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Modi expected to get 3rd term but partial India count suggests narrower win that represents setback

Jun. 04, 2024 10:51 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition led in a majority of seats Tuesday in India's general election, according to partial figures, but faced a stronger challenge from the opposition than expected after it pushed back against the leader's mixed economic record and polarizing...

President Biden's brother, son's widow among witnesses expected at Hunter Biden's federal gun trial

Jun. 04, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as a “drug addict” 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 when he said he wasn't in the throes of addiction....

Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020

Jun. 04, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

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 charges were filed against...

Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: 'I will not be intimidated'

Jun. 04, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling Republicans who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.” During a hearing before the the...

The Latest | Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jun. 04, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers. A spokesman for Gaza’s civil defense said Tuesday that first responders...

Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election

Jun. 04, 2024 09:30 AM EDT

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

Jun. 04, 2024 05:25 AM EDT

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...

Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later

Jun. 04, 2024 07:04 AM EDT

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...

MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball, four others get one-year suspensions

Jun. 04, 2024 10:38 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for betting on baseball and suspended four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook. Marcano appears to be the...

Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?

Jun. 04, 2024 09:56 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death. She told him one of the things she'd miss most is being able to ask him questions whenever she...

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The Latest | Israeli strikes kill 11 overnight in Gaza, including a family of 3 at a refugee camp

Jun. 04, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip said Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people overnight into Tuesday, including a family of three in the built-up Bureij refugee camp and eight police officers. A spokesman for Gaza’s civil defense said Tuesday that first responders...

India's Modi claims victory for his alliance in election, despite weaker than expected performance from his party

Jun. 04, 2024 11:21 AM EDT
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Modi claims victory for his alliance in election, despite weaker than expected performance from his party.

Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive

Jun. 04, 2024 11:14 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening...

Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020

Jun. 04, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

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 charges were filed against...

President Biden's brother, son's widow among witnesses expected at Hunter Biden's federal gun trial

Jun. 04, 2024 11:11 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as a “drug addict” 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 when he said he wasn't in the throes of addiction....

Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: 'I will not be intimidated'

Jun. 04, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked what he described as unprecedented attacks on the Justice Department Tuesday, telling Republicans who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.” During a hearing before the the...

Nebraska funeral home discovers hospice patient was still alive hours after being declared dead

Jun. 04, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later. The woman was in...

Philippines says China coast guard seized food dropped by plane for Filipino forces in disputed sea

Jun. 04, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief on Tuesday said the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped by a plane for Filipino navy personnel at a territorial outpost that has been surrounded by Chinese vessels in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. ...

Technical issues briefly halt trading for some NYSE stocks in the latest glitch to hit Wall Street

Jun. 04, 2024 11:07 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A technical issue caused the temporary halt in trading for dozens of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, including at least one whose price briefly fell nearly 100%. Berkshire Hathaway, the company run by famed investor Warren Buffett, saw its...

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown

Jun. 04, 2024 11:07 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing's Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles on Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police swarmed a handful of people who tried to protest or commemorate as the effort extended beyond...