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May 18, 2026
Brazilian artisan crafts replica World Cup trophies to the joy of locals and celebrities alike
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian soccer fan and former metallurgist Jarbas Meneghini Carlini has been combining his love for the sport with h...
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May 18, 2026
Chinese embassy in Canada denounces MP Chong's visit to Taiwan
OTTAWA - China's embassy in Canada says a Canadian MP's visit to Taiwan crosses a "red line" for Ottawa's relationship with Beijing.
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May 18, 2026
Vermont officials and residents respond to ongoing PFAS contamination concerns in Bennington County
The state of Vermont is offering well testing, free water and other support for southern Bennington and Shaftsbury in the wake of research l...
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May 18, 2026
New Mexico wildfire sparked by fatal medical plane crash spreads quickly in rural area
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, has trigge...
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May 18, 2026
Alex Murdaugh sues clerk whose behavior led state Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carol...
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May 18, 2026
What to know about Trump’s $1.7B fund to compensate allies claiming political targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration could soon have acce...
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May 18, 2026
Trump to announce an expansion of his discounted-drug website TrumpRx
President Donald Trump is set to make more medications available on his discounted-drug website TrumpRx on Monday, according to a White Hous...
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May 18, 2026
U.S. slaps duties on fresh Canadian mushrooms over subsidy claims
WASHINGTON - The United States has put countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada following a U.S. Department of Commerce inve...
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May 18, 2026
The Ebola outbreak started weeks ago, officials believe. Here's a timeline of what we know
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Health officials believe the Ebola outbreak in Congo began weeks ago.
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May 18, 2026
Requiring Judges To Consider Past Trauma Of Youth Offenders Aim Of New Hawaii Law
Hawaiʻi is poised to become one of the first states in the nation to require a judge to consider a child’s exposure to trauma before chargin...
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May 18, 2026
Vacationing Toronto police officers facing "serious" allegations in Barcelona: police
Toronto police say three officers travelling on vacation have been charged in Barcelona and are facing "serious" allegations, though the ser...
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May 18, 2026
Fast-growing brush fire in Southern California threatens homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-growing brush fire ignited Monday morning in Southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at leas...
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May 18, 2026
Defense secretary steps into key Kentucky election to attack Trump critic
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday railed against one of President Donald Trump's chief Republican critics in Congress, stepping away...
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May 18, 2026
What to know about a midair collision between two Navy jets at an Idaho air show
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After the two Navy jets collided in midair, the planes sandwiched together, all four crew members were able to eject and...
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May 18, 2026
Police hunt gunman in rifle attacks that kill 6 people in southern Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A man armed with a rifle carried out a string of attacks in a city in southern Turkey on Monday, killing at least six...
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May 18, 2026
Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case after deportation to US
MIAMI (AP) — A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was charged in federal court in Miami on Monday with bribing top off...
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May 18, 2026
Bolivia protesters allied with ex-leader Morales march on capital as unrest widens
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Followers of Bolivia’s influential ex-President Evo Morales on Monday joined a massive protest movement fueled by the...
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May 18, 2026
Palestinian man shot by Israeli troops while trying to cross into Israel for work dies of wounds
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers as he tried to cross the barrier between the occupied West Bank and Isra...
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May 18, 2026
Public land groups sue Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks over corner-crossing position
Two public land access groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ position that corner crossing is “unlaw...
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May 18, 2026
Brazilian court to rule on whether Belo Sun’s Amazon gold mine stays suspended
SAO PAULO (AP) — A highly contested mining project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest operated by Canadian company Belo Sun is expected to r...
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May 18, 2026
OSHA has 6 inspectors to keep 60,000 West Virginia workplaces safe. Here’s what it means for workers
When two workers died last month in a violent chemical reaction at Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners near Charleston, federal records showed...
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May 18, 2026
Minnesota county charges an ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump's immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal...
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May 18, 2026
Bessent grants a 30-day extension for Russian oil in tankers as Iran war squeezes supply
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. will give a 30-day extension for countries to import Russian oi...
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May 18, 2026
Lower Ville-Marie terrace fees in place as Grand Prix weekend set to begin
MONTREAL - Restaurants in Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough are welcoming lower terrace fees this summer, as the city prepares for the Formula...
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May 18, 2026
Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury on Monday sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betra...
