Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters lined up across battleground Wisconsin to cast their ballots on the first day of early, in-person voting as former President Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz urged supporters in the liberal capital city to do the same. Walz and Obama spoke to thousands of Democrats
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House. Even though the former president’s campaign has vigorously distanced itself
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is holding live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province facing Taiwan, just a week after a massive air-and-sea drill it described as punishment for Taiwan’s president rejecting Beijing’s claims of sovereignty. The live-fire drills were being held near the Pingtan islands, according to a notice from the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III should be prepared to dance when he visits Samoa this week. Freddie Tuilagi made sure of that when he visited St. James’ Palace recently wearing nothing but a bark cloth wrap and a necklace historically worn by orator chiefs. Charles, in a blue suit and carefully knotted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III is ending the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years with anti-monarchists hoping the debate surrounding his journey is a step toward an Australian citizen becoming head of state. Esther Anatolitis, co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement, said while thousands turned
Continue ReadingNEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men charged in the killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a British Columbia court. A court Monday confirmed the pleas from Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez in the shooting death of Malik, who was acquitted in 2005
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Photo portraits of King Charles are available in Australia under a little-known government policy that says every citizen there can request, and receive, a portrait of their monarch. It’s unusual in a nation where leaders are increasingly ambivalent about the British royals as Australia’s heads of state. The
Continue ReadingCONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Rockdale County plans to file a federal lawsuit this week against BioLab after a chemical fire in Georgia sent a toxic plume over the area last month. County commissioners want the plant shut down, they said in a press conference Monday. In the weeks following the fire, residents and business owners
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at the University of Minnesota after they briefly entered an administrative building. Campus officials issued an alert for people to leave the building Monday afternoon. An organizer with the university’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society said about 30 protesters from
Continue ReadingCourts in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected attempts by Republicans to disqualify the ballots of certain overseas voters. Both cases targeted people who have never lived in the state but were born overseas to parents or guardians who were residents of the state. The Michigan case also targeted the spouses of military and
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal rule banning fake online reviews is now in effect. The Federal Trade Commission issued the final rule in August banning the sale or purchase of online reviews. It allows the agency to seek civil penalties against knowing violators. The rule that took effect Monday bans reviews and testimonials attributed to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America, where it paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others. Authorities accused Toledo
Continue ReadingFALL CITY, WASH. (AP) — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Several people called 911 around 5 a.m. to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Mellis said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — A genealogist spent years scouring historical records to trace the lives and establish the identities of enslaved people she believes are buried on the grounds of Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group’s $9.4 billion facility in southeast Louisiana. A report from genealogist Lenora Gobert says enslaved people named Stanley, Harry,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As the longest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan repeatedly exploited his public role for private benefit, federal prosecutors alleged Monday during opening statements in Illinois’ largest corruption trial in years. Madigan, Illinois’ House speaker for more than three decades and a former state Democratic Party chairman, is charged
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It was a killing that many say was a tragedy foretold, in a state where drug cartels have caused thousands
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Emotional farewells are a common sight at airports, but travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to be quick. A new three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs in the airport’s drop-off area is intended to prevent lingering cuddles from causing traffic jams. “Max hug time
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said. The final toxicology results are not expected to be
Continue ReadingNew York magazine and its star political reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, have decided jointly to “part ways” after reports that she had a personal digital relationship with a source while covering the 2024 campaign. The magazine said Monday that its own internal review and an investigation by a law firm it enlisted found no issues with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment. He held a campaign-like rally at state expense Monday, two weeks before the election, on state time to criticize the measure that asks voters to protect abortion rights. DeSantis said if abortion rights are
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