By AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in an election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term, following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists. Aliyev, 62, has been in power for more than 20 years, succeeding his father
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off. In late December, Swift’s camp hit Jack Sweeney, a
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nikki Haley was swamped in Nevada’s symbolic Republican presidential primary as GOP voters resoundingly picked the “none of these candidates” option on the ballot in a repudiation of the former U.N. ambassador who is the last remaining major rival
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has easily won Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary in Nevada, his second lopsided victory in four days over a mostly unknown field of challengers. The Associated Press declared Biden the winner at 11:39 p.m. ET based on initial vote results in Washoe County, the second
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top vote-getter in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary in Nevada wasn’t former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the only major candidate on the ballot still in the race. Instead, Nevada voters mounted a ballot-box protest and gave the most votes to “None of these candidates,” a ballot option
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — from $750 to $3,374 last year. Every month, like millions of Americans, Colbert juggled her costs. Pay rent or
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Zainab al-Zein was forced to make a desperate decision: Feed her infant daughter solid foods that her tiny body may not be able to digest or watch her starve because of a lack of baby formula in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Continue ReadingBy BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse — until she was completely better. Near the end of the year, the school in Fort Worth, Texas,
Continue ReadingBy BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse — until she was completely better. Near the end of the year, the school in Fort Worth, Texas,
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The “none of these candidates” option has won in Nevada’s symbolic Republican presidential primary contest, an embarrassing result for Nikki Haley, who was the only major candidate on the ballot. The former U.N. ambassador opted to compete in the
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has made his first official visit to neighboring Thailand since becoming his country’s leader last year. Hun Manet on Wednesday met with his Thai counterpart, Srettha Thavisin, and presided over the the signing of several documents on bilateral cooperation and was scheduled to have a royal audience
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In British history, the secrecy of the monarch’s health has always reigned supreme. Buckingham Palace’s disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer shattered that longstanding tradition. On the heels of the shock and well-wishing that followed the official statement Monday came the surprise that
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Missiles and drones are flying in the Red Sea, disrupting one of the world’s key trade arteries and a chokepoint for energy shipments headed for Europe. Attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over Israel’s war with Hamas are posing a new threat to the
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistanis are electing a new parliament Thursday in a race that essentially is concentrated on two parties. One party is that of the recently returned and absolved of all crimes former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The other is that of archrival Imran Khan. Khan is barred from
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Deadlines are coming up between now and July 5 in five states where advocates are trying to gather enough voters’ signatures to put abortion-related questions on ballots in November’s elections. Measures that would enshrine the right to abortion in state constitutions are already on the ballot in
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For months, Andrea studied for her master’s degree in library sciences between dancing naked at clubs in Seattle. But then she was sexually assaulted at work and slapped by a customer — and nobody stepped in to help. Now, she and hundreds of other strippers in Washington
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight trackers.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the response from Hamas on a deal to free the remaining hostages and reach a sustained pause in fighting in Gaza “creates space for agreement to be reached,” despite containing what he called “some clear nonstarters.” “We will work at that relentlessly
Continue ReadingBy Maxime Tamsett, Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia couple is seeking justice for the death last year of their baby during delivery at a Georgia hospital. The baby, Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr., died from a broken neck and his head was detached, according to the Clayton County, Georgia,
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