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Trump prosecutor focuses on 'cover-up' in closing arguments while defense attacks key witness

May. 28, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the panel for an...

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands

May. 28, 2024 16:14 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced...

Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

May. 28, 2024 16:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio. The...

Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests

May. 28, 2024 14:24 PM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. The ruckus that ensued underscored how the church’s official teaching about homosexuality often bumps...

A look at Pope Francis' comments about LGBTQ+ people

May. 28, 2024 12:40 PM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' apology Tuesday for using a vulgar term to refer to gay men was the latest comment to make headlines about the Catholic Church's teachings on homosexuality. Francis has made a hallmark of reaching out to LGBTQ+ Catholics, but his 11-year...

Storms leave widespread outages across Texas, cleanup continues after deadly weekend across US

May. 28, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday...

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

May. 28, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year's elections look much...

Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

May. 28, 2024 10:53 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three Western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its response to last year’s Hamas-led attack. Israel condemned the diplomatic...

Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections

May. 28, 2024 10:03 AM EDT

CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — José Portillo Gil, the gang leader known as “El Chueco” — the Crooked One — lowered his gun. The Rev. Jesús Reyes then spoke what he feared might be his final words: Please, don’t take my brothers’ corpses away. Next to him, at the altar of...

Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94

May. 28, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," developed the raucous prison-sports comedy "The Longest Yard" and helped create the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died at age 94. Ruddy...

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Oregon wineries and vineyards seek $100 million from PacifiCorp for wildfire smoke damage to grapes

May. 28, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of Oregon wineries and vineyards have sued PacifiCorp over the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state, alleging that the utility's decision to not turn off power during the Labor Day windstorm contributed to blazes whose smoke and soot damaged their grapes and...

Military aircraft crashes near New Mexico's international airport in Albuquerque

May. 28, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A military aircraft crashed Tuesday near the international airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but authorities said the pilot was conscious and breathing. The aircraft came down on the south side of the airport, Albuquerque International Sunport...

US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas

May. 28, 2024 17:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-built temporary pier that has been taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians for less than two weeks will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Over the next two...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to donate most of his wealth

May. 28, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Giving Pledge announced Tuesday that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined its list of wealthy philanthropists committed to donating over half their fortunes. The move comes after a tumultuous six months for Altman, the co-founder of the San Francisco-based company...

Storms leave widespread outages across Texas, cleanup continues after deadly weekend across US

May. 28, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people during the Memorial Day holiday...

Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is headed to an Australia museum

May. 28, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The sole physical copy of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" is headed to Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art. Only a handful of ears have listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s seventh studio album to date. But next month, lucky MONA visitors may...

Reno police officer who accidentally shot suspect pulled trigger when hit by another officer's Taser

May. 28, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno police officer accidentally shot an unarmed suspect in 2020 when he flinched and pulled the trigger on his service revolver in an inadvertent response to being stuck by a Taser fired by another officer, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Washoe County District...

Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94

May. 28, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," developed the raucous prison-sports comedy "The Longest Yard" and helped create the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died at age 94. Ruddy...

Michigan State Police trooper charged with second-degree murder in death of Kentwood man

May. 28, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State Police trooper who drove his unmarked SUV into a 25-year-old Kentwood man that was fleeing from police has been charged with second-degree murder. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges against Detective Sergeant Brian...

Natural gas explosion damages building in Ohio city, no word yet on injuries

May. 28, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A natural gas explosion caused extensive damage to a building in an Ohio city on Tuesday, authorities said, but it wasn't immediately clear if anyone had been injured. The blast in Youngstown damaged a building and blew off the facade, WKBN-TV reported....