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Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

LONDON (AP) – Centuries of British political tradition will end after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

US ambassador defends travel bans on 3 Chilean officials

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to Chile on Monday defended the recent visa restrictions against three high-ranking Chilean officials, saying it is a “sovereign decision” to determine who enters its territory.

Analysis: Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: damaging the world economy.

Milan Cortina Olympics close as Olympic flag passes to France

VERONA, Italy (AP) – The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday with a closing ceremony paying tribute to Italian dance and music inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games in Olympic history.

US beats Canada for first men's hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980

MILAN (AP) – The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed.

Eileen Gu in tears after learning of her grandmother's death

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – By taking chances, Eileen Gu is building a sport. She’s winning medals. Yet on a sunny Sunday at the Olympics where she defended her title on the halfpipe, maybe the best prize of all was knowing her grandma would be proud.

Microsoft and retired military chiefs back Anthropic in fight against Pentagon

Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are throwing their weight behind Anthropic in asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk.

Inflation held steady last month, but before the attack on Iran

KANSAS CITY (AP) – Inflation remained stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose, but it’s a snapshot of consumer prices before a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring. Consumer prices rose 2.4% in February compared with a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, matching January’s increase.

Oil shock from Iran war prompts countries to open strategic reserves

NEW YORK (AP) – A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices. The International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, to make 400 million barrels of oil available.

Iran targets ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as concerns mount

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.

Analysis: Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: damaging the world economy.

Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

DORAL, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights.