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By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital. Associated Press journalists reported seeing at least five bodies in and around the suburbs, and gangs blocked the entrances to some areas. People

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before Missouri primary voters on Saturday, and much has changed since the last time he was on the state’s ballot seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. It’s the first Democratic presidential contest since the state canceled government-run presidential primaries in 2022 and turned the

MCKEE, Ky. (AP) — An eastern Kentucky couple has been accused of trying to sell their newborn twin girls. The couple offered to sell the babies, who were born Feb. 28, to a relative for $5,000, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said in arrest citations. The mother and father, both in their early 20s, were

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A U.N.-backed independent expert on human rights in Myanmar says the military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield, where it is fighting against pro-democracy and ethnic armed groups. Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told a news conference in Geneva that resistance to military rule

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury has found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty of misconduct in office and fraud. The jury returned guilty verdicts Wednesday on all four counts. Prosecutors charged Kimberly Zapata in November 2022 with one felony misconduct count and three

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in the volatile southwest. Three security forces were also killed in the ensuing shootout. All the

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Florida’s homeless will be banned from sleeping in public spaces such as sidewalks and parks under a law signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure signed Wednesday also promises the homeless more services for issues such as substance abuse and mental health problems. The state Department of Children and

LONDON (AP) — Wales is the first part of the United Kingdom to have a Black leader, after Vaughan Gething was elected first minister. The Welsh parliament elected him Wednesday after he won the contest to lead Wales’ governing Labour Party. Gething has a Welsh father and a Zambian mother. He said being Europe’s first

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been a mainstay on The Associated Press All-America team the past few seasons. The NCAA’s all-time scoring leader from Iowa was honored for the third straight year Wednesday, becoming the 11th player to earn the distinction three times. She was a unanimous choice from the 35-member

By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — An appeals court in Montenegro has confirmed that cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon will be handed over to his native South Korea. The Appeals Court of Montenegro said in a statement Wednesday that it approved an earlier ruling by the High Court to extradite Kwon to South

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch parliament has named two new go-betweens to lead negotiations to form the next ruling coalition. Lawmakers approved them Wednesday. The move came four months after the anti-immigration party led by Geert Wilders won a national election. Economist and former lawmaker Elbert Dijkgraaf and

By MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually get close to the same strict standards set

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling means defense

By MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and possibly hedge against growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslim-Americans in the critical swing state. But some Black leaders now

NEW YORK (AP) — The Apollo theater and Opera Philadelphia announced a five-year partnership to support new operas by Black artists. The two organizations collaborated on the New York premieres of Daniel Schnyder’s “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” in 2016 and Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “We Shall Not Be Moved” the following year, both after world premieres in

By MARTHA MENDOZA, MAHESH KUMAR and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the violent western Mexico state of Jalisco say five dead bodies have been found piled in a bulletproof SUV. The state prosecutors’ office said someone called an emergency number to report the vehicle. Inside they found the bodies of five men “with visible signs of violence.” The SUV was

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission has confirmed Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, was elected president. The announcement was made Wednesday after the official count of votes ended and immediately drew allegations of fraud from Subianto’s rivals. Anies Baswedan and Ganjar

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has been declared the winner of the presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy. The results were confirmed Wednesday by the General Election Commission. Subianto said he will respect those who made different choices in the vote and, “We call on