Thailand uses birth control vaccine to curb elephant population near expanding farms

From Associated Press. Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on wild elephants to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas where farms spread into forests and elephants are squeezed out of their natural habitat. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This…

Shooting at South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1

From Associated Press. A shooting at a South Carolina State University residential complex has killed two people and wounded another. The university says it has not confirmed the victims’ identities or the condition of the person wounded. #southcarolina #usa Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

New York officials raise a rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

From Associated Press. New York politicians raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBTQ+ landmark. (AP Video by David Martin) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

IOC disqualifies Ukraine athlete from Olympics race due to banned helmet

From Associated Press. Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from racing at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 athletes and coaches killed since Russia invaded his country four years ago. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more:…

Trump says 2009 endangerment finding is ‘dead, gone, over’

From Associated Press. The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, an aggressive move by the Republican president to roll back climate regulations. #trump Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing…

Jamie Raskin accuses DOJ of ‘spying’ on lawmakers reviewing Epstein files

From Associated Press. A top Democrat is calling for a watchdog investigation after photographs emerged suggesting that the Justice Department has been tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Trump says US has to ‘make a deal’ with Iran to avoid ‘traumatic’ outcome

From Associated Press. President Donald Trump says Iran should come to an agreement with the U.S. "very quickly." Trump said he had a good meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, but "he understands ultimately it is up to me." #trump #iran Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

‘Generational trauma’: Tim Walz responds as immigration officers leave Minnesota

From Associated Press. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz urged residents Thursday to remain vigilant in the coming days as immigration officers prepare to leave Minnesota. He called the crackdown an “unnecessary, unwarranted and in many cases unconstitutional assault on our state.” Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Trump’s EPA revokes 2009 ‘endangerment finding’

From Associated Press. The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked the agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding”, that’s a scientific conclusion that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by burning fossil fuels are a danger to public health and welfare. (AP Video by Nathan Ellgren. Produced by Julián Trejo Bax). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video…

Homan announces an end to the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota

From Associated Press. Border czar Tom Homan announces an end to an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths. Federal authorities say the sweeps focused on the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area led to the arrest of more than 4,000. #minnesota #minneapolis #tomhoman Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video…

LIVE: Senate committee hears from immigration officials

From Associated Press. Watch live from Washington as the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testify before a Senate oversight committee. Minnesota officials, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, are also scheduled to speak. #immigration #usa #live

‘Too far’: Majority of nation opposes Trump immigration tactics, poll finds

From Associated Press. A majority of U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren) #trump #poll #immigration Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Instagram chief says people can’t be clinically addicted to social media

From Associated Press. Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees people can be addicted to social media platforms. (AP Video by Kaitlin Huamani) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

NATO chief says Canada and Europe ‘stepping up’ defense spending, US ‘leading’ on Ukraine peace

From Associated Press. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers Thursday that Europe and Canada would be "stepping up and spending billions more on defense." He also praised the U.S. for "leading the peace effort" in Ukraine. #europe #usa #ukraine Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may…

Polls open in Bangladesh’s first election since 2024 uprising

From Associated Press. Polls opened across Bangladesh on Thursday for voters to cast ballots in a parliamentary election seen as a critical test of the country’s democracy after years of political turmoil. (AP Video by Al Emrun Garjon and Shonal Ganguly) #bangladesh #election #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

US energy secretary meets Venezuela’s acting president to assess oil industry

From Associated Press. United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived Wednesday in Venezuela for a firsthand assessment of the country’s oil industry, a visit that further asserts the U.S. government’s self-appointed role in turning around Venezuela’s dilapidated energy sector. (AP Video: Juan Arraez) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive…

Iran president says crackdown on protests caused ‘great sorrow’

From Associated Press. Iran’s president offered apologies to the nation a month after thousands were killed during a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged the crackdown that began in earnest on Jan. 8 had “caused great sorrow.” (AP video: Saeed Sarmadi). #iran Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

‘We cannot trust our federal government,’ lawyer for woman shot by ICE says

From Associated Press. Investigative materials made public Tuesday showed that after shooting Marimar Martínez five times in October, Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum joked about it in a text chat with colleagues and was praised by them and boss Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for…

Police clash with protesters as Milei takes on unions in Argentina

From Associated Press. Thousands of workers mobilized by powerful trade unions converged outside Argentina’s Congress on Wednesday, blocking traffic and clashing with police as senators debated a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s rigid labor laws. (AP/ Cristian Kovadloff). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

ICE officer tries to get out of arrest after stopped for driving drunk

From Associated Press. At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020 and their wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available…

Actor James Van Der Beek dies at age 48

From Associated Press. The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star shot to fame playing the titular character in the WB hit show and in later years, mocked his own hunky persona. He revealed in 2024 that he was being treated for colorectal cancer. A statement said he died Wednesday morning and "met his final days with courage, faith,…

Trump says he ‘insisted’ to Netanyahu that US talks with Iran continue

From Associated Press. President Donald Trump met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and said he’d insisted that negotiations with Iran continue as the U.S. pushes for a nuclear deal with Tehran. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home