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Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

Mar. 19, 2024 09:42 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White...

The Latest | Qatar is 'cautiously optimistic' after cease-fire talks with Israeli intelligence chief

Mar. 19, 2024 09:20 AM EDT

Qatari officials were “cautiously optimistic” after talks with Israel’s intelligence chief in Doha aimed at trying to reach a cease-fire, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Tuesday at a news conference, stressing that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah would set back...

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

Mar. 19, 2024 03:04 AM 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...

Biden heads West to secure his standing in Nevada and Arizona

Mar. 19, 2024 06:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing in the Sun Belt as part of an aggressive play to reenergize vital parts of his 2020 electoral coalition. Much of Biden’s time on this trip this week, which includes...

6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men

Mar. 19, 2024 00:39 AM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day...

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

Mar. 19, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader with others potentially in store. The Supreme Court...

How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong Kong?

Mar. 19, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong passed a new national security law, the city that evolved from a swampy fishing village to a financial center embarked on another transformation, one that may redefine its role on the world stage and the liberties of its citizens. For the government...

Notre Dame Cathedral's restoration has been a 5-year journey of dedication and recovery

Mar. 19, 2024 01:18 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery. The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history, film and literature has been gradually rebuilt over the past five years, through...

A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill. That's a tall order

Mar. 19, 2024 08:33 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The newspaper published a short clip...

March Madness kicks off with First Four games and teams looking to do some bracket busting

Mar. 18, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A year ago, Fairleigh Dickinson landed in the First Four and by the following weekend became one of the most improbable bracket-busters in NCAA Tournament history. After routing Texas Southern in Dayton, the 16th-seeded Knights — one of the shortest teams in...

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The first 'cyber-flasher' convicted under England's new law is sent to prison for more than 5 years

Mar. 19, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — England's first convicted cyber-flasher was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender who sent unsolicited photos of his genitals to a girl and a woman, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating...

Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office

Mar. 19, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves. ...

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

Mar. 19, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader with others potentially in store. The Supreme Court...

Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

Mar. 19, 2024 09:42 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White...

South Africa's ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election

Mar. 19, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by a former president to court, underscoring a fractious buildup to what could be the country's most pivotal election in 30 years. ...

Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve second law that gives government more power to curb dissent

Mar. 19, 2024 09:37 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed...

Moldova expels Russian diplomat over presidential polling stations in breakaway Transnistria region

Mar. 19, 2024 09:36 AM EDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova said Tuesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat after Moscow opened polling stations for its presidential election in Moldova's pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria. Relations are increasingly fraught between Russia and Moldova, whose...

Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower as some of the market's AI mania cools

Mar. 19, 2024 09:35 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower as some of Wall Street’s mania around artificial-intelligence technology cools. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% in early trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 13 points, and the Nasdaq composite was off 0.7%. Nvidia, whose chips are...

US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes

Mar. 19, 2024 09:32 AM EDT

Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn't hire any contract workers at all. Now he typically hires about 22 every year through a local coordinator that helps farmers hire crews of agriculturally skilled, often Latino workers. Those teams hand-weed the soybeans Ackerman grows alongside the...

Iraq's former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport

Mar. 19, 2024 09:31 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, authorities said Tuesday. He is suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor Jens Nilsson told Swedish...