Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometown
By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from a Manhattan courtroom, Donald Trump visited a New York bodega where a…
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Arrests made a year after gold and cash worth millions were stolen at Toronto airport
TORONTO (AP) — Authorities in Canada say they have made arrests in the theft of a cargo container that included gold and other items worth over 20…
Continue Reading Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is demanding that police in a small town in…
Continue Reading Parts of central US hit by severe storms, while tornadoes strike in Kansas and Iowa
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Strong storms have caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and…
Continue Reading Retired general’s testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq’s…
Continue Reading Draft report says Missouri’s House speaker stymied ethics investigation into his spending
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful…
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El Paso’s new children’s museum will open in August
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — La Nube will open Saturday, August 10, 2024. Voters approved the building of the new children’s museum downtown in 2012.…
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915 Tree Keepers Program accepting neighborhood nominations to get a free tree
El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso Department of Community and Human Development is accepting neighborhood nominations for the 915 Tree…
Continue Reading Boston Marathon winners hope victories will earn them spot in Paris Olympics
By JIMMY GOLEN By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer (AP) — Boston Marathon winner Sisay Lemma says he expects to be on the Ethiopian roster for the…
Continue Reading Caitlin Clark fever is spreading. Indiana is all-in on the excitement.
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michelle Lennis grew up playing basketball in Indiana as a born-and-raised Purdue fan. But…
Continue Reading Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority
By JEFF AMY Associated Press Three district attorneys in Georgia are asking a judge to strike down a law creating a commission to discipline and…
Continue Reading Participant, studio behind ‘Spotlight,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ shutters after 20 years
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners and socially conscious…
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters
CNN By John Fritze, Marshall Cohen, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicated…
Continue Reading Donors pledge $630 million for conflict-hit Ethiopia but fall far short of $1 billion needed
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A United Nations-backed gathering has raised pledges of almost $630 million for…
Continue Reading Ukraine prime minister calls for more investment in war-torn country during Chicago stop of US visit
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has made multiple stops in Chicago aimed at drumming up…
Continue Reading Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy
DETROIT (AP) — On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and some other southern…
Continue Reading 2023 was a record year for wind installations as world ramps up clean energy, report says
By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making…
Continue Reading Olympic gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better
By HOWARD FENDRICH and EDDIE PELLS AP National Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash. Olympians? Not so…
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Massive fire in Montana Vista area recycling plant is not the first to happen there
Update: The fire has been put out. Officials with the Horizon Fire Department said the fire happened at a recycling plant, and that it would not have…
Continue Reading Fed’s Powell: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated…
Continue Reading Indian police kill 29 suspected Maoist rebels in a gunbattle in a central state
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India say they killed at least 29 suspected Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh. The gunfight came three…
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Migrants rescued in the Samalayuca Desert south of Juarez
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state authorities announced this morning that they rescued four migrants in the Samalayuca Desert. According to…
Continue Reading UN envoy says of the threat to coral reefs: ‘Are we faced with a colossal ecosystem tragedy? Yes’
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs. That’s according to the…
Continue Reading Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy there
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and…
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Lockdown at Fort Hancock High lifted after minor shot gun near school
Update: The Fort Hancock ISD superintendent says the lockdown at the high school has been lifted. Law enforcement is still looking for the minor…
Continue Reading Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they’re getting new protections
By MATTHEW DALY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners…
Continue Reading Affidavit: Daughter’s boyfriend of whom Atlantic City Mayor disapproved recorded abuse in video call
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Jersey say Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife disapproved…
Continue Reading Garland defends Biden’s mental fitness at a hearing and says he has ‘complete confidence’ in him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has told lawmakers President Joe Biden has shown no signs of cognitive impairment while…
Continue Reading Citing safety, USC makes rare cancellation of speech by valedictorian who supported Palestinians
By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its…
Continue Reading US files 2nd labor complaint after Mexico refuses to act on union-busting by a Mexican company
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States has filed a labor complaint panel after Mexico refused to act on alleged union-busting by a Mexican company.…
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