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Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied the ...
JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US
ROME (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting ...
Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They've long been a source of misinformation
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul how U.S. elections are run includes a somewhat ...
Trump's tariff onslaught casts shadow over European economy, even in best case scenario
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff offensive has led European officials to cut back their growth ...
Bassick High officials gear up for move to new Bridgeport campus: 'We're going to miss this place'
Bridgeport Public Schools is using a new system to move furniture and supplies from Bassick High School's old West End ...
China's economy slows in April as trade war blues hit retail sales, housing and investment
China’s economy showed signs of slowing in April as President Donald Trump's trade war took a toll, with retail sales, ...
CT baseball star Ryan Johnston hopes to return from injury for Trumbull: 'Made a lot of progress'
Tournament MVP Trumbull's Ryan Johnston celebrates in the final seconds of his team's overtime victory over Staples in the ...
Live updates: A UN official says 20 aid trucks with food are waiting to enter Gaza
A U.N. official says 20 aid trucks carrying mostly food are expected to go into the Gaza Strip on Monday. There was no ...
Feds: After $735K DoorDash scheme operated out of CT, 700 drivers may get stolen money returned
The U.S. Attorney's office has more than $730,000 that was stolen from DoorDash drivers from Connecticut to California, and ...
Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too – pointing to outsized role middle powers can play in regional affairs
President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria. The turnaround was a huge victory for the government of Syrian President ...
Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how
Space tourism has since evolved into a niche market selling brief encounters to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. While passengers on the NS-31 flight did not purchase their seats, the experience ...
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing crisis
When the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917, federal authorities immediately realized that ship, vehicle and arms manufacturing would be at the heart of the war effort. To meet demand, ...