By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo says construction of the first phase of the country’s ambitious new capital is 80% complete and he will have an office there once clean water is available in July. Widodo told reporters on Wednesday during a visit to Nusantara on the island
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says that the U.S. has flown a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for its first precision-guided weapon bombing drill in seven years.South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the U.S. B-1B bomber conducted joint aerial drills with other U.S. and South Korean fighter jets on Wednesday.It says the
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc’s parliament, in a major democratic exercise that’s also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation. Experts have warned that artificial intelligence could supercharge the spread of fake news that
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U.S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced
Continue ReadingBy Omar Fajardo, Mitchell McCluskey and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The woman mayor of a town in western Mexico was shot dead Monday, authorities said, just hours after the country elected its first female president in a race marred by deadly attacks on candidates. Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa, mayor of Cotija in Michoacán state, was walking
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army said Wednesday a gunman attempted to attack on the U.S. embassy near Beirut. The Lebanese military in a statement said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national. The gunman was wounded and taken to a hospital. Local media
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Milwaukee Admirals 5-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night. Firebirds defeat Admirals 5-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Coachella Valley is now one win away from reaching the Calder Cup Finals for the second straight season. @KESQ— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) June
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid in her home with her four children. The gunmen found them and let them live — to suffer the guilt of survival — after killing her husband and other relatives. Safi,
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel has transferred hundreds of Palestinian detainees out of the shadowy detention facility of Sde Teiman in Israel’s Negev desert, a state attorney told Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday during a first-ever hearing about the facility where prisoners from Gaza have
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Atlanta have completed repairs to a key water main whose break, among others, contributed to a huge swath of the city spending days without safe drinking water – though a boil advisory remains in effect for many homes and businesses “out of
Continue ReadingWXIA By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Atlanta have completed repairs to a key water main whose break, among others, contributed to a huge swath of the city spending days without safe drinking water – though a boil advisory remains in effect for many homes and businesses “out
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global human rights group claimed that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday. Human Rights Watch said in its report
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rehashing how she found out about former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. She deflected a light-hearted question from Kimmel about whether the people she watched the verdict with were
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Two families have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Williamson County School District, claiming their middle school kids were arrested, strip-searched, placed in solitary confinement, forced to undergo evaluations and placed on house arrest after officials misinterpreted a Tennessee statute and claimed that
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Neto had a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Angels won their first home series of the season with a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Luis Rengifo drove in an early run for the
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is visiting Albania to thank the tiny Western Balkan country for its help hosting thousands of asylum seekers rescued from international waters. The visit comes just days before European Parliament elections, in which migration has been a key campaign issue. Last November
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox returned to an Italian courtroom Wednesday for the first time in more than 12½ years to clear herself “once and for all” of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix — America’s hottest big city — employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that saw 645 heat-related deaths last year. Starting this season, the Phoenix
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix — America’s hottest big city — employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that saw 645 heat-related deaths last year. Starting this season, the Phoenix
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Newman and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each hit two-run doubles and the Arizona Diamondbacks stretched their winning streak to four games with an 8-5 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. “This isn’t anything that is happening by luck — we’ve been working
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