Russia on Wednesday released a retired American teacher who had been imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. The release of Stephen Hubbard had been foreshadowed a da...
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Three weeks ago, Texas Comptroller Don Huffines signed what he called an executive order aimed at eliminating a “hidden tax” on fees charged by virtual marketplaces to sellers. “There will be a lot more coming,” Huffines said as he held up a jumbo printed version of the order in ...
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Both parties purchase data to build a voter file with info like cell phone numbers. That means there's almost no way to stop the texts. ‘There’s no way to stop them’: How campaigns and PACs get away with nonstop texting was first posted on October 21, 2026 at 5:00 am. ©2021 ...
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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine , as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. Witkoff said in televised remarks at the sta...
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Doctors have amputated both of Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines ' legs as she remains in critical condition after being repeatedly hit by a car in an apparent act of political violence, her husband said Wednesday. The 65-year-old independent politician is receiving treatm...
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The U.K. government approved a natural gas project off the coast of Scotland over the objections of environmental groups on Wednesday, saying it would improve energy security even as the country transitions to renewable sources of energy. Gas from the Jackdaw field east of Aberde...
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Friends and family gathered at a San Antonio bar to remember Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson , who died after falling while rappelling from the rafters of the Alamodome ahead of a UTSA football game. The memorial was held at Stout House near Culebra and Talley roads, where Pat...
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Losing more ground in the fight against climate change, humanity is heading for a hotter world than experts projected last year — and the United States is a big reason for that, a new United Nations report says. If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping em...
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For Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar , defeating Viktor Orbán in a landslide election was only the beginning. Less than six months into his term, his new government is pursuing former officials he accuses of corruption and abuses of power. In his first interview with a globa...
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World shares were mostly higher on Wednesday following a broad rally on Wall Street. Germany's DAX rose 0.5% to 25,423.64 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5% to 7,880.90. Britain's FTSE 100 edged 0.1% higher, to 10,743.65. U.S. futures were mixed, with the contract for the S&P 500...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 32 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder opened their season with a 116-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, the team that ended their dreams of a title defense last season. San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama had 12 points but was 1 for 13 from the f...
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Japan’s trade deficit reached 2.81 trillion yen ($17.8 billion) for the first fiscal half, according to government data released Wednesday, as the war in Iran sent oil import prices soaring. The Finance Ministry’s preliminary data showed that Japan’s exports for the April-Septemb...
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No nation does mass protests quite like France. When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry farmers want better pay, hundreds of them drive tractors down the Champs-Élysées. And when museum workers want better tourist management, they strike...
