The alleged leaders of a suspected German far-right coup plot have gone on trial
By PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The alleged leaders of a suspected far-right plot to topple the…
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Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona election interference case
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges…
Continue ReadingCalifornia lawmaker Vince Fong wins special election to finish ousted House Speaker McCarthy’s term
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vince Fong, a California State Assembly member backed by former President Donald Trump,…
Continue ReadingMore companies offer on-site child care. Parents love the convenience, but is it a long-term fix?
By JACKIE VALLEY of The Christian Science Monitor LAS VEGAS (AP) — They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center,…
Continue ReadingIndian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) — The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to…
Continue ReadingHong Kong will keep watching internet platforms for non-compliance with ban on protest song
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court…
Continue ReadingBiden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both…
Continue ReadingTough-on-crime challenger leading in race for district attorney in Portland, Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top…
Continue ReadingMassie’s role in failed bid to oust House speaker doesn’t affect his victory in Kentucky GOP primary
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rep. Thomas Massie’s role in the failed bid to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson…
Continue ReadingTrump hush money trial enters new phase after defense rests without testimony from former president
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial moved…
Continue ReadingFani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two key players in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingFormer state Sen. Mike Dugan advances to Republican runoff in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Incumbent Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson has defeated former U.S. Rep. John Barrow in a…
Continue ReadingElection deniers moving closer to GOP mainstream, report shows, as Trump allies fill Congress
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,…
Continue Reading5 firefighter dogs who rescued people from natural disasters are honored in Ecuador as they retire
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Five rescue dogs were honored by Ecuador’s Fire Department on Monday at a ceremony formally retiring them after seven years…
Continue Reading‘Justice demands’ new trial for death row inmate, Alabama district attorney says
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate. Jefferson County…
Continue ReadingNRA names new leadership to replace former CEO found liable for wrongly spending millions
DALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association has elected Doug Hamlin as its executive vice president and CEO. Hamlin, who recently served as…
Continue ReadingAustralia and New Zealand begin evacuating nationals from unrest in New Caledonia
By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to begin bringing…
Continue ReadingCorn, millet and … rooftop solar? Farm family’s newest crop shows China’s solar ascendancy
By HUIZHONG WU and HAN GUAN NG Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — Shi Mei and her husband earn a decent enough living by growing corn and millet…
Continue ReadingTrump’s social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a ‘unified Reich’
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network included…
Continue ReadingOver $450K recovered for workers of California mushroom farms that were sites of fatal shootings
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — The owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings…
Continue ReadingBiden and Democrats raised $51 million in April, far less than Trump and the GOP’s $76 million
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee say they they raised more than $51…
Continue ReadingFamily of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration
By MARYCLAIRE DALE AP Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Black teenager wrongly convicted and executed in Pennsylvania in…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council rejects Russia-backed resolution on banning weapons in space
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part…
Continue ReadingNew safety rules set training standards for train dispatchers and signal repairmen
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — New federal certification rules have been finalized for train dispatchers and signal repairmen…
Continue ReadingJuneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth as a state holiday this year. Ivey’s office said Monday that June…
Continue ReadingDenver launches ambitious migrant program, breaking from the short-term shelter approach
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Denver has launched an ambitious new program to support migrants, and hundreds…
Continue ReadingArizona grad student accused of killing professor in 2022 had planned the crime, prosecutor says
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was in the midst of a…
Continue ReadingViolence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Violence has intensified in southwestern Colombia with a bomb blast injuring six people in…
Continue ReadingScarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is ‘eerily similar’ to hers and OpenAI is halting its use
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that…
Continue ReadingWoman pleads guilty to shooting rural Pennsylvania prosecutor, sentenced to several years in prison
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A Pennsylvania woman will serve four to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a county prosecutor…
Continue ReadingTestimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer testifying at Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says a New Jersey businessman…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks Biden administration from enforcing new gun sales background check rule in Texas
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule in Texas…
Continue ReadingNevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have submitted almost twice the number of…
Continue ReadingBashing governor in publicly funded campaign ads is OK in Connecticut legislative races, court rules
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court has ruled that two Republican candidates for the state…
Continue ReadingTaxpayer costs for profiling verdict over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns to reach $314M
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Seven years after Joe Arpaio was ousted as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county,…
Continue ReadingJudge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy…
Continue ReadingDrone pilot can’t offer mapping without North Carolina surveyor’s license, court says
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a North Carolina regulatory board didn’t violate a drone…
Continue ReadingTrump Media and Technology Group posts more than $300 million net loss in first public quarter
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter.…
Continue ReadingMoose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska say a moose has killed a 70-year-old man in the community of…
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Scottie Scheffler’s Louisville court date postponed after arrest during PGA Championship
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer Scottie Scheffler’s appearance on charges he…
Continue ReadingTennessee professor swept away by wave during Brazil study-abroad trip has died
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee community college says one of its professors who was swept away by an ocean wave during a study-abroad trip in…
Continue ReadingIsraeli and Hamas leaders join list of people accused by leading war crimes court
By MELANIE LIDMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — By accusing the heads of Israel and Hamas of war crimes, the International…
Continue ReadingThere was a fatal shooting at this year’s ‘Jeep Week’ event on Texas Gulf Coast. Here’s what to know
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press One person has been killed and nearly 300 arrested during a weekend event on Texas’ Gulf Coast that local…
Continue ReadingBankruptcy judge approves Genesis Global plan to refund $3 billion to creditors, crypto customers
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan by the cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global to return about $3…
Continue ReadingBillionaire rains cash on UMass graduates to tune of $1,000 each, but says they must give half away
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale has surprised the graduating class at the University of…
Continue Reading2 top Penguin Random House editors leaving amid ongoing changes at publishing house
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two top editors at Penguin Random House are leaving as the country’s leading trading…
Continue ReadingWoman hiker dies after falling from trail in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, officials say
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a woman hiker died after falling from a trail in the Columbia River Gorge. The Multnomah County…
Continue ReadingTop US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions
By JOSHUA G0ODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the…
Continue ReadingFlight attendant pleads not guilty to attempting to record teen girl in airplane bathroom
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant who authorities say tried to secretly record video of a…
Continue ReadingOff-duty police officer injured in shooting in Washington, DC
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A off-duty police officer in Washington, D.C., was injured Monday afternoon when a suspect…
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