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The Latest: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case

AP News Minnesota’s investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney’s office has prevented it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three.

“The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation,” Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said in a...
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Senate rejects Trump's military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.

Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on final passage. It has virtually no chance of becoming law because Trump would have to sign it if it were to pass the Republican-controlled House. Still, it was a significant gesture that showed unease among some milit...
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Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to direct board overseeing peace process

AP News JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza.

The appointment marks an important step forward for Trump’s Mideast peace plan, which has stalled since an October ceasefire ending more than two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement after meeting Mladenov in Jerusalem. The announcement included photos of the...
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Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

AP News PARIS (AP) — Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, officials said Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that Vinatier is "free and back in France,” expressing “relief” and “gratitude” to diplomatic staff for their efforts to win his release.

In exchange, Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, was released and returned to Russia on...
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Tens of thousands flee Aleppo neighborhoods as Syrian government clashes with Kurds intensify

AP News ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Clashes between government and Kurdish forces in a contested area in Syria's northern city of Aleppo intensified Thursday after Syrian authorities ordered civilians to evacuate.

Syrian authorities opened a corridor for civilians to evacuate for a second day and tens of thousands fled.

The government of Aleppo province gave residents until 1 p.m. local time to evacuate in coordination with the army. State news agency SANA, citing the army, said the military would begin “targeted operations” against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in...
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  • Venezuela to release a 'significant number' of prisoners as gesture to 'seek peace'
  • Senate rejects Trump's military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote
  • Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to direct board overseeing peace process
  • Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman
  • Most of Wall Street drifts as defense companies rally
  • Harvey Weinstein weighing plea on unresolved charge after judge declines to nix conviction
  • Protests seen and heard in Iran's capital after prince's call for demonstration
  • Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James
  • US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
  • Trump officials and Louisiana put an end to another decades-old school desegregation order

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