Month: June 2024

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of caged animals died after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Thailand’s capital. The fire was reported in the early morning of Tuesday and quickly swept across more than 100 shops in the pet zone of the market, according to Bangkok’s government. Officials said

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several unusual candidates who launched improbable

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday implored British voters, and his own party, to throw him a lifeline in the U.K.’s July 4 election, putting the promise of lower taxes at the heart of the Conservative Party’s election manifesto. Sunak acknowledged that “people are frustrated with our

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has defended his record against a primary challenger in debate after the GOP incumbent was recently booed by Republican convention delegates who argued he is too moderate. Candidates for the state’s open attorney general position debated earlier Tuesday. The incumbent governor

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropes. The new theme park attraction updates

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer who was killed by a man he was trying to help at the site of a shooting is being memorialized as someone who exemplified the type of public servant the city’s police force has been trying to recruit amid years of tumult. Minneapolis

By GEIR MOULSON and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system. He spoke at a conference in Berlin on Tuesday to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war.

By PAOLA FLORES Associated Press TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia (AP) — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that you’ve

By KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials are working to bring home four injured instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were stabbed in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin where they were teaching. Jilin city police said Tuesday a 55-year-old man surnamed Cui was walking in a public park

A remarkable array of women is challenging the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth main organized crime group that operates in southern Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot. They are doing it at great personal risk, arresting and prosecuting clan members, exposing their crimes and confiscating their businesses, all while working to change local attitudes. Carla

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House subcommittee is holding a hearing on the troubled safety record of the Osprey aircraft and whether the program has adequate Pentagon oversight. Wednesday’s hearing is being closely watched by families that have lost loved ones in Osprey crashes, including one off Japan’s coast in November

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the U.S. dairy industry confronts a bird flu outbreak, with cases reported at dozens of farms and the disease spreading to people, the egg industry could serve as an example of how to slow the disease but also shows how difficult it can be

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, in addition to the nation’s daily gun violence. Now, gun control advocates and many Democrats see additional openings created by hard-line

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not

By COLLIN BINKLEY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows relatively few Americans say they’re fans of President Joe Biden’s work on the issue of student loans. The survey from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds three

ROME (AP) — The popular image of the Italian mob has been made famous by movies like “The Godfather” but the reality of organized crime in Italy today is far more nuanced and eats away at the heart of its democracy: local governance. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an interagency organization, says

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli has won a special election in eastern Ohio for a U.S. House seat that has sat vacant for months, expanding the GOP’s narrow majority in the congressional chamber. Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to fill the remainder of Republican Bill

By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press LECCE, Italy (AP) — Puglia is known for its olive groves, white-washed houses and spectacular coastlines that will provide the backdrop when Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts Group of Seven leaders for their annual summit this week. But the region is also home to the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth main

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Maine state lawmaker Austin Theriault has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Theriault defeated Mike Soboleski in Tuesday’s Republican primary in a district rocked by a mass shooting last year. Theriault was

By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Cameroon has one of the world’s lowest number of health workers per capita. About a third of trained doctors who graduated from medical school last year left the West African country. Many doctors and nurses are leaving for more lucrative jobs in Europe and North America.

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor, while longtime public utilities regulator Julie Fedorchak has finished first in a rambunctious GOP race for the House seat he will vacate. Each will be in a commanding position for the November general election

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks. The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA. That’s down about 9 cents

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida’s Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a heated turn Monday night. Evan Rodrigues had a pair of third-period goals, Niko Mikkola and Aaron

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink the size by nearly half and keep it farther away from a national historic site. BLM’s preferred alternative was detailed in its final environmental review released last week. It decreases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.” The audio was posted on