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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. Kailash Sirohiya will be presented before a judge in a district court in south Nepal on Wednesday where a case has been filed against him. He was

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the principle of democracy, equality and a better life for all South Africans. It was widely

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of militia groups he backs in the Middle East prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Hundreds of thousands of people later followed

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas. When the fires showed no sign of slowing, Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with bulldozers to dig trenches and enlarge

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday’s tornadoes killed four

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and served her full term. But on the day of her release a week

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, a female chef duo takes care of the culinary diplomacy. Cris Comerford is the White House executive chief and Susie Morrison is the executive pastry chef. Both are

By NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was battered by severe turbulence have been flown to Singapore from Bangkok.  The airline says 143 passengers arrived in the city state shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday. Airline CEO Goh Choon Phong

By STEFANIE DAZIO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge granted his request to delay the trial that had been approaching next month. President Joe Biden’s son is still scheduled to stand trial beginning June 3

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication, the state attorney general said Tuesday. The judgement was issued against

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s personal valet took aim at the conduct of prosecutors in the classified documents case in a heated hearing Wednesday, the first since a judge indefinitely postponed the trial. Stanley Woodward, a lawyer for Walt Nauta, said prosecutors

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November. Yet the considerable investment comes with a twist for a group that has previously said its focus

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent. It’s tough: What she’s come up with so far is a single graphic

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defenses to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and

By TERRY TANG Associated Press The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last 20 years yet it remains an often ignored demographic, researchers at UCLA said Wednesday. The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed Census Bureau data within the last two

Lara Trump is wasting no time rebranding the typically staid Republican National Committee in the image of her father-in-law, showcasing her own version of his pugilistic politics and brash management style. In an interview with The Associated Press, Lara Trump spoke about her famous family, the upcoming election and her vision for the party going

By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last name of its new second-in-command: Trump. “My No. 1 goal is making sure that Donald Trump is the 47th president,” said Lara Trump, the RNC co-chair, in an Associated Press interview. It’s

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard says it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal. In its latest software update rolling out this week, Mastercard is integrating artificial intelligence into

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work. Booker is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. He was speaking during a hearing Tuesday aimed at looking