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Russia accused of creating 'impression' of a ceasefire

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an "impression of a ceasefire," saying Russian forces continued attacks after President Vladimir Putin's declaration of an Easter truce.

Zelenskyy reported on Sunday 59 instances of shelling and multiple drone strikes.

He reiterated Ukraine's offer to extend the truce for 30 days but said his country would respond based on the situation on the battlefield. Russia's Defense Ministry says Ukrainian forces launched overnight attacks in the Donetsk region despite the ceasefire and had sent 48 drones into Russian territory.

President of El Salvador

proposes prisoner swap

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for who he called "political prisoners" in Venezuela.

In a post on the social media platform X, Bukele listed off a number of family members of high-level opposition figures in Venezuela, journalists and activists detained during the government's electoral crackdown last year. Venezuela's government has not yet responded to the proposal.

Walmart shooting gunman

expected to plead guilty

DALLAS -- Nearly six years after a man fatally shot 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border, the gunman's criminal case is set to come to a close. Patrick Crusius is expected to enter a guilty plea today in state district court to capital murder in the El Paso massacre, which is one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

Crusius is now 26 and is expected to receive a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

He has already been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences by a federal judge.

to Van Hollen as leader

NEW YORK -- Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

The Democratic senator from Maryland is the latest in a small but growing collection of officials who are testing the strength of their political power in a weakened party with no clear leader.

Van Hollen's rise follows his decision to travel to El Salvador last week to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported. Van Hollen's trip has created a new sense of momentum for the anti-Trump resistance as the Democratic Party struggles to find its footing in the early days of Trump's presidency.

with cocaine possession

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. -- Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession after his arrest earlier this month at a Northern California ski resort.

The Mono County District Attorney's office announced the misdemeanor charges Thursday against the actor, who as a child starred in the movies "The Sixth Sense" and "A.I." The actor was arrested April 8 at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort on suspicion of public intoxication, District Attorney David Anderson said in a news release. The 37-year-old is due to be arraigned July 7.

Vance set to visit India

for bilateral negotiations

NEW DELHI -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance is set to visit India on a four-day tour as the two countries seek to strengthen their partnership by negotiating a bilateral trade deal. Vance will kickstart his visit today when he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The two leaders are expected to hold discussions on economic, trade and geopolitical ties.

The U.S. is India's largest trading partner, and the trade deal, if achieved, could significantly enhance economic ties between the two countries. Vance's visit is seen as an important diplomatic mission by President Donald Trump's administration, and it coincides with a rapidly intensifying trade war between Washington and Beijing.

Transgender discrimination

cases lowered in priority

The federal agency tasked with protecting workers' civil rights is classifying all new gender identity-related discrimination cases as its lowest priority while also placing them on indefinite hold, according to two agency employees.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a meeting on Wednesday clarifying how it would treat new worker complaints of gender-identity discrimination in view of President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive order declaring that the government would recognize only two "immutable" sexes -- male and female.

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Staff who handle incoming charges, or intakes, were directed to code them as "C," the lowest categorization in the EEOC's system that is usually reserved for meritless charges, according to the agency employees.

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Trump: Ukraine-Russia talks

in Paris are 'coming to a head'

PARIS -- President Donald Trump said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are "coming to a head" and insisted that neither side is "playing" him in his push to end the grinding war.

The comments from Trump came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned earlier Friday that the U.S. may "move on" from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts have failed to bring an end to the fighting.

Rubio's dour assessment came after landmark talks in Paris among U.S., Ukrainian and European officials produced outlines for steps toward peace and appeared to make some long-awaited progress. Another meeting is expected next week in London.

Death toll rises to at least 74

in US airstrikes on Houthis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes targeting oil port killed at least 74 people and injured at least 171 others.

The overnight strikes on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and left mangled fuel trucks burning. It was the deadliest known American attack yet in U.S. President Donald Trump's military campaign against the Houthis, which began March 15. The U.S. military's Central Command declined to comment on civilian casualties. Satellite images of the port provided by Planet Labs PBC and analyzed Friday by The Associated Press showed destroyed tanks and vehicles as oil leaked into the Red Sea.

Israeli strikes kill at least 25

in Gaza, including children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have killed at least 25 people including children as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.

Gaza hospitals say among the dead early Friday were 10 people in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, including eight from the same house.

The strikes came a day after more than two dozen people died in Gaza as Israel ramps up attacks to pressure Hamas to return the hostages and disarm.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee appeared at the Western Wall, the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem's Old City, where he inserted a prayer handwritten by President Donald Trump.

Mass shooting at Florida State

lasted less than 5 minutes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Police say the shooting at Florida State University that left two dead and wounded six others lasted less than five minutes. Tallahassee police say the gunman arrived on campus an hour before the shooting Thursday. They say he then walked in and out of buildings and green spaces, firing a handgun just before lunchtime.

Officers who arrived within minutes shot and wounded the suspect. Police have identified the gunman as a 20-year-old man who is the son of a sheriff's deputy. All of those wounded in the rampage are expected to survive. Police have not released a motive.

More than 1,000 international

students have visas revoked

WASHINGTON -- More than 1,000 international students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March.

That's according to an Associated Press review of university statements and correspondence with school officials. Several students who had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration.

They argue the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the U.S. The actions by the federal government to terminate students' legal status have left hundreds of scholars at risk of detention and deportation. Colleges say some students are being singled out over infractions as minor as traffic violations.

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Reported intruder arrested near UnitedHealthcare HQ

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- A person was arrested near UnitedHealthcare's headquarters in Minnesota after reports of an intruder, months after the company's CEO was killed, authorities said Monday.

Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka said the suspect was arrested outside of the United Healthcare corporate campus.

