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Poland's prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv against Russia 01/22/2024 02:19pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed Monday to keep supporting Ukraine against Russia's nearly 2-year-old invasion, announcing a new military aid package that includes a loan to buy larger weapons and a commitment to find ways to manufacture them together. Meeting with Ukra Car Review: Lexus RX 500h F Sport leads the way with style, performance and conserves fuel 01/22/2024 05:07am • The Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance is the latest version of the popular crossover. This hybrid is anything but boring. With 366 hp and 27 mpg if you try. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The Lexus RX, the midsize crossover, has been a hit for the company for more than 20 years. So, Lexus doesn’t rest whe Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition 01/20/2024 09:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. Se GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He's left with daunting choices ahead 01/20/2024 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority in name only. Unable to unite his unruly right flank and commanding one of the slimmest House majorities in history, Johnson is being forced to rely on Democrats for the basics of governing, inclu Biden and Netanyahu have finally talked, but their visions still clash for ending Israel-Hamas war 01/19/2024 11:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke Friday after a glaring, nearly four-week gap in direct communication during which fundamental differences have come into focus over a possible pathway to Palestinian statehood once the fighting in Gaz Yankees cut Jeter Downs, likely ending his time in New York before it started 01/19/2024 06:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jeter Downs' career with the New York Yankees could end before it started. Downs was designated for assignment Friday, one month after the Yankees claimed the 25-year-old shortstop off waivers from the Washington Nationals. The Yankees needed the roster spot after claiming infielde Man sentenced to life plus 30 years in 2018 California spa bombing that killed his ex-girlfriend 01/19/2024 04:14pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was sentenced Friday to two concurrent life sentences, plus 30 years, for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018, killing her and seriously injuring two others. Friday’s hearing concluded a case against Stephen Beal, US postage stamp and shipping prices go up Sunday 01/19/2024 12:47pm • (NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Postal Service will increase stamp prices starting Sunday, a USPS representative confirmed to "Good Morning America." The cost of first-class stamps will rise from 66 cents to 68 cents for letters weighing one ounce or less. Package shipping costs will also increase by n Defense Department to again target 'forever chemicals' contamination near Michigan military base 01/19/2024 12:22pm • The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called forever chemicals, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin's office announced Friday. Environmentalists say the systems will help prevent PFAS from sprea Crisis-ridden Sri Lanka's economic reforms are yielding results, but challenges remain, IMF says 01/19/2024 07:50am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s economic reform program is yielding the first signs of recovery, but the improvements still need to translate into improved living conditions for its people, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. Sri Lanka has been struggling with an eco Northern Ireland sees biggest strike in years as workers walk out over pay and political deadlock 01/19/2024 01:45am • BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Tens of thousands of public sector workers walked off the job across Northern Ireland on Thursday to protest political deadlock that has left them without pay increases, and the region without a functioning government. Schools were closed, hospitals offered a skele Biden visits North Carolina, a state he hopes to win in November, to promote internet access 01/18/2024 09:32pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled $82 million for North Carolina to help connect 16,000 new households and businesses to high-speed internet, delivering an election-year pitch about policies he says are "just getting started” at improving the United States. 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By 2027, sales of energy drinks and shots -- such as Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March 01/18/2024 06:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approved the measure by a vote of 314-108, with opposition coming mostly from the more conservative memb