5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes…
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A citizen journalist imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ by reporting on COVID in China is released
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years…
Continue ReadingFemale White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at state dinners for nearly a decade
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden’s tax trial set for September as judge agrees to delay, with gun trial still in June
By STEFANIE DAZIO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in…
Continue ReadingHawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general says a court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of…
Continue ReadingHeated hearing in classified documents case as lawyer for Trump co-defendant challenges prosecutors
By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s personal valet took aim at the conduct…
Continue ReadingMoms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting presidential swing state voters
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a…
Continue ReadingMexico’s presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is…
Continue ReadingFamilies of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting…
Continue ReadingRussian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders…
Continue ReadingAsian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US see exponential growth, new analysis says
By TERRY TANG Associated Press The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: How Lara Trump is reshaping the Republican Party
By The Associated Press Lara Trump is wasting no time rebranding the typically staid Republican National Committee in the image of her father-in-law,…
Continue ReadingRussia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime…
Continue ReadingLara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image
By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last…
Continue ReadingBarbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel…
Continue ReadingAustralia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia says its military has flown 115 people from the restive French Pacific…
Continue ReadingJapan racks up trade deficit as imports balloon due to cheap yen
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit in April grew nearly 8% from a year earlier as the weak yen boosted the…
Continue ReadingVietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s National Assembly has confirmed the country’s top security official, To Lam, as its…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of 2003 sexual assault in lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A former model accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingReparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate has passed a set of ambitious reparations…
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