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Jury is chosen in Hunter Biden's federal firearms case and opening statements are set for Tuesday
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A jury was seated Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, after prospective panelists were questioned about their thoughts on gun rights and drug addiction while the first lady watched from the front row of the courtroom. ...
India's marathon election enters final stage of vote counting with Modi widely tipped for third term
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's marathon election enters its final phase on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. The...
Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 at ports of entry, with the border reopening only...
How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag" and said the judge was a...
Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A GOP-led...
With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure
NEW YORK (AP) — The struggling Washington Post found itself in some turmoil on Monday following the abrupt departure of the newspaper's executive editor and a hastily announced restructuring plan aimed at stopping an exodus of readers over the past few years. Post publisher Will...
Biden says Hamas is sufficiently depleted. Israel leaders disagree, casting doubts over cease-fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Nearly eight months...
Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it into law, the state apparently would be the first with such a punishment. ...
Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faced a market meltdown Monday and a tough path toward reconciling a country deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Claudia Sheinbaum...
Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. ...
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Biden lays into Trump over convictions and says he now poses a greater threat than in 2016
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden laid into his predecessor and likely opponent in November's election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments, saying Monday night that “this campaign has entered uncharted territory.”...
Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it into law, the state apparently would be the first with such a punishment. ...
With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure
NEW YORK (AP) — The struggling Washington Post found itself in some turmoil on Monday following the abrupt departure of the newspaper's executive editor and a hastily announced restructuring plan aimed at stopping an exodus of readers over the past few years. Post publisher Will...
In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation
DAMARAN BARU, Indonesia (AP) — In a lush jungle at the foothills of a volcano in Indonesia's Aceh province, the song of gibbons in the trees mixes with the laughter of the seven forest rangers trekking below them. An hour into their patrol, the rangers spot another mammal in the forest with them....
Biden takes a big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement that could immediately bring home dozens of Israeli hostages, free Palestinian prisoners and perhaps even lead to an endgame in the nearly...
Wisconsin school bus crash sends 2 children to hospital
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two children were hurt Monday when their school bus collided with an SUV in Milwaukee. The crash happened around 7 a.m., the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The SUV hit the bus, which veered off a freeway into a grassy area, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's...
India's marathon election enters final stage of vote counting with Modi widely tipped for third term
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's marathon election enters its final phase on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. The...
AP PHOTOS: The world's largest election concludes in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Votes will be counted Tuesday in India's 6-week-long election. The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. Voters are choosing 543 members for the lower house of Parliament in the election that pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu...
The bodies of 2 canoeists who went over waterfall in Minnesota's Boundary Waters have been recovered
ELY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have found the bodies of two men who went over a waterfall while fishing near the Minnesota-Ontario border last month. Deputies found the remains of Melvin Grams, 40, of Lino Lakes, on Monday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern...
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory. The ruling against the...
