AP National News

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The family of a Ukrainian veteran who was tortured and killed during the Russian occupation of Bucha finally has been able to give him a proper burial. His gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022.

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG, TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American soldier facing military disciplinary actions fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea into into North Korea, U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years. Two

By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering. Martinelli, 71, had been trying to mount a political comeback in next year’s general elections, but a judge sentenced him Tuesday to 128 months in prison in a

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer tech players are launching an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place. The program announced Tuesday is to help consumers choose smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking. Officials liken the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark initiative to the Energy

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a brief news conference Tuesday as part of a shift in strategy for his presidential campaign, but the governor took only four questions, almost all of which centered on the party’s front-runner Donald Trump. DeSantis’ attempt

CAIRO (AP) — A representative of BBC staff in Cairo on a three-day strike for equal pay with colleagues in the Middle East has accused the broadcaster of “gross discrimination.” The North African country is in the midst of spiraling economic crises, with inflation running at 36% in June. The representative said 75 staff members

By The Associated Press Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier on a tour crossed into the North under circumstances that remain unclear. The soldier was on a tour of

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail, ordering implementation in mid-September. The ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge’s opinion in December that the law violated the constitution’s provision that  “all persons shall be bailable by sufficient

By ED DAVEY Associated Press Major American providers of oilfield services supplied Russia with millions of dollars in equipment for months after its invasion of Ukraine, helping to sustain a critical part of its economy even as Western nations launched sanctions aimed at starving the Russian war effort. The largest – SLB, formerly Schlumberger –

By COLLEEN BARRY and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Officials warned residents and tourists packing Mediterranean destinations on Tuesday to stay indoors during the hottest hours as the second heat wave in as many weeks hits the region and Greece, Spain and Switzerland battled wildfires. In Italy, civil protection workers monitored crowds for

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government opened the door to the creation of more small- and medium-sized businesses in September 2021. And there are now over 8,000 of these type of enterprises operating legally on the island. Among them is a group of entrepreneurs who benefited from a business training

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication that he could soon be indicted by federal prosecutors. Trump

COOK, Minn. (AP) — Officials say no one was injured and no hazardous material spilled when nine Canadian National Railway cars derailed in northern Minnesota. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the derailment happened just before 8:30 p.m. Monday in a rural, unpopulated area about 6 miles north of

By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press In many kitchens, a lot of food sits forgotten and unused in freezers, fridges and pantry. What if you tried to turn it all into meals? Without going shopping? AP writer Beth Harpaz tried it for a week. She had a freezer full of leftovers, a semi-stocked vegetable drawer

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Tuesday following some mixed reports on the economy and corporate profits. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.1% in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 125 points, or 0.4%, at 34,710, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time,

By DEL QUENTIN WILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The “nuclear football” is a bulky briefcase that contains atomic war plans and enables the president to transmit nuclear orders to the Pentagon. The Associated Press interviewed  William Burr, a senior analyst at the nonprofit National Security Archive at George Washington University, about a report he

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis filed paperwork on Tuesday for South Carolina’s 2024 presidential primary. He’s the first presidential candidate from a major political party on the ballot for South Carolina’s first-in-the-South contest. The filing comes at a consequential moment for DeSantis. He entered the race in

BEIJING (AP) — China Evergrande, the property developer whose woes helped bring about a slump in the country’s vitally important real estate market, has reported its debts rose further to about $340 billion by the end of last year. In a notice to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Evergrande said it had losses totaling about

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was largely unchanged Tuesday ahead of the release of U.S. retail sales, factory data and more quarterly financial reports from companies. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell less than 0.1% before the opening bell. Strong spending by