By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors accused Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug of leading a criminal street gang that committed murder and a slew of violent crimes in the Atlanta area over the past decade during opening statements of his racketeering trial Monday. Fulton County Chief Deputy District Attorney Adriane Love said YSL – the
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Following what some conservatives view as legal victories on the battlegrounds of abortion rights and affirmative action, a number of politicians and influencers are turning their attention to another long-held construct: No-fault divorce. Right-wing commentators like Steven Crowder and Matt Walsh have ramped up complaints in recent months that it is too easy for people
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SZEGED, Hungary (AP) — Interior ministers from six European Union countries say their nations have agreed to step up efforts to protect the bloc from illegal immigration and target groups of human smugglers that operate on its borders. The ministers from the V4 group of Central European nations — including
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw heads of state and diplomats from roughly 200 nations and the Vatican. He has attended twice before. The White House said it was sending a climate
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. With the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas now extended until Wednesday, Blinken headed to Brussels where he
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Vietnam have agreed to boost their security and economic ties in the face of China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong agreed on Monday to start discussing a new Japanese aid program for militaries of
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 presidential election. The decision announced Monday comes as the prosecutor’s office is appealing for extra resources as it investigates ongoing conflicts including the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war. The investigation
Continue ReadingStocks are opening modestly lower on Wall Street as markets look ahead to updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy. The S&P 500 was off 0.2% in the first few minutes of trading Monday. The benchmark index is coming off a holiday-shortened week in the U.S. and its fourth straight
Continue ReadingCNN Words by Callum Sutherland, video by Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Cape Town an unusual resident can often be found rummaging through rubbish bins and around back yards. The chacma baboon, native to southern Africa, has become quite familiar with the urban setting. Most of these primates
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of strikes. The Department of Health and Social Care said Monday that it has put forward a pay offer to doctors’ unions after weeks of talks. Union leaders agreed to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A powerful weekend storm in the Black Sea region toppled trees, tore down power lines and caused coastal flooding, and government officials and media reports said more than half a million people were without power in southern Russia and Ukraine. The storm caused several regions of Crimea, which was annexed by
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU and KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president says most of the leaders of weekend attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons have been arrested, but the capital remains tense. Many streets are empty after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown. The
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden’s Transport Agency after striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country stopped delivering license plates for new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker. Tesla says it’s suing because not accessing the registration plates “constitutes an unlawful discriminatory attack directed at Tesla.” In
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Amid signs that a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas due to expire on Monday may be extended,
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Increasing numbers of ships are streaming toward Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and heading out loaded with grain, metals and other cargo despite the threat of attack and explosive mines. It’s happening under a fledgling shipping corridor launched after Russia pulled out of a
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The mayor of future Olympic host city Paris says she is quitting X. Mayor Anne Hidalgo is accusing Elon Musk’s platform, previously known as Twitter, of spreading disinformation and hatred and of becoming a “gigantic global sewer” that is toxic for democracy and constructive debate. Hidalgo’s office said posts on Monday in
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of Puerto Rico’s biggest political parties will hold a gubernatorial primary after Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party announced his candidacy. Ortiz will face Puerto Rico Sen. Juan Zaragoza, who previously served as the U.S. territory’s treasury secretary. Ortiz is president of the Popular Democratic
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street retreated modestly early Monday as investors look ahead to updates on consumer spending and inflation in the U.S. and other nations. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 each ticked down less than 0.2% before the bell. Markets were mostly quiet
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — National and regional authorities in Spain have signed an agreement to invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in areas around the treasured national park of Doñana in a bid to stop the wetland from drying up. The ecological transition minister says the plan aims to encourage farmers
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of our everyday lives and much of the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday — a term coined back in
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