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FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme 10/09/2025 09:24pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portland, Oregon, at a roundtable event at the White House Wednesday, alleging that the city has been besieged by violence perpetrated by ���antifa thugs��� and that Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks 10/09/2025 09:14pm • A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a ���danger of rebellion��� is brewing in Illinois during Trump's immigration crackdown. It���s a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state The Latest: Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, release of hostages and prisoners 10/09/2025 08:37pm • Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said early Friday his Cabinet approved the ���outline��� of a deal to release hostages held by The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James is charged with fraud, AP source says 10/09/2025 07:52pm • A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. It is the latest indication of President Donald Trump and his administration���s determination to use the Justice Department to pursue the pre Most states with National Guard troops in DC plan to withdraw this fall 10/09/2025 07:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington have set target dates for their withdrawal later this fall, state officials told The Associated Press. The dates, in late October and November Last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees agrees to return to Louisiana after Atlanta capture 10/09/2025 06:35pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being captured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana in a Thursday court appearance. ���I want to return where I���m from,��� Groves, a New Orleans native, told a Fulton County magis Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti's leaders trying to fend off gangs 10/09/2025 06:33pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Heavy gunfire erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday after Haiti���s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs. There were no immediate reports of injuries or St. Petersburg delays vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals 10/09/2025 06:31pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues. The move comes after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case 10/09/2025 06:18pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Texas��� top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson Police describe gunfight in which 2 Pennsylvania state troopers were wounded and a suspect killed 10/09/2025 05:22pm • A Pennsylvania state trooper remained hospitalized in serious condition Thursday and another was treated and released after both were shot multiple times by a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store before leading police on a high-speed chase, investigators said. The suspect, Lamar Lorenzo F Tomb of former French Justice Minister Badinter defaced with graffiti before Panth��on ceremony 10/09/2025 05:11pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The tomb of former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who was known for defending human rights and was inducted into the country���s Panth��on national monument Thursday, was vandalized in a cemetery close to Paris, officials said. Badinter, who died last year at age 95, spearhe Judge orders suspect in deadly LA wildfire to remain jailed, citing mental health concerns 10/09/2025 05:03pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California's deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state. In ordering Jonathan Rinderknecht to be kept in Belgian police detain 3 over a suspected plot to attack politicians with a drone 10/09/2025 04:05pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgian police on Thursday detained three people over a suspected plot to attack the country's politicians including Prime Minister Bart De Wever with a drone carrying explosives. The three were taken into custody after an anti-terrorism judge ordered searches of their homes in the After a police pursuit of a huge inflatable pumpkin, body cam video shows officer struggling with it 10/09/2025 02:38pm • PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) ��� The subject of an Ohio police pursuit took off down the road, a flash of orange in the darkness, but officers eventually caught up and grabbed the escapee: a runaway inflatable pumpkin as tall as them. Body camera footage from the Parma Heights Police Department in north Homicide suspect dead after shootout with DC police in Columbia Heights 10/09/2025 02:29pm • A homicide suspect is dead after a shootout with D.C. police Thursday morning in Columbia Heights, according to the police department's chief. He was being sought for first-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Maurisha Singletary of Northeast, who was found dead Sunday night inside a home on