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By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican candidate who lost last year’s election for Arizona attorney general is returning to court to request a new trial in his efforts to overturn the results of the November contest. Attorneys for candidate Abraham Hamadeh were set to appear at an afternoon Superior Court hearing

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House has tabled debate until later Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortion as soon as cardiac activity is detected. The debate, that began Tuesday, comes after the state Senate rejected a proposal to nearly outlaw the procedure as

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Anti-nuclear activists are protesting to demand Japan scrap its plan to release treated but still radioactive water from a damaged power plant into the sea. Dozens of the activists protested Tuesday at the Tokyo headquarters of the utility that operates the plant in Fukushima wrecked by the

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set to take up debate on a plan that would tack on a proposed 12-week abortion ban to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in transgender minors. The combination of the two highly contentious measures sets up what could be the

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats’ narrow majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is on the line Tuesday with two special elections that will determine which party controls the chamber. One of those special elections is expected to swing Republicans’ way, but the other in Delaware County, in the Philadelphia

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Closing arguments are expected to begin Tuesday at the second trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who is charged with raping three women at his Los Angeles home between 2001 and 2003. Attorneys for both sides rested their cases Friday, three weeks into

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say at least 15 people have been killed in a bloody clash between two tribes over the ownership rights of a coal mine in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. The fight broke out Monday in Dara Adam Khel, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, over the mine’s boundary fixing. Armed

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet springs to life again Tuesday as the 76th Cannes Film Festival gets underway with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny Depp. This year’s festival promises a Cote d’Azur buffet of spectacle, scandal and cinema

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Pacific Island leaders have criticized rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. Leaders and representatives from Pacific Island nations demanded at a U.N.

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Awards telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle on TV. The union last week denied a request

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz and Wyatt Johnston scored goals and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 on Monday night. Dallas moves on to play first-year Stars coach Pete DeBoer’s former team, the Vegas Golden