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E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6M in Trump case

NEW YORK (AP) — The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said. The payment — representing the $5 million jury award, plus interest — was made ...

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Blockade restored DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military says it has reimposed its blockade of Iranian ports in response to Iran's attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. first imposed the blockade in mid-April and then lifted it in mid-June, a day after the signing of the interim deal aimed at permanently ending the war. Another wave of U.S. strikes on Iran, and Iranian attacks on shipping and U.S. allies, left the deal in tatters. That agreement was supposed to reopen a waterway that is key to world energy supplies and give negotiators ...

Iraqi prime minister visits Oval Office

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave Iraq's new prime minister an effusive welcome at the White House on Tuesday, promoting the "tremendous chemistry" between him and a fellow wealthy businessman who arrived at the seat of governmental power without any prior political ...

ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings within a week, people familiar with the decision said Tuesday. The policy change came after an ICE officer shot and killed a ...

LSSU receives state funds to renovate CASET Building

SAULT STE. MARIE — Lake Superior State University has received a $30 million Capital Outlay appropriation in the State of Michigan’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget to support the renovation and expansion of LSSU’s Center for Applied Science and Engineering Technology, or CASET. The ...