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Head of EU parliament trade committee has 'doubts' about deal with US, says it could be amended 09/03/2025 11:09am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Parliament's trade committee said Wednesday he has “doubts” about aspects of the EU's trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during the legislative approval process. “A lot of questions are there, a James Patterson's new initiative gives emerging authors up to $50,000 to finish their books 09/03/2025 09:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — After years of giving millions of dollars to literacy programs, bookstore employees and librarians, James Patterson has now launched an initiative on behalf of emerging authors. The bestselling novelist and true crime writer announced Wednesday the first 12 recipients of grants fr UN-backed experts say more must be done to help people with disabilities in war-battered Gaza 09/03/2025 08:44am • GENEVA (AP) — A team of human rights experts has faulted the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers have been growing since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war nearly two years ago. The U.N.’s Committee on the Rights of Beijing's show of strength unites Xi, Kim and Putin in symbolic walk of solidarity 09/03/2025 06:05am • HONG KONG (AP) — As Chinese troops prepared to showcase their military strength during a lavish parade in central Beijing, President Xi Jinping was flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The prominent position of the three leaders at the symbolic event to Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village in Darfur 09/03/2025 03:28am • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan appealed for international aid on Tuesday after a landslide wiped out an entire village in western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history. The village of Tarasin was “completely le A look at the world leaders joining China's military parade in a show of solidarity with Beijing 09/03/2025 02:38am • HONG KONG (AP) — The leaders of 26 countries and other foreign representatives joined Chinese President Xi Jinping to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a military parade in the Chinese capital on Wednesday, in a show of solidarity among nations friendly to Beijing. Russian Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with lava pouring out from multiple vents 09/03/2025 12:36am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 feet (100 meters) into the sky from its summit crater. It's the 32nd time the volcano has released molten rock since December, when its current eruption began. So far, all the lava from this eruption has been co Trump administration pauses annual federal fundraising campaign 09/02/2025 10:56pm • President Donald Trump's administration has paused the Combined Federal Campaign, an annual fundraising effort that's contributed billions of dollars to charitable organizations worldwide since it was established more than 60 years ago. In a statement to WTOP, the Office of Personnel Management s False report of shooting at U.Md. campus is latest hit to colleges across US 09/02/2025 10:16pm • As many as 20 colleges and universities across the U.S. have been targets of active shooter reports that turned out to be false. On Tuesday morning, the University of Maryland joined that group. According to Lt. Rosanne Hoaas, public information officer with the University of Maryland Campus P The Latest: Trump announces Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama 09/02/2025 09:28pm • President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary home. Space Command’s functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communicat Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400 09/02/2025 08:38pm • JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured. The figures provided by Taliban government spokesman Zabihu House committee releases some Justice Department files in Epstein case, but most already public 09/02/2025 08:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more disclos The Best Time to Book a Cruise + 5 Tips 09/02/2025 08:00pm • Ask the biggest cruise enthusiast you know about the best time of year to go on a cruise, and they'll tell you it pays to cruise all year long. But when it comes to the best time to book said cruise, it's not as cut and dry. Locking in a cruise during certain seasons can get you a lower price, more A Patient's Guide to Headaches 09/02/2025 08:00pm • You feel it creeping in... Whether it's a dull throb on the left side of your head, a tight band squeezing behind your eyes or maybe a sudden stabbing pain that stops you in your tracks. Nearly everyone has experienced at least one type of headache. Headaches are so common that most people brush the How to Make a Budget and Stick to It 09/02/2025 08:00pm • For many consumers, the key to a healthy financial life is the ability to stick to a carefully crafted budget. Not only does it help ensure you have the money you need for necessities like food or rent, but it also helps you bring dreams to life and prepare for the future. "A budget is about helping