Month: February 2024

By MEGAN JANETSKY and GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity.” That’s according to findings released Thursday from an investigation into the country’s expanding crackdown on political dissent. The government of

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s latest winning month is heading toward a quiet finish as U.S. stocks drift around their record heights. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in afternoon trading, continuing its run of modest moves since hitting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

By MEG KINNARD and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has vowed not to talk about her anymore. Many pundits have written her off entirely. But Nikki Haley is still campaigning across the country — and plenty of Republican voters are coming to hear what she has to say.

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg National Military Park — the hilly battlefield where Union and Confederate soldiers fought

By COLLEEN LONG, SEUNG MIN KIM and JILL COLVIN Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger Donald Trump both head to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday in a sign of how central immigration has become to the 2024 election and how much both candidates want

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire for his secret hospital stay last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers Thursday that the Defense Department has made changes to improve the notification process if he must transfer decision-making authorities due to illness or lack of communications. He said there were no

By SEAN MURPHY and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press STINNETT, Texas (AP) — A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s immigration minister says his country is reimposing the visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada. Quebec’s premier has been urging the federal government to slow the influx of refugees which he says has been straining resources. The U.S. government also urged Canada to take action as

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ+ people in Ghana and their supporters has drawn international condemnation after it was passed by parliament, with the United Nations calling it “profoundly disturbing” and urging for it not to become law. The bill, which was voted through by parliament in

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn has informed his colleagues that he intends to run for Senate Republican leader, becoming the first senator to announce a campaign after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will step down from the post in November. Cornyn, who served as McConnell’s No. 2