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By 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

By 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

By 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.

By 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

INDEX, 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

By 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

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Longtime Rep. Danny Davis has won the Democratic primary after a competitive five-way primary. The Democrat first won office in 1996. He faced questions about his fitness for office at age 82. He said those questions are fair but that his experience is valuable, particularly for leadership

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday personally appealed to Latino voters, saying they’re the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November. “I need you back,” he told several dozen supporters packed into a local Mexican restaurant.