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By SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White House detailed
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s treasury secretary has pledged to bring down the budget deficit in coming years, after the country suffered a partial meltdown in the currency and stock market. Treasury Secretary Rogelio Ramírez said Tuesday the federal deficit will be cut from this year’s level of 6% of GDP, to around 3% in
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man has been sentenced to life without parole in the 2021 ambush shooting of a city police officer who was killed while sitting in her marked patrol car during an overnight shift. Elliot Knox was found guilty in March of killing officer Keona Holley and another victim in shootings just
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season is bringing triple-digit temperatures earlier than usual to much of the U.S. Southwest, where forecasters warned residents Tuesday to brace for dangerously hot conditions. By Wednesday much of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just back from a visit to Ukraine, a U.S. Treasury official is describing a country whose wartime economy has proven resilient in the face of Russia’s invasion, and he says U.S. and allied budget assistance is designed to help Ukraine combat corruption and increase transparency. On Tuesday,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Several London hospitals have canceled operations and sent patients away because of a cyberattack on a company that supplies pathology laboratory services. The firm, Synnovis, said Tuesday it had been hit with a ransomware attack. Chief executive Mark Dollar said the attack “has affected all Synnovis IT systems, resulting in interruptions to
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ and DAVID RISING Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Minister Narendra Modi declared victory Tuesday for his alliance in India’s general election, claiming a mandate to push forward with his agenda, even though his party lost seats to a stronger than expected opposition, which pushed back against his mixed economic
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer As the temperature heats up and summer approaches, small business owners may be considering offering summer hours, such as an early release on Fridays, for employees to help combat burnout. According to a May report by the Society for Human Resource Management 44% of 1,405 surveyed U.S. employees feel
Continue ReadingBy LOUIS PATRICK OKAMBA Associated Press OYO, Republic of Congo (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says any French military instructors in Ukraine would be “a legitimate target” for Russian armed forces. Sergey Lavrov spoke during his latest tour of Africa, where growing frustration with traditional Western allies has swayed several countries toward Moscow. French authorities
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press “Jurassic Park” writer Michael Crichton died from cancer in 2008 but a new novel co-authored by James Patterson called “Eruption” completes a manuscript he started 20 years ago. Crichton’s widow Sherri, who is CEO of CrichtonSun, says finishing the story was important not only to get Michael’s storytelling out into
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Halsey has been privately battling illness, the singer revealed Tuesday. She shared the news on Instagram in a series of videos that appear to document the singer receiving infusions. “Long story short, I’m lucky to be alive,” she wrote in the caption. “Short story long,
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans who view Donald Trump’s felony conviction by a Manhattan jury as politically motivated are calling on GOP prosecutors to start charging Democrats with crimes. Candidates, officeholders and members of the former president’s family are amplifying the message since Trump’s conviction on 34 charges in his
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI employee who accused the bureau of politicizing its work has seen his security clearance restored. Marcus Allen was one of three men who alleged overreach and retaliation by the FBI in testimony last year to a special House committee investigating what Republicans called the “weaponization” of the government against
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting the nation’s second-largest police department as fully prepared for protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, including on a new mass arrest policy. City and federal law enforcement agencies have been planning for more than a year for the convention
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Security in Beijing is tight around Tiananmen Square as China marks 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on monthslong protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands,
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state say they hope to start launches next year. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace hopes to turn Maine into a hub for the launching of commercial nanosatellites and has been
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off sports betting debts. Ippei Mizuhara ’s crimes stunned
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Modi,
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who had been serving life for second-degree murder is dead, about two weeks after being granted a medical transfer from prison to a facility that could better treat his condition, including quadriplegia. The state Corrections Department confirmed on Tuesday that 68-year-old Ezra Bozeman died on Saturday at the UPMC
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