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Judge orders return of 3 deported families protected by family separation settlement 02/06/2026 11:57pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� A judge says the federal government must return three families hurt by the first Trump administration's policy of separating parents from the children at the border, saying their deportations in recent months relied on ���lies, deception and coercion." The order, issued Thursday, Trump administration approves weed killer dicamba for two common genetically modified crops 02/06/2026 11:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weed killer dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern over its tendency to drift and destroy nearby crops. The agency said dicamba was critical for farme Electric motorcycle riders in Kenya demand more flexible battery networks 02/06/2026 11:01pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� For weeks, popular Kenyan podcaster and radio presenter Francis Kibe Njeri has used his social media platforms to spotlight a problem he says many electric motorcycle riders face but few companies in the industry acknowledge: batteries unable to be swapped across networks and Iran and US hold indirect talks in Oman. America's military leader in the Mideast joins the talks 02/06/2026 10:14pm • MUSCAT, Oman (AP) ��� Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran���s nuclear program. But for the first time, America brought its top military commander in the Middle East to A charismatic straight talker, Japan's Takaichi is poised to expand her power in Sunday's vote 02/06/2026 07:18pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's prime minister is a heavy metal music fan. She loves motorcycles and playing the drums, including with visiting dignitaries. She thrilled a nation that often fetishizes company loyalty by declaring that her secret for success as leader would be ��� work, work, work, work, work The Latest: Trump���s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash 02/06/2026 07:13pm • President Donald Trump���s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted. The Republican president���s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and bl Japan's first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday's election 02/06/2026 07:03pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leveraging her popularity to help her party win Sunday's snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face of growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington. The As US block of oil supply deepens energy crisis, Cubans ask: What more can we sacrifice? 02/06/2026 06:51pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� After a day spent selling books, Solanda O��a typically boards a bus from a wealthy seaside district in Havana to her home in the city���s working-class center. But on Thursday night, the bus never came. The 64-year-old bookseller spent the night sleeping in a nearby restaurant inste The Latest: Two cauldrons are lit for the first time at a Winter Olympics 02/06/2026 06:38pm • MILAN (AP) ��� An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports spectacle returns to a nation that last hosted the event 20 years ago. Italian President Ser The Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony for a spread-out Winter Games 02/06/2026 05:59pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture ��� plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in ���Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu��� aka ���Volare��� ��� an unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Cheers for Team USA turn to jeers for Vance at Milan Cortina opening ceremony 02/06/2026 05:48pm • MILAN (AP) ��� American athletes received an enthusiastic welcome at the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but the mood shifted when cameras briefly turned to Vice President JD Vance. Led by speedskater and flag bearer Erin Jackson, Team USA was among the last delegations to en Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni 02/06/2026 05:00pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Vice President JD Vance met Friday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ��� one of the Trump administration's closer allies in Europe ��� during his trip to Italy for the Olympic Games. Vance is on a weeklong visit that combines sports and diplomacy, meeting with Meloni at a tim FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say 02/06/2026 04:40pm • The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume staff cuts that were briefly paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers, stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers. FEMA at the start of January abruptly stopped rene Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm 02/06/2026 04:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration said Friday that its use of emergency orders to keep aging coal-fired plants operating helped prevent a major blackout from power shortages during the brutally frigid weather that has gripped most of America for the past two weeks. Scattered outages occur Low-income West Virginians could lose access to 28% of affordable housing unless lawmakers step in 02/06/2026 02:41pm • At 93, Anna Lee Pettit lives alone in a first-floor apartment at Morgantown���s Unity House Apartments, where she can get her mail indoors and avoid hauling garbage outside in the winter. She survives on Social Security benefits and said she wouldn���t have made it without affordable housing after