BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who will run this year’s United Nations climate talks in November views the upcoming negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb worsening global warming — if they can be successful. Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s environment minister, will serve as president at this
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations agency for refugees says Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn’t contravene international human rights laws. Cypriot authorities have reportedly dispatched police patrol vessels to thwart boat
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Potential jurors expressed anxiety Friday about deciding Donald Trump’s hush money case, with one woman breaking down in tears, as lawyers worked to round out the panel that will hear the first-ever trial of a former U.S.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Three more alternates in Donald Trump ‘s hush money case were picked by early afternoon on Friday as jury selection moved forward for a fourth and possibly final day. The proceedings followed an intense day Thursday that ultimately saw a total of 12 jurors and one alternate being sworn-in by day’s
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has ruled that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton can face discipline from the state bar association over his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. A disciplinary committee of the group says Paxton made false claims of fraud in a lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kit Harington says he jumped at the chance to sport what he calls a “proper porn ‘stache” to play a drug-running killer in “Blood for Dust.” The “Game of Thrones” actor stars in the new film with Scoot McNairy and Josh Lucas and it hits theaters
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris authorities say a man wearing a fake explosive vest and making threats has been detained outside the Iranian Consulate in Paris. Police locked down the area for hours while the man holed up in the consulate. His motive was unclear. The incident came
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent their latest eruption of violence from escalating into a full-blown regional war.
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A group backing a proposed ballot measure in California that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools is battling the attorney general in court Friday, arguing he released misleading information about the proposal to
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A group backing a proposed ballot measure in California that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools is battling the attorney general in court Friday, arguing he released misleading information about the proposal to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.” Eric Hovde faces Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the race
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Department of Homeland Security official told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing that federal officials are resolved to never allow a similar terrorist attack again. Deputy Security Adviser Caitlin Durkovich spoke Friday morning during a ceremony on
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Two Western officials have told The Associated Press that the United States is trying to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published April 12, 2024, about Chinese sales to Russia of technology that has been used in its war against Ukraine, The Associated Press, citing information from two senior administration officials, misidentified the name of one of the companies involved in the sales as Chinese firm iRay Technology. A third
Continue ReadingNORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed some of the most serious charges against a former Minnesota college student who police and prosecutors feared was plotting a campus shooting. Waylon Kurts, of Montpelier, Vermont, was a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, when he was charged last year with multiple felony counts. But
Continue ReadingBy ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials later said one bystander was killed. Initially, police said the van was heading to an industrial area where the five
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is pressing the allies to give more Patriot missile batteries and other equipment to Ukraine. He says some member countries have air defense systems that could be made available. Stoltenberg was speaking after an online meeting of defense ministers on Friday. The meeting
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are building a significant financial edge in the battle for the US House of Representatives, outraising their GOP counterparts and placing big fall ad reservations as Republicans grapple with the fallout of ongoing leadership battles. House Democrats’ official campaign committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, announced this week that it
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is imposing sanctions on two entities accused of fundraising for extremist Israeli-occupied West Bank settlers who have harassed and attacked Palestinians. Also sanctioned was the founder of an organization whose members regularly assault Palestinians. The announcement from the U.S. Treasury Department
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