Left-wing opposition candidate wins tight presidential election in Uruguay
Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential…
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Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
Associated Press Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the…
Continue ReadingJapan holds Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions
Associated Press SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country’s Sado Island Gold Mines but offered…
Continue ReadingStolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught…
Continue ReadingMichael B. Jordan uses timeout at women’s college basketball game to sign smoldering photo
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg strolled in wearing a jacket with JuJu Watkins’ name and number on the front and back. Michael B.…
Continue ReadingHere’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks
Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of…
Continue ReadingAfter Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map…
Continue ReadingTrump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be…
Continue ReadingTrump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that…
Continue ReadingA man called 911 for help during a home invasion. Las Vegas police fatally shot him
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man called for police help during a home invasion before an officer fatally shot him, according to authorities and 911…
Continue ReadingThousands of Colombians take to the streets to reject proposed reforms and rebuke the president
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused…
Continue ReadingMan wanted in fatal shooting of woman and infant in a car in Connecticut arrested in Puerto Rico
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her 4-month-old son inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested in…
Continue ReadingSecondary-ticket prices cool for the 2nd running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix
AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Secondary-ticket prices for Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix have cooled considerably compared to last year’s…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico city reaches $20M settlement in the death of a woman shot by officer
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A city in New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a woman shot and killed by a police officer…
Continue ReadingThousands protest against femicides and sexual and sexist violence in France
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Paris and other French cities against femicides and sexual and sexist violence. In Paris,…
Continue ReadingMoscow bans adoption of Russian children to countries that allow gender transition
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning…
Continue ReadingA look at how some of Trump’s picks to lead health agencies could help carry out Kennedy’s overhaul
AP Medical Writer The team that President-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration includes a…
Continue ReadingCanadian ministers condemn anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent
MONTREAL (AP) — Senior Canadian ministers have condemned an anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent, saying “hatred and antisemitism”…
Continue ReadingAt least 6 mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner group killed in an extremist attack in Mali
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least six Russian mercenaries were killed in an attack by an al-Qaida-linked group in central Mali,…
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