Month: January 2024

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the spending deal he reached with Democrats, one thing quickly became clear: many GOP lawmakers weren’t buying it. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio left early, saying he’d had enough. “I’m not going to sit

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont sports fans can now wager online. Online sports betting got underway in the state on Thursday. Republican Gov. Phil Scott said last month that DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics Sportsbook were selected to operate mobile sports betting platforms in Vermont. He says the regulated marketplace comes with important consumer protections and

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and slayings, was discovered missing from his prison cell where he was serving a sentence for drug trafficking. Macías began serving a 34-year sentence

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu. Tuesday’s development comes as momentum grows to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of

By ANDREW DeMILLO and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. As legislatures begin their work for the

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing. Taiwan has never been governed by the People’s Republic of China. But the mainland’s ruling Communist Party insists on unification with Taiwan,

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley met in a sharp CNN debate that brought out clear differences, Donald Trump provided clear counterprogramming. He appeared Wednesday on a Fox News town hall at the same time as his rivals debated, where he was

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Ukraine and six allies are accusing Russia of using North Korean ballistic missiles and launchers in recent devastating aerial attacks against Ukraine, in violation of U.N. sanctions. Their joint statement issued Wednesday ahead of a Security Council meeting on Ukraine cited the