What’s at stake in the European Parliament election that concludes Sunday?
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Around 400 million European Union citizens are electing members of the European Parliament in…
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A bus falls into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a speeding passenger bus fell off a highway into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and…
Continue ReadingSweden seeks to answer worried students’ questions about NATO and war after its neutrality ends
By CHISATO TANAKA Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden became NATO’s 32nd member in March. The abrupt end to the Scandinavian…
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations begin in trial of Idaho man charged in triple-murder case
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the case of an Idaho man charged with murdering his…
Continue ReadingHarvey Weinstein may face new charges as more accusers come forward, New York prosecutors say
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they are evaluating more claims of sexual…
Continue ReadingThe art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form.…
Continue ReadingPower outages could linger for days after storms batter Texas again, leaving 1 dead
By LEKAN OYEKANMI and KEN MILLER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Residents across Texas are recovering again from storms that ripped off roofs in…
Continue ReadingMost AAPI adults think history of racism should be taught in schools, AP-NORC poll finds
By ANNIE MA and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. schools should teach about issues related to race, most Asian Americans,…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down…
Continue ReadingRallies and debates used to define campaigns. Now they’re about juries and trials
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has been sitting for hours a day in a Manhattan…
Continue ReadingA woman will likely be Mexico’s next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — Seventy years ago, Mexican women won the right to vote, and today the country’s on…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about airman Roger Fortson’s fatal shooting by a Florida sheriff’s deputy
By TERRY SPENCER and TARA COPP Associated Press The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman…
Continue ReadingJurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money…
Continue ReadingMexico’s next president is likely a woman. But in some Indigenous villages, men have all the power
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) — At 4:30 a.m., the girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this rural…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he’s deflecting from his own problems
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought arrest warrants for…
Continue ReadingFormer Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming…
Continue ReadingHow a primary election led to activist convictions in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Verdicts have been handed down in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date. The case…
Continue ReadingAppeals court won’t halt upcoming Alabama execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to halt the upcoming execution of an Alabama man convicted of killing an elderly…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea flies trash balloons over the South as leader Kim doubles down on satellite ambitions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South…
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