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WHO Chief Asks Countries to Persuade U.S. to Reconsider Withdrawal

WHO Chief Asks Countries to Persuade U.S. to Reconsider Withdrawal

Photo Courtesy of AP GENEVA — Last week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged global leaders to pressure Washington into reversing President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations health agency, emphasizing that the U.S. would lose vital information about global disease outbreaks. During a private meeting with…MORE

Dallas Has Officially Launched A Nationwide Search For its Next Police Chief

Dallas Has Officially Launched A Nationwide Search For its Next Police Chief

(WBAP/KLIF) – DALLAS, TX – Dallas city officials have hired Public Sector Search and Consulting, which is the same search firm that was used to recruit Eddie Garcia from San Jose in 2020, and Rene Hall from Detroit in 2017. Interim Chief Michael Igo has been running the department since Chief Eddie Garcia left for…MORE

Seven Dead, 19 Injured In Air Ambulance Crash In Philadelphia

Seven Dead, 19 Injured In Air Ambulance Crash In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed to the ground in a busy Philadelphia neighborhood, The dead from Friday’s accident include a child who was receiving treatment at a Philadelphia hospital and her mother. All on board the medical transport jet were from Mexico.…MORE

Recovery Crews Return To The Potomac Debris After The Deadly Plane And Helicopter Crash

Recovery Crews Return To The Potomac Debris After The Deadly Plane And Helicopter Crash

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Recovery crews and divers are searching the Potomac River for remains and clearing wreckage  from the midair collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people. A Coast Guard cutter outfitted with a crane waited by the wreckage on Saturday as occasional recovery team members slipped into the…MORE

Gaza Ceasefire Sees Its Smoothest Exchange Yet Of Israeli Hostages For Palestinian Prisoners

Gaza Ceasefire Sees Its Smoothest Exchange Yet Of Israeli Hostages For Palestinian Prisoners

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The ceasefire in Gaza has seen its smoothest exchange yet of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners along with the reopening of the crucial Rafah crossing. Saturday’s exchange occurred two days before discussions on the truce’s far more difficult second phase begin. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet…MORE

Democrats Elect Ken Martin, The Party Leader In Minnesota, As Their National Chair

Democrats Elect Ken Martin, The Party Leader In Minnesota, As Their National Chair

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Democrats have elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, to lead the national party. They’re turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency. Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison of South Carolina atop the Democratic National Committee. Harrison didn’t seek another term after the…MORE

Trump Fires The Director Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Trump Fires The Director Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20.…MORE