The Minnetonka Police Department confirmed the arrest after initially tweeting just before 11:30 a.m. that there was a large police presence at the health insurance company. News helicopter video showed over a dozen law enforcement vehicles from multiple agencies at the scene, as well as an ambulance that was standing by. There were no reports of injuries.

The department later posted that a suspect was placed into custody without incident.

"There is no threat to the public," the department said. "We are continuing to clear the scene at this time."

Police did not immediately release further details on the incident.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in New York City on Dec. 4 as he was walking to an investor conference in midtown Manhattan. The man accused of killing him, Luigi Mangione, 26, pleaded not guilty in December to state murder and terror charges.

Mangione also faces federal charges, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said earlier this month she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

Despite ruling, AP barred from Oval Office event

Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.

Last week's federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was to take effect Monday. The administration is appealing the decision and arguing with the news outlet over whether it needs to change anything until those appeals are exhausted.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit set a Thursday hearing on Trump's request that any changes be delayed while case is reviewed. The AP is fighting for more access as soon as possible.

Since mid-February, AP reporters and photographers have been blocked from attending events in the Oval Office, where President Donald Trump frequently addresses journalists, and on Air Force One. The AP has seen sporadic access elsewhere, and regularly covers White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's briefings. Leavitt is one of three administration officials named in the AP's lawsuit.

The dispute stems from AP's decision not to follow the president's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, although AP style does cite Trump's wish that it be called the Gulf of America. The AP argued - and U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden agreed last week - that the government cannot punish the news organization for exercising its right to free speech.

5.2-magnitude earthquake rattles Southern California

SAN DIEGO -- A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday morning, sending boulders tumbling onto rural roadways outside San Diego and rattling items off shelves and walls, but officials reported no injuries or major damage.

The quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, struck at 10:08 a.m. local time, and was centered in San Diego County only a couple miles from Julian, a mountain town of about 1,500 people that is known for its apple pie shops. It was felt as far north as Los Angeles County, about 120 miles away. The quake was followed by several aftershocks.

Transportation officials warned motorists to watch out for rocks that tumbled down hillsides and onto roads and highways, including State Route 76 northwest of Julian. Crews were assessing roadways for potential damage, the California Department of Transportation in San Diego County said.

Schoolchildren were escorted outside of buildings as a precaution when the ground started moving, said Capt. Thomas Shoots of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for San Diego County. He got a shake alert and then started feeling things rolling and banging.

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Columbia University activist Khalil can be deported, US judge rules

JENA, La. -- A Louisiana immigration judge says Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk. Immigration Judge Jamee Comans ruled Friday. Khalil's lawyers say he'll appeal.

Khalil participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia. He was detained by federal immigration agents March 8 in New York and transferred to an immigration detention center in Jena, Louisiana. Khalil's lawyers are challenging the legality of his detention.

They say the Trump administration is trying to punish free speech. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he can deport Khalil because his presence threatens U.S. foreign policy.

China hits back at US, will raise

tariffs on American goods to 125%

BEIJING -- China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%.

It was the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other countries, he raised tariffs on China and they now total 145%. China has denounced the policy as "economic bullying" and promised countermeasures. The new tariffs begin Saturday.

A Chinese Finance Ministry spokesman said in a statement announcing the new measures Friday that Washington's repeated raising of tariffs "will become a joke in the history of the world economy."

Divers search for parts after NYC

helicopter crash kills family of 5

NEW YORK -- Police and fire department divers are searching for the main and rear rotors of a sightseeing helicopter that broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing six people. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference Friday that other important pieces were also still missing, including the transmission, the roof and tail structures.

She says the NTSB will not speculate on a cause of the crash so early in the investigation. A family of five from Spain and the pilot died in the wreck.

3 killed and 1 injured as plane

crashes in Florida near highway

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Officials say three people were killed and one was injured when a small plane crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and pushed a car onto railroad tracks.

Boca Raton Fire Rescue officials say the plane crash that killed all three people on board emitted a fireball when it hit the ground, injuring a person in a nearby car. Several roads near the Boca Raton Airport will remain closed near Interstate 95. The FAA says the Tallahassee-bound Cessna aircraft went down about 10:20 a.m. after departing from Boca Raton Airport..

Judge rules Menendez brothers'

bid for freedom can continue

LOS ANGELES -- Erik and Lyle Menendez will proceed with their resentencing hearings after spending 35 years behind bars for the 1989 killings of their parents, despite opposition from Los Angeles County's district attorney.

A judge ruled Friday that the court will hold a resentencing hearing for the brothers. District

Attorney Nathan Hochman says the brothers haven't admitted to lies told during the original case. Most of the brothers' extended family have supported their release.

Doctors remove pig kidney from Ala. woman after a record 130 days

WASHINGTON -- An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis. Towana Looney's doctors removed the organ on April 4 after her body began rejecting it.

Her doctors said Friday that she's recovering well. While a disappointing development, that Looney's gene-edited pig kidney lasted as long as it did is a boost to the quest for animal-to-human transplants after some earlier failures. A rigorous study of pig kidneys is set to begin this summer, an attempt to shore up the dire supply of transplantable organs.

Eric Dane, star of 'Euphoria,'

'Grey's Anatomy,' reveals he has ALS

"Euphoria" and former "Grey's Anatomy" veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working. The 52-year-old revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in an interview with People magazine Thursday.

The 52-year-old actor is married to Rebecca Gayheart and the couple share two teenage children. ALS gradually destroys the nerve cells and connections needed to walk, talk, speak and breathe. Most patients die within three to five years of a diagnosis.

"Euphoria" is set to resume shooting this month. Dane's publicist did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press.

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