Month: January 2024

By YOLANDA MAGAÑA and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — A record-breaking 51,226 Salvadorans living abroad voted in El Salvador’s upcoming presidential election in the first three days after the country opened overseas electronic voting for the first time, two electoral officials confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The overseas vote is

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape. The imprisoned leader of a drug gang mysteriously vanished from

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted to demand Yemen’s Houthi rebels immediately stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The resolution approved by an 11-0 vote Wednesday implicitly condemned the rebels’ main weapons supplier — Iran. Permanent council members Russia and China were among

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police say the man accused of stabbing South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the neck told investigators that he wanted to kill him to prevent him from becoming the country’s president. Lee was released from the hospital after eight days of treatment.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The national champion Michigan Wolverines have returned home to their Ann Arbor campus. They were met with thunderous applause and screaming fans Tuesday night. The Wolverines beat the Washington Huskies 34-13 in the national championship game Monday. Coach Jim Harbaugh and defensive tackle Kris Jenkins showed their appreciation and thanked

By SHAWN CHEN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS LAS VEGAS (AP) — While electric vehicles are gaining the lion’s share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants. Hyundai signaled that it could work towards aiding a “hydrogen society” by expanding

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds focused on education and health care in an expansive agenda laid out for legislators Tuesday evening, calling for substantial revisions to how special education is provided in schools and how mental health and substance use are treated across the state. The

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Faculty at California State University could stage a systemwide strike later this month after school officials ended contract negotiations with a unilateral offer of a 5% pay raise, far below what the union is demanding. Professors, librarians, coaches and other members of the California Faculty Association are seeking higher pay, more

NEW YORK (AP) — The final documents released among thousands of newly unsealed pages pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls contained transcripts of key depositions that were already largely public. The release Tuesday included depositions of the lawsuit’s plaintiff, Virginia Giuffre, and the defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell. Although the lawsuit was settled before

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is rejecting the idea that ending his presidential bid would help rival Nikki Haley defeat Donald Trump, questioning both her desire and ability to do so. While other candidates were in Iowa ahead of next week’s caucuses, Christie was in

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis says that nominating Donald Trump would make the 2024 election about his legal troubles rather than the nation’s ills under President Joe Biden. The Florida governor made a case against Trump in a Fox News town hall on Tuesday,

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ aircraft was forced to divert to a Washington-area airport after encountering stormy weather Tuesday night as she returned from a trip to Georgia. Press secretary Kirsten Allen said in a statement, “Tonight, en route from Atlanta, GA, Air Force 2 was diverted from

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and British navies to shoot down the projectiles in a major naval engagement. The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis came despite a

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — One of three defendants has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque after the 2022 election, according to federal court filings made public Tuesday. Jose Louise Trujillo pleaded guilty

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea “our principal enemy” and threatened to annihilate it if provoked. Kim has escalated his inflammatory rhetoric ahead of South Korean and U.S. elections this year and experts anticipate he will conduct more weapons tests to

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in her annual State of the City address Tuesday pledged to make it easier for Boston homeowners to create smaller, independent living units inside their homes or yards. She said the proposal — a modest effort to address the city’s affordable housing shortage

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States defended its veto of a call for the immediate suspension of hostilities in Gaza at a U.N. meeting Tuesday and again faced demands by the Palestinians and many other countries for a cease-fire now in the Israel-Hamas war – as well as

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Donald Trump is warning that other ex-presidents could be prosecuted if criminal charges against him aren’t dropped. Trump has for months promised to prosecute President Joe Biden if Trump wins the November election and regains his old job. On Tuesday, he upped the stakes and suggested that anyone who left

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court judges are signaling they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. That outcome seemed clear Tuesday during arguments that touched on a range of political and legal considerations. The Republican presidential

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a fourth child has died of injuries suffered in a fire at a home in St. Paul, Minnesta. The Star Tribune reports that police Sgt. Mike Ernster said 1-year-old Mauj CagTxuj Vaj died at Regions Hospital over the weekend. Ker Lor and her six children were found on

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says the notorious 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women over a decade before he became president can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he defamed. Judge Lewis

By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump aims to deliver his own closing argument Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial in addition to his legal team’s summations, according to two people familiar with the highly unusual plan. Trump is a defendant in the

ATLANTA (AP) — A county commissioner in suburban Atlanta says she will challenge U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath in the Democratic primary in May. Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson affirmed her challenge Tuesday. The women will be running in a new 6th Congressional District in Fulton, Cobb, Douglas and Fayette counties that doesn’t have an incumbent.

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adan Canto, the Mexican singer and actor best known for his roles in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and “Agent Game” as well as the TV series “The Cleaning Lady,” has died. He was 42. Publicist Jennifer Allen, told The Associated Press Canto died of