Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Not many people charged with felony crimes go seven years without ever…
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Stacey Abrams aims to recapture energy of first campaign
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For Stacey Abrams, everything is different this time. Unlike her first campaign for Georgia governor in…
Continue ReadingCourt ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As the sun set over the Rio Grande, about 120 Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans who…
Continue ReadingAre police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state…
Continue ReadingBeijing extends work-from-home order as COVID-19 cases rise
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing as cases of COVID-19 again…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after Wall St barely misses bear market
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mixed in Asia in cautious trading after Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market on…
Continue ReadingKim, other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A huge number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a…
Continue ReadingMigrant back home after 7 years in Mexico jail with no trial
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An Indigenous migrant who was accused of kidnapping and jailed in a northern Mexico…
Continue Reading7 die in Philippine ferry fire; over 120 rescued from water
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire on a ferry in the northeastern Philippines has killed seven people and forced many others to jump into the water,…
Continue ReadingTokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first…
Continue ReadingAlbanese sworn in as PM in Australia ahead of Tokyo summit
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new prime minister was sworn in Monday and flew to Tokyo for a summit with…
Continue Reading5 shot to death at public housing complex in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico say at least five people have been shot to death at a public housing complex. Police…
Continue ReadingBiden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation
By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday…
Continue ReadingThomas wins 2nd PGA title in playoff after 7-shot rally
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Justin Thomas didn’t pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA…
Continue Reading6 hurt when bull escapes Northern California rodeo arena
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say several people were injured when a bull jumped a fence and escaped an arena during a popular Northern…
Continue ReadingOne more ‘I do,’ this time in Italy, for Kourtney and Travis
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer A wedding trilogy has been completed for Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker with a ceremony at a castle…
Continue ReadingZinchenko’s tearful support for Ukraine after EPL title win
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Ukrainian flag Oleksandr Zinchenko used to wipe away the tears also inspired…
Continue ReadingReport: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims
By DEEPA BHARATH, HOLLY MEYER and DAVID CRARY Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee — and thousands of its…
Continue ReadingPool noodle fight over the name Josh again attracts hundreds
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A couple hundred people grabbed their pool noodles and headed to a Nebraska park again this weekend to battle over the right…
Continue Reading‘Doctor Strange’ remains atop box office as ‘Top Gun’ looms
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doctor Strange and his multiverse got to linger a little longer atop the weekend box…
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