AP National News

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed disappointment over the failure of the United Nations Security Council to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine because of Russia’s right of veto. He called for reforms that would allow the U.N. to better defend global peace and order. The United Nations used

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A local elected official got court-appointed attorneys during his arraignment on a murder charge in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles also was hit Tuesday with a

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are crucial swing states that allow mail-in ballots but give local election offices very little if any time before Election Day to process them. Election workers’ inability to check signatures, addresses

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago state senator has been indicted on federal charges that he sought a bribe to oppose legislation that would have required a statewide evaluation of red-light camera systems. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Sen. Emil Jones III, the latest public official implicated in the bribery scheme, also is charged with lying to

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Water.org announced a $1 billion plan Tuesday to help 100 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America get lasting access to water and sanitation. The Water.org Water & Climate Fund, unveiled at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, plans to use $50

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether it believed

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every single Alaskan got a financial windfall amounting to more than $3,000 Tuesday, the day the state began distributing payments from Alaska’s investment fund that has been seeded with money from the state’s oil riches. The payments, officially called the Permanent Fund Dividend or the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico politician and Trump supporter who was removed and barred from elected office for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, is attempting to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court. Cowboys for Trump cofounder and former county

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss is at the UN on a mission to convince the world that she is a steely leader for tough times. The new UK prime minister will tell the UN General Assembly that in an increasingly unstable world, like-minded allies need to

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s hopes to operate his satellite internet firm in Iran require permission from the Treasury Department, which said Tuesday it welcomes applications to support internet freedom in the country, which is largely isolated from western economies. The Tesla CEO tweeted Monday that his satellite internet firm

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former Trump official who heads the Inter-American Development Bank is criticizing an external investigation into an anonymous complaint that he carried on an intimate relationship with a subordinate. The probe’s findings have not been made public, but Mauricio Claver-Carone said in a statement Tuesday that it

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — An official familiar with the matter says Canada will likely drop the vaccine requirement for people who enter Canada by the end of September. Canada is similar to the United States in that it requires non citizens to be vaccinated when entering the country. It is not

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift survivors to safety. The storm’s eye passed close to Grand

PARIS (AP) — French authorities are investigating death threats against a Russian prisoners’ rights activist who says he was the target of an assassination attempt last week at his home in France. Vladimir Osechkin suspects the Russian security services of trying to silence him.  He said he was bringing spaghetti to his two children in

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving. The recommendation, if enacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, could reduce the number of alcohol-related

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Tuesday that its response to the U.S. infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory. A 10-page report from the agency offers its first formal account of

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities are back at the White House following a pop-culture backlash during the Trump years, when just about anyone considered high-wattage refused to show up. Rocker Elton John is bringing his farewell tour to the South Lawn on Friday, the White House announced Tuesday, one week after

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Utah boy who suffered a serious head injury after falling from a bunk bed during last month’s Little League World Series has returned home from the hospital, and his family is suing the league and the company that made the bed. The family’s lawyer said Tuesday

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the opioid epidemic.  Walmart and CVS were two lawsuits that were part of a larger trial that

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — French President Emanuel Macron is admonishing countries not to stay neutral about condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine, and he’s declaring that Moscow’s invasion amounts to a new form of imperialism. Macron spoke Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders. Neither Russia nor Ukraine