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Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians have voted for members of a new parliament in an election that was expected to hold few surprises. The outcome could pave the way for a constitutional amendment to extend the term of President Bashar Assad, whose term would end in 2028 under the current term limits. Monday’s

Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Vacuums sucked the water out of the seaside inn run by Nick Gaido’s family in Galveston since 1911 as power was still spotty nearly one week after a resurgent Hurricane Beryl swept into Texas. Blue tarp covered much of the torn off roof. Gaido scheduled cleanup shifts for the

Associated Press HILVERSUM, Netherlands (AP) — Quinn Schansman dreamed of becoming the youngest-ever CEO of an American company. A decade ago, he’d just finished the first year of an international business degree in Amsterdam as a step toward that lofty goal. But the 18-year-old dual Dutch American citizen’s future — whatever it may have held

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez finished its second day of deliberations without a verdict. The New York jury resumes its work Tuesday. Jurors in the Manhattan federal court trial sent a note Monday to the judge wanting to know if unanimity is required to

Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Fifty years after war cleaved Cyprus along ethnic lines, tensions are flaring again along the 180-kilometer-long United Nations controlled buffer zone in an already tumultuous region. The divide harkens back to the island nation’s tortured politics, culminating in a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a coup. At the

Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal have recovered a total of 11 bodies from the river that two buses full of people were swept into by a landslide. The bodies were found in different locations on the riverbanks. Government administrator Khima Nanda Bhusal said Monday that seven of the bodies have been

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Protests around the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee have been peaceful and without any major problems. On the first day of the meeting Monday, the activists called attention to issues such as abortion rights, economic justice and the war in Gaza. The largest group is the Coalition to March

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention kicks off this week, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin to formally nominate former President Donald Trump as the GOP nominee. The gathering begins Monday and runs through Thursday at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. A number of broadcast outlets will carry prime-time speeches live

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today’s climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but also shared some of the props. Both gathered in Philadelphia, largely because its Municipal Auditorium had already been fitted with the

AP Media Writer The photograph of a bloodied Donald Trump with his fist in the air and an American flag looming in the background is quickly emerging as the pivotal image of Saturday’s shooting, and it wouldn’t exist without a journalist who acted quickly and on a hunch. Video of the assassination attempt at a

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first night of the Republican National Convention kept its official focus on the economy Monday even after Saturday’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania in which former President Donald Trump was injured. Speakers argued that Trump would fix inflation and bring back prosperity simply by returning to the White

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and its top executives is underway in New York. State Attorney General Letitia James is seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group in Monday’s proceedings in Manhattan state court. The

AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China says its economy expanded at a slower-than-forecast 4.7% annual rate in the last quarter. That was sharply below the 5.3% annual pace of growth seen in the first quarter of the year. Economists say weak consumer demand and reduced government spending are dragging on growth. The economy grew

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party is starting a four-day meeting that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology. The meeting that begins Monday typically focuses on such long-term issues. But business owners

Associated Press James Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character’s kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at 90. Sikking died of complications from dementia, his publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement Sunday evening. Born the youngest of five children on March 5,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Tone it down!” That was the plea from one Republican congressman as he came to grips with the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a political rally in the Butler Farm area where he grew up. “I am in a state of bewilderment of how and what has happened to