By DARREN SANDS Associated Press It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24 years. It was more daunting — at times agonizing — to reach the decision six years later, in 2015, that
Continue ReadingBy LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon has multiple hotly contested primaries upcoming, as well as some that will set the stage for high-profile races in November. In Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, Democrats on Tuesday are trying to win back a seat that they lost in 2022. Jamie McLeod-Skinner lost the general election
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — A mayoral candidate was among the six people killed by gunfire at a political campaign event in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday, according to the Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation (IEPC). Lucero López Maza, the mayoral candidate for the municipality of La
Continue ReadingBy PETR DAVID JOSEK Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after being shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, officials said Friday. Fico, 59, was attacked as he was greeting supporters after a government meeting in the former coal mining town of Handlova.
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER and ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters are heading back to the polls in Georgia, two months after helping Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump secure their parties’ nominations for president. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether Trump’s prosecutor in his election interference trial will keep her job. Fulton
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. ESPN reported he failed to follow police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. Traffic was backed
Continue ReadingBy LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — All of Donald Trump’s top opponents for the Republican presidential nomination dropped out of the race weeks ago but will be back together on Kentucky’s primary ballot. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others quit the race after Kentucky finalized its ballot, so
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle. According to figures released Friday, the former member of the Fab Four is the first British musician to be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion). The annual Sunday Times Rich List calculated that the wealth of the 81-year-old musician and his wife, Nancy Shevell, had grown
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city. The remarks were Putin’s first on the offensive launched May
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser, Joe Sutton, Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in California’s 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots for Tuesday’s election with a sense of déjà vu. Since Republican former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced in December he would step down from his Central Valley seat, voters have already had two
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in California’s 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots for Tuesday’s election with a sense of déjà vu. Since Republican former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced in December he would step down from his Central Valley seat, voters have already had two
Continue ReadingBy MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu Dhabi-branded brewery and distillery with funky camels on its cans and playful names familiar to anyone living in the United Arab Emirates. The only problem was it was illegal to produce
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Idaho voters are heading to the polls to decide primaries for the U.S. House and the state legislature. Among the more notable races on Tuesday is the Republican primary for the 2nd Congressional District, where congressman Mike Simpson seeks a 14th term. One contest that won’t be
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance. Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64% to $5.4 billion in 2020, according
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say an exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa is ending after nearly two weeks and with 19 people still unaccounted for. At least 33 people have been confirmed dead in
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but has no plans to capture the city. Speaking to reporters Friday on a visit to Harbin, China, Putin said that Moscow launched attacks in the Kharkiv
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Russia and China are helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. His comments came as
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed the shooting-down of an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone. If confirmed, this would be yet another Reaper downed by the Houthis as they press their
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A giant planet as fluffy as cotton candy has been spotted about 1,200 light-years from Earth. Astronomers say it’s the second-lightest planet ever found and will be key to research investigating atypical planetary formation. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
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