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Month: March 2024

North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant US targets

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. A hypersonic missile is among an array

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‘Goon Squad’ leader and another deputy sentenced for torture of two Black men. Four other ex-officers still face sentencing

By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other White

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In Ohio’s GOP congressional primaries, Taylor wins 2nd Congressional District, Rulli wins 6th

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen. Michael Rulli has won the Republican primary in Eastern Ohio’s 6th Congressional District. The 2nd District extends from the eastern

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Family-owned business in Coachella celebrates its Chicano culture with pride for future generations

Six-year-old Benjamin proudly pushes his custom one-of-a-kind ice cream popsicle cart. It was built by him and his dad to celebrate the vibrant lowrider car culture. “Well the cream car I think it’s pretty cool, it’s candy-painted and sparkly,” Benjamin said. His dad, Jose Tapia, grew up with lowrider bicycles and in between American and

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Democrats hope to flip Ohio’s supreme court this fall. Tuesday’s primary settled the contests

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Tuesday’s primaries for three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court kicked off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, is expected to determine how to implement an amendment to the state constitution protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly approved

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Doing business in China is growing tougher, more uncertain, European business group says

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A report by a European business group says that uncertainty and “draconian regulations” have drastically raised risks for foreign businesses in China. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, released Wednesday, urges China’s leaders to do more to address concerns

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