AP National News

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men. The number of women contesting presidential, preliminary and council elections is lower than in the previous election in 2018.

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish voters go to the polls in a general election Sunday that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party and its far-left partner, Unidas Podemos, took a

By MATT YORK Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Associated Press photographer Matt York, who has covered Arizona for 23 years, recently was caught off guard by the heat wave that has shattered records in Phoenix. The 50-year-old York photographed life in the city for six of seven days as temperatures hovered above 110 Fahrenheit. On

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control in August and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and its maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts. Democrats in the

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Counting of ballots began Sunday in Cambodia’s general election in which longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party is all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition. His critics say the process has made

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon say a security guard at a Portland hospital died after being shot by an armed person Saturday. The suspect was later traced to the nearby community of Gresham, where officers shot and killed the person. The suspect’s name has not been released, and police declined to speculate on

By JULIA FRANKEL and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for an emergency implantation of a heart pacemaker, plunging Israel into deeper turmoil after widespread protests over his contentious judicial overhaul plan. A physician at the Sheba Medical Center said later that the

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — A man has been charged with arson after several small fires broke out Saturday night at the downtown hotel where New Zealand’s national team is staying for the Women’s World Cup. The Football Ferns were evacuated briefly from the Pullman Hotel after the

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is undergoing a procedure to receive a pacemaker. In a short video statement released at 2 a.m. Sunday, Netanyahu said he had been fitted with a monitoring device last week after being briefly hospitalized for what his office had said was dehydration. He said an alarm had sounded,

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets’ third practice of training camp marked the first session open to the public. It gave about 2,000 ecstatic fans their first in-person glimpse of their team’s new quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. They greeted him with chants that turned to

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mountain climber and a cliff diver have died in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the American West. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 36-year-old Cory Ryan Ehrnschwender of Cincinnati died while cliff-jumping at Lake Powell. The lake is located in southern Utah and northern Arizona in the

HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but caused no injuries. The accident comes less than a month after a railroad bridge collapse in southern Montana sent tanks cars with oil products plunging into the Yellowstone River, spilling molten