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Preparing to leave office, with world beset by problems, UN chief talks of a way forward

Friday, September 18 by SRN News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The world is deeply divided and the U.N.'s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts. But there's a way forward. So says the United Nations' top official. On his way out of office at year's end after... Read More.

White House withdraws former Delta pilot for international aviation post

Friday, September 18 by SRN News

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday withdrew its nomination of former Delta Air Lines pilot Jeffrey Anderson to serve as U.S. ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization after being opposed by a major airline pilots' union. The administration... Read More.

Judge strikes down Trump policy that cut millions in teacher-training money

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday struck down a 2025 order from the Trump administration that cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts wrote in her order that the Education Department's directive violated federal... Read More.

Kauai small businesses ask tourists to return after Hurricane Lowell, with aloha and some patience

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

Watching her staff happily hand out free meals for hundreds of residents outside their Wailua commercial kitchen, food truck co-owner Kelly Kakalia felt fulfilled. It was the day after Hurricane Lowell finished knocking out power, washing out roads and felling trees across Kauai, and... Read More.

Trump refers to Black man from racially offensive 1988 campaign ad while stumping in North Carolina

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

As President Donald Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he's digging into the country's political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes. During a campaign stop Wednesday in Gastonia, North... Read More.

Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

HENRICO, Va. (AP) - In-person voting for this year's midterm elections begins Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Election administrators say... Read More.

Pentagon to proceed with controversial testosterone testing after pause

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is reinstituting a mandatory testing program for testosterone deficiency among US service members age 30 and older, a spokesperson said on Thursday, bringing back a program that many medical experts have described as unnecessary and... Read More.

Screwworm infests US horse before port reopens to Mexican livestock

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. confirmed a case of New World screwworm in a horse in New Mexico on Thursday, as the federal government prepared to resume imports of Mexican livestock into the state after blocking trade in an attempt... Read More.

Jury convicts woman of negligent homicide in death of reporter covering Super Bowl in New Orleans

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana jury convicted a woman of negligent homicide on Thursday in the death of a Telemundo television reporter who had been visiting New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, according to the Jefferson Parish district attorney's office. Danette Colbert,... Read More.

Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting

Thursday, September 17 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive... Read More.

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