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Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by his former African National Congress party after he formed a new political party that contested the country’s recent elections. Zuma’s MK Party received nearly 15% of the national vote and became the third largest party in the country. That contributed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A teenage boy with a knife attacked a children’s dance and yoga class in northwest England on Monday, killing two children and wounding 11 other people in a “ferocious” rampage that sent bloodied children running into a street to escape the horror, police and witnesses said. A 17-year-old boy was
Continue ReadingCNN By Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — Police officers in Texas, senior citizens at a nursing home in Pennsylvania and people who had registered to vote at a Marine base in California. They are among the thousands of voters whose right to cast a ballot has been needlessly challenged ahead
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The entrance of name, image and likeness deals in college sports has raised questions about what it means to be a tax-exempt charitable organization. It’s just one of many consequences of a Supreme Court decision in 2021 that allowed college players to get sponsorship deals or otherwise be compensated
Continue ReadingBy Karl de Vries, CNN (CNN) — Alma Johnson Powell, the wife of the late Secretary of State Colin Powell, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by the former diplomat’s chief of staff and family spokesperson, Peggy Cifrino. “(Powell) was the grounding force of our family,” the couple’s three children, Michael, Linda
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further cooperation with Italy on Monday at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying the two countries were the ends of the historical Silk Road trade route. Meloni pulled Italy out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative — whose name refers to the ancient
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A senior Turkish official accuses the Israeli government of trying to hide war crimes by targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he seemingly threatened to invade Israel. Erdogan’s head of communications said those who threaten the president “do so at their own peril.” Erdogan on Sunday commented on Israel’s military operations in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden decried “extremism” that he says has undermined public confidence in the the U.S. Supreme Court, as he called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A High Court judge has upheld the British government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers. Justice Beverley Lang says in a ruling that a review commissioned by England’s National Health Service found “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” of the treatment. The judge has concluded that gender care is an
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — Disco might seem like a thing of the past, but legendary Frecnh artist Cerrone is bringing it into the present with some extra flare. After his song “Supernature” was played during the Olympics opening ceremony last week, he showed that disco is still relevant at the DiscOlympics on Sunday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An expert will tell an inquiry that three Christian extremists killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural Australian property in 2022 in an act of terrorism. A Queensland state coroner started hearing an inquiry on Monday into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — A record number of athletes openly identifying as LGBTQ+ are competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity. There are 193 athletes publicly saying they are gay, lesbian, bisexual,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer McDonald’s posted weak sales in the second quarter as increasingly value-conscious consumers paid fewer visits to restaurants. The Chicago burger giant said Monday that its same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, fell 1% worldwide in the April-June period. It was the company’s first same-store sales decline since
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Candidates for federal and state legislative posts will compete for their parties’ nominations in primaries in Tennessee. In the 5th Congressional District on Thursday, first-term congressman and House Freedom Caucus member Andy Ogles faces a tough Republican primary challenge from metro Nashville-area Councilwoman Courtney Johnston. For U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and has obesity-related health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes. The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that North Korean officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat Kim’s health problems. The 40-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Protests over skyrocketing power bills have shut down a major road into Pakistan’s capital as some 3,000 supporters of a major Islamist party continue a sit-in despite pouring monsoon rains. The protesters are demanding that the government withdraw taxes on electricity to offset price hikes. They have occupied a road
Continue ReadingCNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ plan as a running mate was to brush past JD Vance as nothing but a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to her own vice presidential
Continue ReadingVILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person has died and some 200,000 households have been left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the two Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by a falling tree on Monday, authorities said. Fire and
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ plan as a running mate was to brush past JD Vance as nothing but a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to her own vice presidential selection
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