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By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia and New Zealand sent airplanes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to begin bringing home stranded citizens from the violence-wracked French South Pacific territory. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens from the archipelago,

By HUIZHONG WU and HAN GUAN NG Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — Shi Mei and her husband earn a decent enough living by growing corn and millet on their small farm in eastern China’s Shandong province. In 2021, they diversified by investing in solar energy — signing a contract to mount some 40 panels

By JULIA FRANKEL and PHIL HOLM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Newly-released satellite photos reviewed by the Associated Press show a large exodus of Palestinians from the southernmost Gaza city of Rafah earlier this month ahead of a feared Israeli ground invasion there. The photos taken three days apart — first on May 5 and

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as “Trump wins!!” and “Economy booms!”

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials say that the owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings last year will pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages to 62 workers. The Labor Department said Monday that the owners of California Terra Gardens and

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee say they they raised more than $51 million in April, falling well short of the $76 million that Donald Trump and the Republican Party reported taking in for the month. The totals announced Monday night for Biden and his

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule in Texas that would require firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. The decision by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space. That’s a possible future global trend that members of the U.N. Security Council condemn, even as they failed on Monday to pass a measure against it. The resolution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth as a state holiday this year. Ivey’s office said Monday that June 19 will be a state workers’ holiday coinciding with the federal holiday. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. It commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. on June

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Denver has launched an ambitious new program to support migrants, and hundreds crammed into a convention center for orientation on Monday. The plan is a major shift from the days- to weeks-long shelter stays that Denver, Chicago and New York City have been offering migrants

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — New federal certification rules have been finalized for train dispatchers and signal repairmen will set minimum standards for those jobs to counteract the investor pressure on railroads to continually cut costs while making sure those employees have the skills they need to operate all the

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A defense attorney says a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was undergoing a psychotic episode at the time. But a prosecutor said in closing trial arguments Monday that the crime was premeditated and that Murad Dervish had planned the killing

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A Pennsylvania woman will serve four to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a county prosecutor after a confrontation about a property transfer he handled as a private lawyer. Porice Diamond Mincy pleaded guilty to aggravated assault Monday for shooting Cameron County District Attorney Paul  Malizia in

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer testifying at Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says a New Jersey businessman rescued the Democrat’s then-future wife’s home from foreclosure just as the senator allegedly helped him secure a lucrative business relationship with Egypt. Attorney John Moldovan testified Monday that he was working for the

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom President Lindsey Harmon told reporters Monday that more

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The taxpayer costs for the racial profiling verdict arising from then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns are expected to reach $314 million by mid-summer 2025. Officials on Monday approved $41 million in compliance funding for the case — the most expensive for Maricopa County taxpayers since the lawsuit

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska say a moose has killed a 70-year-old man in the community of Homer. Two men were walking through the brush trying to take photos of two newborn calves when authorities say the mother moose attacked one of the men. He was pronounced dead

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court says a North Carolina regulatory board didn’t violate a drone pilot’s constitutional rights when it told him to stop advertising and offering aerial map services because he lacked a surveyor’s license. The panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Organizers of the Essence Festival of Culture have revealed that legendary soul group Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will be recognized during this summer’s gathering with “a star-studded tribute” that will “honor their final performance.” Maze, which is currently on a farewell tour, was the closing act for the New Orleans festival’s

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee community college says one of its professors who was swept away by an ocean wave during a study-abroad trip in Brazil has died. Columbia State Community College said Monday associate professor of art Clifford Gordon was walking with three students along an oceanside road and a wave struck them