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'Catch and kill' will be described to jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial as testimony resumes

Apr. 23, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David Pecker, the former...

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Apr. 23, 2024 02:01 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas....

The Latest | Tent compound rises in southern Gaza as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive

Apr. 23, 2024 06:37 AM EDT

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show a new compound of tents being built near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as the Israeli military continues to signal it plans an offensive on the city of Rafah. Khan Younis has been targeted by repeated Israeli...

5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill

Apr. 23, 2024 07:31 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. ...

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims 'infiltrators' at an Indian election rally

Apr. 23, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. The...

Trump called this visa 'very bad' for Americans. Truth Social applied for one

Apr. 23, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group,...

A Russian strike on Kharkiv's TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says

Apr. 23, 2024 06:19 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike that smashed a television tower in Kharkiv was part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to intimidate Ukraine’s second-largest city, which in recent weeks has come under increasingly frequent attack. ...

Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan heads to the Senate for final approval after months of delay

Apr. 23, 2024 06:25 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved...

Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut

Apr. 23, 2024 06:50 AM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine...

From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

Apr. 23, 2024 01:38 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — It’s springtime in Europe — time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known as the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden, the 68th annual competition will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown in a...

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Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin's 'inner circle'

Apr. 23, 2024 07:36 AM EDT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Bosnia arrested 23 people suspected of belonging to a “global drug kingpin's inner circle,” including police and security officials, in a clampdown on criminal networks controlling much of Europe’s cocaine trade, authorities...

5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill

Apr. 23, 2024 07:31 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. ...

'Catch and kill' will be described to jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial as testimony resumes

Apr. 23, 2024 07:29 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David Pecker, the former...

AP Sports Week in Pictures: Pitcher Randy Vazquez, Olympic flame and Nelly Korda's pond splash

Apr. 23, 2024 07:28 AM EDT

Associated Press photographers were there for San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Vazquez working in the shadows and the lighting of a cauldron with the Olympic flame at the ancient Parthenon temple in Athens. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya raised her arms in triumph while crossing the finish...

As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge

Apr. 23, 2024 07:27 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical point over numerous global disputes. The mere fact that Blinken is making the trip — shortly...

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims 'infiltrators' at an Indian election rally

Apr. 23, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. The...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

Apr. 23, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

Kansas City Star. April 22, 2024. Editorial: These Missouri and Kansas Republicans in Congress finally did right by Ukraine We don’t get that many chances to say, “Well done, House Speaker Mike Johnson,” or “Yay you, some (but not others) of the Missouri and...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

Apr. 23, 2024 07:19 AM EDT

Arlington Heights Daily Herald. April 17, 2024. Editorial: For everyone’s safety With measles cases rising, IDPH’s check of unvaccinated students is the right call The Illinois Department of Health is asking schools to check records and get in...

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Apr. 23, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Kansas City Star. April 22, 2024. Editorial: These Missouri and Kansas Republicans in Congress finally did right by Ukraine We don’t get that many chances to say, “Well done, House Speaker Mike Johnson,” or “Yay you, some (but not others) of the Missouri and...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

Apr. 23, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Indianapolis Business Journal. April XX, 2024. Editorial: Voting is crucial to democracy and your way to influence policy On the one hand, it’s hard to understand why so many people don’t vote. Voting is an opportunity to influence the government...