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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned his own staff by pausing an investigation into Donald Trump that appeared to be heading toward an indictment. Today, Bragg has cemented his place in history as

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution as the GOP runs to reclaim the White House. Almost no Republican official

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Mexican voters are poised to elect their first female president, a cause of celebration for many that has also touched off a flurry of false and misogynist online claims, blurring the lines behind fact and fiction. The two leading candidates, both women, have had to respond to demeaning attacks about

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small. The annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture begins Saturday against a complicated backdrop of backlashes. Rights have been lost around the world and advocates say over 60 countries have anti-LGBTQ+ laws. In

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving her far-right credentials heading into a European parliamentary election, where her neo-fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party is projected to secure significant gains — and a possible coalition role. In less

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he remains under a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial. His lawyer thinks it was supposed to expire with the verdict and says he may seek clarity from the court. But, despite Trump saying he believes he’s

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana is pursuing an unlikely path to victory in one of America’s biggest congressional districts, where ranchers and open space dominate. The six-term lawmaker has raised little money and hasn’t shown up much on the campaign trail

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has kicked off its annual celebration for the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month as the country is on course to become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality. Saturday’s Bangkok Pride Parade filled one side of a major thoroughfare with a colorful parade for

By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, stressing the importance of renewed dialogue between him and his Chinese counterpart in avoiding “miscalculations

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher. “I’m doing pretty good and hoping to recover as quick as possible,” Henry posted Saturday on the social

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Tamil people still live in the shadow of defeat in the civil war that tore the country apart until it ended 15 years ago. Some parents have given up hope of ever learning the fate of the thousands of missing children. Parts of

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 after the United States-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, and to help restore a representative government in the country.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s 6 -week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term. During the grueling, multi-phase election, candidates crisscrossed the country, poll workers

DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group ranges from 96 to 107 years old, according to American Airlines, which is flying them first to Paris. The flight is one

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a defense attorney. In its decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called Oregon’s public defense system a “Sixth Amendment nightmare,” OPB reported, referring to the

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and allies South Korea and Japan have clashed with China and Russia over North Korea’s latest satellite and ballistic missile launches and threats to use nuclear weapons that have escalated tensions in northeast Asia. The scene was an emergency open meeting of

WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of passengers who died in two Boeing Max crashes are pushing federal officials to prosecute the company, but they’re not getting any promises from the Justice Department. The families made their case in a meeting Friday in Washington. The Justice Department determined two weeks ago that Boeing violated terms of a

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion this week, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. NTSB board member Tom Chapman said preliminary investigation shows workers were in the basement to clear out

Oregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits. KGW reports that under the proposal, PacifiCorp would only have been responsible for paying out actual economic damages in lawsuit awards. In its rejection of the proposal, the Oregon Public Utility Commission said such a move would

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. The former first lady and her brother Craig Robinson said their mother passed away peacefully on Friday morning. Mrs. Robison had moved with the first family to the White House after son-in-law Barack Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md.; Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald Trump; White House national security spokesman John Kirby. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Doug

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials say a former technology executive has pleaded guilty to fraud involving a scheme to artificially boost the share price of photo and video distributor Getty Images. Robert Scott Murray was charged with securities fraud for announcing a phony takeover of Getty in order

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The Kansas Supreme Court’s majority has held that there is no state constitutional right to vote in the state. The assertion came in the court’s opinion on a ballot signature verification measure in a 2021 election law. It drew fiery protest from three dissenting judges. The Kansas Supreme Court

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt. Ted McKinney testified Friday

NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters have marched on the Brooklyn Museum, setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a “Free Palestine” banner over the building. Social media posts show New York City police confronting, tackling and arresting some of the protesters. Other posts show supporters holding banners, waving Palestinian flags and chanting boisterously

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The British foreign ministry apparently has removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a video in which he jokes while pointing a high-powered rifle gun at staff inside a vehicle.  The UK government’s official website described the seasoned diplomat on Friday as a former ambassador. It declined

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, has died at age 86. Mrs. Robison had moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced Friday by Michelle Obama and

By NICK PERRY Associated Press A fifth grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur. Officials did not name the teacher at the Margaret A. Neary Elementary School in

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation by Missouri’s House speaker says he once described “stupid Republican women” as “an invasive species.” House Chief Clerk Dana Miller filed the lawsuit against Republican Speaker Dean Plocher Friday. Miller says Plocher retaliated against her after she raised concerns about