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By BECKY BOHRER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Used for the first
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations. It all started in January, when thieves cut the original statue off at
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A ruling by the top United Nations court ordering Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has deepened its disconnect with the United States over an operation that faces mounting international condemnation but that American officials describe, at
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The Right Side Broadcasting Network has become a major player in Donald Trump’s MAGA universe — a reference to the ex-president’s “Make America Great Again” slogan — amassing more than 2 million subscribers on its YouTube channel and on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD LARDNER and BILL BARROW Associated Press OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — On the second floor of a single-family home in a sprawling suburban development, a three-member production crew sat behind banks of computer monitors and guided the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network’s coverage of a recent Donald Trump rally. RSBN’s show director, whispering into
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Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) pidió este viernes al Gobierno de México y a partidos políticos envueltos en la contienda que refuercen la seguridad de los candidatos que participarán en la elección general del próximo 2 de junio, de acuerdo con un comunicado. La CIDH solicitó a las
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far. But the runoffs in Texas on Tuesday are putting two prominent Republicans on edge. Republican congressman Tony Gonzales and powerful Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan are both trying to save
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The catalyst behind the failed gambit to sell off the iconic Graceland property in Memphis is a mystery. The self-styled investment company also is under fire from a lawsuit alleging fraud, an aggressive attorney general and a community of Elvis Presley loyalists who
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman saved San Francisco with a defensive gem and the Giants came back from another big deficit to beat the staggering New York Mets 8-7 on Friday night. After
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel’s office prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. The request – a first in the classified documents mishandling case – comes after the
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians are voting Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people lined polling stations before the start
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians became the first team in the majors to hit three straight home runs, accomplishing the feat during the fourth inning Friday night against the Los Angeles Angels. The back-to-back-to-back homers came with two outs and extended the Guardians’ lead to 9-2. After Andrés Giménez got
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CNN By Andy Rose, AnneClaire Stapleton, Hande Atay Alam and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — Three missionaries, including a married couple from the US, were killed in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday evening. Davy and Natalie Lloyd “were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed,” Natalie Lloyd’s father, Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker, said
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “underwent a successful, elective, and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to his bladder issue at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center” on Friday and has resumed his duties as secretary, according to the Pentagon. The procedure took 2.5 hours,
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, told an audience at Harvard University on Friday that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its decisions – and she suggested there may be more tears ahead. “There are days that I’ve come to my
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother have been arrested on fraud and theft charges after the star’s South Florida residence was raided by a SWAT team Thursday morning, authorities announced. Arrest and search warrants were served at a home in Southwest Ranches, a town
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man has been found guilty of murder for his role in the death of a police officer who was mistakenly shot by a sheriff’s deputy. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that a Clark County jury convicted Julio Segura on Friday in the death of Vancouver police officer Donald Sahota.
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New year, same problem. Our valley is in need of high school football officials, now more than ever, especially with girls flag football games set for Tuesday’s during the Fall. Varsity boys tackle football will take place mostly on Friday’s but there will also be games on Thursday’s and Saturday’s due to a lack of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning, Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman saved the game with a defensive gem and the San Francisco Giants came back from another big deficit to beat the staggering New York Mets 8-7 on Friday
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