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By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are proposing new congressional lines that maintain one majority-Black district in the state. The plan could defy a Supreme Court order to draw a second congressional district giving minority voters a greater voice in elections. But lawmakers have showed little willingness
Continue ReadingBy MATTHIAS SCHRADER and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake upwards 20 feet (six meters) toward an umbrella of solar panels at Josef Wimmer’s farm in Bavaria. He grows hops, used to make beer, and in recent years has also been generating electricity, with solar panels
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Biesk Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WXII) — A young girl living in foster care is opening up about what she dreams of having in an adoptive family. 13-year-old Jasmine describes herself as kind and lovable. “I think I am different, but in a unique way,” she stated.
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The bodies of four Pakistanis who were among the hundreds who perished in June in an unprecedented tragedy off the coast of Greece have been brought home. Wooden caskets carrying the remains were taken off two flights in Islamabad and handed over to their families on Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Rex Heuermann fue acusado de matar a tres mujeres cuyos cuerpos fueron descubiertos a lo largo de un tramo de Gilgo Beach en Long Island en 2010, atados con cinturones o cinta y envueltos en yute. Heuermann, un hombre casado acusado por las autoridades de llevar una doble vida, enfrenta
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state’s pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light’s parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker’s recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into
Continue ReadingBy DaVonté McKenith Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — An Apple AirTag and surveillance video helped lead Alamance County deputies to a theft suspect. According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, last Friday, July 14, deputies were called to a construction site in the 6000 block of NC
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date, set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a compromise
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A former member of Canada’s national police force has been charged with alleged foreign interference involving China. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say retired Mountie William Majcher is accused of helping the Chinese government identify and intimidate a person. Police say the 60-year-old Majcher used his network of Canadian
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, a senior administration official said Friday. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief. Biden’s decision to tap Franchetti, an admiral with broad command and executive experience,
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car, police and federal authorities said. The rescue occurred July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, when officers responded to a
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan agents and police have raided the offices of the Seed Movement of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the party’s formation. Andrea Reyes, a lawyer and party member, confirmed Friday that the agents and police had come to search for documents. The Attorney
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A prominent hard-line nationalist who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was arrested Friday on charges of extremism, a signal the Kremlin has toughened its approach with hawkish critics after last month’s abortive rebellion by the Wagner mercenary company. Igor Strelkov, a retired security officer who led
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The man who shot three Fargo police officers and a civilian, killing one of the officers before an officer killed him, searched the internet for terms including “explosive ammo” and “kill fast,” as well as for what crowded area events might be happening in and around
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under cardboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.” After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” — two
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under cardboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.” After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” — two
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The years-long artistic partnership between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga wasn’t an immediately obvious one. Gaga was best known in the 2010s for pop hits like “Poker Face” and avant-garde experimentation on albums like “Artpop,” and Bennett, a singer who mostly stuck to standards, was in his 80s when
Continue ReadingCNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The years-long artistic partnership between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga wasn’t an immediately obvious one. Gaga was best known in the 2010s for pop hits like “Poker Face” and avant-garde experimentation on albums like “Artpop,” and Bennett, a singer who mostly stuck to standards, was in his 80s
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House are an important step toward managing the
Continue ReadingBy BRITTANY PETERSON and SIBI ARASU In a story published July 20, 2023, about solar panels covering canals, The Associated Press erroneously reported that panels over California’s canals could provide 13 gigawatts of power, enough to supply the city of Los Angeles from January through October. The proper term of measurement would have been gigawatt-hours
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