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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor who regained his office after serving prison time for corruption has won another Democratic primary, this time defeating a former aide. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday defeated John Gomes, the city’s former chief administrative officer. Gomes ran for mayor after losing his job last year during a
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of Russia and North Korea met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility for a summit that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The two men
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to build electric cars and batteries in the state. That amount is up by nearly $300 million after Hyundai and battery make LG Energy Solution announced last
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister during their service. But for dozens of former Israeli security commanders, the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government are the biggest threat yet to the country’s future. In unprecedented
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea was on fire early Wednesday after a Ukrainian attack wounded 24 people and setting ablaze two ships ships that were under repair, Russian authorities reported. The attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters came even as Moscow launched drones against the Odesa region in the
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson mourned the hard-charging politician at a memorial in the New Mexico Statehouse on Wednesday that attracted political allies, proteges and acquaintances, including several people touched by his work to free Americans imprisoned abroad. Richardson’s casket lay in
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson mourned the hard-charging politician at a memorial in the New Mexico Statehouse on Wednesday that attracted political allies, proteges and acquaintances, including several people touched by his work to free Americans imprisoned abroad. Richardson’s casket lay in
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By Adrienne Winston and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Washington, DC, are offering $30,000 for information leading to the capture of homicide suspect Christopher Haynes, whose escape from police custody while being treated at a hospital has sparked a sprawling week-long manhunt. The DC Metropolitan Police Department is pursuing numerous tips about possible
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Larry Register, Simone McCarthy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has said Russia is considering and discussing some military cooperation with North Korea, following a summit at which that country’s leader Kim Jong Un appeared to endorse Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The leaders met at the Vostochny
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman’s locker was flanked by 8-foot-high pillars of blue balloons. A hefty box of cookies and a birthday cake sat nearby, gifts from the Dodgers’ kitchen staff for the slugger with a sweet tooth. “I’m a big snickerdoodle guy,” the seven-time All-Star said with
Continue ReadingHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Around a dozen people are feared dead after a massive fire broke out at an apartment building in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, state media said on Wednesday. The fire is believed to have started late Tuesday and 54 of the 70 people who were rescued from the building were hospitalized with injuries,
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Wednesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift made the whole place shimmer at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night, when she won the award for video of the year for the second time in a row. Swift was on hand to accept her moon-man trophy for her “Anti-Hero” music video at the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — People in flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are cleaning up even as they brace for more rain Wednesday. Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in six hours Monday. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency and officials ordered evacuations
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were presented on Tuesday. Taylor Swift led the pack with a total of eight nominations, including artist of the year, video of the year and song of the year for her hit 2022 track “Anti-Hero.” She won all the categories in which she
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East for a meeting that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. After Kim arrived
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — After struggling on their last road trip and losing in extra innings when they returned home, the Seattle Mariners needed an easy night at the ballpark. J.P. Crawford hit a three-run double that broke open the game, Eugenio Suárez homered and had an early RBI single,
Continue ReadingBy Paul Glader, CNN (CNN) — “You’ll never be successful,” Errol Musk in 1989 told his 17-year-old son Elon, who was then preparing to fly from South Africa to Canada to find relatives and a college education. That’s one of the scenes Walter Isaacson paints in his 670-page biography of Elon Musk, who is now
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her “Anti-Hero” music video on a night full of surprises. “This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me,” Swift said in her acceptance speech. “I can’t
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing claims an American citizen jailed for life in China earlier this year is a decorated spy who had worked for US intelligence for more than three decades, as it ramps up a campaign warning citizens to guard against foreign espionage. John Shing-Wan Leung, a 78-year-old US
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