By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democrats and Republicans are deciding their parties’ standard-bearers for the U.S. Senate along with candidates for the presidency and House. Tuesday’s election comes amid the federal corruption trial of Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Menendez, who filed Monday to run as an independent. He is
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister says any dialogue between Syria and Turkey should only take place after Ankara announces that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories. The comments came during a joint news conference with Iran’s acting foreign minister. Turkey has threatened in recent days
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Jesús Morales rolls down his window as he pulls into a California Home Depot parking lot. “We need three workers,” he says in Spanish. “We’re going to go to Disneyland,” Morales tells the men as they climb into the back seat of his SUV. “We’ll pay you for
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem and Mike Schwarz, CNN (CNN) — Large fires broke out in northern Israel overnight, Israeli police said early Tuesday, attributing the blazes to rocket fire from southern Lebanon. The flames consumed some 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres or 400 hectares) of the northern region, chief of the Tiberias fire station Boris Eisenberg said.
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By Eric Levenson, Cindy Von Quednow, Steve Almasy and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani said he has “closure” and is ready to “move on” after his longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to fraud and tax charges for stealing almost $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to slam the “repeated attacks” and “conspiracy” theories floated by Republicans about the Justice Department being weaponized against former President Donald Trump during his opening statements to Congress on Tuesday, according to prepared remarks shared with CNN. Garland’s forceful defense of the department and
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares in Europe and Asia were mostly lower on Tuesday after a report showed that U.S. manufacturing contracted in May. Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel and U.S. futures also declined. India’s Sensex dropped as much as 8% as investors who had bought shares after exit polls
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent launches of trash-carrying balloons have sharply increased animosities with rival South Korea. North Korea floated hundreds of balloons to dump manure, cigarette butts, scraps of cloth and waste batteries across South Korea. In response, South Korea has vowed “unbearable” retaliatory steps and moved
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals. Begoña Gómez, the spouse of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, is to appear at court on July 5 to answer questions. Sánchez
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Cambodia on Tuesday to meet with the country’s prime minister and defense minister, as Washington becomes increasingly concerned that Phnom Penh may grant China’s military exclusive access to a key naval base. Austin’s trip to the Cambodian capital marks
Continue ReadingBy Robert Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Police are searching for the parents of three babies who were wrapped in shopping bags and blankets, then abandoned in east London over the past seven years. A court revealed on Monday that baby Elsa, who was found left in a park in cold weather in January, is
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says a military plane has crashed during training, killing its two pilots. The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural field in central Turkey Tuesday after taking off from a Air Force base near the city of Kayseri. The cause of the crash remains unknown. The state-run Anadolu
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police took at least two people off the streets as
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu spewed red lava and thick grey ash clouds that towered 5,000 meters into the sky during a two-minute eruption. A timelapse video distributed by Indonesia’s Geological Agency shows a thick column of ash leaning towards the west and northwest side of the volcano.
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition is leading in a majority of seats in India’s general election. That’s according to early figures Tuesday. But it faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected. The opposition pushed back against the leader’s mixed economic record
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say a woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern Germany to five. While the situation has now eased in southwestern Germany, water levels remain high in parts of Bavaria, particularly on the Danube and in
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — The verdict in Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial is weeks away, but voters on Tuesday will deliver their judgment on the New Jersey Democrat’s political dynasty. Menendez is not on the primary ballot, though he has filed for reelection as an independent. His son, Rep. Rob
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Cambodia to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. Austin met his Cambodian counterpart and Prime Minister Hun Manet during a one-day visit to Phnom Penh on Tuesday. He arrived from Singapore, where
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says its military will begin recruiting some noncitizens in a bid to boost troop numbers. Defense Minister Richard Marles says the move announced Tuesday is part of an effort to build a military that can resist foreign coercion through blocked trade routes. Only
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