BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A U.N.-backed independent expert on human rights in Myanmar says the military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield, where it is fighting against pro-democracy and ethnic armed groups. Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told a news conference in Geneva that resistance to military rule
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are trying to pause at least five civil lawsuits that seek to hold him accountable for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot because of his pending criminal trial, according to filings with a federal judge in Washington, DC. Trump’s team is arguing that moving the
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor is urging jurors to find a former Milwaukee elections official who requested fake ballots guilty of misconduct, rejecting her stance that she was acting as a whistleblower. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Westphal tells jurors during closing arguments in Kimberly Zapata’s trial Wednesday that whistleblowers
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in the volatile southwest. Three security forces were also killed in the ensuing shootout. All the
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three correctional officers were shot — two by a suspect and one by responding police — during a brazen overnight attack to break a prison inmate out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday. Police throughout the region were looking for the suspected shooter as well as the escaped inmate, Skylar
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Florida’s homeless will be banned from sleeping in public spaces such as sidewalks and parks under a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure signed Wednesday also promises the homeless more services for issues such as substance abuse and mental health problems. The state Department of Children and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who called themselves “the Goon Squad.” Daniel Opdyke was sentenced Wednesday to 17.5 years in federal
Continue ReadingWOIO, CNN By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Jailyn’s cries echoed through the quiet streets of Cleveland in the dead of the night. The toddler whimpered and howled, but no one came to her rescue. Her mother, Kristel Candelario, was away on a 10-day summer vacation and had left Jailyn alone in a playpen with
Continue ReadingBy Leah Collins, CNN (CNN) — Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an ongoing commitment to empower Africa’s creative economy, slated to star music icon Seal and backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu. Backed by Nigerian superproducer Mo Abudu, the short film
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Wales has become the first part of the U.K. to get a Black leader, following the election of Vaughan Gething as first minister. Gething was elected government leader by members of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff on Wednesday, four days after he won the contest to lead Wales’ governing Labour Party. He
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has been announced the winner of last month’s presidential election over two former governors who have vowed to contest the result in court over alleged irregularities. They have three days to do so. Subianto has links to the past dictatorship. He
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Voters around the world who worry about growing threats to democratic freedoms should consider electing more women in countries’ national elections this year. That’s according to the United Nations deputy secretary-general. Amina Mohammed was speaking to a conference in Greece on women’s participation in politics. More
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday denied Michael Cohen’s attempt to end his supervised release early after finding Donald Trump’s former attorney likely “committed perjury” in past testimony. Cohen asked to lift his supervised release, which ends in November, based on his testimony in the New York
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been a mainstay on The Associated Press All-America team the past few seasons. The NCAA’s all-time scoring leader from Iowa was honored for the third straight year Wednesday, becoming the 11th player to earn the distinction three times. She was a unanimous choice from the 35-member
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been a mainstay on The Associated Press All-America team the past few seasons. The NCAA’s all-time scoring leader from Iowa was honored for the third straight year Wednesday, becoming the 11th player to earn the distinction three times. She was a unanimous choice from the 35-member
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India.
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Congressman Mike Bost has won the Republican nomination in a competitive downstate primary battle with former state Sen. Darren Bailey. Bailey, the 2022 GOP nominee for Illinois governor, challenged the five-term incumbent, claiming he wasn’t conservative enough for the district that encompasses virtually the entire bottom one-third of the state. He
Continue ReadingBy PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — An appeals court in Montenegro has confirmed that cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon will be handed over to his native South Korea. The Appeals Court of Montenegro said in a statement Wednesday that it approved an earlier ruling by the High Court to extradite Kwon to South
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