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Gun store clerk testifies about purchase at center of federal case against Hunter Biden

Jun. 05, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden's ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and jurors saw photos of the president's son bare-chested in a bubble bath and heard about his visit to a strip club. ...

Putin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets

Jun. 05, 2024 16:03 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin warned Germany on Wednesday that the use of its weapons by Ukraine to strike inside Russia would mark a “dangerous step,” and he said Moscow could, in turn, provide long-range arms to others to strike Western targets. Such...

Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, according to a senator and a Western official

Jun. 05, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has used U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days, according to a U.S. senator and a Western official familiar with the matter. The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from President Joe Biden allowing American arms to be used to...

Appeals court halts Trump's Georgia case during appeal of order allowing Willis to stay on case

Jun. 05, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge's ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of...

Will Biden's new border measures be enough to change voters' minds?

Jun. 05, 2024 13:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. But it's unclear whether the Democratic president's efforts will be enough to change the minds...

Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline

Jun. 05, 2024 09:48 AM EDT

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley's pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends....

Israeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of Jewish prayer at key site

Jun. 05, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans as the country’s far-right national security minister boasted that Jews had prayed freely at a key holy site in the...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president's office

Jun. 05, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday, with the school saying there was damage inside and outside a building that houses the university president and provost...

What will become of The Epoch Times with its chief financial officer accused of money laundering?

Jun. 05, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of an executive at The Epoch Times in a money-laundering scheme this week has drawn attention to a media outlet that has lived largely in the shadows since its founding in 2000 and a transformation during the Trump administration. Federal prosecutors in...

In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead

Jun. 05, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler's forces couldn't help but notice the hungry French boy by the side of the road, hoping for handouts. One by one, the men fished fragrant,...

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Michigan man's court video about driving offense went viral. Now he's in trouble again.

Jun. 05, 2024 17:08 PM EDT

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man whose May court appearance on a driving offense went viral when he appeared by video from behind the wheel was arrested Wednesday for the same violation years earlier in a different community. The man was in a court near Ann...

LA28 organizers choose former US military leader Reynold Hoover as CEO

Jun. 05, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has hired retired Army Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover as its CEO. In a news release announcing the move on Wednesday, the committee said, “Hoover's appointment underscored LA28's heightened focus on operations...

Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, according to a senator and a Western official

Jun. 05, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has used U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia in recent days, according to a U.S. senator and a Western official familiar with the matter. The weapons were used under recently approved guidance from President Joe Biden allowing American arms to be used to...

Governor halts plan to charge most drivers entering Manhattan $15 for transit and traffic fixes

Jun. 05, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul halted a plan to charge most motorists $15 to enter the core of Manhattan, upending the nation’s first “congestion pricing” system on Wednesday just weeks before it was set to launch. The announcement dealt a stunning blow to a...

Maura Healey, America's first lesbian governor, oversees raising of Pride flag at Statehouse

Jun. 05, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined lawmakers and members of the LGBTQ community Wednesday to mark Pride Month. Healey, America’s first lesbian governor, oversaw the raising of the Pride flag on the Statehouse lawn. The ceremony also marked the 20th anniversary...

Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France

Jun. 05, 2024 17:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As tens of thousands of soldiers stormed French beaches during the D-Day landings of World War II, 2nd Lt. John Arthur Finnegan was on duty in a mess hall half a world away on the northeastern coast of Australia. As President Joe Biden commemorates the 80th...

Republican Curtis Bashaw's nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey

Jun. 05, 2024 17:00 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Southern New Jersey developer Curtis Bashaw's Senate nomination over Donald Trump's preferred candidate in Tuesday's GOP primary and the possibility that embattled Sen. Bob Menendez's independent campaign could split Democrats have fueled fresh GOP hopes that they can put a...

The Latest: Court adjourns for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial

Jun. 05, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Hunter Biden (all times local): Court adjourned for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial, with testimony expected to resume Thursday morning. After the jurors were dismissed, Derek Hines told the judge the prosecution...

Appeals court halts Trump's Georgia case during appeal of order allowing Willis to stay on case

Jun. 05, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge's ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of...

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes in triple digits

Jun. 05, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — The season's first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix — America's hottest big city — employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that saw 645 heat-related deaths last year. Starting...