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District of Columbia
Senate rejects effort to bar $1.8B Trump fund
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have cleared a first hurdle as they try to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies.
Republicans rejected a Democratic effort to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund for allies who claim government persecution. Republicans still face a gauntlet of Democratic amendments before the bill can advance.
Colorado
Paramedics' homicide convictions reversed
FORT COLLINS -- A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the ketamine overdose death of Elijah McClain after the Black man was pinned down by police. The court ordered new trials for Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec.
McClain had been forcibly restrained by police, who responded to a suspicious person complaint and stopped the massage therapist as he walked home from a convenience store in 2019.
World
US sanctions Cuban president
The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals.
The action Thursday is the latest move by the Trump administration to pressure the island's leadership, and it drew immediate condemnation from Havana.
Russia
Putin: Country will bolster air defenses
ST. PETERSBURG -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached deep inside his country and cast a cloud over his showcase economic forum in his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Replying to a question from The Associated Press during a meeting Thursday with heads of international news agencies, Putin vowed to bolster Russia's air defenses.