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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has returned to the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% for the first time in nearly three years. The development that has been seized on by the governing Conservative Party that its economic plan is “working” ahead of the general election in

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, has died. She was 93. Shiraishi was known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music. American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed her “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan.” Shiraishi died of heart failure on June

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — An explosion and fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital has caused fatalities and injuries. The explosions started late Tuesday at the depot in N’Djamena. President Mahamat Deby Itno said the fire caused human and material damage and an investigation would be conducted. A government spokesman said Wednesday the

By ASHWINI BHATIA Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala on Wednesday, in a visit that China has criticized as it views the exiled leader as dangerous separatist. The high-level delegation arrived a day before in the hillside town, which

By MORGAN LEE and ANDRÉS LEIGHTON Associated Press ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Cooler weather — and the chance of rain — could bring some relief this week to firefighters battling blazes in southern New Mexico that killed one person, damaged hundreds of structures and forced thousands to evacuate. Strong wind pushed the larger of two

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Biden says his administration will allow spouses without legal status

By JOHN SEEWER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A blast of heat and humidity in the Midwest and Northeast days before the official start of summer has put a wet blanket on outdoor activities from festivals to sports camps as officials urge people to take precautions. Cities that opened cooling centers

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press AMBLETEUSE, France (AP) — Strict asylum rules and the hostile treatment of migrants are pushing people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia out of Europe and toward the United Kingdom. The U.K. government has been hostile toward migrants, but many have family or friends there, and a perception they

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: The million-dollar view was blocked by a neighbor’s trees. The former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation went to great lengths to remove that obstacle, hauling a

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s main opposition party says it plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy will not work. The policy announcement ensures the major parties will be divided on how Australia curbs

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decadeslong war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore’s plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of cannabis or

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Wednesday in Pyongyang as they seek to expand their economic and military cooperation and display a united front against Washington. Putin was met upon his nighttime arrival by Kim, who shook his hands,

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has sentenced an American soldier arrested earlier this year to three years and nine months in prison on charges of stealing and threats of murder. Russian state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti reported Wednesday from the courtroom in the Pervomaisky District Court

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good one. Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women’s

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man and two police officers have joined forces to rescue a baby moose that got stuck between a floatplane and a dock in a lake. The Homer Police Department says actions of the three men saved the calf from “a sure demise.” Spencer Warren

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its exports surged 13.5% in May, helped by a weak yen and strong demand in the U.S. and Asia. Finance Ministry data reported Wednesday showed that the trade deficit totaled about $7.7 billion, down nearly 12% from a year earlier. Imports jumped 9.5%

By TRAVIS LOLLER and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing the Nashville crayfish from the endangered species list, but some biologists argue it still needs protection because its range is so limited. The little crustacean makes its home mainly in the urbanized area

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid had two goals and two assists to added to his historic postseason, Evan Bouchard added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers fended off elimination yet again by beating the Florida Panthers 5-3 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to talk with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with the two countries due to ink new cooperation pacts on digital economy and green development as they mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. Li is on the last leg of a trip that took him earlier to

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese government is accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling the 14-month war in the African country by providing weapons to a rival paramilitary force. The UAE has dismissed the allegation as “ludicrous,” calling it “a shameful abuse by one of the warring parties.”

By The Associated Press Reaction from the sports world and beyond to the death of baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays. He died Tuesday at age 93, Mays family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced. Mays’ electrifying combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players. ___

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a new $360 million weapons sale to Taiwan, sending the island hundreds of armed drones, missile equipment and related support material, the State Department said. Tuesday’s announcement was not unexpected but comes at a time of high tension between Washington and Beijing, which regards Taiwan as part

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A house has collapsed in Syracuse, New York, injuring at least eleven people. Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds says firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to 911 calls reporting what sounded like an explosion at a two-story residence. He says firefighters arrived to find many of the victims already in the front yard.

