By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in three months, the national debate over reproductive rights focuses on Ohio. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to amend the Ohio Constitution to protect access to abortion services. The measure has become one of the nation’s highest-profile elections this year and is the
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has met with religious leaders about promoting peace and security during the last day of his four-day trip to Kenya. It’s his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. On a rainy Friday morning, the king visited the East Africa region’s oldest mosque
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday. Some 200 firefighters and army emergency unit soldiers were deployed to try to extinguish the day-old blaze near the eastern town
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in the heavily Republican state on Tuesday in one of the most competitive and closely watched races on the ballot this year. The GOP nominee is Daniel Cameron, a Donald Trump endorsee who succeeded Beshear as state attorney
Continue ReadingLOCKHART, Texas A Texas man has been convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Moroccan immigrant who had pulled into his driveway. A Caldwell County jury on Thursday convicted 67-year-old Terry Duane Turner in the early morning October 2021 shooting death of 31-year-old Adil Dghoughi outside Turner’s home in Martindale. Family members of
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election Tuesday. Question 2 would ban foreign governments and entities they own, control or influence from making campaign contributions in candidate elections or ballot measures. The move is in response to the $22
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ bid for a second term tops the list of contests voters will decide. Reeves was first elected in 2019 after serving two terms as lieutenant governor and now faces a challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley. Presley is
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Every seat in the New Jersey Legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election. With solid Democratic majorities in both chambers, party control of the body is not expected to change hands. Democrats have a 25-15 advantage in the state Senate and a 46-34 lead in
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israel’s prime minister on Friday to press American calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza, even as fears grew that the conflict could widen, with Israel warning that it
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced. “Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of notable races in Tuesday’s general election in Texas are the mayoral races in Houston and Uvalde. In Houston, the crowded field of candidates includes longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire. In Uvalde, the candidates include the mother of
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran has killed at least 32 people, according to Iranian state media. State TV said 17 other people were injured and taken to hospitals in the city of Langroud. The TV report said the fire started early Friday morning and the private
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Tuesday’s general election in Pennsylvania will fill a vacant state Supreme Court seat that could play a significant role on voting-related cases during the 2024 presidential campaign. The court has a 4-2 Democratic majority, so the outcome of this race will not determine partisan control.
Continue ReadingNorwegian police say the husband of former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, will not face investigation over his stock trading during her two terms in office. Norway’s economic crimes agency said Friday that it found no indications that he benefited from inside information. Solberg was prime minister from 2013 to 2021. She has faced political and
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters throughout Connecticut will elect mayors in Tuesday’s off-year general election. The race in Bridgeport takes place in the shadow of a complicated legal drama. A state judge on Wednesday ordered a redo of the Sept. 12 Democratic primary in Bridgeport after reviewing evidence of possible illegal
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle exploded near a police vehicle in the country’s northwest and killed at least five people. Police officer Gul Sher Khan said the attack happened in the city of Dera Ismail on Friday. He says the motorcycle was parked near a
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is banking on a new strategy toward Venezuela, which has grappled with economic and political turmoil under an authoritarian regime, in an attempt to stem mass migration and stabilize the country. Poor economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care have pushed more than 7.7
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid envisioned winning an NBA championship with James Harden at his side. Embiid has a new idea of how to win one with the 76ers — play his former teammate and the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Finals. “He’s on the losing side of
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — World shares advanced on Friday after Wall Street roared higher on bets that market-rattling interest rate hikes are coming to an end. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices logged modest gains. Germany’s DAX gained 0.3% to 15,184.05 and the CAC 40 in Paris added
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