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From New York to Arizona: Inside the head-spinning week of Trump's legal drama

Apr. 27, 2024 09:10 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Even by Donald Trump's standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. But the action quickly spread to involve more than half a dozen...

Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them

Apr. 27, 2024 08:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. His aides speak of making appearances in Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta with leaders of color and realigning American politics by flipping...

Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms

Apr. 27, 2024 07:40 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a possible Israeli ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Senior Hamas official...

Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life's lost milestones

Apr. 27, 2024 01:11 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Grant Oh zigzagged across the University of Southern California campus as if he was conquering an obstacle course, coming up against police blockade after police blockade on his way to his apartment while officers arrested demonstrators protesting the...

Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

Apr. 27, 2024 09:18 AM EDT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants...

Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

Apr. 27, 2024 08:30 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Nebraska. As of Friday night, there were several reports of injuries but no immediate...

A woman might win the presidency of Mexico. What could that mean for abortion rights?

Apr. 27, 2024 08:46 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — If a woman wins Mexico’s presidency on June 2, would she rule with gender in mind? The question has been raised by academics, humans rights organizations and activists ahead of the voting that will likely elect Mexico’s first female president for the term...

Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say

Apr. 27, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The retrial in New York of Harvey Weinstein — whose moviemaking prowess once wowed Hollywood — won’t be coming to a courtroom anytime soon, if ever, legal experts said on a day when one of two women considered crucial to the case said she wasn't sure she would testify again....

Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms

Apr. 27, 2024 00:26 AM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women's lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby...

Top 100 prospects already scooped up but Saturday still stocked with NFL difference-makers

Apr. 27, 2024 08:56 AM EDT

The top 100 prospects are off the board but plenty of playmakers remain for teams to pick through Saturday in the NFL draft 's final four rounds. Defense became the focus Friday after a record-setting 23 offensive players were selected in the first round, including the first 14...

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As Charles announces a return to public-facing duties, a look at recent events involving the royals

Apr. 27, 2024 09:44 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is on the comeback trail. The 75-year-old British monarch will slowly ease back into public life after a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. In a nod to...

Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king's birthday

Apr. 27, 2024 09:43 AM EDT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands Saturday are marking King's Day, celebrating the birthday of their monarch who is enjoying a very slight rise in popularity as per a national poll. As...

Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144

Apr. 27, 2024 09:39 AM EDT

`MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday. Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of...

20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base

Apr. 27, 2024 09:19 AM EDT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Twenty soldiers were killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hun Manet said. Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received...

Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

Apr. 27, 2024 09:18 AM EDT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants...

The Cambodian prime minister says 20 soldiers killed in an explosion at a military base, several others injured

Apr. 27, 2024 09:12 AM EDT
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Cambodian prime minister says 20 soldiers killed in an explosion at a military base, several others injured.

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

Apr. 27, 2024 09:10 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social...

From New York to Arizona: Inside the head-spinning week of Trump's legal drama

Apr. 27, 2024 09:10 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Even by Donald Trump's standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. But the action quickly spread to involve more than half a dozen...

A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses

Apr. 27, 2024 09:03 AM EDT

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are...

Student anti-war protesters dig in as faculty condemn universities' leadership over calling police

Apr. 27, 2024 08:48 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across U.S., some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going as faculty at several schools condemned university presidents who have called in law enforcement...