By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press CANOAS, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. They treat and feed sick, hungry or injured dogs, hoping to
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief has called for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after a drone footage posted on a Chinese social media site showed a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted navy port west of Tokyo. Defense Minister Minoru Kihara called it a serious security threat.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will update his budget proposal on Friday, and the news likely won’t be good. Newsom, in his last term as governor and widely seen as a future presidential candidate, announced a nearly $38 billion deficit in January, driven by declining revenues. Days
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will update his budget proposal on Friday, and the news likely won’t be good. Newsom, in his last term as governor and widely seen as a future presidential candidate, announced a nearly $38 billion deficit in January, driven by declining revenues. Days
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners have been spending more for renovations in recent years, as high interest rates and inflation drove up costs for everything from flooring to refrigerators. But the home improvement frenzy appears to be cooling. Spending on renovations and repairs fell for the first time in
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses. It’s a tactical switch in the war that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks. Officials said Friday that intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk in the Kharkiv
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The U.N. says about 110,000 people have fled Rafah in southern Gaza, as heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants leaves aid crossings inaccessible and food and fuel supplies grow critically low. An official for the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says all crossings into southern Gaza
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish farmers have marched through downtown Warsaw to protest the European Union’s climate policies and to oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The march was organized by Solidarity, a farmers’ trade union that is strongly opposed to the EU’s farming policies, in particular
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters. As part of that effort, the University of Minnesota disclosed this week that about $5 million of
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money case has resumed and it caps a feverish week that saw Stormy Daniels captivate jurors with sometimes graphic testimony, another failed bid for a mistrial and more. Madeleine Westerhout, a former Trump White House aide, returned to stand on Friday and other witnesses are
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House wants voters to know about its differences with Republicans over taxes. The White House’s National Economic Council director, Lael Brainard, is to deliver remarks Friday on the 2017 income tax cuts that are set to expire after next year. The expiration of the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Police dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early Friday and moved to clear protesters from University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, hours after police tear-gassed protesters and took down an encampment at the University of Arizona. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, video showed police roaming through the
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press CANOAS, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the Brazilian city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods since last week. They treat and feed sick, hungry or injured dogs, hoping to reunite them with their
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Police early Friday have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. People were being detained and video showed police roaming through the encampment. Organizers said only about 10 people were inside the camp, but a crowd outside the camp began gathering and chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. Tensions have
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales, Paradise Afshar and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian encampments were cleared from at least three college campuses early Friday as schools across the country continued to call in law enforcement to quell demonstrations in recent weeks. Here are the latest developments: Police broke up an encampment at the University of Pennsylvania
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say Russia has pounded a town in Ukraine’s northeast with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs before attempting an infantry breach of local defenses. It’s a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Officials
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless be decisive in the race for the White House. Voters will also decide several contested state primaries, including U.S. Senate, where both Republican incumbents are on the ballot. Republican Sen. Deb Fischer
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Target is limiting the number of stores that will sell LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month in June following a boycott from right-wing activists last year that took a toll on the brand’s bottom line. This year, Target said it will sell only Pride-themed “adult apparel” and home
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Floods in South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces in eastern Congo have hit nearly half a million people, creating food shortages, displacements and risk of diseases, according to a World Food Program report released Wednesday. WFP said it lacked resources to respond to the needs of people in areas impacted
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Police early Friday dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and moved to clear protesters from University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, just hours after police tear-gassed protesters and took down an encampment at the University of Arizona. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, video showed police roaming through
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