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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is launching his first television ad of the race on Tuesday, part of a seven-figure statewide buy his campaign said Monday will include multiple spots over the next month. Hovde is a multimillionaire businessman running to take on Democratic U.S.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi’s Argentina will play exhibitions against Ecuador on June 9 at Chicago’s Soldier Field and Guatemala five days later at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, ahead of the defending its Copa América title. The games were announced Monday by the Argentina Football Association and Soccer United Marketing. Argentina last week
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Former US President Donald Trump will be “against Americans” if he chooses to support Russia over Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Sunday, in a stark warning as his country enters a third year of full-scale war. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in Kyiv as the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have identified three suspects in the killing of a man on a subway car last week. Transit authorities are meeting Monday to discuss crime in the city’s transit system. The NYPD said Sunday that its seeking Justin Herde, Betty Cotto and Alfredo Trinidad in the killing of
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shoe and sports clothing maker Adidas says it has started a third sale of the Yeezy sneakers it was left with after severing ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The company has accompanied the sales with donations to groups fighting antisemitism and other forms of hate. Adidas
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley testified Monday that a “poor decision” led to his arrest in 1980, when authorities said they found drugs and a 16-year-old sex worker suffering from an overdose at his Los Angeles home. Henley was asked about the arrest as he testified at a criminal
Continue ReadingBy SYLVAIN PLAZY and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and throwing eggs and flares at them in a fresh show of force as the European Union’s agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address the protesters’ concerns. The farmers are
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers unveiled new uniforms and logo on Monday that the team will begin using next season when it moves into its new arena. The look features what the team calls naval blue, ember red and Pacific blue. It includes a modernized version of the Clippers script that will
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday after congressional talks on a deal to rein in illegal migration collapsed, according to people familiar with the plans.
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday after congressional talks on a deal to rein in illegal migration collapsed, according to people familiar with the plans.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — February’s end is bringing wild weather to much of the United States, with record heat allowing for golf in Wisconsin and outdoor food trucks in Minnesota, along with an increased fire risk across much of the Great Plains. But blinding snow in the Northwest is blowing eastward,
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities on Monday imposed an entry ban on two Russian citizens suspected of espionage for Moscow’s foreign intelligence service. Bulgaria’s agency for national security identified the two as 39-year-old Vladimir Nikolayevich Gorochkin and 37-year-old Tatiana Anatolievna Gorochkina, and barred them from entering European Union member states for a period of
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley testified Monday that a “poor decision” led to authorities finding drugs and a 16-year-old sex worker suffering from an overdose at his Los Angeles home in 1980, spurring the Eagles co-founder’s arrest. Henley was asked about the arrest as he testified at a criminal
Continue ReadingBy ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official in Burundi says nine people have been killed in an attack by rebels opposed to his government and again accuses neighboring Rwanda of supporting the armed group. Government spokesman Jérôme Niyonzima described a “cowardly attack” by assailants in western Bubanza province Sunday night.
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungary’s parliament has approved Sweden’s application to join NATO, paving the way for the Scandinavian country to become the alliance’s 32nd member. Hungary was the last holdout after Turkey agreed to Sweden’s accession in January. Newcomers need to be approved by all existing NATO members. Once neutral Sweden and neighboring Finland decided
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sit down with late-night comic Seth Meyers in New York on Monday. That’s according to a person familiar with his plans who insisted on anonymity to discuss Biden’s plans to chat with the host of the NBC show “Late
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its last hurdle when Hungary gave its go-ahead Monday to let the Nordic country into the alliance. It brought an end to more than 18 months of delays by the nationalist government in Budapest that have frustrated Hungary’s
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Grenada say they believe an elderly U.S. couple aboard their catamaran that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners last week were killed and thrown into the Caribbean Sea. Monday’s announcement is a blow to those who were independently helping search for Ralph
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The vote, which passed with 188 votes for
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