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18 Aug, 2026
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Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claiming retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Disney filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump Administration’s Federal Communications Commission, alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights. The suit comes after FCC…
18 Aug, 2026
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Second policeman in Dominica charged with murder of teen girl
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Police officer Joshua Hamlet has been remanded to prison until October 2, as he became the second member of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) to be charged with…
18 Aug, 2026
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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty…
18 Aug, 2026
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Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack on a southern Philippine high school campus that he…
17 Aug, 2026
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Avocado pickers welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain
SANTA ANA ZIROSTO (AP) — It didn’t take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a US security alert that temporarily halted…
17 Aug, 2026
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Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist
MILAN (AP) Thieves stole four works attributed to the Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum in the Sicilian city of Messina on the Italian Ferragosto holiday, the…
17 Aug, 2026
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Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary is inaugurated in a small village
KONOTOPIE (AP) An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, in the presence of legendary anti-communist leader…
17 Aug, 2026
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US revokes thousands of visas amid establishment of task force to end ‘birth tourism’
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States government says it has revoked over 175,000 visas to foreign nationals as the Donald Trump administration establishes a task force for ending what it described as…
17 Aug, 2026
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Power outages in town in Guyana blamed on demand surge and El Niño conditions
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Power outages affecting the town of Linden, Guyana's second-largest city, have been attributed to an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, compounded by…