By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald’s, Target and Albertsons.
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violence is raging across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory. Authorities boosted security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago, where some residents have long sought independence from France.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A pair of Republican-led House committees voted on Thursday to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The move is a major escalation in a dispute
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart will issue a report Thursday showing that three-quarters of them have not surrendered their firearms. The Democratic sheriff is seeking $10 million from
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer When the NFL schedule gets released, fans and commentators obsess over how many prime-time appearances teams will make. However, the biggest competition and most attention when it comes to formulating the schedule each year is the late afternoon window for Fox and CBS. The 4:25 p.m. Sunday spot is
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A car carrying migrants has skidded off road and slammed into a wall in southern Croatia, killing four people and injuring several others. Police say the accident happened around 7 a.m. on Thursday near the town of Sinj. Five other passengers were injured and taken to the hospital. Croatian media reported
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday for China’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, which have been rejected by Ukraine and its Western supporters as largely following the Kremlin’s line. At their summit, Putin and Xi reaffirmed a
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A man charged with manslaughter in the death of a Jewish protester he’s accused of striking during dueling demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year will stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors allege Loay Alnaji hit the 69-year-old protester, Paul Kessler, with
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says 42 people have been rescued while another three are missing after a boat believed to have been carrying migrants sent out a distress call while sailing in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete. The Greek coast guard said Thursday it was alerted by the
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, CNN Less than halfway through the year, 2024 has already broken the record for the most sex education bill proposals in state legislatures since at least 2018. At least 135 bills — the majority of which would place restrictions on sex education in K-12 public schools — have been introduced or are
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — J. Smith-Cameron thinks she’s found a secret weapon. For the past two years, the “Succession” actress has led a giving circle that pools donations from her friends, friends of friends and their friends — more than 400 strong so far in 2024 — to help flip state legislatures blue.
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions. A standoff between the government and doctors opposed to the plan has shaken the country’s medical system for months. More than 10,000 junior doctors have been
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders have agreed on a coalition deal that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right. It caps a half year of tumultuous negotiations, though it’s still unclear who will become prime minister. The “Hope, courage
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s national carrier Finnair is resuming flights to Estonia’s second largest city in June after two of its planes were prevented from landing in Tartu last month because of GPS disruptions. The cause of the GPS interference that forced the two flights to return to Helsinki on April 25 and April
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they’ve “crossed a line” by entering the building and disrupting class for thousands of students. “Students have a right to protest but that is not a blank
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda is reaffirming its commitment to electric vehicles, investing 10 trillion yen, or $65 billion, through fiscal 2031. The company says that by 2030, battery EVs and fuel cell EVs will make up 40% of Honda’s global auto sales. Global production capacity will be
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Share opened lower Thursday in Europe after most Asian benchmarks gained, tracking a Wall Street rally driven by hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction. The optimism came from a report Wednesday showing U.S. consumers had to pay prices for gasoline, car insurance and everything else
Continue ReadingKELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid a surge in auto theft enabled by the technology
Continue ReadingBy BELA SZANDELSZKY, PETR DAVID JOSEK and PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that shook the small country and reverberated across the continent weeks
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press SVAY CHOK, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and China have begun 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing’s increasing influence in the Southeast Asian nation. Some 1,315 Cambodian military personnel and 760 Chinese are participating in the regular “Golden Dragon” ground and sea maneuvers, including three Chinese
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