Alaska Supreme Court ruling keeps Sweeney off House ballot
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Presss ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that will keep Republican…
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Spain unveils emergency actions to curb soaring living costs
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has approved a package of emergency economic measures worth more than 9 billion euros ($9.5 billion) to try to…
Continue ReadingOfficer suspended for off-duty actions at abortion protest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police officer has been suspended from his job with pay while the Providence Police Department conducts a…
Continue ReadingNew Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest
by FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious…
Continue ReadingPope hails families, blasts ‘culture of waste’ after Roe
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are…
Continue ReadingGuatemala court blocks anti-corruption agreement
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court has tossed out an agreement that made it easier to prosecute bribery…
Continue ReadingAbortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — A Texas group that helps women pay for abortions halted its efforts…
Continue ReadingGabon and Togo admitted into Commonwealth group of nations
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The African nations of Gabon and Togo have been admitted into the Commonwealth group of…
Continue ReadingTurkish president: Sweden hasn’t alleviated NATO concerns
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Sweden’s prime minister he hasn’t seen any “tangible” moves to address…
Continue ReadingMilan to turn off fountain spigots as drought bakes Italy
By NICOLE WINFIELD and LUCA BRUNO Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The mayor of Milan has signed an ordinance turning off public decorative fountains…
Continue ReadingWhat GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they…
Continue ReadingWith new owners, Florida Project motel dwellers must leave
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Residents at a motel along a tourist strip not far from Walt Disney World that was used as the setting for the 2017 film…
Continue ReadingGuns in paradise: Ruling could undo strict Hawaii carry law
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Megan Kau takes occasional weeklong hunting trips to the Hawaiian island of Lanai,…
Continue ReadingMass same-sex wedding in Mexico challenges discrimination
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even after five years of living together in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, something…
Continue Reading‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney isn’t up for reelection this year. But Trump-aligned Republicans hostile…
Continue Reading7 accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing judge
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seven women who say Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their…
Continue Reading3 wounded, suspect arrested in Illinois warehouse shooting
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Three people have been wounded and one person was arrested following a shooting at an automotive interior products…
Continue ReadingWisconsin’s Evers looks for boost from anger over abortion
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers hopes to translate anger over the U.S. Supreme…
Continue ReadingPolice: 5-month-old girl in car fatally shot in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — A 5-month-old girl was shot to death while in the rear of a car in a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The infant, who was…
Continue Reading‘Loving’ boy last Texas school shooting victim laid to rest
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — The last victim of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is being laid to rest. A funeral is being held Saturday for…
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