Milwaukee police are investigating after several stolen cars were recovered from a north side lot

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Arab proposal for Gaza in works, but Jordan can't take more Palestinians, minister says
Arab countries are putting together a plan that would rebuild Gaza without displacing its people, guarantee security and governance, Jordan's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that his country could not take more Palestinians. Arab countries were dismayed earlier this month after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to "clean out" Palestinians from Gaza and resettle most of them in Jordan and Egypt, an idea immediately rejected by Cairo and Amman and seen in most of the region as deeply destabilising.
USA TODAY
National Park Service removes 'transgender' from Stonewall National Monument website
Donald Trump had targeted the trans community in several executive orders. Now the National Park Service has edited them out of the Stonewall website.
Associated Press
The art of the deal? Zelenskyy says a Ukraine-Russia agreement must come through Trump negotiations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Donald Trump's history as a dealmaker on Friday, offering flattering words as he sought the U.S. president's leadership in negotiations that could end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “I hope that we can count that, really, President Trump will help us,” Zelenskyy said during the Munich Security Conference. Trump was not in Munich, but his presence loomed large over the gathering.
Associated Press
Beluga calf in Chicago is meeting the aquarium's pod and will soon be named
Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement. Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. “Like a toddler that’s learning to talk and making noises, he’s the same way," said Jacobsma, director of animal behavior and training at Shedd.
USA TODAY
Driver in deadly Tesla Cybertruck crash had alcohol and cocaine in system, report shows
The toxicology report reveals that the driver in the deadly Cybertruck crash had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) more than twice the legal limit.
NBC News
Trump's border czar tells NYC mayor he'll be 'up his butt' if he breaks vow to help ICE
New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Trump's border czar on the same day six federal prosecutors resigned over an order to drop charges against the mayor.
Associated Press
DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts
Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency, the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored programs. The Associated Press interviewed four veteran budget hawks, including some who have worked on Republican presidential campaigns predating Musk or President Donald Trump becoming dominant in GOP politics. Others say it’s too early to tell and argue that DOGE has stoked conservative outrage about specific agencies without going after much bigger pieces of the federal budget, like defense spending or programs with bipartisan support like Medicare and Social Security.
AFP
Vance tells Zelensky US wants 'lasting' peace
US Vice President JD Vance pledged Friday that Washington sought to secure a "lasting" peace as he held a first meeting with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Donald Trump's push for a deal with Moscow."We want to achieve a durable, lasting peace, not the kind of peace that's going to have Eastern Europe in conflict just a couple years down the road," Vance said as the meeting wrapped up.
Associated Press
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office's corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon wrote in her letter obtained by The Associated Press that the directive to drop the charges issued by Bove would violate her sworn duty to uphold the law. Sassoon did not return a message seeking comment.
Politico
Mass layoffs, court challenges and buyouts: Making sense of Trump's plans to shrink the federal workforce
Answering some of the most important questions surrounding DOGE’s rapid transformation of the federal workforce.
Reuters
Trump administration lays off over 2,000 workers at Interior Department, sources say
The Interior Department manages around 500 million acres of U.S. public lands, including its national parks, and also administers the country's onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing programs - source of around a quarter of U.S. oil production. One of the sources said the layoffs include around 800 people from the Bureau of Land Management, which manages millions of federally-owned acres for uses ranging from oil and gas development to timber harvesting, cultural preservation and recreation. The Interior Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
AFP
Paris to name avenue after Russia's Alexei Navalny
Paris is naming part of an avenue after Alexei Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader who died in an Arctic prison colony in murky circumstances, the city council has said.Navalny died in unclear circumstances in the prison colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an "extremist" organisation.
Reuters
Dell nears deal to sell $5 billion in AI servers to xAI, Bloomberg News reports
Shares of the company gained 4% after the report, which said Dell would sell servers containing Nvidia's GB200 semiconductors to the AI startup for delivery this year. Details are still being discussed and may change, the report added.
USA TODAY
A few minutes of bird watching this weekend can help scientists: Here's how
The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Here's how to help scientists track birds.
Yahoo Finance
Intel stock set to notch largest weekly gain since 2000 after JD Vance's AI chip pledge
Intel stock was set to notch a 22% weekly gain Friday, the biggest in more than two decades.
AFP
Brazil's Lula threatens 'reciprocity' in US steel tariff row
Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed "reciprocity" in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports announced by US President Donald Trump.He has signed executive orders for 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports starting March 12.
Associated Press
Russia detains another US citizen on drugs charges days after swap, reports say
Russia has detained another U.S. citizen, after customs officials found cannabis-laced marmalade in his luggage, Russian media said Friday, days after a Moscow-Washington prisoner swap that the White House called a diplomatic thaw and a step toward ending the fighting in Ukraine. Russian police said the 28-year-old American had attempted to smuggle a “significant amount” of drugs into the country, the Interfax agency reported, citing Russia’s Federal Customs Service.
CNN
Vance turns on European allies in blistering speech that downplayed threats from Russia and China
US Vice President JD Vance vented at European leaders Friday, telling them that the biggest threat to their security was “from within,” rather than China and Russia.
Reuters
USDA probationary staff fired at three agencies, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies and its farm loan agency, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. A USDA spokesperson would not comment specifically on whether people were fired, but said the department was "optimizing operations, eliminating inefficiencies, and strengthening its ability to serve farmers, ranchers, and the agriculture community." The administration, led by Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, has fired thousands of federal workers this week.
AFP
Switzerland mulls legalising recreational cannabis
Switzerland will consider legalising recreational cannabis use, after a parliamentary commission on Friday proposed a law that would allow regulated sale and access.The draft proposal adopted by the lower house of parliament's health commission, with 14 votes in favour, nine against and two abstentions, called for adults to be "accorded a strictly regulated access to cannabis".

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