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President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful. U.S. District Judge Brian E.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister said Wednesday that he has submitted his resignation over an inappropriate remark about buying rice that angered the public. Taku Eto said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba accepted the resignation.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism , launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians.

OTTAWA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Canada, the United Kingdom and France of giving Hamas "a huge prize" by threatening to take action against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

BARCELONA (AP) — The European Union will lift sanctions on Syria's economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime, the EU's top diplomat announced Tuesday.