COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish police have detained 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves in the country’s main technical education and research university. After two hours on Friday, police carried out the masked activists from the third floor of a Royal Institute of Technology building in Stockholm. They are likely to be prosecuted for trespassing
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN, SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield. Biden met in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who appealed for
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military-built pier designed to carry badly needed aid into Gaza by boat has been reconnected to the beach in the besieged territory after being broken apart in storms and rough seas. U.S. Central Command also announced Friday that food and other
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The prosecution of Hunter Biden on federal firearms charges stems from a form that would-be gun buyers must fill out when purchasing a weapon from a licensed gun business. The form includes standard questions about things that would disqualify someone from legal gun ownership, like felony convictions or drug use.
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks after its much-anticipated premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a film about Donald Trump in the 1980s is still seeking distribution in the United States. In Cannes, “The Apprentice” unveiled a scathing portrait of the former U.S. President as a young man. The
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors aimed to wrap up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he was
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors aimed to wrap up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he was
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped on Wall Street and Treasury yields jumped Friday after the government released a surprisingly hot jobs report, suggesting that markets may have to wait even longer for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%. The Dow Jones
Continue ReadingTOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A police investigator concluded no criminal charges were warranted after a lobster-themed monster truck clipped a power line, causing some scary moments with live wires falling to the ground. Two people were taken to hospitals. Several people were injured Saturday when utility poles snapped and a transformer tumbled to the ground
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he
Continue ReadingBy CHRSTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved in a foiled coup attempt in Congo last month has opened in Kinshasa. The suspects appeared in court on Friday facing several charges including terrorism, murder and criminal association. They all face death
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — First lady attends Hunter Biden’s criminal trial in Delaware after returning from D-Day events in France.
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says that the Russian economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions and the country has expanded economic ties with countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Addressing the presidents of Bolivia and Zimbabwe and business leaders at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Putin
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a vigorous 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates. Last month’s strong job growth reflected the durability of America’s consumer-driven economy. With the
Continue ReadingBy LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s allies could soon add another U.S. House member to their ranks, as Ohio voters head to the polls in a district the Republican former president carried comfortably in 2020. Republican Bill Johnson served in Congress for more than a decade before resigning in January, leaving
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic, two countries where immigration was a key issue on the campaign trail, took to the polls Friday on the second day of the elections for the European Parliament, where a surge of the far-right across the 27-nation bloc was likely
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning for former President Donald Trump, the race to succeed him as North Dakota governor tops the list of contests voters will decide in statewide and local primaries. Burgum’s decision not to seek a third term
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street shifted between small gains and losses in quiet trading before the bell Friday as markets anticipated the release of key U.S. jobs data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 each rose less than 0.1% before markets opened. GameStop, the troubled
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN, SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield. The apology came as Biden met in Paris with Ukrainian President
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