Month: February 2024

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s finance minister told his peers during a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion. Fernando Haddad said Thursday that tax evasion can be resolved through international cooperation so

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro says his government is suspending purchases of weapons from Israel after Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food in Gaza. Petro’s decision marks an escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas war. Petro announced the move in a tweet Thursday in which he

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday she will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA draft. “While this season is far from over and we have a lot more goals

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland State House is locked down for an undisclosed security threat. An aide to Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones told reporters with offices on the ground floor of the building to lock their doors shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Police later escorted reporters out

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation. Thursday’s ruling granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Planned Parenthood of Montana. One law sought to ban telehealth prescriptions

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is denying a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state’s fast food minimum wage law that benefits a donor. The law requires most fast-food restaurants to pay workers a minimum wage of $20 per hour. It exempts restaurants

By ANITA SNOW and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans in swing state Arizona are broadcasting a tough border security stance with legislation aimed at punishing migrants who enter the U.S. illegally. The proponent of one bill has suggested it would allow property owners to shoot and kill migrants criminally trespassing on their

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana approved a bill that would make first-time voters prove where they live and would increase the power of the state to verify all voters’ addresses. Voting advocates worry the legislation passed Thursday could inadvertently remove lawfully registered voters. They say the changes could

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A shirtless candidate for U.S. Senate broke through the ice of a Madison lake hoping to pour cold water on any notion that he’s a soft Californian, not a hardy Wisconsinite. And then in a video posted Thursday on X, Eric Hovde challenged his Democratic challenger,

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three dozen leaders at news organizations around the world are expressing solidarity with reporters doing the dangerous work of covering the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists is organizing the effort. It estimates that at least 89 journalists and media workers have

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure. Sunnyvale, California-based Figure announced the partnership Thursday along with $675 million in venture capital funding from a group that includes Amazon founder Jeff