By The Associated Press Timeline of Willie Mays’ career

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon. “My

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board. It’s the second-such ship to be sunk in the rebel campaign. The Tutor sank in the Red Sea. That’s according to the British military’s

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is emphasizing Donald Trump’s criminal cases, again calling his likely opponent in November’s election a “convicted felon.” Biden remarks came during a fundraiser Tuesday night with former President Bill Clinton that raised $8 million and pushed the total his reelection campaign has

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago has taken the stand in his own trial. Samuel Woodward testified on Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The federal Justice Department alleges the state of Alaska has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for not providing accessible machines for in-person voting, selecting inaccessible polling places for elections and maintaining an inaccessible elections website. The department informed Carol Beecher, Alaska’s election director, in a

By LEA SKENE Associated Press Baltimore (AP) — Attorneys are asking a federal judge to prevent crew members on the cargo ship Dali from returning to their home countries as investigations continue into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. Eight of the Dali’s crew members were scheduled to debark the

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez are using the testimony of his former campaign manager to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Testimony Tuesday by Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, came

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Education Department official Wayne Johnson has beaten convicted Jan. 6 offender Chuck Hand for the Republican nomination in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District. Johnson was the top vote-getter in the May 21 primary. During the campaign he argued that he was better qualified than Hand to

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology. The report released Wednesday says the policy is part of

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state trial is wrapping up for the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022. Defendant David DePape’s former partner, a well-known pro-nudity activist in the Bay Area, was banned from the court’s public gallery Tuesday. The

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company to the Department of Justice. The FTC said in a statement on Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and “uncovered reason to believe” TikTok and ByteDance are “violating or are about to violate”

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot by a state appeals court. A panel of midlevel appellate judges on Tuesday overturned a May decision by an upstate judge to strike the proposed Equal Rights Amendment

DALLAS (AP) — The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder.

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden’s most sweeping immigration

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Medical marijuana patients and advocates are upset that the Florida Department of Health emailed its patient registry to praise Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for signing the state budget. The email went out last week to the state’s more than 700,000 medical marijuana patients, as well as

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL voiced frustrations with the way the plaintiffs’ attorneys have handled their side of the case. Before Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took the stand Tuesday for a second day

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Bailey said his office intends to ask an appeals court to review Judge Ryan Horsman’s ruling last week

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has insisted he loves the city of Milwaukee as he returned to the critical battleground state of Wisconsin just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention. “I love Milwaukee,” Trump told the crowd. Trump was playing cleanup

ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and a county sheriff last summer because of the pending indictment of former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II entered his plea in Atlanta on Tuesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hanson of

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a ban on the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Democrats tried to force a voice vote on the bill to ban

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday gave an unusual public update into its long-running investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. The 95-year-old had been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from

Associated Press Nvidia’s startling ascent in the stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the chipmaker rose to become the most valuable company in the S&P 500. Investors now value the company at over $3.3 trillion. Nvidia has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. The company’s revenue

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve uncovered a complex scheme between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese individuals in the U.S. who laundered millions of dollars from illicit drug sales. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that two dozen people have been charged after a five-year investigation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly released autopsy report says the University of Missouri student whose body was recovered from a river after going missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks died from accidental drowning and intoxication. News outlets report that Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office released Riley Strain’s autopsy report Tuesday. The autopsy

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor is heading back to the Summer Games — as a beach volleyball analyst for NBCUniversal. May-Treanor will work on beach volleyball coverage along with former Olympians Chris Marlowe, Dain Blanton and Kevin Wong. May-Treanor won beach volleyball gold medals with Kerri Walsh Jennings in 2004,

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day. The announcement on Tuesday comes a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms regarding their

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk. Officials said Tuesday that the two citations issued in May by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office allege that Amazon.com Services LLC

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for the Republican primary winner for North Dakota’s only U.S. House seat has filed complaints with federal authorities regarding text messages that falsely stated Julie Fedorchak had dropped out of the race. Fedorchak went on to win the June 11 primary, but attorney Shane Goettle said the misleading messages

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport’s top performers four times a year to compete for $12.6 million in prize money over the season. The league, Grand Slam Track, will launch next April with plans for one event

By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan’s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him _ as well as tens of

