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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said he never considered forgoing a reelection bid because of his advanced age and sought to rebuff questions about his ability to serve in a wide-ranging interview with Time Magazine published Tuesday. “I can do it better than anybody you know. You’re looking at me, I can
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that bisects the war-divided island nation. President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters Tuesday that his government is ready to
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (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 is to appear at court on July 5 to answer questions. Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Across Normandy, France, where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-Day, Allied veterans of World War II are the VVIPs of 80th anniversary celebrations this week. Veterans, many of them centenarians
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools has resigned with Wisconsin’s largest school district in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in state funding after not submitting required financial reports. Keith Posley is former teacher who has been superintendent since 2018. Wisconsin Public Radio reported Tuesday that Posley resigned hours after a public
Continue ReadingCNN By 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
Continue ReadingNORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 3-year-old boy stabbed by a woman in a grocery store parking lot has died in what they believe was a random attack. Police say the boy and his mother were going back to their vehicle after shopping at the Giant Eagle grocery on Monday when
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts. The prime minister has said Spain is facing an “authentic pandemic” of pornography targeted at minors. Spain’s government
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan’s gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition. The Italian conceptual artist, famous for his lowly banana duct-taped to a wall and
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial. Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later — is up for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial. Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden arrives at Delaware courthouse for opening statements in Hunter Biden’s federal gun case.
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections. The traditional blouse in question typically boasts intricate embroidery designs and tassels and is widely recognized as a symbol of the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers U.S. markets drifted lower before the bell Tuesday as investors await a trove of labor market data this week. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell about 0.3% before the bell. A handful of companies are still reporting earnings ahead
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A volcano has belched a plume of ash and steam into the night sky in the central Philippines in a powerful explosion that sent more than 700 people fleeing to evacuation camps. The explosion of Mount Kanlaon Monday night on Negros Island triggered sirens across Canlaon,
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology. President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted the first Korea-Africa Summit with dozens of African leaders. Yoon urged African
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday killed an Iranian military adviser, Iranian media reported, two months after the Middle East came to the brink of a major war as Israel and Iran engaged in unprecedented direct attacks on each other’s
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (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
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 partial figures Tuesday. But Modi and his allies faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected. The opposition pushed back against the leader’s
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