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Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard troops to US border after Trump’s tariff threat

Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

February 6, 2025, 8:27am Nation & World

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump. Read story

This photo provided by New Albany Police, shows Bruce-Reginald-Foster-III, a suspect in a fatal shooting at an Ohio cosmetics warehouse, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Second employee dies after shooting at Ohio cosmetics warehouse and the suspect will be in court

This photo provided by New Albany Police, shows Bruce-Reginald-Foster-III, a suspect in a fatal shooting at an Ohio cosmetics warehouse, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

February 6, 2025, 8:20am Nation & World

A second employee has died following a shooting at an Ohio warehouse and four others remain hospitalized as the co-worker accused of the attack is expected in court, police said Thursday. Read story

Frozen USAID funding strands groups that support marginalized people in the Western Balkans

February 6, 2025, 8:18am Nation & World

Many non-governmental organizations in the Western Balkans have been left stranded after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly froze foreign aid for three months. Read story

Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire

February 6, 2025, 8:18am Nation & World

The shooter who earlier this week killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Read story

Roger Krone, chief executive officer of Scouting America, gives an interview at the organization’s headquarters in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

Boy Scouts see a small membership uptick after rebrand to Scouting America

Roger Krone, chief executive officer of Scouting America, gives an interview at the organization’s headquarters in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

February 6, 2025, 8:16am Nation & World

A historic rebrand of the Boy Scouts of America has been followed by a small uptick in young people joining what will now be called Scouting America, a welcoming sign as the organization tries to move past scandal and bankruptcy. Read story

FILE - A person sits on the pier as ice floats on the Hudson River, Jan. 23, 2025, in New York.

The US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway

FILE - A person sits on the pier as ice floats on the Hudson River, Jan. 23, 2025, in New York.

February 6, 2025, 8:15am Nation & World

The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus. Read story

Sotomayor is asked about lower trust in Supreme Court. She points to pace of overturned precedents

February 6, 2025, 8:14am Nation & World

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to her conservative colleagues’ willingness to upend decades-old precedents when asked Wednesday night about sagging public confidence in the court. Read story

FILE-An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021.

From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe

FILE-An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021.

February 6, 2025, 8:12am Health

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats and raised questions and concern about the influence billionaire ally Elon Musk wields over the federal government. Read story

FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023.  (AP Photo/Jae C.

What to know about what’s tying up a $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims

FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023.  (AP Photo/Jae C.

February 6, 2025, 8:07am Business

Hawaii’s Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday over insurance issues that are tying up a potential $4 billion settlement over Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Read story

People wait for ground transportation near an exchange office in Mexicali, Mexico, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

Mexican border cities are in limbo as tariff threats spark fears of a recession

People wait for ground transportation near an exchange office in Mexicali, Mexico, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

February 6, 2025, 7:42am Business

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — As soon as the sun glints over miles of border fence dividing the United States and Mexico, the engines of cargo trucks packed with auto and computer parts roar to life along border bridges and bleary-eyed workers file into factories to assemble a multitude of… Read story