The toll of Beijing’s security law on Hong Kong’s activists
By KANIS LEUNG Associatd Press HONG KONG (AP) — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung,…
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2 people missing after building explosion in Youngstown, Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a natural gas explosion has caused extensive damage to a building in an Ohio city, injuring seven people…
Continue ReadingTwo ex-FBI officials who traded anti-Trump texts close to settlement over alleged privacy violations
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to…
Continue ReadingHawaii governor signs housing legislation aimed at helping local residents stay in islands
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation meant to jumpstart the construction of more…
Continue ReadingExecutions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest…
Continue ReadingFormer Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis barred from practicing in Colorado for three years
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump is agreeing to a ban from practicing in…
Continue ReadingProposed gender identity measure fails to qualify for California ballot
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians won’t be voting this November on a policy that would have required schools to notify…
Continue ReadingAlgeria proposes Security Council resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an…
Continue ReadingMichigan State Police trooper charged with second-degree murder in death of Kentwood man
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State Police sergeant who drove his unmarked SUV into a 25-year-old Kentwood…
Continue ReadingColombia’s congress votes to ban bullfights, dealing a blow to the centuries-old tradition
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering…
Continue ReadingJosh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average,…
Continue ReadingKennedy condemns the removal of Confederate monuments
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has condemned the removal of…
Continue ReadingPolls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid
By GERALD IMRAY, MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans voted Wednesday at schools, community…
Continue ReadingInsurance company Sura withdraws from Colombia’s health system as government pushes for control
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian insurance company Sura has announced that it will withdraw from the nation’s…
Continue ReadingRapper Sean Kingston agrees to return to Florida, where he and mother are charged with $1M in fraud
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston on Tuesday waived his right to fight…
Continue ReadingA driver with an Oregon-based medical care nonprofit is fatally shot in Ethiopia while in a convoy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A staff member with an Oregon medical care nonprofit was killed when the team he was traveling with in a convoy was fired…
Continue ReadingCohen’s credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial’s closing arguments
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JILL COLVIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan…
Continue ReadingEuropean-Japanese climate research satellite launched from California aboard SpaceX rocket
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A European-Japanese climate research satellite designed to study Earth’s temperature balance has been…
Continue ReadingVenezuela revokes invitation for European Union mission to observe presidential election in July
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union…
Continue ReadingTransitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister…
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