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Key criminal case against ex-interim leader ����ez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right 08/30/2025 01:20am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Bolivia���s highest court late Friday threw out criminal charges against former interim President Jeanine ����ez over her role in the 2019 killings of protesters, ordering the flashpoint case to restart in a special process for alleged crimes committed by former heads of sta New Oceania soccer competition hopes to raise level of the sport in the Pacific region 08/30/2025 01:02am • Soccer officials in Oceania hope a new western Pacific-based competition might enable the region to better compete on the global stage and establish a blueprint for others to follow. The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on Friday announced eight preferred clubs that will participate in its first White Sox place INF Miguel Vargas on the 10-day IL with a left hand injury 08/30/2025 12:04am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago White Sox placed infielder Miguel Vargas on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a sprained left hand. Vargas departed in the fifth inning of Chicago's 10-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday night. He was playing first base when he got hurt while trying to stret Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting 08/30/2025 12:03am • One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn't get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one. Even though demand was just as high as ever, half as many new international graduate students showed up for fall classes co Trump's envoys are ticking off other countries. The White House isn't doing much about it 08/30/2025 12:00am • LONDON (AP) ��� Do not antagonize one's opponents unnecessarily, a basic principle of diplomacy says. But as the United States faces a trade war with China and various tensions overseas, President Donald Trump's emissaries are increasingly ticking off allied countries and being called to account. J Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad 08/29/2025 10:17pm • The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state���s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsake Cruise industry group sues to challenge Hawaii's tourism tax designed to deal with climate change 08/29/2025 10:15pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Hawaii imposing a tourist tax to deal with consequences of climate change seeks to stop officials from enforcing the new law on cruise ship passengers. In the nation's first such levy to help cope with a warming planet, Hawaii Gov. Jos Micah Parsons relishes fresh start in Green Bay after enduring 'hardest four months of my life' 08/29/2025 09:49pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ��� Micah Parsons says he just went through the hardest four months of his life as he feared his contract stalemate with the Dallas Cowboys would stretch into the start of the season. Now that the matter finally has been settled with a trade to the Green Bay Packers, the superst Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall 08/29/2025 09:44pm • Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers began a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like snowplowing and road repairs. However, the special session The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress 08/29/2025 09:34pm • In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid ��� effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. The letter was posted Friday morning on the X New Trump executive order relaxes chase policies for US Park Police 08/29/2025 09:31pm • The U.S. Park Police now has a less restrictive policy when it comes to police pursuits. Officials in President Donald Trump's administration are framing the change as part of its stepped-up crime effort in D.C. The new police pursuit rules are part of an Aug. 25 White House executive order, whi NYC Legionnaires��� outbreak linked to two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital 08/29/2025 07:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires��� disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday. The New York City Health Department said bacteria from cooling India's Modi agrees with Japan's Ishiba to boost economic ties and cooperation 08/29/2025 07:39pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� The leaders of India and Japan agreed Friday to bolster economic ties while also boosting cooperation in defense, energy and other areas, as the two Asian powers face common challenges such as China���s growing influence and U.S. tariffs. Following their summit in Tokyo, Indian Prime California energy regulators pause efforts to penalize oil companies for high profits 08/29/2025 07:19pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel industry two years after the governor declared the state had ���finally beat big oil.��� The postponem Miami LB Adarius Hayes charged with 3 counts of vehicular homicide following May crash 08/29/2025 07:18pm • LARGO, Fla. (AP) ��� Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury, all of which followed the investigation into a May crash that killed three people. Hayes surrendered to police Friday morning in