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MEXICO 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

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A trial has begun for a man charged with using a flaming torch to intimidate counterprotesters during a gathering of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, seven years ago. The trial of 29-year-old Jacob Joseph Dix, of Clarksville, Ohio, began Tuesday. The case is the

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota have confiscated cellphones and taken all seven defendants into custody as investigators try to determine who attempted to bribe a juror with a bag of cash containing $120,000 to get her to acquit them on charges of stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican running to flip a Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber, will once again skip the Republican National Convention. The decision comes as national party leaders hedge on whether the GOP will help fund his campaign. Hogan’s

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler says he’s trying to move past his arrest during the PGA Championship. Scheffler says even though he knew ahead of time that charges were going to be dropped, that was only the start of trying to process what happened. He was arrested and

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

LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — The FAA says a hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana. The pilot and the two passengers suffered burn injuries. The fire department said evidence showed an electrical current passed from the power lines to the basket. The balloon came down

LONDON (AP) — The British Army says that the five military horses that bolted and injured themselves as they ran loose through central London in April are all expected to return to duty. Three of them are already back to work. The horses were performing routine exercises near Buckingham Palace on April 24 when they

By THOMAS ADAMSON and STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A sting by Interpol and the FBI has broken up attempts in Moldova to sabotage the international police agency’s Red Notice system. Officials said on Tuesday that four people were detained in the eastern European country. Moldova’s anticorruption chief said the operation, with help

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On opening night of the Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” one person in the audience strangely wasn’t nervous — the director. Maria Friedman, who has helmed the show to seven Tony Award nominations, including for the three leads and her direction, says she

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution’s Bill of Rights. While four of the high court’s seven justices backed that finding, three others offered strongly-worded dissents saying it ignores long-standing precedent. The ruling comes after

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An aid group says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have evicted thousands of displaced people in the capital Kabul and demolished their informal settlements, making more than 800 vulnerable families homeless. The Norwegian Refugee Council urged Taliban authorities to immediately halt ongoing evictions until appropriate longer-term solutions for relocation have been identified. Afghanistan

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press VINGE, Denmark (AP) — As fire tore through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange in mid-April, many residents of the Danish capital rushed toward the flames and emerged carrying paintings, sculptures, and other important items from Denmark’s cultural heritage. About half the downtown Copenhagen 17th-century building was destroyed – including its iconic

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief says the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped by a plane for Filipino navy personnel at a territorial outpost that has been surrounded by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea. Gen. Romeo Brawner said the Chinese personnel

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers are weighing the first-of-a-kind approval of MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD — part of a decadeslong effort by psychedelic advocates to win medical acceptance for the drug’s purported benefits. The Food and Drug Administration convened a panel of

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later. It’s not clear how often

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attempt by pro-Palestinian protesters to establish an encampment in front of Los Angeles City Hall was short-lived. Protesters set up about 20 tents on sidewalks outside the downtown building Monday afternoon and the police department posted on social media site X that it was monitoring a “non-permitted demonstration.” Officers moved

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana voters will select a Republican challenger to three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in the primary election. They’ll also pick candidates Tuesday for governor and an open U.S. House seat being vacated by far-right conservative Rep. Matt Rosendale. Republicans have dominated