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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remained too early to call Wednesday after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appellate judge with a large campaign
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remained too early to call Wednesday after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appellate judge with a large campaign
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators who have been working more than half a century to solve the case of 16-year-old Pamela Lynn Conyers, who was strangled to death in central Maryland, say they’ve identified a second suspect in her killing – though their quest for answers still isn’t over. The second suspect, Donald Willard,
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday reiterated the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to defend the Philippines as rising tensions with China in the South China Sea raise fears of a broader regional conflict. Stability in the region is seen as being increasingly threatened by clashes between Chinese coast guard
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson had 21 points in Utah’s 84-75 win against UC Irvine on Tuesday night in the NIT. Carlson added 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Utes (20-14). Gabe Madsen scored 16 points while shooting 5 for 10 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) and
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois primary has meant big wins for incumbents with two Chicago-area Democrats emerging from competitive primaries. Meanwhile, a downstate Republican challenger conceded in a race that focused on an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Turnout was low in the primary, notably in Chicago. Roughly 20% of
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand little to no chance of winning in Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decadeslong campaign to achieve gender equality in the West African nation. Anta Babacar Ngom, a 40-year-old
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sentencing continues Wednesday for two more of the white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men with a stun gun, a sex toy and other
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man is scheduled to be put to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye was convicted of killing his former girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough three decades ago. The planned lethal injection using the sedative pentobarbital is set to happen at
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican attorneys general in two dozen states are pushing back against a proposed Biden administration rule that seeks to expand diversity in apprenticeship programs. The proposed rule change would set new standards for registered apprenticeships that provide paid on-the-job training and education for skilled
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Republican primary voters’ broad support for Donald Trump may have helped propel his preferred candidate, businessman Bernie Moreno, to victory in the state’s GOP Senate primary Tuesday, according to the results of CNN’s exit poll in the state. The vast majority of Republican primary voters, more than 7 in 10,
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL and STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Olin Pickens sat in his wheelchair facing a life-sized image of himself on a screen, asking it questions about being taken prisoner by German soldiers during World War II. After a pause, his video-recorded twin recalled being given “sauerkraut soup” by his captors
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai sovereign wealth fund that’s the single-largest shareholder in the Nasdaq stock index plans to sell a third of its shares in the exchange. It’s a deal potentially worth some $1.6 billion that saw the value of the firm fall in aftermarket trading
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of expected guidance by the Federal Reserve on the timing of its cuts to interest rates. Oil prices and U.S. futures fell. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un piloto de Delta Airlines fue sentenciado a 10 meses de prisión después de declararse culpable de presentarse a trabajar en el aeropuerto escocés de Edimburgo mientras excedía el límite prescrito de alcohol en sangre, según registros del poder judicial de Escocia. Lawrence Barbiers Russell Jr, de 63 años, se declaró
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning government to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The court’s three liberals dissented. Legal challenges to the law are ongoing
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court late Tuesday night put Texas’ controversial immigration law back on hold, hours after the Supreme Court had cleared the way for the state to begin enforcing the measure. In a brief order, a three-judge panel at the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones este martes por la noche volvió a suspender la controvertida ley de inmigración de Texas. En una breve orden, un panel de tres jueces de la Corte de apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de Estados Unidos dijo que votó 2-1 para anular un fallo anterior de un panel
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot made 22 saves and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Tuesday night. Alex Laferriere, Vladislav Gavrikov, Phillip Danault and Trevor Lewis also scored. Adrian Kempe had three assists and the Kings followed
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