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Mexico awakes with joy, division to the first woman elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Jun. 03, 2024 11:08 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president held out an olive branch Monday to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but the first woman to win the job faces a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel...

More women made the list of top paid CEOs in 2023, but their numbers are still small compared to men

Jun. 03, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts. Of the 341 CEOs included in the AP's annual compensation survey, 25 are women. That’s the most women making the list since the survey...

As jury selection starts in Hunter Biden's gun case, president says he has 'boundless love' for him

Jun. 03, 2024 11:53 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter opened Monday with jury selection, following the collapse of a plea deal that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close the 2024 election. First lady Jill Biden was seated in the front row of the...

Need a pharmacy? These states and neighborhoods have less access

Jun. 03, 2024 09:06 AM EDT

Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period. Now it’s shuttering hundreds, while Walgreens, Rite Aid and independent drugstores also pull back. An industry...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 11 as the US pushes a cease-fire plan

Jun. 03, 2024 10:55 AM EDT

Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 11 people overnight into Monday, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza. A strike on a home in the built-up Bureij refugee camp late Sunday killed four people, including the three children. A second strike early...

President Milei's surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond

Jun. 03, 2024 08:19 AM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, President Javier Milei of Argentina appeared to be in a spiritual trance. With head and hands pressed against the ancient stone, he prayed with the Orthodox rabbi who introduced him to...

India's election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here's what to know

Jun. 03, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to 970 million voters among its more than 1.4 billion people, and its general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad...

Populist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election

Jun. 03, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election. Farage said he'll run in the seaside town...

'SNL' lampooned men in artistic swimming. Bill May could be the sport's first male Olympian

Jun. 03, 2024 11:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show's 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then was called synchronized swimming....

How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

Jun. 03, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England to cover the Allies' imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, a U.S. commander offered them a no-nonsense welcome. “We’ll do everything we can to help you get your...

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US call for a cease-fire in Gaza puts Netanyahu at a legacy-shaping crossroads

Jun. 03, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility...

International monitor notes some irregularities during Serbia's rerun of municipal election

Jun. 03, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's rerun of a troubled municipal election was marked by misuse of public resources and ruling party dominance but overall was well-run, an international observer said Monday. The coalition led by the nationalist Serbian Progressive Party of President...

Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaii seaweed could change that

Jun. 03, 2024 12:07 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Limu kohu is most traditionally destined for poke bowls, but the distinctive-tasting seaweed is now increasingly in demand for cattle to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. Parker Ranch cattle are among the first of Hawaii’s livestock to...

Budget season arrives in Pennsylvania Capitol as lawmakers prepare for debate over massive surplus

Jun. 03, 2024 12:04 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers return to session Monday to begin a four-week countdown to the start of the state's next fiscal year, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican lawmakers offering competing visions for how to use a massive surplus. Shapiro has...

Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers

Jun. 03, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back to the late 1990s. Thirteen women and 95 men filed two separate lawsuits Friday in the Illinois Court of Claims...

Trial in the fatal daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph reset to September

Jun. 03, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Monday reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Judge Jennifer J. Mitchell set a Sept. 23 trial date for Justin Johnson,...

Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company

Jun. 03, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

Relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company, including Infowars, instead of allowing him to reorganize his business as they seek to collect on $1.5 billion in lawsuit verdicts against him....

Ohio prosecutors seek to dismiss 1 of 2 murder counts filed against ex-deputy who killed Black man

Jun. 03, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

Prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss one of two murder counts brought against a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy who will soon face a retrial in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man. Jason Meade faces one murder count for purposefully causing Casey Goodson Jr.'s death and one...

Populist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election

Jun. 03, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election. Farage said he'll run in the seaside town...

Pakistan's Imran Khan is acquitted of leaking state secrets but remains in prison on other charges

Jun. 03, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani appeals court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said, though the popular opposition leader will remain behind bars as he serves several prison terms and awaits a slew of cases pending against him. ...