Tennessee Gov. Lee admits defeat in school voucher push
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has conceded defeat on his push to enact…
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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
By NICK PERRY, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were…
Continue ReadingThe US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy law that it would cite?
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s ANC loses another court case against rival party led by former president Zuma
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost a second court case…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of…
Continue ReadingChildren of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Dozens of the children of Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis have turned…
Continue ReadingOprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more.
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The Entertainment Industry Foundation says the People’s Fund of Maui, an initiative started by Oprah Winfrey…
Continue ReadingPrehistoric lake sturgeon is not endangered, US says despite calls from conservationists
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife…
Continue ReadingIsraeli leaders and military criticize reported US plans to sanction IDF unit
By Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other ministers have sharply criticized reports of…
Continue ReadingReport urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to…
Continue ReadingPrabowo Subianto seals victory as Indonesia’s next leader after a top court rejects rivals’ appeals
By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has rejected appeals by two losing…
Continue ReadingPoland’s leader says his country is ready to host NATO members’ nuclear weapons to counter Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says the NATO member would be ready to host the nuclear weapons of the military alliances’s other…
Continue ReadingUK prosecutors charge 2 men with spying for China, including a parliamentary researcher
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors in Britain say a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament and another man have…
Continue ReadingJudge denies new sentencing hearing for 2 brothers awaiting execution for ‘Wichita massacre’
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press A Kansas judge has denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting…
Continue ReadingHeavy rainstorms kill 4 people in southern China. Ten others are missing
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rainstorms that swept across southern China over the weekend have killed at least four people in riverside cities. A search…
Continue ReadingPolice in Greece raid homes and detain dozens in crackdown on deadly soccer violence
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have raided multiple homes in Athens and detained dozens of suspects in a crackdown on soccer violence that…
Continue ReadingMexico’s likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female…
Continue ReadingGreek and Turkish delegations meet in Athens as part of efforts to improve often strained ties
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Delegations from Greece and Turkey are meeting in Athens as part of long-standing efforts…
Continue ReadingProtesters remain at Yale University a day after 45 pro-Palestinian activists were arrested on campus
By Devon M. Sayers, Chris Boyette, Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — The arrests of dozens of pro-Palestinian,…
Continue ReadingTunisian Jews scale back annual pilgrimage to ancient synagogue because of security concerns
By MASSINISSA BENLAKEHAL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Jewish Tunisians who organize an annual pilgrimage to one of the world’s oldest…
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