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By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has been sitting for hours a day in a Manhattan courtroom, where his hush-money trial is nearing its end. On Monday, a trial is set to begin in Wilmington, Delaware, for President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, who is accused of lying
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and TARA COPP Associated Press The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman opened his door armed with a handgun pointed down happened almost a month ago. But the information released so far by authorities hasn’t clarified why the officer was directed to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are expected to begin deliberations Wednesday after receiving instructions from the judge on the law and the factors they may consider as they strive to reach a verdict in the first
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this village of Tojolabal people in southern Mexico. They walk in silence. Some head to grind corn to make their family’s tortillas. Others fetch firewood to carry home, on their
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and top Hamas officials, the Israeli leader accused him of being one of “the great antisemites in modern times.” As protests roiled college campuses across the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted on lese majeste charges, authorities said Wednesday, the latest twist in a decades-long political saga in the Southeast Asian kingdom. The case, filed by police, alleged Thaksin violated Thailand’s notoriously harsh royal insult law during an interview he
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurickson Profar homered and reliever Jeremiah Estrada extended his club-record strikeout streak to 13 straight batters, the most in the expansion era, for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Tuesday night for their third straight win. Estrada achieved his milestone
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, Avery Schmitz and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found. At least 45 people were killed and more
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has won his primary runoff to survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state. Phelan defeated challenger David Covey, a former local party chairman and oil and gas consultant. The race was a snapshot of fractures within
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office says Thaksin will not yet be indicted because he had filed a request to
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Jenna Ellis, who assisted Donald Trump after the 2020 election then pleaded guilty last year in the Georgia election subversion case, has had her law license suspended in Colorado. The suspension begins July 2, according to a signed order from a state judge in Colorado. Ellis has been an
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Verdicts in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date will be delivered as early as Thursday. The case involves some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists. In 2021, 47 activists were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion for their involvement in an unofficial primary election.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese town that erected a huge black screen last week in an attempt to stop tourists from snapping photos of Mount Fuji and overcrowding the area has discovered holes in the screen and is working to repair them, officials said Tuesday. Fujikawaguchiko, a popular spot to
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has won his primary runoff to survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state. Phelan defeated challenger David Covey, a former local party chairman and oil and gas consultant. The race was a snapshot of fractures within
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump listened to closing arguments on Tuesday surrounded by three of his adult children and some of their spouses – the largest family gathering in the Manhattan courthouse since the former president’s hush money trial began six weeks ago. However, the display of familial
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to halt the upcoming execution of an Alabama man convicted of killing an elderly couple during a robbery. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied two separate requests for an execution stay for 50-year-old Jamie Ray Mills. Angie Setzer, a senior attorney with the
Continue ReadingBy JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Stone struck out seven in seven innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the reeling New York Mets 3-0 on Tuesday night for a doubleheader sweep. Stone (5-2) allowed three hits and walked none. Alex Vesia got six outs for his second save, finishing a
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired songs and novels but has become increasingly controversial in the countries where it is still practiced. The bill approved by Colombia’s congress calls
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un urged his military scientists to overcome a failed satellite launch and continue developing his nation’s space-based reconnaissance capabilities. State media reported Kim described such capabilities as crucial for countering U.S. and South Korean military activities. The report also
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associatd Press HONG KONG (AP) — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung, separated by a plexiglass barrier in a highly guarded Hong Kong jail. Leung, 68, is one of 47 activists who were prosecuted in the largest national security law case to date
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