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More potential jurors dismissed as Trump's hush money trial conducts 1st full day of jury selection
NEW YORK (AP) — More potential jurors were dismissed Tuesday from Donald Trump’s hush money case as lawyers worked for a second day to find a panel of New Yorkers willing to set their political beliefs aside, clear their personal calendars and sit in judgment of a former U.S. president. ...
The Latest | First 6 jurors in Trump’s hush money trial picked
NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, six jurors had been seated by late afternoon on the second day of Donald Trump ’s hush money trial. The jurors were picked by process of elimination after several other possible jurors were dismissed...
Israel’s military chief says that Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on when and how as world leaders urged against retaliation, trying to avoid a spiral of violence in the Middle East. The Iranian attack on...
House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — House impeachment managers walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to...
Biden's latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward as a proposed regulation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. The Education Department on Tuesday...
Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office. “I am not...
Biden returns to his Scranton, Pennsylvania, roots to pitch his plan for higher taxes on the rich
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to his childhood hometown of Scranton on Tuesday to open three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania, capitalizing on the opportunity to work the battleground state while Donald Trump spends the week in a New York City courtroom for his...
Fed's Powell: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates. “Recent data have clearly not given us...
Tensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church
SYDNEY (AP) — A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and a priest during a church service in the second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving communities on edge, leaders calling for calm and a besieged church urging against retaliation. ...
The Paris Games' grandiose opening ceremony is being squeezed by security and transport issues
PARIS (AP) — The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave to cheering crowds. But behind the romantic veneer that Paris has long curated,...
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More potential jurors dismissed as Trump's hush money trial conducts 1st full day of jury selection
NEW YORK (AP) — More potential jurors were dismissed Tuesday from Donald Trump’s hush money case as lawyers worked for a second day to find a panel of New Yorkers willing to set their political beliefs aside, clear their personal calendars and sit in judgment of a former U.S. president. ...
Participant, studio behind 'Spotlight,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ shutters after 20 years
Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a...
The Latest | First 6 jurors in Trump’s hush money trial picked
NEW YORK (AP) — Following a protracted questionnaire phase and hours of questioning on Tuesday, six jurors had been seated by late afternoon on the second day of Donald Trump ’s hush money trial. The jurors were picked by process of elimination after several other possible jurors were dismissed...
Tennessee judge set to decide whether a Nashville school shooter's journals are public records
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Whether the journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public will go before a Tennessee judge on Tuesday after nearly a year of legal wrangling over who can participate in the case. What started as a simple public records request has...
Fed's Powell: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates. “Recent data have clearly not given us...
2 men exchange gunfire at Flint bus station, leaving 1 in critical condition
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two men exchanged gunfire Tuesday after they exited a bus in downtown Flint, leaving one of them in critical condition and a woman wounded, police said. Flint Police Chief Terence Green said the two men got into an altercation in another city and continued...
9 corpses found adrift in boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil's northern coastal state of Pará found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic ocean....
Minnesota Democratic leader disavows local unit's backing of candidate accused of stalking lawmaker
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democrats have disavowed a local party chapter’s endorsement of a state House candidate who has a violent criminal history and is accused of stalking and harassing the Republican lawmaker he is challenging. Judd Hoff was endorsed this month by...
Former Michigan House leader and wife charged with financial crimes for misuse of political funds
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker held the powerful post. Lee Chatfield...
The Latest | UN chief calls for `urgent de-escalation' in the Middle East
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for “urgent de-escalation” of hostilities in the Middle East. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that Guterres made the comments during a phone conversation with Iran’s foreign minister following Tehran’s weekend...
