By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has received its most senior Chinese leadership visit in nearly seven years with stability a key theme of the discussions between the countries’ foreign ministers. China’s Wang Yi met with his counterpart Penny Wong on Wednesday on his tour of Australia and New Zealand. The meeting
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. A hypersonic missile is among an array
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court late Tuesday night put Texas’ controversial immigration law back on hold, hours after the Supreme Court had cleared the way for the state to begin enforcing the measure. In a brief order, a three-judge panel at the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen. Michael Rulli has won the Republican primary in Eastern Ohio’s 6th Congressional District. The 2nd District extends from the eastern
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The media companies Gannett and McClatchy, which together control more than 200 news outlets including USA Today and the Miami Herald, say they will stop using stories, video and images from The Associated Press later this month. It’s another sign of the news industry’s retrenchment.
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A strong performance among voters who cast their ballots the day of the election in Ohio has powered Bernie Moreno to a win in the state’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate. The Associated Press declared Moreno the winner Tuesday at 8:35 p.m. EDT, when he led state
Continue ReadingBy JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Michael McCarron scored two goals, Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg each had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 8-2 on Tuesday night, extending the team’s point streak to a franchise record-tying 15 games. Jason Zucker, Luke Evangelista, Mark
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure. The Republican former president has taken credit for striking down a federally guaranteed right to
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Tuesday’s primaries for three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court kicked off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, is expected to determine how to implement an amendment to the state constitution protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly approved
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A report by a European business group says that uncertainty and “draconian regulations” have drastically raised risks for foreign businesses in China. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, released Wednesday, urges China’s leaders to do more to address concerns
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants and left-hander Blake Snell have finalized their $62 million, two-year contract ahead of the two-time Cy Young Award winner being introduced at a news conference on Wednesday. Snell gets a $17 million signing bonus payable on Jan. 15, 2026, and a $15 million salary this year. He
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Things went former President Donald Trump’s way on Tuesday in a pair of high-profile elections in Ohio that could determine Republicans’ chances of picking up critical seats this fall and expanding their power in Washington. In the bruising and expensive primary to face Democratic Sen.
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this
Continue ReadingINDEX, Wash. (AP) — The bodies of two people recovered over the weekend after they fell into the water at a dangerous swimming area in Washington state made popular by TikTok have been identified as men from Japan. The Daily Herald reports the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased Tuesday as 21-year-old Hiroya
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press Lisa Forbes has won the Democratic nomination for the Ohio Supreme Court’s only open seat. The 8th District Court of Appeals judge defeated Judge Terri Jamison, who sits on the 10th District Court of Appeals. Forbes will face Dan Hawkins, a Republican judge of the Franklin County Court of Common
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The Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert in Rancho Mirage has announced a phased rollout on March 25 with two weeks of spring break camps. The next phase is set for mid-April with the installation of some of the 40 new custom exhibits, followed by the arrival and installation of additional exhibits in early June.
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw paid assistance with absentee ballot applications and another that would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies. Republicans had named the bills as priorities for the legislative session. The
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A new clerk was chosen Tuesday to oversee elections in a deep-red rural Nevada county that has been roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud since 2020. Nye County Commissioners appointed Cori Freidhof to step into the position at the end of the month when Mark Kampf, the
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