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By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday in a busy week with several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation due along with a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve. U.S. futures and oil prices fell. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index was up 0.1% at 39,092.32 as investors
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown hopes a late endorsement from former President Donald Trump will help carry him to victory in the state’s GOP Senate primary on Tuesday and give him the momentum he needs to win a general election race that Republicans see as one
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the U.S. dairy industry confronts a bird flu outbreak, with cases reported at dozens of farms and the disease spreading to people, the egg industry could serve as an example of how to slow the disease but also shows how difficult it can be
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press LECCE, Italy (AP) — Puglia is known for its olive groves, white-washed houses and spectacular coastlines that will provide the backdrop when Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts Group of Seven leaders for their annual summit this week. But the region is also home to the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth main
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun-control advocates and many Democrats see additional openings created by hardline positions of the gun lobby. President Joe Biden’s campaign says gun control could be a motivating issue for suburban college-educated women who may be decisive in several key battlegrounds this fall. The campaign and its allies
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore Airlines has offered compensation to passengers of a flight that hit extreme turbulence last month. The Boeing 777 jet from London to Singapore ran into sudden turbulence over the Irrawaddy basin on May 20, hurling people and items around the cabin. The plane, with 211 passengers and 18 crew
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who are weighing whether President Joe Biden’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges heard deeply personal testimony about dark moments in Hunter Biden’s past. The case stems from a gun the younger Biden bought in October
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three Republican incumbent U.S. House members in South Carolina are facing primary challengers. In the coastal 1st District, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is seeking a third term with the backing of Donald Trump. The former president opposed her in 2022. Mace’s chief rival is Catherine Templeton,
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son over a gun Hunter Biden bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. Jurors deliberated for
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigns for reelection, President Joe Biden frequently touts his work on student debt, pointing to the millions of people who received cancellation under his watch. Yet relatively few Americans say they’re fans of his work on the issue, even among those who
Continue ReadingBy MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Cameroon has one of the world’s lowest number of health workers per capita. About a third of trained doctors who graduated from medical school last year left the West African country. Many doctors and nurses are leaving for more lucrative jobs in Europe and North America.
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The groups were showing worrying signs of trouble, according to the Italian Interior Ministry’s half-yearly report released in January 2024. Around the same time Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that the G7 leaders’ meeting would be held in the southern Italian region of Puglia as part
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence has learned of discussions between Houthis in Yemen to provide weapons to the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, in what three American officials described to CNN as a worrying development that threatens to further destabilize an already violent region. Officials are now searching for evidence that
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida’s Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a heated turn Monday night. Evan Rodrigues had a pair of third-period goals, Niko Mikkola and Aaron
Continue ReadingTWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink the size by nearly half and keep it farther away from a national historic site. BLM’s preferred alternative was detailed in its final environmental review released last week. It decreases
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon won coveted James Beard Awards Monday at a red carpet awards ceremony in Chicago. More than 100 restaurants were finalists across 22 categories for the culinary world’s
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.” The audio was posted on X
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The City of Palm Springs, in partnership with the Community Action Partnership of Riverside County, announces three convenient cooling centers that will be available for residents to retreat from the heat when temperatures sky-rocket this summer: Demuth Community Center, located at 3601 E. Mesquite Ave., Monday – Friday from 9 AM – 6 PM James
Continue ReadingMOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Four Iowa college instructors teaching in China have been attacked while visiting a public park. Cornell College President Jonathan Brand said in a statement Monday that the instructors were teaching as part of a partnership with Beihua University in eastern China. Brand said the Iowa instructors were with a faculty
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, spotlighting a slew of features Monday designed to soup up the iPhone, iPad and Mac. And in a move befitting a company known for its marketing prowess, the AI technology coming
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