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By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanians began voting Sunday in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama surrounding the country’s former president, even though he is not on the ballot. Before the sweltering sun set in, voters in the normally sleepy Central American nation lined up outside of polling

By SUSIE BLANN and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said

The Associated Press The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, the decades of wrestling over whether to reaffirm or

By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. But when asked at a news conference about the lightning speed of the changes, the Rev. Effie McAvoy took a longer view.

By PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Protesters left a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they could face arrest if they didn’t go. The move, days before commencement events are set to begin on the Los Angeles campus, came after the

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says a major crossing point used to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has come under fire, forcing it to close. The Israeli military reported 10 launches at the Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday. It gave no details on the source of the fire, but said it had come from

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. The case centers on allegations that Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements. It’s the first ever criminal trial of a former

BERLIN (AP) — A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month’s election for the European Parliament. The 17-year-old turned himself in at a police station in the eastern city of

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, Donald Trump talks about how he can’t talk about it. He’s told reporters outside the courtroom that a gag order in the case is  “totally unconstitutional” and “a disgrace.” The order bars him

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel. Netanyahu announced the decision on X on Sunday. Details on when it would go into effect or whether it

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The American refugee program long served as a haven for people fleeing violence around the world. Today, it’s rebounding from dwindling arrivals under the Trump administration. President Joe Biden’s administration has worked to streamline the process of screening and placing people in America, and resettlement agencies

By PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Police have surrounded a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California, days before commencement events are set to begin on the Los Angeles campus. The university said early Sunday that the Los Angeles Police Department was clearing the area and that people who don’t leave will

WASHINGTON (AP) — A driver died after a vehicle crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex, and the incident late Saturday was being investigated as a traffic crash, police said. President Joe Biden was spending the weekend in Delaware, and the Secret Service said there was no threat to the White

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting in the Los Angeles area has left seven people injured, including four who were listed in critical condition. Long Beach Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting around 11:15 p.m. Saturday in the area of South Street and Paramount Boulevard, the department said in a statement posted

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel. Netanyahu announced the decision on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. Details on when it would go into effect or

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel. Netanyahu announced the decision on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. Details on when it would go into effect or whether it was permanent or temporary were not