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A timeline of how the protests in Iran unfolded and the crackdown that followed 02/04/2026 08:56pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic's faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. While the initial focus had been on issues like spikes in the prices o The Latest: 700 immigration officers will immediately leave Minnesota 02/04/2026 08:24pm • The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. But Homan did not give a timeline when the operation might end in Minnesota UK will release files about Mandelson's ambassador appointment as anger mounts over Epstein 02/04/2026 08:13pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K. government agreed Wednesday to release documents casting light on the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, as it tries to stem mounting anger over the revelations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer fac The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III's private estate after Epstein document uproar 02/04/2026 08:08pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The former Prince Andrew has moved out of his longtime home on crown-owned land near Windsor Castle earlier than expected after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation of Jeffrey Epstein revived questions about his friendship with the convicted sex offender. The 6 Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House 02/04/2026 07:36pm • ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing near the White House a replica of a statue of famed explorer Christopher Columbus that had been tossed into Baltimore's harbor during his first term amid protests against institutional racism. John Pica, a Maryland Nike faces federal probe over allegations of 'DEI-related' discrimination against white workers 02/04/2026 07:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in Islamic militants kill at least 162 people in attacks on 2 villages in Nigeria, lawmaker says 02/04/2026 05:51pm • SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) ��� Armed extremists killed at least 162 people during attacks on two villages in western Nigeria, a lawmaker said Wednesday, in one of the deadliest assaults in recent months. One rights group estimated the death toll could be higher. The attacks targeted the villages of Woro Man once married to Jill Biden held without bail after being charged in wife���s killing 02/04/2026 04:58pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ��� A Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden decades ago remains in jail on first-degree murder charges as authorities investigate the death of his wife, who was found unresponsive in their home late last year. William Stevenson, 77, of Wilmington was Former police officer, Prince George's Co. Council member join race to replace Steny Hoyer 02/04/2026 02:16pm • Two more candidates are officially joining the race to replace Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, who's retiring after more than 40 years. The latest to announce they're running for the 5th District seat are two fellow Democrats: Prince George���s County Council member Wala Blegay and former U.S. Capitol New Orleans police say recruit detained by ICE had been verified through agency's system 02/04/2026 01:08pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� The New Orleans Police Department is denying wrongdoing after one of its recruits was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which accused the city of violating federal immigration laws. Federal agents last month arrested New Orleans police recruit Larry Temah, a Child hospitalized after gun goes off in Anne Arundel Co. elementary school 02/04/2026 12:16pm • A 7-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with what officials said were injuries that were not life-threatening after an "accidental discharge" of a firearm inside an Anne Arundel County, Maryland, elementary school. It happened Wednesday morning inside a classroom at Freetown Elementary in Body found on Cyprus beach identified as missing Russian businessman once detained in Belarus 02/04/2026 12:06pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Authorities in Cyprus said Wednesday a body discovered last month on a beach along the country���s southern coastline has been identified as the former chief executive of Russia���s largest potash company who had been detained in Belarus in 2013 on charges of harming the Bel How Super Bowl halftime moments became flashpoints from the 'wardrobe malfunction' to caged kids 02/04/2026 11:33am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� For a show that lasts roughly 13 minutes, the Super Bowl halftime performance has fueled decades of conversation. Sometimes the spark comes from a single moment ��� as it did when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake���s infamous ���wardrobe malfunction��� triggered a broadcast r After crushing protests, Iran's supreme leader now tries to avert a US attack 02/04/2026 11:02am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Iran���s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crushed the protests that swept across the country last month, but only by unleashing the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in power. Now, with an American flotilla nearby, the 86-year-old Khamenei is trying to avert a potent Serb minister among officials on trial over Kushner-linked real estate project in Belgrade 02/04/2026 10:54am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Serbia's Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic and three other officials went on trial on Wednesday on charges of abuse of office and falsifying documents in connection with a real estate project that was to be financed by a company of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump