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Judge rereads jury instructions in Trump hush money trial as deliberations set to resume
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to revisit portions of the judge's instructions and to rehear testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case. ...
The Latest | 2 soldiers are killed in a West Bank car-ramming attack, Israeli military says
The Israeli military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Violence in the West Bank has surged throughout the war in Gaza as Israel raids Palestinian towns in the territory to crack down on militancy, with incursions resulting in the deaths...
The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next
WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier. Broken apart by strong winds and heavy seas just over a week after it became operational, the...
14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
HONG KONG (AP) — Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional...
Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses monumental change
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress at below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, raising the possibility that it might lose its majority for the first time since it swept to power under Nelson Mandela at...
A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides, while drug cartels have split the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. The atmosphere is literally heating up, amid a...
Lab-grown meat isn't on store shelves yet, but some states have already banned it
Lab-grown meat is not currently available in any U.S. grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers have their way, it never will be. Earlier this month, both Florida and Arizona banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the...
Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation's authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another...
A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza 'genocide' in speech
NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel's war in Gaza as a “genocide” during a speech accepting an award. Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her...
At 100, this vet says the 'greatest generation' moniker fits 'because we saved the world'
HELEN, Ga. (AP) — A profile of Andrew “Andy” Negra Jr., of Helen, Georgia, one of a dwindling number of veterans took part in the Allies’ European war effort that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. BORN: May 28, 1924, near Avella, Pennsylvania. SERVICE:...
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Nelly Korda makes a 10 and faces uphill climb at Women's Open
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Nelly Korda took a 10 on her third hole of the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday when she hit three short-game shots into the stream in front of the par-3 12th green. It was a devastating start for the No. 1 player in women's golf at Lancaster Country Club, a...
The Latest | Jury in Donald Trump's criminal trial are set to enter a second day of deliberations
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations in Donald Trump 's criminal hush money trial entered their second day on Thursday after the panel began the weighty task a day before. Deliberations concluded Wednesday with the panel asking Judge Juan M. Merchan to rehear portions of crucial...
Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its free-speech rights. The unanimous opinion reverses a lower court decision tossing out the gun rights...
Boeing reaches deadline for reporting how it will fix aircraft safety and quality problems
Boeing is due to tell federal regulators Thursday how it plans to fix the safety and quality problems that have plagued its aircraft-manufacturing work in recent years. The Federal Aviation Administration required the company to produce a turnaround plan after one of its jetliners...
How a primary election led to activist convictions in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
HONG KONG (AP) — Verdicts were handed down Thursday in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date, involving some of the city's best-known pro-democracy activists and coming more than three years after the defendants' arrests. In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were...
Stock market today: Stocks drift as pressure from the bond arket eases after cooler economic data
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday following mixed profit reports from big companies and signals that the economy may be cooling. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in morning trading, though the majority of stocks within the index and across Wall Street were rising. The...
Judge rereads jury instructions in Trump hush money trial as deliberations set to resume
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial is to resume deliberations Thursday after asking to revisit portions of the judge's instructions and to rehear testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case. ...
Supreme Court clears the way for the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against ex-New York official
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court clears the way for the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against ex-New York official.
Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing by oil industry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry. In a letter Thursday to...
Foreign governments and activists criticize Hong Kong security law verdicts. China defends them
HONG KONG (AP) — The conviction of 14 pro-democracy activists Thursday in Hong Kong drew condemnation from human rights groups and expressions of concern from foreign governments. China, which authored the 2020 national security law that activists were prosecuted under, backed Hong...
