By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a state Supreme Court justice he appointed win election. Kemp isn’t the only conservative supporting Justice Andrew Pinson in his May 21 nonpartisan election against John Barrow, a former Democratic
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Vermont legislature has passed one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country, aimed at cracking down on companies’ use of online personal data. It would let consumers file civil lawsuits against companies that break certain privacy rules. But Republican Gov. Phil Scott has concerns about part of
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the defense minister with a former deputy prime minister who is an economics expert with no military background. When Putin was inaugurated for a new six-year term on May 7, the government submitted its resignation in
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Tuesday, pushing the Nasdaq composite to another record and leaving the S&P 500 sitting just shy of its own all-time high. The late gains closed out a mostly wobbly day of trading as investors reviewed a mixed report on
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El nieto de Jimmy Carter dijo este martes que el expresidente está “llegando al final” en una breve actualización sobre la salud del presidente número 39 de Estados Unidos. “(Mi abuelo) está bien”, dijo Jason Carter en un foro sobre salud mental nombrado en honor de su abuela, la fallecida ex
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court in Germany has ruled that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke’s trial comes months
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies are warning that foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters might target LGBTQ-related events and venues as part of the upcoming June Pride Month. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued the announcement May 10 to raise awareness of “foreign terrorist organizations” or their
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Todd Blanche, an attorney for Donald Trump in his hush money trial, has questioned the former president’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen on when the devotion he had to Trump began declining. Cohen says it was around in July 2018, about two months before he pleaded guilty to federal charges, during an ABC
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March had a pair of catastrophic electrical failures minutes before the crash and had experienced two blackouts a day earlier, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police said Tuesday that they’re still searching for any possible suspect in the shooting death of a University of Arizona student last month. Police said 20-year-old sophomore Erin Jones was fatally shot at an off-campus house party in the early morning hours of April 28. Three other people — a
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Government data in Argentina shows that the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year. The figures are a closely watched indicator that bolsters President Javier Milei’s severe austerity program aimed at
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, FATIMA HUSSEIN, PAUL WISEMAN and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says in defending his new tariffs on Chinese products that China’s government subsidies ensure its companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade. The Democratic president on Tuesday slapped tariffs
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storms that slammed several Southern states have added to the region’s recent string of weather-related destruction and death. A woman who was nine months pregnant was killed after Monday night’s storms knocked a tree into a home in Louisiana’s West Baton Rouge Parish. Her unborn child did not survive. The severe
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By Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,” Jason Carter said at a mental health forum named in honor of his grandmother, the late former first lady Rosalynn Carter,
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A mixed-breed dog has won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show’s agility prize for the first time. A border collie-papillion mix, aptly named Nimble, outran and outmaneuvered 50 other finalists to seize the trophy on Saturday. The show is U.S. dogdom’s most elite door. The agility
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed a bill that would enhance penalties for people wearing a mask during a crime or intentionally blocking traffic during protests. The bill passed its first committee on Tuesday. Critics say the law would make it illegal to wear a
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that new penalties could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes. President Joe Biden on Tuesday directed the U.S. Trade Representative to impose
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Appeal judges are having doubts about whether they can rule on a transgender woman’s admission into a University of Wyoming sorority. The admission of Artemis Langford into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority prompted a lawsuit from six other sorority members last year. After hearing from both sides
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The world will have to wait at least another week before the highly anticipated first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The launch was expected on May 17 after a previous delay, but teams found a small helium leak in the service module of the spacecraft, according to a
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the U.S. are on the chopping block. Restaurant liquidator TAGeX Brands announced this week that it would be auctioning off the equipment of over 50 Red Lobster locations that were recently closed as part of the seafood chain’s “footprint
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