By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Being convicted of a felony — let alone 34 of them – is the kind of blow that would normally tank any politician’s ambitions. Donald Trump will instead try to turn what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel. Trump
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China Coast Guard ships have been in waters around Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 consecutive days, according to Tokyo’s latest count released Monday, surpassing the previous record set in 2021. Analysts fear the uninhabited islands, known as the Senkakus in
Continue Reading By Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Like many victims of sexual abuse, it took years for Santiago to acknowledge that he was raped as a teenager. “You get into a kind of mental confusion there is something that is not right, but it is not clear at that time,” Santiago, who is being identified only by a
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Relieved he didn’t break any bones when hit by a pitch a day earlier, Pete Alonso twice walked into the office of New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza after batting practice Thursday to say he was available to pinch hit. Alonso came up with one
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWKSI and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer was killed when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him in what authorities are calling an ambush. Minneapolis Assistant Police Chief Katie Blackwell says the suspected gunman and another person
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Dallas Mavericks are heading to the NBA Finals following a 124-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday. The Mavericks came out of the gates fast in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Outscoring the Timberwolves 35-19 in the first quarter,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Clare Foran, CNN Washington (CNN) — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump called attention to what’s at stake in November’s election in the moments after Trump’s conviction Thursday, as Republicans rushed to the former president’s defense. “There’s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,” Biden
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised firing drills involving nuclear-capable, multiple rocket launchers to show the country’s ability to carry out preemptive attacks on rival South Korea. The exercises appeared to be the ballistic missile launches that South Korea detected Thursday. Experts say
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer An official survey shows that factory activity in China slowed more than expected in May, suggesting further pressure on an economy already burdened by a prolonged crisis in the property industry. The official manufacturing purchasing managers index fell to 49.5 from 50.4 in April on a scale up to
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One Minneapolis police officer was killed and a second was injured in a shooting. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association says the officers were responding to a call when they were shot Thursday. Two officers were also hospitalized with injuries in the shooting in the south Minneapolis neighborhood of Whittier. Police
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luka Doncic was in his element, hitting shots from everywhere on the court, hushing the crowd and flashing those sly smiles as the Dallas Mavericks delivered a knockout performance. Now one of the global sport’s young superstars gets his first trip to the NBA Finals. Doncic
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records Thursday, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes Trump the first former president in American history to be convicted of a felony. Not only is Trump the first former president to be found guilty of
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say three people including the suspected gunman have died in a shooting at an apartment complex. Two officers were also hospitalized with injuries in the Thursday shooting in the south Minneapolis neighborhood of Whittier. Police say the public is not in danger but encouraged people to stay away from the
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu and David Culver, CNN (CNN) — The first US commercial flight to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in months made a bleak roundtrip on Thursday morning, returning with the bodies of a young American couple who were killed by a gang last week. The remains of Davy and Natalie Lloyd were accompanied in
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war, three U.S. officials said.
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The third of three defendants convicted in the 2022 firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California – a 22-year-old Irvine man – was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said. Tibet Ergul and his
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Marina Mabrey scored 20 points and tied a career high with six 3-pointers, Elizabeth Williams had 17 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks and the Chicago Sky beat the Los Angeles Sparks 83-73 on Thursday night for their first home win of the season. Mabrey gave Chicago a 21-point lead with 6:59
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory. Bruhat spelled 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, beating Faizan Zaki by nine, to
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory. Bruhat spelled 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, beating Faizan Zaki by nine, to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Top defense officials, government leaders and diplomats from around the world are gathering in Singapore for Asia’s premier security forum this weekend. The Shangri-La Dialogue comes at a time of increasing tension between the United States and China. Both have been trying to win new influence and
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