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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A series of gun safety bills introduced after Maine’s deadliest shooting appears is headed toward final passage. The House voted 75-68 to enact the governor’s omnibus gun safety bill that strengthens the state’s yellow flag law, boosts background checks for private sales of guns and makes it a crime to recklessly

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale have announced they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages. In a statement the curators said: “The art can wait, but the women,

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. Danish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said it was

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s prime minister has called for closer cooperation between Saudi Arabia and his cash-strapped Islamic nation to enhance Saudi investment in his country. Shehbaz Sharif made his remarks Tuesday during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, who arrived Monday in the capital, Islamabad. Among the

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will begin three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania in his childhood hometown of Scranton. He plans to use the working class city of roughly 75,000 on Tuesday as the backdrop for his pitch for higher taxes on the wealthy. His travels overlap with

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B.I.G. are entering the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. They’re among the 25 titles announced Tuesday that have been selected for preservation as “defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture.” ABBA’s 1976 album “Visitors”

BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, in an apparent call for China to apply greater pressure on its neighbor to end the war. Scholz also told Xi at their meeting on Tuesday that the

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil’s northern coastal state of Pará had found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic ocean. Brazil’s Federal police said in a

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rains have lashed the United Arab Emirates, flooding out portions of major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai. Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighboring Oman rose to 18 on Tuesday with others still missing as the

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The fire that began Tuesday in the copper roof of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, has now spread to much of the building, and parts of the roof have

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan says it expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029. Japan’s legacy automakers have fallen behind newer rivals like America’s Tesla and China’s BYD in the emerging all-electric auto sector, but Nissan, sees a chance to catch up

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and priest during a church service in a second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days. Authorities have declared the church attack an act of terrorism. The 16-year-old was overpowered by the