Month: June 2024

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press HARMONY, Wis. (AP) — Looking to go where supporters of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump live in harmony? Live in Harmony. Residents here, spread out on rich farmland and residential subdivisions, seemingly embody the name of the 24-square-mile town and the political leanings of the volatile swing state of

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by the Biden family’s chief political antagonist: former President Donald Trump. But even while that might raise partisan eyebrows and questions of

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden said France was America’s “first friend” at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off

BY NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Zambian court has sentenced 22 Chinese nationals to long prison terms for cybercrimes that included internet fraud and online scams targeting Zambians and people from Singapore, Peru and the United Arab Emirates. They were sentenced to terms of seven to 11 years Friday after pleading

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to testify before a Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until after former President Donald Trump is sentenced in July. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan wrote Bragg in late May after Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, accusing him of having conducted

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers argue he didn’t get a fair trial in Los Angeles when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2022. The brief filed Friday with California’s Second District Court of Appeal comes six weeks after Weinstein’s similar conviction in New York was overturned on appeal.

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers. But on Friday, in her first appearance since announcing she was indefinitely

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A state judge has ordered academic workers at the University of California to temporarily halt their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza. An Orange County judge issued the emergency restraining order on Friday after UC officials argued the ongoing strike would cause irreversible harm as students are nearing finals.

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has won a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor was honored as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as an amnesiac on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.” He is the oldest Daytime Emmy winner. “General Hospital” earned

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Fitch agency says it has raised Cyprus’ credit rating by a notch to BBB+. In its statement Saturday, Fitch cited Cyprus’ heightened ability to withstand financial shocks, the government’s commitment to keeping its finances in order and a strengthened banking sector thanks in part to the lowest bad loan ratio

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error while in the midst of a live television interview during a 2-1, 11-inning win over the New York Yankees. Hernández had a microphone and was speaking with Wayne Randazzo and former pitcher Dontrelle Willis on

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach has been arrested on sexual assault charges involving accusations from the 1980s to last year. Police said there is more than one accuser but declined to say how many. The 91-year-old founder of Magna auto parts and horse racing investor has

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A New Jersey school district has hired an outside law firm to investigate how and why a Jewish student group was omitted from the high school yearbook. The situation came to light Tuesday after about 375 yearbooks were distributed at East Brunswick High School. The yearbook page was blank where

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera’s recognition by UNESCO as a global cultural treasure. Conductor Riccardo Muti presided over an orchestra of 170 musicians from Italy’s 14 opera

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s coastline to include razor clams and bay clams. The move comes after state officials closed the coast to mussel harvesting last week. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the closures are due to “historic high levels” of a marine biotoxin

By JENNIFER PELTZ and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A lawyer for Jontay Porter says the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction. The statement comes after a fourth man was arrested Friday in the

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims he’s qualified for the ballot in enough states win the presidency as an independent candidate, but there’s a major caveat. At least 10 of the 19 states where Kennedy says he’s on the ballot have not yet certified his candidacy. Kennedy

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — The driver who caused a fiery crash that killed four fellow Maine Maritime Academy students has been ordered to serve three years in prison. Joshua Goncalves-Radding, of North Babylon, New York, pleaded guilty Friday to charges including manslaughter, aggravated DUI, and criminal speed. Law enforcement officials say he was traveling at