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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has begun tests of newly constructed facilities for discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, a plan strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries. The tests that began Monday at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant use

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president has met with his Venezuelan counterpart and declared both countries have “a common enemy,” alluding to the United States. President Ebrahim Raisi’s Monday visit to Venezuela came a year and a day after President Nicolas Maduro visited him in Iran. Both

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A major Japanese talent agency has begun an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against its founder. The lawyer heading the probe, Makoto Hayashi, told reporters Monday it won’t address monetary or criminality questions but rather aims to prevent such abuse from happening again. Hayashi said the effort

By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Lava is pouring from the crater of the Philippines’ most active volcano, prompting officials to warn tens of thousands of villagers to be prepared to flee if the gentle eruption turns into a violent and life-threatening explosion. More than 13,000 people have left

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jill Biden warned Democratic donors Monday that the 2024 election presents a choice between what she described as the “strong, steady leadership” of President Joe Biden or “chaos and corruption, hatred and division” of “MAGA Republicans.” The first lady was making her

By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India and Pakistan are bracing for the first severe cyclone this year expected to hit their coastal regions later this week. Authorities halted fishing activities, deployed rescue personnel and announced evacuation plans. From the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Biparjoy is aiming at Pakistan’s Sindh

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat Sajak is taking one last spin on “Wheel of Fortune,” announcing Monday that its upcoming season will be his last as host. Sajak announced his retirement from the venerable game show in a tweet. “Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will

CESSNOCK, Australia (AP) — A bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side and hit a guard rail in heavy fog in an Australian wine region, killing 10 wedding guests and injuring 25 others, police alleged Tuesday. Brett Andrew Button, 58, was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Amtrak travel between Chicago and St. Louis is about to get 15 minutes quicker thanks to a high-speed rail project allowing trains to reach speeds of 110 mph. Pritzker said Monday the higher speeds take effect June 26 and will reduce the duration of the trip from

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared Monday to have resolved, for now, an impasse with some of the more conservative members of his caucus who had brought the chamber to a standstill last week. McCarthy met with nearly a dozen lawmakers in his office in

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch says Navajo law enforcement teams that fanned out over metro Phoenix in recent weeks made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes living on the streets amid a state crackdown on Medicaid fraud that recruited them to unlicensed sober

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A boat carrying hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of a historic underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, killing one person who became trapped beneath the overturned vessel, officials said. All 29 people on board the

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The clinic that was North Dakota’s sole abortion provider is challenging the state’s newest abortion laws as part of an ongoing lawsuit that calls the restrictions unconstitutional. Attorneys for the Red River Women’s Clinic and several physicians filed their amended complaint on Monday in state district

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 harrowing days alone in the Amazon rainforest in an extraordinary showing of youthful resilience that captivated people around the world. The siblings, ranging

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published June 8, 2023, The Associated Press reported that one of the ways to amend the Constitution requires support from two-thirds of the members of Congress. The story should have made clear that it requires support from two-thirds of the members of both chambers. A proposed amendment then

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden got a root canal on Monday and it left something of a cavity in his daily schedule. He had to bow out of a public event with college athletes and postpone a meeting with NATO’s general secretary for a day. White House press