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FILE - Trucks come and go from the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell,File)

Lawyers say access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is still hard to get as a judge weighs the case

10:42 AM on Thursday, February 12

Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for calling on US troops to resist unlawful orders

9:54 AM on Thursday, February 12

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for calling on US troops to resist unlawful orders

Youths show the paint on their palms after leaving their hand prints on a sheet during an event marking Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, in Bogota, Colombia, where illegal armed groups recruit children, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Child recruitment by armed groups in Colombia quadruples in last 5 years, says UNICEF

9:10 AM on Thursday, February 12

UNICEF is saying that illegal armed groups in Colombia are recruiting far more children, with verified cases quadrupling in five years

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on coal power in the East Room at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump is gathering Latin American leaders in Florida in March, ahead of his trip to China

9:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to take part in a summit in Florida next month, gathering the officials at a moment when the administration is spotlighting what it sees as concerning Chinese influence in the region

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge blocks Trump administration from moving former death row inmates to 'Supermax' prison

7:24 AM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison

FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

RFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here's what the public doesn't know anymore

7:04 AM on Thursday, February 12

Health experts say the federal government now shares less public health data, even after Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ promised “radical transparency.”

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. A year later, it’s eroding

7:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust

An aerial view of argo containers stacked at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison warns of legal action over Panama Canal ports

6:43 AM on Thursday, February 12

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison say it's escalating its fight over the two Panama Canal ports that it operates

FILE - The logo outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says

6:32 AM on Thursday, February 12

A U.S. judge says President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027

US judge says Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in February 2027

6:27 AM on Thursday, February 12

US judge says Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in February 2027

Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths

6:18 AM on Thursday, February 12

Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths

FILE - A poster of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) for a moderate immigration initiative reading 'we're too tight!' is displayed in a street in Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 8, 2020. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Swiss to vote on proposal by anti-immigration party to cap population at 10 million

6:11 AM on Thursday, February 12

Switzerland will hold a referendum on a proposal to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million

A man walks his dog along Havana Bay where the Mexican Navy ship Papaloapan, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives in Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis

5:50 AM on Thursday, February 12

Mexico has sent two navy ships with humanitarian aid to Cuba as tighter U.S. pressure worsens the island’s energy crisis

FILE - Albanian experts work at the National Agency for Information Society as an artificial intelligence "minister" Diella, whose name means "Sun" in Albanian, is seen on the screens in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj, File)

Actor takes legal action to stop Albania's government from using her image for 'AI minister'

5:47 AM on Thursday, February 12

An Albanian actor is asking the government to stop using her face and voice for its “AI minister” without clear consent

FILE - Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe stands in front of the former manager Alex Ferguson during the Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Manchester United in Manchester, England, on Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)

Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe says sorry if some were offended by anti-immigrant comments

4:48 AM on Thursday, February 12

Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, has apologized after saying Britain has been “colonized” by immigrants

FILE - Observers film while federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll

4:05 AM on Thursday, February 12

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, second left, introduces United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, center, to military staff during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

US allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back

3:17 AM on Thursday, February 12

European allies at NATO are brushing aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role at the alliance

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