to be admitted in Nashville officer’s trial

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Video footage of a white Nashville police office fatally shooting an armed Black man from behind during a chase will be...

Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic...

Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library set to reopen

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — After nearly two years of renovations complicated by COVID-19 restrictions, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is ready to...

California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states

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SAN FRANCISCO — California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that...

New coronavirus rules enacted for Moscow restaurants

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MOSCOW — Restaurants and cafes in Moscow on Monday began requesting that patrons provide proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test as the...

France’s top court bans glue trapping to hunt birds

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PARIS — France's top administrative court on Monday definitively banned the use of glue trapping to hunt birds, a technique that was denounced by...

Portugal limits UK travel, stops classes amid virus surge

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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s battle to contain the surging COVID-19 delta variant has led it to put the United Kingdom on its red list...

US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, has conducted airstrikes against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed...

Trump Org lawyers make last pitch against prosecution

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NEW YORK — Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a last bid to...

Nations chart future steps against Islamic State extremists

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ROME — As the U.S. works on its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group met Monday...