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Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy 09/22/2025 07:40am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti-narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean. In High-tech tax authority helps Greece return to Europe’s financial mainstream 09/22/2025 06:25am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority's new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens. A former shopping mall and ice rink, the building has been overhauled into an ultramodern digital center that has led the rescue of th 'Not your grandma’s stitching': How one DC local is using embroidery to build community 09/22/2025 05:25am • On any given day in the District, you can find Meredith Artyukhina brainstorming her next embroidery kit design, or putting together packages for her latest order. Sometimes, though, she hosts special embroidery events in the city, too. Artyukhina is the founder of Capital Stitch Co., a passio Ukrainian and Russian attacks kill 3 civilians as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump 09/21/2025 11:09am • Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod border region killed two civilians while Russian shelling of eastern Ukraine left a man dead, officials said Sunday. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that a woman was killed when shelling struck a private home i Story hits go-ahead single in 9th and Red Sox top Rays 6-3 to keep pace in playoff chase 09/20/2025 10:54pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Story hit a tiebreaking single in a three-run ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Saturday night to keep pace in a crowded American League playoff race. Boston remained two games behind the New York Yankees for the top AL wild card and is a NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' celebrates 20 years of prime-time dominance 09/20/2025 08:05pm • Dick Ebersol helped change comedy and late-night television when he teamed up with Lorne Michaels to create “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. When it comes to sports television, Ebersol’s creation of “Sunday Night Football” on NBC in 2006 also has had a significant impact. It is fitting then Members of Congress take steps to tighten their own security after Kirk's killing 09/20/2025 10:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As House Speaker Mike Johnson gathered lawmakers this week to mourn Charlie Kirk, he summed up the grief felt by many on Capitol Hill — and the pervasive fear. “For so many of us, it has felt as if the ground was shaken,” said Johnson, R-La. The killing of Kirk, the promin Mets slugger Juan Soto hits career-high 42nd homer in first year of $765 million contract 09/19/2025 11:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sproat answered a question about Juan Soto with a question. “What is there not to be impressed about?” Sproat said Friday night of his superstar teammate, after Soto hit his career-high 42nd homer to cap a six-run fourth inning that vaulted the New York Mets to a 12-6 w Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1 09/19/2025 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Trump administration proposes selling nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel 09/19/2025 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza. It includes a $3.8 billion sale for 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters, nearly doubling I Wall Street coasts to the finish of its latest record-setting week 09/19/2025 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street tacked on some more gains Friday as it glided to the finish of its latest record-setting week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to close out its sixth winning week in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 172 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0 EU chief urges bloc members to sanction Russia's LNG exports 09/19/2025 09:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union should slap new sanctions on Russia’s exports of liquefied natural gas, its shadow fleet of aging oil tankers and major energy companies over its war on Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. “It is time to turn off the ta Judge clears Florida officer in shooting of UPS driver taken hostage citing "stand your ground" 09/18/2025 06:12pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida judge on Thursday cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a UPS driver who had been taken hostage during a 2019 robbery. Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Jose Mateo, who had been charged with manslaughter in the dea Federal land, local hurdles: What’s next for the Commanders stadium project 09/18/2025 05:41pm • Now that the D.C. Council has approved the $3.7 billion deal that will bring the Washington Commanders back to the nation’s capital, the team and the city will focus on beginning the development of the 180-acre RFK Stadium campus. Matt Winkler, American University professor and director of spo DC leaders defend crime fighting efforts to Congress as federal law enforcement surge continues 09/18/2025 05:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday defended her policies to Congress as President Donald Trump's law enforcement surge is in its second month and lawmakers act to further limit the city's authority. She was invited to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to