By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia, where he is expected to hold a rare meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. North Korea’s official news agency said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to make a final decision soon on sending long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time, a major step recommended by the State and Defense departments after months of Ukrainian requests, people familiar with the discussions told CNN. Discussions
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By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the 2020 election subversion case against him brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump, in a new court filing Monday, pointed to comments that Chutkan made in cases involving January 6 US Capitol
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade. The report says 230,000 hectares of farmland in Colombia
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Authorities in Pennsylvania who have been trying to capture an escaped murderer for nearly two weeks say they’re shifting to a longer-term strategy and defended their efforts to this point. Robert Clark, the supervisor of the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force in Philadelphia, said during a news
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European soccer body UEFA has hosted a storied group of women players and coaches for a conference to help shape a brighter future for their game. It was held one day after Spanish official Luis Rubiales resigned from his leadership jobs on Sunday including as
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are not only facing resistance from within their own ranks to impeach President Joe Biden, they’re also getting a cool reception from another key constituency: Senate Republicans. The concerns raised from lawmakers across the Capitol – who would be the jury in
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A Flagler County Public Schools teacher who led an assembly last month that singled out Black fourth- and fifth-grade students at a Florida elementary school, telling them to improve their school performance, has resigned, according to a school district spokesperson. Anthony Hines submitted his resignation letter last week, according
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A man charged with assisting the leaders of a plan to kidnap Michigan’s governor is denying any role. But he told jurors that he should have contacted police when talk turned to obtaining explosives. William Null, brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor are on trial in Antrim County. They are
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Monday, telling servicemembers gathered in Anchorage, “terrorism – including political and ideological violence – is the opposite of all we stand for as a nation.” “We must not succumb to the poisonous politics of difference
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A jet ski rider was fatally injured during a recreational outing on Lake Elsinore, authorities said today. The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, died Sunday night after he was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar. According to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Foster, the man was riding a jet ski
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Portugal didn’t need Cristiano Ronaldo to rack up its biggest-ever win in a competitive game. A 9-0 rout of Luxembourg in European Championship qualifying was achieved without Ronaldo because the five-time world player of the year was suspended because of an accumulation of yellow cards in earlier Group J
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. In addition, as
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard says that he will wait to see how the ruling party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador handles his call to nullify its recently completed presidential candidate selection process, but warned that if not satisfied he will leave the party. Ebrard said Monday that
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press TAFEGHAGHTE, Morocco (AP) — His dead relatives have been dug out and buried, but the remnants of Musa Bouissirfane’s former life are still trapped under rubble and dust in the ruins of the mud-brick Moroccan village of Tafeghaghte. “It’s incredibly challenging to lose your entire family and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rally for Big Tech stocks on Monday helped Wall Street claw back about half its loss from last week. The S&P 500 rose 29.97, or 0.7%, to 4,487.46, coming off its first losing week in the last three. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — International aid groups have mobilized in Morocco where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake Friday night has killed 2,681 and injured more than 2,500. Donors, both big and small, are also mobilizing to support those relief efforts. Experts say the most direct way to provide aid to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into waterways. Food & Water Watch and a dozen other environmental and community groups filed a lawsuit Friday in the 9th
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A tortilla chip maker’s decision to pull its extremely spicy product sold as a “One Chip Challenge” from store shelves following the death of a Massachusetts teen has renewed attention on the popularity — and risks — of similar dares marketed by brands and spread
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