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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu

May. 20, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. Karim Khan said that he...

What is the ICC and why it is considering arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

May. 20, 2024 08:55 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court could soon issue arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, more than seven months into the war between the two sides, based on a request by the court’s chief prosecutor. ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

May. 20, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and...

Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch

May. 20, 2024 10:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors' last and star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial was back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial kicked back off with legal arguments and more defense...

WikiLeaks founder Assange wins right to appeal against an extradition order to the US

May. 20, 2024 08:57 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled Monday — a decision likely to further drag out an already long legal saga. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled for...

Timeline of the Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges

May. 20, 2024 08:49 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won a key battle on Monday in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges at London’s High Court ruled that Assange can appeal against his extradition order. ...

Tugboats escort ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse back to port

May. 20, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone Monday as the ill-fated container ship Dali was slowly escorted back to port, its damaged bow still covered with smashed shipping containers, fallen steel trusses and mangled concrete. ...

Taiwan's new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation

May. 20, 2024 05:57 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and intimidation of the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. “I hope that China...

Iran's president and foreign minister die in helicopter crash at moment of high tensions in Mideast

May. 20, 2024 09:50 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. ...

US pediatricians group reverses decades-old ban on breastfeeding for those with HIV

May. 20, 2024 05:25 AM EDT

People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses...

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The Latest | Trump's criminal trial set to enter final stretch as cross-examination of Cohen resumes

May. 20, 2024 10:25 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen returns to the stand on Monday. Cohen took the stand last week to lay out his version of the events that are at the heart of the case. Cohen placed Trump...

Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo

May. 20, 2024 10:25 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Omar Khadr had waived his right to appeal when he pleaded...

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What's behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves

May. 20, 2024 10:24 AM EDT

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream usually draws customers with gourmet takes on classics like vanilla and pistachio. But occasionally, the artisanal ice cream maker headquartered in New York slips in what it calls a “shock flavor,” like Hidden Valley Ranch or pizza. Surprising flavor...

Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch

May. 20, 2024 10:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors' last and star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial was back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial kicked back off with legal arguments and more defense...

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

May. 20, 2024 10:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the...

Tugboats escort ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse back to port

May. 20, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone Monday as the ill-fated container ship Dali was slowly escorted back to port, its damaged bow still covered with smashed shipping containers, fallen steel trusses and mangled concrete. ...

The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos

May. 20, 2024 10:14 AM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — Before a journalist has even lobbed a question, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos spit out a string of overlapping answers. “We have a great relationship,” begins Lanthimos. ‘“We just love working together,” adds Stone. “It was cool to do a...

Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher as S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite head for more records

May. 20, 2024 10:12 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher on Monday and adding to their latest winning week. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in morning trading and on track to surpass its record set last week. The Nasdaq composite was 0.7% higher and likewise on pace for a record, as...

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu

May. 20, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. Karim Khan said that he...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

May. 20, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and...