Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters faced a choice between
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of migrant families in New York City are facing a summer of uncertainty for their school-aged children. The city limits migrant families to 60 days in a shelter before they need to reapply or secure their own housing. That means navigating their children’s educational needs even during the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy, although not without some bumps along the way. Shedding bad habits from the Soviet past are crucial to to Ukraine’s goal of joining the European Union and NATO. Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago starkly clarified the stakes of
Continue ReadingAssociated Pres KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine’s budding democracy. Now, as a soldier battling Russia, he’s had to put those aims on hold as he fights alongside some of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the months since Hamas’ surprise attack sent them scattering across fields or hiding in desert brush, thousands of survivors of a massacre at a trance festival in Israel have come together as a community to heal. They have found solace in massage therapy, ice baths, yoga or
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia, where parliamentary elections are being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit. As a democracy of just 3.4 million people overshadowed by two much larger authoritarian states, China and Russia, it has taken on symbolic importance
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of New York City’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride march, organizers typically spend weeks mapping out the order of the floats, assigning placements based on factors like seniority and music volume. This year, they’re wrestling with a question more fraught: how to plan a parade whose own participants have accused
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge plans to rule on a request to dismiss the sole charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer over concerns the FBI damaged the relevant firearm during forensic testing before defense attorneys could examine it. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer has said she will
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A clash over golf handicaps prompted some of the feistiest comments in the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. They bickered Thursday night over how far they can hit a golf ball and their stamina on the course. After Trump bragged about the trophies he’s won,
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has urged its citizens to avoid travel to China and the semi-autonomous Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macao following threats from Beijing to execute supporters of the self-governing island democracy’s independence. Spokesperson and deputy head of the Mainland Affairs Council Liang Wen-chieh issued the advisory at a news conference
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Part of a departure terminal canopy at New Delhi’s main airport has collapsed as monsoon rains lashed the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others. Flight departures at Terminal 1 were suspended as rescuers cleared the debris to rescue anyone trapped there. Terminal 1 is used for
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The site of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market left empty after it was razed six years ago, will be replaced by a waterfront stadium and glistening skyscrapers according to plans for its redevelopment. A computer graphic video version of the $5.7 billion project made by property developer Mitsui Fudosan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden. Already fighting voter concerns about his age, Biden, 81, was halting and seemed to lose his train of thought Thursday night, sparking
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy — and each other — in their first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. Personal animosity between the two men was palpable Thursday night in Atlanta as they argued over abortion, the economy, border security
Continue ReadingIRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in western New York say a man fatally shot his 80-year-old grandfather and eventually took his own life on a hiking trail in Letchworth State Park. Police evacuated and closed the park for several hours while searching for the 24-year-old suspect. The man was wanted for the killing earlier in
Continue ReadingAP Hockey Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier is turning coy when it comes to saying which player San Jose will select with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft on Friday. The presumptive favorite since the Sharks won the draft lottery in May is Boston University center Macklin
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will likely take effect in the coming days. California lawmakers passed the law back in 2022. But it never took effect because the California Independent Petroleum Association gathered enough signatures to place a referendum
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The man behind the attempted coup that has rocked Bolivia remains a mystery to much of the country. Little known before bursting into Bolivia’s presidential palace tailed by tanks and armored vehicles, General Juan Jose Zúñiga served as commander of the country’s armed forces from 2022 until his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, in a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections. The two companies will also be required to pay a combined $175
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