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Open seat for Chicago-area prosecutor is in voters’ hands after spirited primary matchup

Mar. 19, 2024 00:18 AM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office is in voters' hands after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former...

Chinese billionaire pleads guilty to straw donor scheme in New York and Rhode Island

Mar. 18, 2024 21:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese billionaire pleaded guilty Monday to violating U.S. election laws by funneling illegal straw donations to a New York City official, a member of the U.S. House and a congressional candidate. Hui Qin, a Chinese film magnate with homes in Manhattan and Long...

Wales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest

Mar. 16, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, will be the first Black leader of a government in...

Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried for cryptocurrency fraud

Mar. 15, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's orchestration of one of history's largest financial frauds in his quest to dominate the cryptocurrency world deserves a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years, federal prosecutors on Friday told a federal judge. Prosecutors made the...

How the AP reported that someone with access to Bernie Moreno's email created adult website profile

Mar. 14, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press reported Thursday that someone with access to a work email account for Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno created a profile in late 2008 on an adult website, seeking casual sexual encounters with men. The story relied on records...

Ukrainian ministers 'optimistic' about securing US aid, call for repossession of Russian assets

Mar. 13, 2024 15:09 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of Ukrainian justice ministers in Washington this week urged U.S. lawmakers to put aside domestic political disputes and find a way to continue supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia. Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska and Deputy Justice Minister...

Hur transcript reveals Biden presidency's profound and mundane moments

Mar. 13, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Hur was thanking the president for his time. He understood, Hur said, that there were a lot of things going on that demanded Joe Biden’s attention. “We may be interrupted by one,” Biden said, explaining that he’d just gotten off the...

Trump's team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover, AP sources say

Mar. 11, 2024 23:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days after installing his new leadership team at the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump's lieutenants are cutting dozens of staff across key departments in an aggressive move that further cements the former president's takeover of the GOP's political and...

New Jersey lawmakers fast track bill that could restrict records access under open records law

Mar. 11, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers voted Monday to advance a measure that could make it easier for government agencies to withhold documents under the state's open records law, casting it as a modernizing bill that would cut back on profiteering businesses. Committees in...

Portugal is in suspense after an election produces no clear winner and a surging populist party

Mar. 10, 2024 22:37 PM EDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s political future is hanging in the balance after a general election Sunday, with two moderate mainstream parties closely contesting the race and set to wait weeks for a decision on the winner after an unprecedented surge in support for a populist party that...