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has apologized for repeatedly pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag, after he caught her doing it on video. State Rep. Mary Morrissey publicly apologized to state Rep. Jim Carroll, colleagues and the citizens of Vermont from the House floor on Monday. Both are from

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs,

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ten alleged members of a Minneapolis gang accused of “terrorizing” a city neighborhood have been charged with a range of federal crimes including possession of a machine gun and drug trafficking. Law enforcement officials say the charges are the latest move in an ongoing federal initiative that

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Google will invest an additional $2.3 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. The tech giant made the announcement Tuesday. It has centers in New Albany and Lancaster and one under construction in Columbus to help power its services around the world. The latest investment is in addition

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Being a political boss in New Jersey ain’t what it used to be. Monday’s indictment on racketeering charges of Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III by state Attorney General Matt Platkin caps a series of blows to influential figures in the state’s dominant political party.

By JULIA FRANKEL and DREW CALLISTER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza. In a video released Tuesday, Netanyahu implied the holdup was slowing Israel’s offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. President Joe Biden has

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities say three young men have died in a drowning in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another. The three men are the latest in a series of deaths caused by heavy rains in Central America. Eleven people have also died since Monday

CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to a 2022 shooting near a Chicago high school that killed two teens and wounded two others has been sentenced to more than four decades in prison. A Cook County judge sentenced 18-year-old Christian Acevedo after he pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of murder and one

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball is assailing those who outed her child. Jessica Norton said Tuesday that her daughter was thriving at Monarch High School before an anonymous tipster notified

BOSTON (AP) — The 911 system across Massachusetts has gone down, making it impossible for anyone to reach emergency services. Dozens of communities reported the outage Tuesday, but its cause was unclear. Several communities, including Boston, have confirmed the outage and advised people to either pull a fire box or call a police department directly.

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over U.S. immigration policy, but several Republican-led states are pushing for a role in enforcing regulations. With polling showing Americans are increasingly worried about illegal immigration, the concern has become a top issue in the presidential campaign

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that it projects a federal budget deficit increase of $400 billion or 27% this year, from its last budget outlook released in February. The major drivers of the change are higher costs from the supplemental spending package signed

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than 500 children, leaving the products on some stores shelves for two months, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. The FDA sent a warning letter to Dollar Tree this month and placed

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island. The Suffolk County district attorney’s office says he was released and his next court date is scheduled for July 26. Timberlake and his representatives have not commented.

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FENTON, Mich. (AP) — With much of the Midwest and the Northeast broiling — or about to broil — in extreme summer heat this week, meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes. Both mean it’s really hot — and people will hear those terms a lot more as

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two employees of the United States Agriculture Department were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants in the Mexican state of Michoacan, prompting the U.S. government to suspend inspections of avocado and mango shipments. U.S. Amb. Ken Salazar said in a statement Tuesday that the assault occurred while they were inspecting avocados

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel has made his debut at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, posting the third-fastest time in the preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle. The winner of five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, Dressel walked away from the sport in the midst of the 2022 world

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is in North Korea for a summit with its leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two nations deepen their cooperation. The visit comes amid growing concerns about an arrangement in which Pyongyang provides Moscow with badly needed munitions to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine in

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since the beginning of time or, at least, pop music, only a few have earned the designation of “song of the summer.” These are the earworms that lodge deep into the brain, pushing past genre preferences and reminding listeners: A hit is a hit. With

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Timberlake is not the first celebrity to get arrested in the Hamptons. The beach communities on the eastern end of Long Island are popular with the rich and famous, and some have gotten into trouble there, much of it vehicular.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl hours before she was scheduled to attend her middle school graduation in Massachusetts. Not guilty pleas were entered in court Tuesday for Trevor Bady, who was arraigned on charges of murder, armed home invasion, unlawful

BABB, Mont. (AP) — Montana state officials are working to stop flooding caused by the breakage of a century-old pipe used to deliver drinking water to 14,000 residents and carry irrigation water to farmers. No injuries or deaths have been reported since the pipe broke open Monday. But the failure has caused flooding in the

