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Trump to meet with Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orbán, continuing his embrace of autocrats

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a conservative populist whose crackdowns in Hungary have sparked criticism that he’s eroding that country’s democracy. Trump and Orbán have a longstanding relationship, and their meeting on Friday comes as Hungary has had conflicts with

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Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged below zero. The state of Minnesota called the last three months “the lost winter,” warmer than

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Behind-the-scenes of AP photographer’s experience covering violence against women in Haiti

By ARIANA CUBILLOS Associated Press Ariana Cubillos is an Associated Press photojournalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. She was based in Haiti from 2004 to 2009, and also covered the country’s 2010 earthquake and its descent into gang violence. — In June 2023, I was zipping through the bustling streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on the

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Pentagon study finds no sign of alien life in reported UFO sightings going back decades

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study released Friday that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence, a conclusion consistent with past U.S. government efforts to assess the accuracy of claims that have captivated public attention for decades. The study

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Facing historic shifts, Latin American women to bathe streets in purple on International Women’s Day

MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women across Latin America are bathing their city streets in purple in commemoration of International Women’s Day at a time when gender rights advocates in the region face both historic steps forward and setbacks. Following decades of activism and campaigning by feminist groups, access to things like

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New Jersey high school goes on legal offensive to overturn game it lost on blown call

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school that lost a state basketball tournament game when referees wrongly overturned a buzzer-beating basket has asked the state’s education commissioner to intervene. Manasquan initially was declared the winner over Camden in Tuesday’s Group 2 semifinal game. But the call was soon overturned after the referees discussed

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