June 28, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Ludacris’ manager and 2 others shot, 1 fatally, in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — A man was killed and two others were injured, including rap star Ludacris’ manager, in a parking lot shooting in an upscale neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta on Sunday night. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the men were all taken to hospitals, where one was pronounced dead. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s
Continue ReadingMarc Jacobs finds his Nietzsche at the NY Public Library
By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not every designer who can pull off framing a fashion show around a quote from Nietzsche. But Marc Jacobs has always had an outsized flair for drama. “We have art in order not to die of the truth,” the German philosopher once said, a line
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How a G-7 ban on Russian gold would work
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia appears to have defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the U.S. and its allies are taking aim at the former Soviet Union’s second largest export industry after energy — gold. On Tuesday, the Group of Seven nations
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How a G-7 ban on Russian gold would work
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia appears to have defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the U.S. and its allies are taking aim at the former Soviet Union’s second largest export industry after energy — gold. On Tuesday, the Group of Seven nations
Continue ReadingJapan’s Toshiba shareholders approve 13 nominations to board
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba shareholders approved 13 nominated directors to its board, as the Japanese technology giant struggles to restore its one-time glory and set a clear leadership direction. Chief Executive Taro Shimada said Toshiba Corp. is forging ahead with clean energy, infrastructure projects, data services, devices and storage,
Continue ReadingFormer Meadows aide will testify before January 6 committee on Tuesday, sources say
By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a witness to many critical events and conversations, is expected to testify publicly on Tuesday before the select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, according to two sources familiar
Continue ReadingColorado GOP voters reject indicted clerk for election post
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republicans have rejected an indicted county clerk as their nominee for secretary of state, choosing a former local official who ran on a platform of taking politics out of running elections. In spurning Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, Republican primary voters appeared
Continue ReadingTaurasi makes seven 3-pointers, Phoenix beats Indiana 83-71
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi scored 27 points with a season-high seven 3-pointers, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 17 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 83-71. Taurasi made three 3-pointers in the opening four minutes and finished 7 of 15 from distance to reach the 20-point plateau for the seventh time this season. Sophie
Continue Reading46 migrants were found dead inside a semitruck in San Antonio, with 16 more hospitalized, authorities say
CNN, KSAT, KABB, WOAI By Amy Simonson, Amanda Musa and Travis Caldwell, CNN At least 46 people were found dead Monday in sweltering conditions in a semitruck in San Antonio, according to authorities, in a scene the mayor called a “horrific human tragedy.” The victims were migrants, City Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia said Monday after
Continue ReadingSen. Mike Lee brushes off opponents to win Utah GOP primary
By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Sen. Mike Lee has won Utah’s Republican primary by brushing off attacks from two challengers who didn’t vote for former President Donald Trump in 2020. The second-term Republican and Trump loyalist defeated former state lawmaker Becky Edwards and political operative Ally Isom
Continue ReadingAbortion rights groups launch multi-state court effort to stop or slow enforcement of abortion bans
CNN, WJLA By Tierney Sneed, CNN Abortion rights proponents have filed court actions in at least seven states seeking to block or slow the enforcement of abortion bans in the days since Friday’s US Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for states to prohibit the procedure. In Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas, state court lawsuits
Continue ReadingTurkey drops objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, removing major hurdle to two nations joining the alliance
By Kevin Liptak, Niamh Kennedy, Sugam Pokharel, Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Turkey has agreed to support Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids, removing a major hurdle to the two countries joining the alliance. Niinistö said in a statement that a joint memorandum on the matter
Continue ReadingIllinois Republicans pick Bailey to face Gov. Pritzker
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Republicans have chosen conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for governor this fall. Bailey defeated five other Republicans on Tuesday to win the nomination. Pritzker, who easily defeated a largely unknown candidate, is seeking his second term. Bailey is a
Continue ReadingBiden officials privately doubt that Ukraine can win back all of its territory
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.
Continue ReadingGOP’s Kathy Salvi to face Sen. Tammy Duckworth in November
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Suburban Chicago personal injury lawyer Kathy Salvi has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Salvi topped a field of seven candidates Tuesday to win the nod to take on first-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth in November. Duckworth is a veteran of the Iraq War and is very
Continue ReadingRussia’s war in Ukraine
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Continue ReadingHofmeister, Stitt advance in Oklahoma governor’s race
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has won the GOP primary in his race for a second term as governor in deep-red Oklahoma. Stitt’s victory on Tuesday sets up a showdown with State Superintendent of Public Education Joy Hofmeister, a lifelong Republican who switched parties to run
Continue ReadingLankford wins; Mullin, Shannon advance in US Senate primary
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. James Lankford has won the GOP primary outright in his race for reelection to another six-year term in the U.S. Senate. And in the state’s other U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and T.W. Shannon advanced to a Republican runoff. Lankford defeated
Continue ReadingNebraska GOP state Sen. Flood wins ex-congressman’s seat
By GRANT SCHULTE and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state Sen. Mike Flood has won a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a fellow Republican who was sentenced to two years of probation earlier in the day for a conviction on charges that he lied to federal agents.
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