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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on Japanese islands. Television showed buildings in the city of Hualien shaken off their foundations. Islandwide train service was suspended, as was subway service in Taipei. Taiwan’s

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off Taiwan, and Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa. Japan’s meteorological agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters or 9.8 feet. It wasn’t yet clear if there was any damage from the quake Wednesday morning.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Voters in four states are weighing in on their parties’ presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations. Biden and Trump easily won primaries in Rhode Island and

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republicans have voted in a primary runoff to decide who will challenge a longtime Democratic congressman for his U.S. House seat in the November general election. Tuesday’s 2nd District primary runoff is between Ron Eller and Andrew Scott Smith. The winner will face Democratic

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man on Tuesday admitted stealing nearly $2 million worth of jewelry, clothing and accessories from guests at a Beverly Hills hotel, then traveling to Florida to sell the stolen goods, federal prosecutors said. Jobson Marangoni De Castro, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material. In the settlement agreement filed with a federal court

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says the U.S. territory’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be the largest in history at $14 billion, with new funds meant to help the island’s elderly population, reduce violence and boost solar power programs. Tuesday’s announcement was made during

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors are scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday in the corruption trial of a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Buffalo. Joseph Bongiovanni is charged with accepting cash bribes to shield suspects with connections to organized crime. Federal prosecutors say Bongiovanni accepted more than $250,000 in bribes to derail drug investigations

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado police officer is on trial over the violent arrest of a Black man in 2021. The man, Kyle Vinson, was the first person to take the witness stand as testimony began Tuesday against former Aurora police officer John Haubert. Vinson testified that he

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s police chief on Tuesday declined to say whether recent revelations that more than 264,000 cases filed with Houston police in the past eight years were dropped speak to broader problems within his agency that need to be fixed. During a nearly two-hour meeting at police

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says a loose railway fitting that caused a train car to derail on the president’s pet project, a tourist rail route known as the Maya Train. The derailment on March 25 proved embarrassing for the government. Critics have said the project, which runs in a loop around the