SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, famous for his heavy-handed crackdown on street gangs, has threatened to use similar tactics against price gougers. Bukele has rounded up tens of thousands of suspected street gang members — often on little evidence — and filmed them being frog-marched in their underwear though vast
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — NASCAR has unveiled its first electric racecar in Chicago. It doesn’t thunder when the race grand marshal says “drivers, start your engines,” it hums. The motorsports organization and its partners Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota and electrification company ABB hope to demonstrate an ultra-performance electric vehicle and gauge fans’ interest in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — To a defiant President Joe Biden, the 2024 election is up to the public — not the Democrats on Capitol Hill. But the chorus of Democratic voices calling for him to step aside is growing, from donors, strategists, lawmakers and their constituents who say he should bow out. The
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Hamas is ready to reconsider its insistence that Israel commit to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza before signing an agreement that would usher in a temporary truce and begin a process to release hostages still held in Gaza, a senior Hamas official confirmed to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general election. It is the Conservative Party’s biggest defeat ever. The new government faces huge challenges, including fixing the country’s sluggish economic and social malaise resulting in part from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has announced a joint project with Cambodia to share knowledge and technology on land mine removal with countries around the world, including Ukraine. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa made comments during a visit Saturday to the Cambodian Mine Action Center, which was formed in the 1990s
Continue ReadingMANAWA, Wis. (AP) — A police chief says people living downriver of a Wisconsin dam that was breached by floodwaters have been allowed back into their homes following an evacuation order and many of them now face the mess of cleaning up flooded basements. Manawa Police Chief Jason Severson says the dam along the Little
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Decomposing human remains have been found wrapped in a sleeping bag and left out on the sidewalk for trash collection in Manhattan. New York City police said Saturday that the grisly discovery happened around 5 p.m. on Friday after officers received reports of a suspicious package with a foul smell outside
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer A judge’s surprise ruling has ended the prosecution of Alec Baldwin nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” The ruling, which came in the trial’s fourth day, was a surprise end to case that had already been dropped once.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer A judge’s surprise ruling has ended the prosecution of Alec Baldwin nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.” The ruling, which came in the trial’s fourth day, was a surprise end to case that had already been dropped once.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Jenn Tran can’t stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of “The Bachelor” franchise — not that she wants to. “I think about it every day, all the time. I think if I pushed it aside, that would be such a dishonor to me in who I am
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and humidity could team up to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Jenn Tran can’t stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of “The Bachelor” franchise — not that she wants to. “I think about it every day, all the time. I think if I pushed it aside, that would be such a dishonor to me in who I am
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Vic Seixas, a Wimbledon winner and tennis Hall of Famer who was the oldest living Grand Slam champion, has died at the age of 100. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Seixas’ death on Saturday based on confirmation from his daughter, Tori. It said the American died Friday but did not
Continue ReadingUTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy shot to death by police in upstate New York after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers has been laid to rest. Hundreds of mourners came out Saturday for the funeral of Nyah Mway in Utica. A burial ceremony was then held at
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, Tim Lister, Khader Al-Za’anoun and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, latest UN figures show. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, the country’s electoral authority said Saturday, defeating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote amid heightened tensions both domestically and internationally. Out of 30.5 million votes counted in Friday’s runoff, Pezeshkian won 53.6%, edging out ultraconservative
Continue ReadingAssociated Press With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim reality. Now it’s Texas turn. Beryl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then weakened to a tropical storm. It’s expected to reach southern Texas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly committed by American military personnel on Okinawa, which have again stoked resentment of the heavy U.S. troop presence on the strategic island in Japan’s far south. Emanuel commented on the issue amid
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