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle has been charged with his wife’s death after she suffered cardiac arrest while he performed after-hours procedures on her in his clinic and died days later. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office says that Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a charge of manslaughter

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The strange monolith looks like it could have come from another world. Jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas, the glimmering rectangular prism’s reflective surface imitates the vast desert landscape surrounding the mountain peak where it has been erected. But

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining information on patients who were not under his care. Dr. Eithan Haim has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he wrongfully obtained individually identifiable health information in 2023. Federal prosecutors say he snatched

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Three people facing charges connected to trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss are pleading not guilty. Lawyers Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis and former U.S. Senate candidate James Lamon pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges. The defendants’ pleas entered at a

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election. They’re signing up in their hundreds of thousands to hand their voting rights to loved ones and friends. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that

By GONZALO SOLANO and DIDI TANG Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced the suspension of an agreement with China that had waived visas for Chinese citizens traveling to the South American country. The government on Tuesday cited a “worrying” increase in irregular migration. Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping a woman and her 4-year-old son by forcing them into her car outside a New Hampshire mall and bringing them to Vermont while he was searching for his estranged wife. Forty-six-year-old Everett Simpson was

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of people and firms that support the sanctioned president of Bosnia’s Serb-run part, Milorad Dodik, has been hit with new sanctions. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated two people and seven companies that provide revenue for Dodik and his family. Dodik, who has

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary has lifted its veto on Mark Rutte becoming the next head of NATO. The move came after the Dutch prime minister gave written guarantees that he would not force Hungary to take part NATO’s new plans to provide support to Ukraine. Rutte’s assurances remove a major

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s top court has declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals on Tuesday found the order does not raise “substantial”

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Three of six South Dakota players from a baseball team made up of high school-aged players who were charged as adults last summer with rape have pleaded guilty to a lesser felony charge. KELO-TV reports that two former members of the American Legion team from Mitchell pleaded guilty Monday to

By TERRY TANG Associated Press For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Since

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire has broken out at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, the third in a little over a month to hit the drugmaker. There were no reports of injuries, and police say the blaze is under control. The cause of the fire is being investigated. A company

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Jesse Plemons is less a chameleon than a singular presence that can be dialed to disturbing or sweet. Whether good or bad, Plemons’ characters tend to be sincerely themselves — a product, maybe, of the sensitivity with which he approaches each part. Since his breakthrough

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Citizens of Kosovo and Israel will be able to visit the other nation without visas following an agreement between the two governments. The visa waiver agreement was signed Tuesday in the Kosovar capital, Pristina, by visiting Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel and Kosovar

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is discontinuing its buy now, pay later service known as Apple Pay Later barely a year after its initial launch in the U.S., and will rely on companies who already dominate the industry like Affirm and Klarna. It’s an acknowledgement from a company known

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle clubs for over 20 years. The obsession started in his brother’s apartment, when he first cracked open Danny Lyon’s book “The Bikeriders,” a New Journalism-style account of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the mid-1960s. He could

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A team of Haitian police commanders have met Kenya’s inspector general of police ahead of a planned deployment to the violence-hit Caribbean country expected to take place by the end of June. Kenya is set to lead a U.N.-backed multinational peacekeeping mission with officers drawn from

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian authorities have detained three people in connection with a suspected botulism outbreak. It’s a move that comes after dozens of people in four different Russian regions have been hospitalized with symptoms of the rare and dangerous disease. Officials link the outbreak to ready-to-eat salads made by a popular delivery

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary’s populist government says its presidency of the European Union will be held under the motto “Make Europe Great Again.” But Budapest is playing down any parallels with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the United States. EU Affairs Minister János Bóka said Tuesday that “I don’t know

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses are increasingly concerned about payment fraud. In a recent survey from KeyBank, 44% of small business owners said they worried about unauthorized transactions or unauthorized electric fund transfers; 37% were concerned about identity theft; 28% said malware and ransomware attacks were their biggest

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle clubs for over 20 years. The obsession started when he first cracked open Danny Lyon’s book “The Bikeriders,” a New Journalism-style account of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the mid-1960s. He saw it as a story