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Thousands rally across Slovakia against austerity measures and pro-Russian policies 09/16/2025 07:29pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday in a nationwide mass protest against the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The rallies took place in 16 major cities and towns, including the capital of Bratislava. They latest wave of Strip club executives accused of bribing tax auditor with private dances and other perks 09/16/2025 07:14pm • Executives at a company that owns strip clubs around the country have been charged with bribing a New York official with free trips to some of the venues and with private dances to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes, authorities said Tuesday. Houston-based RCI Hospitality Holdings and 120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds 09/16/2025 07:05pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in Latin America, according to a report released Wednesday by watchdog group Global Witness. The London-based organization said the reg Manfred says Rays likely to restart ballpark site search after the team is sold 09/16/2025 06:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Rays likely will start a new search for a ballpark site in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area after the team is sold, according to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. Owner Stu Sternberg, who has controlled the club since 2005, has been negotiating to sell the Rays to a group hea Tom Brady's dual roles as Fox Sports NFL analyst, Raiders limited owner continue to raise questions 09/16/2025 06:25pm • The questions about Tom Brady's dual roles as a Fox Sports NFL analyst and partial owner of the Las Vegas Raiders have intensified after he was shown in the team's coaching booth with a headset on during a 20-9 loss Monday night to the Los Angeles Chargers. Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks on Tuesday side Despite concerns, Fairfax Co. supervisors tout proposed Beltway toll lane extension to cut commutes 09/16/2025 05:42pm • Several Fairfax County Supervisors on Tuesday indicated support for a proposal to extend toll lanes through an 11-mile stretch of the Capital Beltway, despite concerns about neighborhood impacts and bike and pedestrian infrastructure. During a Board of Supervisors Transportation Committee meeting South America's Mercosur bloc signs trade deal with 4 European countries 09/16/2025 05:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — South America's Mercosur bloc signed a free trade deal Tuesday with the European countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, as ties between the two continents deepen amid global uncertainty sparked by sweeping U.S. tariffs. The agreement was signed in Rio de Israeli military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City as thousands of Palestinians flee 09/16/2025 05:05pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel launched its offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war as thousands of Palestinians fled in vehicles strapped with mattresses and other belongings that clogged a coastal road. The operation into the largest P Democrats stake out opposition to spending bill, raising threat of a shutdown 09/16/2025 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders lashed out Tuesday at a short-term spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, warning Republicans they will not support a measure that doesn't address their concerns on the soaring cost of health insurance coverage for million Evolution Petroleum: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 09/16/2025 04:30pm • HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Evolution Petroleum Corp. (EPM) on Tuesday reported earnings of $3.4 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Houston-based company said it had net income of 10 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 3 cents per share. The oil and gas It's 'do or die' for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant 09/16/2025 04:28pm • SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (AP) — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, but Rivian Automotive leaders say they're confident as the company starts long-delayed work on a $5 billion facility in Georgia. The money-losing California-based company broke ground T ‘Big, beautiful bill’ fallout: At forum, Spanberger and Earle-Sears clash over Medicaid 09/16/2025 04:24pm • Virginia Republican gubernatorial hopeful Winsome Earle-Sears downplayed possible cuts to health care caused by President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” Monday evening in a rare face-off with her rival, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, ahead of this fall’s statewide elections. Speaking Alabama asks court to lift block on limits to absentee ballot applications 09/16/2025 04:22pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge was wrong to block part of an Alabama state law that makes it a felony to provide gifts or payments for helping with an absentee ballot application, state attorneys told an appeals court panel Tuesday. The Alabama attorney general’s office asked the 11th U.S. Circ Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times 09/16/2025 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has added The New York Times to the list of media companies he's challenged in court, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit that targets four of its journalists in a book and three articles published within a two-month period before the last election. In a The Latest: Israeli strikes pummel Gaza City as a new ground offensive gets underway 09/16/2025 03:55pm • Palestinian residents reported heavy strikes across Gaza City on Tuesday and Israel’s defense minister said “Gaza is burning” as a new Israeli ground offensive targeted the city. Israel had been pounding the city with airstrikes in the lead-up to the operation. At least 69 Palestinians have be