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NEW YORK (AP) — Closing out a turbulent summer for the news industry, the McClatchy newspaper chain has made deep cuts at The Miami Herald and other papers it owns across the nation. The union that represents McClatchy journalists said Friday that more than 90 unionized journalists and media workers across 17 publications had been laid off, accounting for about 30 percent of all McClatchy workers unionized with The NewsGuild-CWA. […]

By Bo Erickson and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ireland’s leaders on Saturday before attending a golf tournament this weekend, a departure from his recent focus on the Iran war and his party’s effort to maintain power in November’s midterm elections.  The meetings with Ireland’s president and prime minister are not part of an official state visit. But coming after this week’s […]

By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Frances Tiafoe said learning to close out matches will be his next challenge after falling to compatriot Ben Shelton in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Friday, but the 11th seed left New York proud of a season that will lift him back into the world’s top 10. Tiafoe, appearing in his third U.S. Open semi-final, was unable to take the […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump criticized what he called the Smithsonian’s overwhelming focus on oppression on Friday and called for a five-year exhibition on George Washington, in his latest critique of an institution he has repeatedly attacked. The Republican leader has denounced the Smithsonian for months, in what critics call part of a campaign to present U.S. history from a conservative point of view. […]

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Grammy-winning rap artist Lil Durk was acquitted on Friday of all charges in a federal murder-for-hire case accusing him of orchestrating the revenge killing of a man shot dead in a daytime ambush in Los Angeles four years ago. Two co-defendants tried with the recording artist, whose real name is Durk Banks, were acquitted of murder-for-hire-related charges but were found guilty […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Ben Shelton defeated compatriot Frances Tiafoe 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 in an electric U.S. Open semi-final on Friday to secure a title clash with Alexander Zverev and move closer to ending a 23-year American wait for a men’s singles Grand Slam champion. The big-hitting 23-year-old now stands one victory away from becoming the first American man to capture a major singles […]

NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks on Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Here is a look at how ties between the Asian giants have evolved from a deadly 2020 border clash to a more stable footing today, as the Chinese leader makes his first visit to India in seven years. WHAT […]

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The late Ugandan monarch, Oyo Nyimba, who made global headlines in 1995 when he took the throne of the Tooro Kingdom at age 3, was due to be buried on Saturday, as a succession dispute rages within the royal family.  King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV died last month at age 34 in the United States, where he was receiving treatment for cancer. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, Brielle Saracini was 10 years old and trying to cope with losing her father, Victor Saracini, the pilot on United flight 175, which was taken over by the 9/11 hijackers and crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Spurred on by a friend, she wrote a letter to Derek Jeter, met the Yankees captain at Yankee Stadium and formed a […]