By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court has ruled that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits. Tuesday’s ruling by the Privy Council is considered
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If the Democratic voters of Michigan – and a handful of other swing states – are feeling uncommitted in November, Joe Biden could lose reelection. Tuesday’s primary – in which tens of thousands of Democratic primary votes cast protest ballots over the president’s support for Israel –
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared former President Donald Trump the winner of Michigan’s Republican primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns from a cross-section of the state. With the victory, Trump is now a perfect five-for-five in state presidential contests in which he
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner of Michigan’s Democratic primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns as the incumbent continues to roll toward renomination. The AP declared Biden the winner at 9:00 p.m. ET with results showing him with an overwhelming lead
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The executive producers behind Lifetime’s Wendy Williams documentary say they, too, were unnerved by some of what they saw while filming the former talk show host. But in an interview with The Associated Press, the producers say that while they were concerned about Williams’ health and her behavior, they didn’t
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years. The 758,631 babies born
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men. Biden defeated Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, his one significant opponent left in the Democratic primary. But Democrats were also
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Surveillance video captured a break in at the Sabatinos Pizza Pasta and Wings Tuesday morning. It was just one of what appeared to be several similar break ins of business around the area of Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road. The break in at the Sabatinos near Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road at the
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is being allowed to take effect by a federal appeals court in Chicago. The order was issued Tuesday by a panel of justices on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. It removes a preliminary injunction against the ban that a
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are pushing to require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The proposal advanced through a committee on Tuesday after police charged a Venezuelan man with beating a nursing student
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties’ primaries in Michigan on Tuesday. Biden overcame an activist-led push to lodge protest votes over his response to Israel’s war with Hamas, although the effort was at roughly 13% of the vote shortly after midnight. Biden is barreling toward
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history received a glowing review from his superiors even as some of his family members were growing increasingly worried about his mental health. The evaluation from April 2023 says Robert Card was “a consummate professional” who
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The Election Fair is the official launch of the club’s “Eye on the Election” series, and is the first of many events being held to promote excitement around the upcoming election season. Another goal of the series was to increase civic engagement. “Many of our students may be eligible to vote in their first election
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state’s GOP-dominated legislature barrels ahead with a package of bills — ranging from
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, SENATE TV, HOUSE TV By Clare Foran, Michael Williams and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The meeting President Joe Biden held with four top congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday was “one of the most intense I’ve ever encountered,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters, as leaders in two branches of government
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in charge of New York’s Legislature proposed new lines for congressional districts in the key battleground state hours after rejecting boundaries created by a bipartisan redistricting commission. The legislation proposed late Monday leaves much of the Independent Redistricting Commission’s recently unveiled map
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is one step closer to what would be a landmark shift in health care policy. The Republican-led House is preparing to debate expanding Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. The House Medicaid
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers have begun a new nationwide strike that threatens to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain. Since taking office last year, President Bola Tinubu has enacted policies that include doing away
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Donna Summer sued Ye and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” illegal use of her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).” The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court
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A 41-year-old man who tried to snatch a Moreno Valley girl at gunpoint as she walked home from school was sentenced today to four years in state prison. Arturo Ramirez Cisneros in October pleaded guilty to attempted abduction of a minor. The plea was directly to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kelly, without input
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