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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party is gathering for its annual conference. And U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a triple challenge. He has to cheer up a party that’s trailing in opinion polls, sideline rivals who are eyeing his job and persuade the voting public that a party

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is taking effect. The new law first proposed by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont includes a ban on openly carrying guns and takes effect Sunday. Proponents plan to pursue

By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban fighters have attacked a police post in eastern Punjab province, killing one officer and injuring three others. That triggered a shootout in which two of the attackers were killed. Imran Nawaz, a spokesperson for the counterterrorism police, said a group of 10 to 12

By SOPHIA TAREEN and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population of asylum-seekers arriving by plane. Hundreds of migrants, from babies to the elderly, live inside a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police wrestle the unarmed Black man to the sidewalk. One officer pushes his face into the pavement as he pleads in vain: “Can’t breathe.” Witnesses capture the scene at a dark intersection on their cellphones — one yells, “Hey! Stop! Oh my God, stop hitting him!”

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The Afghan Embassy says it is closing in New Delhi from Sunday due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul. But it will continue to provide emergency consular services to Afghan nationals. It said in a

By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of now-homeless people have streamed into Armenia from the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by its emboldened adversary, Azerbaijan. Swarms of protesters are filling the streets of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, demanding the prime minister’s ouster. Relations with Russia, an old ally and protector, have frayed amid

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president broke routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Air tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War. As a New York City judge, Arthur Engoron has resolved hundreds of disputes, deciding everything from zoning and free speech issues to a custody fight over a dog named “Stevie.” Now,

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles. The Cuyama Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency has adopted plans to scale back groundwater pumping in adherence with a

By KEVIN FREKING and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But time is running out, the president said in a warning to Congress. “We

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to complete results announced Sunday. Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party had

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is preparing to launch Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The 142.3-kilometer (88.4-mile) railway is to begin commercial operations Monday, and President Joko Widodo is slated to inaugurated the line. It will cut the travel time

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.04 billion after no players hit it big Saturday night, continuing a stretch of lottery futility lasting for more than two months. The numbers drawn were: 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and red Powerball 22. The jackpot for the next drawing Monday night

By ALMAZ ABEDJE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Yared Markos moved to London a quarter century ago, he didn’t see any Ethiopian coffee shops. Now, there are more than a dozen all over a city where tea, coffee’s counterpart, has been a staple for centuries. Markos and other Ethiopian coffee sellers in London say

By HENDRA PERMANA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two teenage daughters died in a crush of fans at a soccer stadium in East Java in October 2022 after police fired tear gas, setting off a panicked run for the

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to close a loophole in a 2019 law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap. Under the 2019 law, landlords can terminate leases by saying they need to move into units, make repairs or

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike. While state lawmakers passed a bill to make California the third state to do this, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed it Saturday. Newsom says he rejected the bill because the fund the state uses to pay