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Facebook Tweet Email Link Kyiv  —  US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are meeting Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed – on the US side at least – at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022. Any peace deal around Ukraine would need to involve agreement on territory, with Russia currently occupying almost a fifth of Ukraine’s land. Last Friday, Trump suggested a ceasefire deal could involve “some swapping of territories,” but it is not yet clear what areas he was referring to, and Ukraine has categorically rejected ceding…

PETERSBURG, Mich. (AP) — A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago?“If so,” a Minnesota man wrote, “it was in the engine bay of a car.”Richard Guilford couldn’t believe what he was reading on his phone — a decade-old mystery was remarkably solved.Guilford’s tri-fold leather wallet — stuffed with $15, a driver’s license, work ID, gift cards worth $275 and lottery tickets — had turned up under the hood of a car in a repair shop in Lake Crystal, Minnesota.A Christmas gift from Guilford’s sons was suddenly…

NEW YORK (AP) — Call it a symphony for dissolution. American thrash metal giants Megadeth have announced their forthcoming album will be their last. They will also embark on a farewell tour in 2026.“There’s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional,” Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine shared in a statement Thursday. “Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now. I have traveled the world and have made millions upon millions of fans and the…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:45 AM ET, Thu August 14, 2025 Virgin Voyages is sharing more details about its newly rebranded 2026 Red Hot Sailing Club Voyage (formerly the Celebration Voyage).The cruise is scheduled to set sail on March 12, 2026, aboard Brilliant Lady with Grammy Award-winning artist and disco legend Nile Rodgers. The 9-night cruise includes visits to Puerto Plata, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Virgin Voyages’ exclusive Beach Club in Bimini. Nile Rodgers will offer a one-night-only performance onboard the ship, following in the footsteps of past headliners including Nicky Jam, Melanie C, Boy George and Kathy Sledge. The…

Facebook Tweet Email Link On the surface, downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi, looks largely the same as it did decades ago: a collection of historic brick buildings lining wide avenues faded to postcard sepia. But local Bubba O’Keefe has a retort ready for visitors to his hometown who eye the city’s aesthetic as anything but authentic Southern charm. “People come here and say, ‘Oh my gosh, this place is going down,’” says O’Keefe, the tourism director for this Mississippi Delta city of 14,000, with an implied wink. “I say, ‘Well, you should have seen it 25 years ago. We’re on the way…

Since 2021, the USA Network had stacked its lineup with reality shows and sports, entirely forgoing original, scripted programming. Fans of “Suits”, “White Collar” and “Monk” were left with only memories of those shows’ case-of-the-week storytelling. But on Friday, the network returns to scripted TV with the legal thriller “The Rainmaker.”If the title sounds familiar, it’s because it’s based on the 1995 novel by John Grisham, which was first adapted into the 1997 Matt Damon-starring film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In this “Rainmaker,” British actor Milo Callaghan plays Rudy Baylor. It’s the first leading role for Callaghan, who had…

Apple announced on Thursday it’s introducing a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Watch Series 8, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra. With this move, Apple is bringing back blood oxygen monitoring by tweaking the feature to get around the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) import ban. Blood oxygen data will be measured and calculated on the user’s paired iPhone, and results can be viewed in the Respiratory section of the Health app. This means users won’t be able to view the data on their Apple Watch, as they’ll need to do so on their iPhone. Apple says the update announced…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that helped parents get books they found objectionable removed from public school libraries and classrooms. It is a victory for publishers and authors who had sued after their books were removed.U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza in Orlando said in Wednesday’s ruling that the statute’s prohibition on material that described sexual conduct was overbroad. Mendoza, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, also said that the state’s interpretation of the 2023 law was unconstitutional. Among the books that had been removed from central Florida schools…

Facebook Tweet Email Link SRINAGAR, India Reuters  —  At least 46 people died and more than 200 were missing following sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir, officials said on Thursday, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week. The incident occurred in Chasoti town of Kishtwar district, a stopover point on a popular pilgrimage route. It comes a little over a week after a heavy flood and mudslide engulfed an entire village in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. The flood washed away a community kitchen and a security post set up in the village, a…

NEW YORK (AP) — WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years, according to the company and the attorney general of Texas. The maker of Froot Loops and Apple Jacks gave the timeline as U.S. food producers face increasing pressure from the U.S. government and consumers to phase out synthetic colorings from their products.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that Kellogg had signed an agreement assuring his office that the Michigan-based company would “permanently remove toxic dyes” from its cereals by the end of 2027. Paxton launched…