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May 18, 2026
Judges toss charges against 9 over US Attorney Darin Smith’s ‘deeply concerning’ misconduct
Three federal judges dismissed felony grand jury indictments against nine defendants Friday, citing misconduct by interim U.S. Attorney for...
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May 18, 2026
A humanitarian aid ship from Mexico docks in Havana as US-Cuba tensions escalate
HAVANA (AP) — A ship laden with humanitarian aid from the governments of Mexico and Urugay arrived Monday in Havana to help ease Cuba’s spir...
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May 18, 2026
Michigan cities, counties have spent 18% of opioid settlement funds
Michigan towns, cities, townships and counties have $176 million sitting in bank accounts meant to fight the state’s opioid crisis.
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May 18, 2026
Ukraine's attack on Moscow is another sign the war is not so distant anymore for Russians
It’s getting harder for officials in the Kremlin to cast the war in Ukraine — now in its fifth year — as something so distant that it doesn’...
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May 18, 2026
Six Canadians detained by Israel off coast of Cyprus: flotilla organizer
A group trying to break Israel’s naval blockage of Gaza to deliver aid says six Canadians are among the activists detained as the Israeli mi...
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May 18, 2026
UK police find cocaine worth $9.3 million stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear
LONDON (AP) — A British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling 7 million pounds ($9.4 million) worth of cocaine in a shipmen...
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May 18, 2026
Outage hits CBSA check-in kiosks at major Canadian airports
A system outage is affecting inspections kiosks at nearly a dozen Canadian airports including Toronto Pearson and Billy Bishop, the Canada B...
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May 18, 2026
A Cuban exiles' group is at the heart of DOJ’s push to indict Raúl Castro over a 1996 shootdown
A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department's decision to seek an indict...
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May 18, 2026
US prosecutors drop fraud charges against billionaire Indian businessman Gautaum Adani
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors asked a judge Monday to dismiss criminal fraud and conspiracy charges against Indian billionaire Gautaum Ad...
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May 18, 2026
What to know about the political chaos engulfing the UK's Labour Party and efforts to unseat Starmer
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to strengthen his grip on office Monday, saying he was getting on with the job after...
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May 18, 2026
Lebanon death toll reaches 3,000 in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll in the latest round of fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon has surpassed 3,000,...
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May 18, 2026
Three Toronto police officers arrested in Spain
Three Toronto Police Service officers, who were off-duty at the time, were arrested in Spain last week following an allegation of sexual ass...
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May 18, 2026
Belarus launches joint drills with Russia to practice nuclear weapons use
Belarus said Monday it launched joint drills with Russia to practice the use of nuclear weapons that Moscow has deployed on the territory of...
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May 18, 2026
Greenland's prime minister tells Trump's envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated
NUUK, Greeland (AP) — Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with U.S. P...
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May 18, 2026
U.S. says it's pausing long-standing military board with Canada
WASHINGTON - The U.S. undersecretary of defence said Monday that the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, claiming "Cana...
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May 18, 2026
Southwestern Ontario under heat warning as region hit by season's first hot spell
Hot, humid weather is set to blanket southwestern Ontario today as the region deals with its first hot spell of the season on a long weekend...
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May 18, 2026
Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall to sell 20% of property portfolio to fund housing, green projects
LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall plans to sell about 20% of its 1 billion pound ($1.3 billion) property portfolio over the n...
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May 18, 2026
Riders navigate alternatives as strike that shut down largest US commuter rail enters a 3rd day
NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters in New York City’s suburbs navigated a gauntlet of car, bus and subway routes to get to work Monday after a strike...
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May 18, 2026
TTC and electrical workers continue negotiations to avert shutdown
It isn’t a holiday Monday for TTC and union negotiators as they continue talks in the hopes of averting a strike or lockout affecting almost...
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May 18, 2026
Georgia Republicans scramble to pick a candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who wants to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, happily calls himself a warrior...
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May 18, 2026
Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking 'health sovereignty' as donor support fades
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A new and deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is the latest health emergency forcing African governments to br...
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May 18, 2026
Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes on Monday, saying a closely watched...
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May 18, 2026
Judge allows gun and notebook as evidence at Mangione’s trial in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
NEW YORK (AP) — A gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be use...
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May 18, 2026
Gunmen kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in two separate attacks Monday shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination te...
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May 18, 2026