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Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration over efforts to combat social media posts

Mar. 18, 2024 19:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security in a case that could set...

Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation

Mar. 18, 2024 20:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House...

Famine is said to be 'imminent' in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again

Mar. 18, 2024 20:40 PM EDT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Famine is "imminent” in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza's total population to the brink of starvation. The report, by the...

Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

Mar. 18, 2024 19:21 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. A one-page order signed by...

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

Mar. 18, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible...

Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

Mar. 18, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences...

Trump's lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454 million civil fraud judgment

Mar. 18, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals, suggesting the former president's legal losses have put him in a serious cash crunch. ...

Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power

Mar. 18, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — To no one's surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times. The three days of balloting, in which Putin...

EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted

Mar. 18, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final rule marks a major...

March Madness brackets are here. Here's how to pick your teams

Mar. 18, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

March Madness this year comes at a time of great uncertainty in college sports. In addition to eyeing potential 5-12 upsets and trying to figure out which sleeper to put in the Elite Eight, fans also have to consider more existential questions about college basketball's future. How...

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Chinese billionaire pleads guilty to straw donor scheme in New York and Rhode Island

Mar. 18, 2024 21:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire pleaded guilty Monday to violating U.S. election laws by funneling illegal straw donations to a New York City official, a member of the U.S. House and a congressional candidate. Hui Qin, a Chinese film magnate with homes in Manhattan and Long...

Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby

Mar. 18, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to...

Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

Mar. 18, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action. Six months into...

North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul

Mar. 18, 2024 21:50 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed to target South Korea's capital as he vowed to boost his war deterrent in the face of deepening confrontations with rivals, state media...

Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion

Mar. 18, 2024 21:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing...

Alaska lawmakers fail to override the governor's education package veto

Mar. 18, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers on Monday failed to override Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of an education package, just weeks after the bill that sought to boost spending on public schools overwhelmingly passed the Legislature. Monday's vote during a joint session of...

Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

Mar. 18, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences...

US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space

Mar. 18, 2024 21:31 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a U.N. Security Council meeting that...

Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire

Mar. 18, 2024 21:23 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas. The first phase of an independent investigation into the Aug. 8 fire that killed at...

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

Mar. 18, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible...