Month: November 2023

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president’s attorneys renewed claims that a clerk is poisoning the proceedings. Threatening “serious sanctions” for any violations, Judge

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State prosecutors added hate-crime allegations Thursday to charges of attempted murder against a New Mexico man accused in the shooting of a Native American activist amid confrontations about aborted plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in public, at a court hearing Thursday in northern New Mexico. Defendant

BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s army-installed government has declared its military will carry out counterattacks against a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups. The groups have seized towns near the Chinese border in the country’s northeastern and northern regions. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Friday quoted Senior Gen. Min Aung

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his powerful militia is engaged in unprecedented cross-border fighting with Israel along the Lebanon-Israel border and is threatening a further escalation as the four-week-long Israel-Hamas war rages on. Nasrallah spoke in televised remarks on Friday, his first since the beginning of the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and Spanish-colonial tradition. The tax on homes sold for more than $1

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado voters will decide two statewide ballot measures Tuesday that would affect their pocketbooks as well as state coffers. Proposition HH asks voters to allow the state to keep some amount of surplus tax revenue that the state constitution currently requires be refunded back to taxpayers. In

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — A driver tried to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant Thursday night about an hour after security asked the same car to leave when it tried to enter, authorities said. A pop-up security barrier stopped the car with an Arkansas license plate at the Oconee Nuclear

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Virginia’s legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s off-year general election. Republicans hold a slim majority in the House of Delegates, while Democrats hold an equally narrow majority in the state Senate. All 40 state Senate seats and 100 state House seats will be on

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York voters will decide of a variety of races and ballot questions in Tuesday’s general election. At stake are seats for the New York City Council and state Supreme Court as well as races for county executive posts across the state. Voters will also decide two

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of that money comes with a requirement that it be used to address the overdose crisis and prevent more deaths. But

By The Associated Press The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Russia’s most renowned pop singer who returned home this week over her criticism of the war in Ukraine. The 74-year-old Alla Pugacheva has been hugely popular in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union for decades. She left Russia

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Gov. Andy Beshear says the second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died. The governor made the announcement Friday. Billy Ray Daniels and Alvin Nees were trapped under rubble at the Martin Mine Prep Plant after an

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Gabe Amo and Republican Gerry Leonard face off in a special congressional election in Rhode Island on Tuesday to complete the term of former Democratic congressman David Cicilline. Cicilline resigned in May after seven terms. There is also a special election on the ballot for state

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in Washington starting next fall. The association plans to open The People’s House. It’s an educational center that will use technology to provide tourists with a deeper learning experience than what they get on

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

By 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

By 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

LOCKHART, Texas A Texas man has been convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Moroccan immigrant who had pulled into the driveway. A Caldwell County jury on Thursday rejected a murder charge and convicted 67-year-old Terry Duane Turner of the lesser count in the October 2021 shooting death of 31-year-old Adil Dghoughi outside

By 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

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of notable races in Tuesday’s election in Texas are races for mayor of Houston and Uvalde, as well as 14 proposed changes to the state constitution. Residents of Uvalde will elect a new mayor for the first time since a gunman killed 19 students

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say Russia unleashed a wave of nighttime drone and missile attacks across 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions. They say they’re getting ready for another winter of infrastructure bombardment by the Kremlin’s forces. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 24 of 38 Shahed drones and