Month: May 2024

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Defense officials from Chile have convened a meeting at the bottom of the planet, a bid to bolster their territorial claims in Antarctica as tensions escalate over Russia’s maneuvers in the polar region. Lawmakers from Chile’s parliamentary defense committee flew Thursday to a desolate air base for a meeting billed as

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on Thursday and expanded protections in state hiring and employment by banning discrimination based on hairstyles. The separate executive orders signed by the Democratic governor represented his latest outreach to Black Kentuckians — but also reflected

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Youth services and civil rights groups are suing to block a new Washington state parental rights law that is set to take effect next month. Critics describe the law as a “forced outing” measure. It requires schools to notify parents in advance of medical services offered to

By YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday evening arrived in Belarus for a two-day visit. The Russian leader’s trip to the neighboring and allied country is one of several he is taking as he begins his fifth term in office. Putin traveled to China earlier this month, and is expected

By WILL WEISSERT and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday’s White House state dinner honoring Kenyan President William Ruto offered hundreds of guests some stunning D.C. views, a knockout menu and a healthy dose of celebrity star power. Country singer Brad Paisley performed his hits “American Saturday Night” and “This is Country Music.”

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the aircraft’s manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that led to the deaths. The crew was killed when their Osprey experienced

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia district attorney is appealing a ruling dismissing some of the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and other defendants in a 2020 election interference case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a notice of cross appeal on Thursday. In March, a judge quashed six counts in the indictment,

BY GARY FIELDS, LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian nationalist movement and the false claim that the

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud charges Thursday, several hours after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion and carted away a van load of items. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident on a Florida

By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s attorney general said Thursday that his office is looking into a company’s attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction, a move that was stopped by a judge after the king of rock n’ roll’s granddaughter filed a lawsuit