GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Election observers from the Organization of American States say some Guatemalan political parties and other actors unnecessarily dragged the country’s June 25 elections into the courts in an attempt to ignore the will of the people. The electoral mission released its preliminary report Wednesday. The observers wrote, “The mission considers that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court. He ruled that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. U.S. District Judge
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The head of the Cyprus veterinarians association says that claims that a local mutation of a feline virus has killed as many as 300,000 cats on the island are a big exaggeration. The director of the Pancyprian Veterinary Association, Nektaria Ioannou Arsenoglou, said the group’s survey of 35 veterinary clinics indicate
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found “serious flaws” in five scientific papers on subjects such as brain development in which he was the principal author. Marc Tessier-Lavigne said in a
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told state television that the organization is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to Belarus. Both Ukraine and the Belarusian opposition have decried the transfer as unlawful deportations. A state
Continue Reading By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland official on a powerful state board says there’s “too much foot-dragging” between the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Baltimore Orioles to renew the team’s lease at Camden Yards. Treasurer Dereck Davis, who is one of three members of the Maryland Board of Public Works,
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe Biden over his family’s finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden’s son Hunter. Lawmakers were hearing from the two
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa say at least nine people were injured when a suspected underground gas explosion during evening rush hour ripped open roads and flipped more than 20 cars in Johannesburg. The nine were sent to the hospital with what authorities said were not life-threatening injuries.
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in 2024, an unexpected move for the popular Republican that gives Democrats real hope of reclaiming the battleground state’s top elected office during a presidential election
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PHOENIX (AP) — The onslaught of searing temperatures and rising floodwaters struck parts of the United States again on Wednesday with Phoenix breaking an all-time temperature record and rescuers pulling people from deluged homes and vehicles in Kentucky. Forecasters said there was little relief in sight from days of extreme weather for some areas of
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings in major metropolitan areas in the United States disproportionately affect Black people, and structural racism may play a role, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery. Researchers at Tulane University analyzed data relating to the 51 largest metropolitan areas, including demographic and
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Bidarian, CNN (CNN) — Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign from his post after a review by a panel of scientists concluded that research papers he contributed to contained “manipulation of research data,” according to a report released by a special university committee. The panel’s report determined that data was manipulated in scientific papers to which Tessier-Lavigne, a neuroscientist, contributed, although the panel found no
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that crosses the Golden Gate, a strait that leads to the San Francisco Bay. Characteristics The bridge is 8,981 feet long (1.7 miles) and contains about 83,000 tons of steel. The total weight of
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation in their cells that experts say could cause serious and irreversible harm, according to a federal
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK and NICHOLAS INGRAM Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With lottery jackpots for Powerball and Mega Millions cumulatively approaching $2 billion for this week’s drawings, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience store, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big. HOW DOES THIS
Continue ReadingBy Laura Dolan and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wesleyan University will stop giving preferential treatment to applicants who are the children of alumni – joining a growing list of schools to end legacy admissions after the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action. “We will still value the ongoing relationships that come from multi-generational Wesleyan
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run media are saying that President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has pardoned a group of prisoners, including two prominent rights activists. The MENA news agency said on Wednesday that among those pardoned is rights activist Patrick George Zaki, who was a post-graduate student in Italy and was
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — BBC staff in Cairo have concluded their three-day strike for equal pay with colleagues across the Middle East but threatened future collective action if their demands are not met. During a news conference outside the BBC’s office in Cairo on Wednesday, the head of Egypt’s journalism union reiterated the employees’ demand for
Continue Reading By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In the closing weeks of Mississippi’s statewide primary elections, the Republican lieutenant governor’s race has turned nasty, with an accusation over the incumbent’s history with a women’s health clinic showing how abortion remains a flashpoint even between conservatives. In campaign ads, speeches, social media
Continue Reading FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s attorney general is planning to hold a news conference to discuss a Fargo police officer’s use of deadly force against a gunman who opened fire on other officers, killing one and injuring two. A statement from Attorney General Drew Wrigley’s office said Wednesday’s news conference “will address the officer
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