By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Several states will participate in Tuesday’s off-year general election that will determine the next governor in two states and provide insight into how abortion rights are shaping American politics. Voters in Kentucky will decide whether to give a second term to Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat running
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it plans to launch its first domestically built spy satellite at the end of this month as part of its efforts to better monitor rival North Korea. The plan was unveiled days after North Korea failed to follow through on a vow
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN, MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump sparred with a New York judge and slammed the state attorney general suing him Monday, using the witness stand at his civil fraud trial to defend his riches and lash out at a case
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man who was accused of physically assaulting a woman in Antarctica was then assigned to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The man remained
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ruth Glenn knows from harrowing personal experience the danger of putting a gun in the hands of a violent spouse or partner, the issue at the heart of a case before the Supreme Court. On a beautiful June evening in 1992, Glenn was shot
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Some are orphans, others seized from their parents. Many are older and have overwhelming needs or disabilities. Most bear the scars of trauma from being hauled between foster homes, torn from siblings or sexually and physically abused. Child protective services agencies have wrestled for decades with how
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida governor wins reelection by record numbers and later finds himself running as a party conservative in a crowded presidential primary. In New Hampshire, he tip-toes around the explosive abortions rights issue, discusses ongoing Israeli military operations, promises he’ll secure the Mexican border and warns
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Former social worker Thea Ramirez has developed an artificial intelligence -powered tool that she says helps social service agencies find the best adoptive parents for some of the nation’s most vulnerable kids. But an Associated Press investigation has found that the Family-Match algorithm has produced limited results
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago has pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors in a case that centered on how his son obtained a gun license. Robert Crimo Jr. entered the plea Monday in
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — America’s gun epidemic has become deadlier than ever for children since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and firearm-related injuries are driving children to emergency rooms at significantly higher rates than before. Pediatric emergency department visits for firearm injuries became twice as common during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people’s dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumers’ expense. The trial that
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A year away from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump is set to testify in a civil fraud trial and separately faces more than 90 criminal charges, setting up the possibility that a convicted felon tops the Republican ticket next November. But it’s President Joe Biden’s political prospects that are plunging. In another extraordinary twist to
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A tiny wooden shed perched on a steep cliff in a scenic southern Chinese region has earned the nickname of “most inconvenient convenience store” in the country. Hanging a whopping 120 meters (394 feet) above the ground, the two-square-meter shop replenishes climbers with drinks and light refreshments in the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares mostly fell in Asia on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where wild recent moves calmed a bit at the beginning of a quiet week for data releases. Benchmarks dropped more than 1% in Hong Kong and Tokyo and South Korea’s Kospi gave
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Australia and China have welcomed the improvement in relations between their two countries in the past year and emphasized the importance of engaging with each other despite differences on issues such as defense. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Chinese President
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for a former player suing the Chicago Blackhawks for allegedly ignoring his complaints that a team employee sexually abused him during the 2009-10 Stanley Cup championship season said Monday that their client was inspired to come forward by another player on that team who sued
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Britain’s Prince William said Monday that seven countries — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Britain and the United States — have committed at a wildlife summit to deepen their intelligence-sharing and other cooperation to combat money laundering by international gangs engaged in the illegal wildlife
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A car crashed into an Australian pub’s outdoor dining area, killing five people and injuring six others including the driver, officials said on Monday. The 66-year-old driver of the luxury BMW SUV was taken to a hospital after the crash at the crowded Royal Daylesford Hotel beer garden in the rural
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — For almost four decades, its cartoonish eyes gazed out placidly over Sathorn, a commercial district in downtown Bangkok. Now, with its facade stripped back to a concrete frame amid major renovations, the tower affectionately known as the “Robot Building” is barely recognizable, save for its characteristically blocky silhouette. The
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CNN By Camila Bernal and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Abdulwahab Omira, an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University, has released a statement after he was struck by a car Friday afternoon in what authorities are calling a hate crime. “As I lay in my hospital bed, grappling with a reality I had never imagined, I reflect on the importance of
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