Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A surprise text ended a prosecutor’s questioning Thursday of a former Las Vegas-area politician standing trial in the killing of a veteran investigative reporter, after a long day of sometimes rambling testimony during which the defendant declared that he never killed anyone. In a hushed courtroom, before a rapt
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence attested at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday to the ways shootings impacted their lives and spurred them to advocacy. One of the most potent speeches came from Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The final night of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris’ name — featuring none other than the candidate’s great nieces. The actress Kerry Washington introduced the girls by saying “it’s come to my attention that there are some folks who struggle — or pretend to
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations Thursday, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce, coming just days after the government shuttered some 1,500 nongovernmental organizations, many of them religious in nature. The Interior Ministry also cancelled the legal status of the umbrella
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of Mexico City approved the most ambitious rent control law since the 1940s Thursday, limiting rent increases to the rate of inflation in the previous year. Rents in the vast city of 9 million inhabitants were essentially frozen in the 1940s, and remained so for decades on older buildings.
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge in Utah has ruled that a man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges will stand trial. KTVX-TV reports the judge said Thursday there was enough evidence for the case against 37-year-old Nicholas Rossi to proceed. Rossi is accused of raping
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris urged Americans to seize a “precious, fleeting opportunity” to move beyond political divisions and the threat of Republican Donald Trump on Thursday as she closed out the Democratic National Convention. Harris is the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to be nominated,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians say they are planning to introduce a U.N. General Assembly resolution in September enshrining the recent sweeping ruling by the U.N.’s top court that declared Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories unlawful — and setting a time frame for it to end. The resolution would not
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials have cleared a growing homeless encampment at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles. The cleanup operation Thursday was an effort organized by LA City Councilmember Traci Park and the county and comes more than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state agencies to urgently clear encampments on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the Pacific Island nation until next year, citing its current election process, according to an official in the Foreign Ministry. The message sent this week to countries with which Kiribati has diplomatic ties follows escalating friction between the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Journalists and industry experts are blasting a deal announced this week between the state of California and Google. Under the agreement, Google will pay up $110 million over the next five years to help keep local news organization afloat. Journalists see the agreement as a tactic for Google to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — If you think you’re seeing a lot of women wearing white during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, you don’t need to adjust your television set. There appeared to be a coordinated effort among female delegates and Democratic supporters as they arrived at the United Center
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference completed mediation mandated by a Florida judge, according to a court filing, as the legal battle between the school and league appears poised to drag into the football season and beyond. According to the filing, representatives of the school and conference mediated in person
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As attendees filtered out of the Democratic National Convention on its final night, they were met with the chants of pro-Palestinian protesters calling for the party to do more to end the war in Gaza. The group yelled “ceasefire now” and “Shame on you” as one woman folded a campaign
Continue ReadingSANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — A 5-year-old Utah boy died when he accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a small town south of Salt Lake City on Thursday. Lt. Mike Wall with the Santaquin Police Department tells KSL-TV the boy found a 9 mm handgun in the back room of his house and fired a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate has defied the government to approve an increase to pension spending that would cost at least an estimated 0.4% of the gross domestic product, dealing a blow to President Javier Milei’s harsh austerity program. Thursday’s bruising defeat for right-wing President Milei again cast a spotlight on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced questions in a New York court about how his presidential campaign handled revelations that some people gathering signatures to get him on the state ballot concealed his name on the petitions. Kennedy’s virtual appearance Thursday from an office in California came a day
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor says she’s dropping charges against six people in three pending murder cases following the indictment of a pair of Savannah police officers accused of misconduct. Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones told a news conference Thursday her office determined the cases had been tainted by the involvement
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of an “Uncommitted” movement, which garnered hundreds of thousands of votes in Democratic primaries across the nation in protest of the Israel-Hamas war, have been negotiating for weeks to secure a speaking slot for a Palestinian American at the Democratic National Convention this week. The negotiations stalled late Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A one-time congressional candidate and romantic partner of a convicted FTX executive has been arrested on campaign finance charges. Michelle Bond, a lawyer, was released on $1 million bail Thursday after a brief court appearance in Manhattan federal court. On Wednesday, Ryan Salame, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance
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