AP-National

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister says the country has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, escalating a spat over the slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada. The moves come after Canadian allegations that India may have

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia will start paying for gender-affirming health care for public employees covered by a state health insurance plan. Two state employees and a public school media clerk sued last year over the state’s refusal to pay. Those plaintiffs on Thursday announced the state had

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The spotlight at former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial turned Thursday to his son Eric, with testimony and documents suggesting the scion envisioned a “lofty” value for a suburban golf course and was actively involved in appraisals he has said he doesn’t remember. The trial

PARIS (AP) — French police have arrested a man climbing on the Eiffel Tower, temporarily stranding a crowd at the top. Among those trapped were a Washington, D.C., couple who decided during the wait to get married — and an Associated Press reporter who got their story. Amir Khan had been planning to propose to

By PETER SMITH Associated Press Ukraine’s parliament voted overwhelmingly Thursday to advance legislation seen as effectively banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its ties to Moscow, despite the church’s insistence that it is fully independent and supportive of Ukraine’s fight against Russian invaders. The Verkhovna Rada, or parliament, voted 267-15 on the measure, which requires

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. Later,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Black voters in Louisiana to speed the process of drawing new congressional districts in the state. The justices on Thursday declined to overrule a federal appeals court, which last month blocked a district judge’s plan to hold hearings for a new map with

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged with killing a fellow college student in Mississippi on Sunday. Joshua Brown of Columbia, Mississippi, was arrested Wednesday in the death of 21-year-old Jaylen Burns. Brown was charged with murder and illegal possession of a firearm on school property, arrest affidavits show. The shooting

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is poised to nearly double its lawmakers’ pay in 2025 in hopes of attracting more diverse members. A commission created by the Republican-controlled Legislature to study lawmakers’ pay approved a proposal Thursday to increase the compensation for rank-and-file members by nearly $28,000 a year.

By JAMEY KEATEN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Republican accused of participating in a fake elector plot in Michigan had his case dismissed Thursday after the state Attorney General’s office said a cooperation agreement was reached. James Renner had eight criminal charges related to the fake elector plot. In July, Michigan Attorney

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during extreme heat events than birds nesting in forests under the same weather conditions, a new study finds. A study published in the journal Science on Thursday examined a database of decades of bird nesting attempts

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier. A strong El Nino heavily moderates and changes the storm tracks of what America

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials say a tractor-trailer carrying 44 dairy cows crashed on a highway exit ramp, killing eight of the animals while another six had to be euthanized because of their injuries. Police and firefighters responded to the wreck on an exit off Interstate 84 westbound in Newtown at about 3:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating and three people were charged with assaulting police after protesters descended on Capitol Hill to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds of demonstrators from Jewish advocacy groups poured into a congressional office building on Wednesday. They wore shirts that read

JERUSALEM (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s father has died while she was touring wartime Israel. The teary-eyed governor slipped a note grieving her loss into the Western Wall holy site in Jerusalem on Thursday. Hochul learned of her 87-year-old father’s sudden death from a brain hemorrhage while she was on the second day

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer speaking for the former Southern California street gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur in 1996 says he sees key weaknesses in the murder case in Las Vegas. Attorney Ross Goodman told reporters Thursday that police and prosecutors have no gun, no car and

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers have told the International Criminal Court that their client is not a Sudanese militia leader who participated in war crimes, but rather “a no one” who was not involved in the ongoing conflict in the nation. Prosecutors say the suspect is Ali Kushayb,

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists reporting in Gaza need to worry about basic survival for themselves and their families in addition to getting out the story of a besieged population. Many have been forced to leave their homes and hunt for food and power. There are a limited number