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By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments. Lisa Ford said Tuesday that the campaign comes alongside Ford’s investment in the refurbishment of the long abandoned rail station in Detroit, Michigan
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says Opill will start becoming available in some Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies on Tuesday and expand over the coming weeks. Evers says that will allow Medicaid recipients to easily receive
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer WALNUT, Calif. (AP) — Throughout his water polo career — from growing up in Long Beach to playing for UCLA and the U.S. national team — Max Irving has drawn inspiration from his father, Michael. Each of them knows what it’s like to work in front of a hostile
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other White
Continue ReadingCNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey Middleton, the second former law enforcement officer among six who admitted torturing and abusing two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people, including 406 deaths, during that period. South
Continue ReadingBY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces. Clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken held talks with his
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper says Prince William and his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home. It’s the first reported footage of her since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The Sun
Continue ReadingRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans in a mission statement acquired by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The plans include the kind of revitalized Palestinian Authority called for
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, the first meeting between a Chinese and Hamas official publicly acknowledged by Beijing since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The meeting follows visits from Wang
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other allegations. The company said in a release to mainland Chinese stock exchanges that its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was fined 47
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking his reelection pitch to a pair of Western battleground states this week, heading to Nevada and Arizona to shore up support in key states he’s looking to defend against former President Donald Trump in November. Biden’s pitch will zero-in on efforts to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500. New York state comptroller reported Tuesday that the average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities industry was down 2% from 2022. The slight dip came even as Wall Street profits were up slightly. The comptroller’s office says
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing in the Sun Belt as part of an aggressive play to reenergize vital parts of his 2020 electoral coalition. Much of Biden’s time on this trip this week, which includes
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. officials say newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three strategically important Pacific island nations is an important sign of American commitment, which comes amid warnings China is actively trying to pry them away from Washington’s sphere of influence. The funds for the Marshall
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions unanswered, underscoring the daunting task of decommissioning the plant. The photos released by the plant’s operator are the first
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swipes jobs
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Mick Krever and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East Jerusalem and Tel Aviv hospitals back to Gaza. The decision follows a petition by the Israeli non-profit organization Physicians for
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricket Australia says it has postponed a three-match men’s Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan due to concerns over human rights for women and girls in the Taliban-controlled country. The matches were scheduled to be hosted in August by Afghanistan but played in the United Arab Emirates. It marks the third time
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