AP National News

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French security forces have reported a sixth death in nearly weeklong armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The archipelago’s indigenous people have long sought independence from France. A security official said one person was killed Saturday in an exchange of fire at one of the many

By JAN GEBERT Associated Press PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ’s condition was stable but serious Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance. Two hours of surgery Friday to remove dead tissue from Fico’s multiple gunshot wounds “contributed to a positive prognosis,” Health

By SAMYA KULLAB and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original

BERLIN (AP) — Six climate activists have broken through a security fence at Munich airport and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, temporarily shutting down flights. The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying as the most polluting form of transportation. Police have detained the six. Some 60 flights were canceled

By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Parts of northwest India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. India’s weather department expects heat wave conditions to persist across the north for the next few days, and has

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia says the man who attacked a police station and killed two officers is believed to have acted on his own despite suspected links to the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group. The man stormed the police station in southern Johor state near Singapore in the early hours of Friday with a

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French security forces have reported another death in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The fatality Saturday was the sixth in a nearly a week of violent unrest wracking the archipelago, where indigenous people have long sought independence from France. A security official said the person

RAHIM FAIEZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains in western Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people and dozens remain missing, a Taliban official said on Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports and might rise. Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy seasonal rains. The hard-hit province of Ghor

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most impoverished and violent favelas. One of its residents, 15-year-old soccer player Kaylane Alves dos Santos, hopes her powerful shots and impressive dribbles will

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Dave Williams has deployed former President Donald Trump’s belligerent politics to vault himself from a former state representative to chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Now Williams is using his state party chair position to try to usher himself into Congress. Williams reportedly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says the young man who attacked a police station and killed two officers was a recluse and believed to have acted on his own, despite suspected links to the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group. In the pre-dawn attack Friday, the man stormed a police station in southern Johor state

By MOUSTAPHA DIALLO Associated Press DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The Grand Mosque of

By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Hundreds of dedicated pitmasters are sweating through the smoke as they compete to see who will be crowned “best in pork” at this year’s World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee. Considered one of the premiere cooking competitions in the U.S., the contest dates

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Since first grade, Julian Morris, 16, has changed schools six times, swinging between predominantly white and predominantly Black classrooms. None has met all his needs, his mother said. At predominantly white schools, he was challenged academically but felt less included. At predominately Black schools, he felt more

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor’s benefits because of the death of his mother. But Jesse’s bank account was empty. The money had all been used by Missouri’s foster care

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and DAVID J. PHILLIP Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms that left at least seven people dead, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day after campaigning in Minnesota in the midst of his hush money trial. Trump has pledged to continue to defend the Second Amendment and has called himself

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long argued that the biggest hurdle of his presidential campaign is the perception that independent candidates can’t win. He has looked to the debates as a singular opportunity to stand alongside Joe Biden and Donald Trump in front of a massive

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to seed doubts before this year’s presidential election. In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a