Month: July 2024

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the high court in February to invalidate the statutes. The organization argues the Wisconsin Constitution’s declaration that people have the right to life, liberty

Associated Prees CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has welcomed President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement about his intentions to jumpstart negotiations with the United States this week. Omar Barboza, who is the executive secretary of the U.S.-backed Unitary Platform coalition, told reporters on Tuesday that the alliance sees Maduro’s openness to dialogue only weeks

Associated Press ROME (AP) — Police have arrested an Italian farm owner after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from India, bled to death after his arm was cut off by farm equipment. Prosecutors say the landowner was arrested on Tuesday. The June 19 death of Satnam Singh has shocked Italians and sparked protests by

Associated Press A union that represents thousands of Philadelphia city employees has asked a judge to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return to their offices full time as of July 15. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. It claims the

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s national data protection authority determined on Tuesday that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms recently updated its privacy policy to enable the company to start feeding people’s public posts into training AI systems.

AP Sports Writer Police say Oklahoma State running back and Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II has been arrested for suspicion of DUI. A state trooper in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, reported seeing Gordon swerving in a vehicle on Sunday morning. According to a probable cause affidavit, the vehicle was clocked at 82 mph in

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and the Philippines have held a crucial meeting to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea last month. There was no mention in the talks Tuesday of any major agreement to try to prevent a repeat of the chaotic June

Associated Press The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie has rejected a plea deal that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge. An attorney for 26-year-old Hadi Matar says he rejected the agreement during a court hearing Tuesday in Mayville, New York. Matar has been held

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says a fight between gangs over drug and migrant trafficking routes was behind the massacre of 19 men in the southern state of Chiapas. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday the killings were part of a long-running dispute between two drug cartels. He said there were several Guatemalans

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 19-year-old and the club where she worked as a stripper have sued Florida’s attorney general and two local prosecutors to stop enforcement of a new state law prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under 21, claiming it violates their constitutional rights. Serenity Michelle Bushey claims in the

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Georgia congressman has proposed a yearslong delay in changes to federal rules meant to protect vanishing whales. The delay proposed by Republican Rep. Buddy Carter concerns new vessel speed rules issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service that are being finalized by the federal government. The proposed rules