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Prospective jurors in Hunter Biden's firearms case questioned on gun rights, addiction, politics

Jun. 03, 2024 13:26 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter opened Monday with jury selection, following the collapse of a plea deal that would have avoided the spectacle of a trial so close the 2024 election. First lady Jill Biden was seated in the front row of the...

More women made the list of top paid CEOs in 2023, but their numbers are still small compared to men

Jun. 03, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts. Of the 341 CEOs included in the AP's annual compensation survey, 25 are women. That’s the most women making the list since the survey...

Mexico awakes with joy, division to the first woman elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Jun. 03, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president held out an olive branch Monday to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but the first woman to win the job faces a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel...

As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind

Jun. 03, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period. Now it’s shuttering hundreds, while Walgreens, Rite Aid and independent drugstores also pull back. An industry...

Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy

Jun. 03, 2024 13:13 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 11 as the US pushes a cease-fire plan

Jun. 03, 2024 13:44 PM EDT

Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 11 people overnight into Monday, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza. A strike early Monday killed seven people, including a woman, in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, hours after a strike on a home in the...

India's election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here's what to know

Jun. 03, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to 970 million voters among its more than 1.4 billion people, and its general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad...

Populist campaigner Nigel Farage makes an about-face and says he will run in the UK election

Jun. 03, 2024 12:59 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U.K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election. Farage said he'll run in the seaside town...

'SNL' lampooned men in artistic swimming. Bill May could be the sport's first male Olympian

Jun. 03, 2024 13:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show's 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then was called synchronized swimming....

How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

Jun. 03, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England to cover the Allies' imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, a U.S. commander offered them a no-nonsense welcome. “We’ll do everything we can to help you get your...

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'State of Palestine' applies to join South Africa's case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Jun. 03, 2024 13:50 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Palestinian officials have applied on behalf of the “State of Palestine” at the top U.N. court for permission to join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. The request published Monday says that Israel's ongoing military...

Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages, including three elderly men seen in Hamas video begging for their release

Jun. 03, 2024 13:49 PM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages, including three elderly men seen in Hamas video begging for their release.

Poland has arrested 18 people on allegations of planning hostile acts on behalf of Russia, Belarus

Jun. 03, 2024 13:47 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has arrested 18 people over the past six months on various allegations of pursuing hostile activities or planning sabotage on behalf of Russia and neighboring Belarus, and at least one was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s president, the interior...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 11 as the US pushes a cease-fire plan

Jun. 03, 2024 13:44 PM EDT

Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 11 people overnight into Monday, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza. A strike early Monday killed seven people, including a woman, in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, hours after a strike on a home in the...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Jun. 03, 2024 13:44 PM EDT

Des Moines Register. May 30, 2024. Editorial: University of Iowa sets the First Amendment aside when reacting to protest Sometimes the First Amendment poses tricky problems. This isn’t one of them. The University of Iowa is bullying people for trying...

Greek extreme far-right leader to return to prison after judges rescind his early release

Jun. 03, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party will return to prison after a council of judges rescinded his early conditional release on Monday. Nikos Michaloliakos was arrested in his Athens home following the decision, and will be taken back to...

Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers

Jun. 03, 2024 13:40 PM EDT

Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back to the late 1990s. Thirteen women and 95 men filed two separate lawsuits Friday in the Illinois Court of Claims...

Mexico awakes with joy, division to the first woman elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum

Jun. 03, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president held out an olive branch Monday to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but the first woman to win the job faces a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel...

Palestinians apply for "State of Palestine" to join South Africa's case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Jun. 03, 2024 13:37 PM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Palestinians apply for "State of Palestine" to join South Africa's case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide.

Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit

Jun. 03, 2024 13:36 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. ...