Pakistan is electing a new parliament. Here are the key players in Thursday’s vote
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is electing a new parliament on Thursday. Forty-four political parties are vying for a…
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Imprisoned mom wins early release but same relief blocked for some other domestic violence survivors
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Women stream into the courtroom and sit shoulder to shoulder, coats…
Continue Reading Democrats are defending their majority in the Pennsylvania House for 4th time in a year
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The balance of power in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is…
Continue Reading Key events in the life of King Charles III
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer. Buckingham Palace says the 75-year-old king has begun…
Continue Reading Donald Trump deploys his oft-used playbook against women who bother him. For now, it’s Nikki Haley
By LAURIE KELLMAN and BILL BARROW Associated Press MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina.…
Continue Reading Trump’s fate and an obscure section of the Constitution collide at Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From civil rights to privacy, the 14th Amendment has been a foundation for…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley is trounced by the ‘none of these candidates’ option in Nevada’s Republican primary
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nikki Haley was swamped in Nevada’s symbolic…
Continue Reading Town manager quits over anti-gay pressure in quaint New Hampshire town
By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) — The quaint town of Littleton, New Hampshire, is seeing more tourists,…
Continue Reading After Taylor Swift’s win at the Grammys, Travis Kelce says he needs to ‘bring home some hardware’
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One night after Taylor Swift earned her fourth career Grammy for album of the year, her boyfriend…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels target 2 ships in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with ballistic missiles
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two ships traveling in Middle East waters were targeted by Yemen Houthi rebel ballistic…
Continue Reading Sailor arrives in Hawaii a day after US Coast Guard seeks public’s help finding him
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a 60-year-old man sailing from California to Hawaii arrived in the islands over the weekend. The Coast…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has proposed giving people pensions equal to their full salaries at the…
Continue Reading Officials tout Super Bowl plans to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones, curb human trafficking
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Amid warnings about counterfeit goods, human trafficking and illegal drones at the Super Bowl in…
Continue Reading South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North’s escalating threats
By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent escalation of threats and more tests of weapons aimed at South…
Continue Reading At UN, Russia brings US election into Mideast attacks and US vows to respond to Iran-aligned groups
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the United States on Monday of aggression against Iraq and Syria aimed at…
Continue Reading Conservative Nebraska lawmakers push bills that would intertwine religion with public education
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservative lawmakers who want to intertwine religion with school curriculum in…
Continue Reading Eagles will host NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL’s first regular-season game…
Continue Reading Man with samurai sword making threats arrested in Walmart, police say
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man wielding a samurai sword and threatening to hurt people was arrested after he entered a Walmart store in…
Continue Reading Turkey mourns its tens of thousands dead, surrounded by the ruins of last year’s earthquake
By MUCAHIT CEYLAN and ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Millions of people across Turkey are mourning the loss of more than…
Continue Reading A look at events surrounding the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria a year ago
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A year ago, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria,…
Continue Reading Illinois man gets 5 years for trying to burn down planned abortion clinic
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A 73-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for driving a car into a planned abortion clinic in eastern…
Continue Reading Philly sheriff’s campaign takes down bogus ‘news’ stories posted to site that were generated by AI
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s campaign is acknowledging that…
Continue Reading Indiana community mourns 6 siblings killed in house fire
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Members of a northern Indiana community mourned and searched for answers Monday as they gathered for the funeral of six…
Continue Reading Tennessee governor pitches school voucher expansion as state revenues stagnate
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee once again announced that he wants…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands finalizes land swap deal to build school despite concerns over historic cay
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands has finalized a long-awaited deal that will allow officials to build a public school on St.…
Continue Reading Brawl between migrants and police in New York’s Times Square touches off backlash
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video showing a group of migrants brawling with police in Times Square has touched off a…
Continue Reading Women dominated the 2024 Grammy Awards. Is the tide turning?
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the 2024 Grammy nominees were first announced, women dominated in the major categories.…
Continue Reading South Dakota man charged with murder for allegedly running down chief deputy during police chase
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press South Dakota prosecutors have charged a Sioux Falls man with murder in the death of a deputy who was struck while…
Continue Reading Service has been restored to east Arkansas town that went without water for more than 2 weeks
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Water is again flowing in an east Arkansas town that had been without service for more…
Continue Reading Better equipment and communications are among Maui police recommendations after Lahaina wildfire
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly six months after a wildfire destroyed the…
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