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Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300 11/22/2025 08:51am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary���s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria���s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. RFK Jr. says he's following 'gold standard' science. Here's what to know 11/22/2025 08:26am • The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to follow ���gold standard��� science. Scientists say the problem is that they are often doing just the oppo An explosive century: How Australia turned the first Ashes test on its Head 11/22/2025 08:03am • Australia needed a volunteer to replace an injured opening batter in the most hostile of scenarios. Enter Travis Head. What ensued is already Ashes folklore. Given it's the oldest and most storied international rivalry in cricket, Head's hundred was a truly extraordinary achievement. ���Travis was l Key elements in Trump���s 28-point peace proposal and why much of it is unacceptable for Ukraine 11/22/2025 06:52am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position ��� caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four y Epstein's accusers grapple with complex emotions about promised release of Justice Department files 11/22/2025 12:02am • For Marina Lacerda, the upcoming publication of U.S. government files on Jeffrey Epstein represent more than an opportunity for justice: Lacerda says she was just 14 when Epstein started sexually abusing her at his New York mansion, but she struggles to recall much of what happened because it is suc Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting 11/21/2025 11:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Friday met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself ���Donald Trump's worst nightmare,��� but he seemed to find the opposite. The Republican president and New York City���s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani were warm and friendly, speaking repeatedly of thei Frustrations grow in Russia over cellphone internet outages that disrupt daily life 11/21/2025 11:09pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� When Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet. Credit cards that won't buy a ticket on public transport. ATMs that don't connect to a network. Messaging apps that are down. Cellphones that d Trump says he's terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota 11/21/2025 10:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Friday night that he���s ���immediately��� terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken. Minn The Latest: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she will resign from Congress 11/21/2025 10:01pm • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday that she is resigning from Congress in January. In a more than 10-minute video posted online, Greene explained her decision and said she has ���always been despised in Washin Senator demands answers on Northwest fuel pipeline shutdown that could affect Thanksgiving travel 11/21/2025 09:39pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell on Friday demanded answers from BP about a leak that has forced the shutdown of a major Pacific Northwest fuel pipeline, threatening the fuel supply for jets at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as well as a possible increase in gasoline prices heading in Japan's first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring 11/21/2025 08:58pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ring. The winner of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament that ends Sunday will be presented with the Prim Orioles president Mike Elias discusses trade for Ward and pursuit of pitching help 11/21/2025 08:17pm • The Baltimore Orioles viewed outfielder Taylor Ward as something of a scarce commodity. So much so that they were willing to trade a young, cost-controlled pitcher for him. ���I wasn���t confident where else somebody like him would come from, on the free-agent and trade market right now, that Federal prosecutors say 2 Texas men made plans to take over a Haitian island 11/21/2025 06:23pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Federal prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to take over a Haitian island, one going so far as joining the U.S. military to acquire training for an armed attack, with the goal of killing all the men and using the women and children for sex. Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner C Music Review: 'Wicked: For Good ��� The Soundtrack' raises the stakes 11/21/2025 06:13pm • Are you ready for more ���Wicked"? ���Wicked: For Good ��� The Soundtrack" offers a bulked-up take on the music of the original ���Wicked��� musical's second act, grounded in yet-again stellar vocals from Cynthia Erivo as a misunderstood but defiant Elphaba and Ariana Grande as a conflicted but chan Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day 11/21/2025 06:06pm • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV opened a virtual meeting with American Catholic young people Friday by revealing a closely held pontifical secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day. Leo divulged his strategy for the popular New York Times online game before fielding questions via videoconfer