By JOCELYN GECKER and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The University of Michigan is informing students of the rules for upcoming graduation ceremonies: Banners and flags are not allowed. Protests are OK but in designated areas away from the cap-and-gown festivities. The University of Southern California canceled a planned speech by the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded Tuesday by describing Musk as an
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The University of Michigan is informing students of the rules for upcoming graduation ceremonies: Banners and flags are not allowed. Protests are OK but in designated areas away from the cap-and-gown festivities. The University of Southern California canceled a planned speech by the
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult film actor that
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana voters are getting another opportunity to see a debate between Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination as Indiana’s next governor. Tuesday’s debate comes two weeks ahead of the May 7 primary. All six have cast themselves in the competitive, multi-million dollar primary race as political outsiders.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — At a time when book bans have soared to their highest levels in decades, a countertrend is emerging. Lawmakers in several Democratic-leaning states are now pursuing bans on book bans. The Washington and Maryland legislatures have already passed them this year, while
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company
Continue ReadingBy Andy Carey and Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance. US President Joe Biden has said he
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings and extortion in a clash in the country’s south. Seven soldiers were wounded in the hourlong gunbattle Monday against members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in a marshy hinterland
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG MEYER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Dylan Cease permitted one hit in seven dominant innings and pinch-hitter Tyler Wade singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth, sending the San Diego Padres to a 3-1 victory over the struggling Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Cease (3-1) struck out eight and walked none, allowing
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized. The letter was published on Monday by Cambridge University. In it, he tried to ease her worries, though he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal aimed at cracking down on how some of the nation’s largest utilities spend customers’ money. California’s investor-owned utilities can’t use money from customers to pay for things like advertising their brand or lobbying for legislation. Instead, they’re supposed to
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal aimed at cracking down on how some of the nation’s largest utilities spend customers’ money. California’s investor-owned utilities can’t use money from customers to pay for things like advertising their brand or lobbying for legislation. Instead, they’re supposed to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ association has asked a federal court to confirm an arbitrator’s decision denying an attempt by a baseball agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm to block the agent’s decertification by the union. The Major League Baseball Players Association has decertified agent William Arroyo and denied certification to Noah
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China. The survey of American companies said inconsistent and unclear policies and enforcement, rising labor costs and data security issues were other
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — Blood evidence found in the home of Maxwell Anderson, the man accused of killing and mutilating 19-year-old Sade Robinson in Wisconsin, does not appear to match the college student’s DNA, according to an amended complaint obtained by CNN affiliate WDJT. Robinson was reported missing on April
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. That and the giant drone, its wingspan similar to that of
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