Month: May 2023

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron DeSantis plans to kick off his presidential campaign in Iowa on Tuesday, the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states as he tests his pitch as the most formidable Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump. The Florida

By LISA MASCARO and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the White House and congressional leaders work to ensure its passage this week in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent

By COLLIN BINKLEY and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most U.S. adults say the court should allow colleges to consider race as part of the admissions process, yet few believe students’ race should ultimately play a major role in decisions, according to a

By DENISE LAVOIE and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new campaigns to convince corporate leaders not to cave to anti-LGBTQ+ groups. “We

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire stadium is being recognized for playing a largely unheralded role in helping racially integrate baseball. Much of the attention has been on Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year earlier, Hall of

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The federal jury trial of the suspect in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack is scheduled to get underway Tuesday morning, four and a half years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Twelve jurors and six alternates — chosen Thursday after a month

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Nine people were injured when gunfire erupted along a beachside promenade in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. The nine people hurt Monday evening included six adults and three children, according to Yanet Obarrio Sanchez, a spokesperson

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force say that 25 of its troops were injured in the clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo who were trying to take over the offices of one of the municipalities where ethnic Albanian mayors took up their posts

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. Several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital, police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said. However, authorities

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least 153 people jailed since El Salvador instituted emergency powers in March 2022 to confront the country’s powerful street gangs have died in state custody. A report released Monday by the human rights group Cristosal said none of those who died had been convicted of a crime they

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a pre-dawn attack on Ukraine’s capital as its air defenses worked to stop drones in a relentless wave of bombardments targeting Kyiv. The buzzing of drones and loud explosions were heard early Tuesday as Ukrainian air defense responded to the third Russia aerial attack

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. Several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital, police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said. However, authorities

BEIJING (AP) — China has launched a spacecraft carrying a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station. This comes as it plans to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A judge has sentenced former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs during his administration. Funes’ trial began in April with the former leader living in Nicaragua. El Salvador changed its laws last year to allow trials