By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Election misinformation will pose a formidable challenge this year as billions of people in dozens of countries head to the polls. Social media companies have announced plans to combat misleading content around the world, but they’ve faced criticism that too many of their efforts are focused on
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden talks to his supporters, he can make the presidential election sound like a high school prom. “You guys brought me to the dance in 2020,” he told Irish Americans on a campaign call Friday, suggesting these are the voters who got him where
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OSO, Wash. (AP) — Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. They tend to garner little notice when they strike in remote, unpopulated areas, but they also have the potential to cause immense catastrophes. The landslide that destroyed a
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press CYWINY WOJSKIE, Poland (AP) — Polish farmer Piotr Korycki says his business has been badly destabilized by Russia’s war against Ukraine and that the European Union is only adding to his problems. He’s among the large number of farmers who have protested across Europe for months, and he organized one
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is all but winding down, lacking the political appetite from within the Republican ranks to go forward with an actual impeachment, but facing political pressure to deliver after months of work. The chairman of the House Oversight and
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad. But there was a
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — One of Vermont’s historic covered bridges has fallen under threat from modern technology. Box truck drivers relying on GPS continually crash through Lyndon’s 140-year-old Miller’s Run bridge despite signs, including a flashing one, to deter vehicles that are too tall or too heavy from crossing. Drivers
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones este martes por la noche volvió a suspender la controvertida ley de inmigración de Texas. En una breve orden, un panel de tres jueces de la Corte de apelaciones del Quinto Circuito de Estados Unidos dijo que votó 2-1 para anular un fallo anterior de un panel
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 95% of nonorganic strawberries, leafy greens such as spinach and kale, collard and mustard greens, grapes, peaches and pears tested by the United States government contained detectable levels of pesticides, according to the 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Nectarines, apples, bell and hot peppers, cherries, blueberries
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year. For now, the officials kept their benchmark rate unchanged
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said they’ve found no explosives at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome after searching the site Wednesday following a reported bomb threat against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. About 150 police officers used sniffer dogs, X-ray detectors and other equipment to search through
Continue ReadingBy KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has received its most senior Chinese leadership visit in nearly seven years with stability a key theme of the discussions between the countries’ foreign ministers. China’s Wang Yi met with his counterpart Penny Wong on Wednesday on his tour of Australia and New Zealand. The meeting
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CNN By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen. Michael Rulli has won the Republican primary in Eastern Ohio’s 6th Congressional District. The 2nd District extends from the eastern
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court late Tuesday night put Texas’ controversial immigration law back on hold, hours after the Supreme Court had cleared the way for the state to begin enforcing the measure. In a brief order, a three-judge panel at the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou guard Curt Lewis became the second Tiger hoops player to officially enter their name into the transfer portal, on Tuesday. Lewis will look for a new collegiate home after just one season in Columbia. In that time, he saw action in 23 games, making two starts.
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CNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored three goals to lead the surging Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Rantanen scored a goal in each period for his seventh career hat trick and first since April 6, 2023, at San Jose. Casey Mittelstadt also scored
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure. The Republican former president has taken credit for striking down a federally guaranteed right to
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A report by a European business group says that uncertainty and “draconian regulations” have drastically raised risks for foreign businesses in China. The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, released Wednesday, urges China’s leaders to do more to address concerns
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