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Biden says he's restricting asylum to help 'gain control' of the border
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White...
India's popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Modi, 73, is...
Prosecutors play audio of Hunter Biden reading his memoir, show jury his laptop in federal gun trial
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018. Meanwhile,...
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The state charges are the first to...
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: 'I will not be intimidated'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland rebuked Republicans for what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling lawmakers who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.” Appearing before a House panel...
The Latest | Israeli ground forces launch new incursion into a central Gaza refugee camp
The Israeli military says ground troops backed by airstrikes have launched an operation in central Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp. Local hospital officials say a strike in the camp killed 11 Palestinians, including three children and a woman. The extent of the Israeli incursion into...
Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López...
Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces
BEERSEL, Belgium (AP) — The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union election starting Thursday. The goal was clear: Decrying how farmers would lose fertile land to what they see as...
Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an...
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. Few witnesses remain who remember the Allied assault. The Associated Press...
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Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A prosecutor said Tuesday is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor's pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. Travis County District Attorney José Garza and the...
Arizona lawmakers debate ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that was being debated Tuesday before a final vote by lawmakers. If approved, voters would decide in November if...
Father of Alaska woman killed in murder-for-hire plot dies during memorial ride marking her death
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The father of an Alaska woman killed in a murder-for-hire scheme in 2019 died during a weekend memorial motorcycle ride commemorating the fifth anniversary of her death. Timothy Hoffman, 58, lost control of his motorcycle Sunday in an area west of Wasilla...
Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of a man who killed a Black Lives Matter demonstrator
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of a man who killed a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.Student pilot attempted solo cross-country flight before crashing into a Connecticut campground
PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) — A student pilot was attempting a solo cross-country flight before crashing into a Connecticut campground, according to a federal aviation report released Tuesday. The 1968, fixed-wing, single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft had “sputtered” and “quit" on...
Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who had been serving life for second-degree murder died over the weekend, 12 days after being granted a medical transfer from prison to a facility that could better treat his condition, including quadriplegia. Ezra Bozeman, 68, died on Saturday...
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day. Veterans of World War II,...
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin announce TLC family reality series
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are the next family set to star in their own reality series. The actor and producer, who has seven kids under age 10 with his wife, announced the TLC reality show about their life as a party of nine. “The Baldwins,” the...
Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander charge
MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. The opportunity for Knox, who turns 37 next month, was made possible when a European court ruled that Italy...
Texas A&M president says traditional bonfire will not return as part of renewed Texas rivalry
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M's traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus for the renewal of the annual football rivalry with Texas, school President...
