AP National News

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage is seeking a political comeback. With no opposition, he coasted to the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, setting up a fierce general election campaign against Democratic incumbent Janet Mills. The race is among just a handful of competitive governor’s contests

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama urged Americans on Monday not to tune out of the gridlocked political system and said voting — and enlisting millions of new voters – is a pathway to change in a deeply polarized nation. “Protecting and expanding our democracy is the best and

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As hate speech targeting LGBTQ people increases among some far-right influencers and others online, experts are warning that extremist groups may see the rhetoric as a call to action. Such may have been the case when 31 members of the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front were arrested

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two Republican U.S. House incumbents in South Carolina who have drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump now find themselves facing tough primary challenges on Tuesday from candidates he has endorsed. Reps. Nancy Mace and Tom Rice criticized Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, with

By JULIE WATSON, GISELA PEREZ de ACHA, KATIE LICARI, TRENTON DANIEL and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — With jokes, upbeat Caribbean music and vacation scenes of sun-kissed beaches and palm trees, Haitian influencers on YouTube and TikTok advertise charter flights to South America. But they are not targeting tourists. Instead, they are

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven’s quest for a third term in the highly conservative state hasn’t been nearly as smooth as his previous runs, but he’s seen as a shoo-in Tuesday in the Republican primary. Hoeven faces Riley Kuntz, an oil field worker and poorly

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has convicted a Cambodian-American lawyer and dozens of members of a now-dissolved opposition party on charges of treason. Lawyer Theary Seng and most of the others were charged over a failed attempt by an opposition leader to return from exile in 2019.

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell across the board Tuesday after Wall Street tumbled into a bear market, indicating that major U.S. benchmarks and individual stocks have fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time. Benchmarks fell in Japan, Australia, South Korea and

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In a televised debate, four Republican candidates for New York governor pledged to undo years of one-party rule by Democrats and focus on battling crime. The field includes U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, businessman Harry Wilson and Andrew Giuliani, the son

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government’s plan to deport asylum-seekers of various nationalities to Rwanda is set to go ahead after an appeals court on Monday refused to block the policy that the U.N.’s top refugee official said sets a dangerous precedent for migrants fleeing war and oppression. Immediately after

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court is set to render a verdict in the trial of a Cambodian American lawyer and dozens of members of a now-dissolved opposition party on charges of treason. Lawyer Theary Seng and most of the others are charged over a failed attempt by

By ANDREW DALTON and JEFF TURNER Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari was charged Monday with felony stalking. Jason Alexander, 40, pleaded not guilty in Ventura County court to the charge, along with

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has visited Kuwait and spoken to the small, oil-rich nation’s crown prince. Maduro said in televised remarks the tour aimed to reactivate ties and cooperation. Kuwait’s state-run media offered little detail on Maduro’s talks Monday with Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber. Venezuela’s state-run broadcaster

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Employers Federation says thieves broke into a freight storage area at the Pacific coast seaport of Manzanillo and stole 20 freight containers loaded with partly refined gold and silver ore and television sets. The head of the federation said Monday that the large-scale robbery last week was a sign

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says it has found a total of 50 meth labs in the first two weeks of June. The small labs were mainly located in low woods around the state of Sinaloa, home to the cartel of the same name. The army said in a statement Monday that in

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a legal case closely watched by libraries and the publishing industry, a federal judge in Maryland struck down a state law requiring publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries if they were also being offered to the general public. The Association