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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the ...
Hamas is open to a ceasefire. But Netanyahu says there's no room for Hamas in postwar Gaza
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal, with the militant group suggesting it was open to an agreement while the Israeli prime minister vowed “there will be no Hamas” in postwar Gaza. Both stopped short of ...
North Koreans swim and play at a beach resort touted as a boost for tourism
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Koreans swam, rode water park slides and enjoyed other water activities at a newly opened mammoth beach resort, state media reported Wednesday, as the country largely maintains a ban on the entry of foreign tourists. The Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone, whic ...
Sean Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering
The music mogul was found guilty on lesser charges—two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. ...
How Mamdani Plans to Fix New York City's Housing Crisis
"This is a city that needs to be affordable for the people who build it every day," said Mamdani. ...
What to Know About Trump’s Gaza Ceasefire Proposal
The U.S. President said Israel “agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize” a 60-day ceasefire, “during which time we will work with all parties to end the war.” ...
We're Living in the Age of Fire. It Will Only Get Worse
Canada's megafires are a sign of what's to come with out of control climate change. ...
New Trump portrait donated by White House hangs in Colorado Capitol after earlier one drew his ire
A presidential portrait with Donald Trump’s approval now hangs in the Colorado Capitol after his complaints got a previous one of him taken down. The new portrait by Tempe, Arizona, artist Vanessa Horabuena is a sterner, crisper image than Sarah Boardman’s painting of Trump that had hung since 2019. ...
Michigan attorney general says she is investigating a company promoting 'twin flame' romance
DETROIT (AP) — State and federal authorities are investigating an online company that pledges to help people find their eternal love, Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday. Search warrants were executed at two homes in northern Michigan’s Leelanau County where Twin Flames Universe is based, Atto ...
Mexican banks face cascading consequences following US sanctions
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three Mexican financial institutions sanctioned by the Trump administration last week have felt a cascade of economic consequences following the allegations that they helped launder millions of dollars for drug cartels. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was blocking t ...
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes, has died. Swaggart died decades after his once vast audience dwindled and his name became a punchline o ...
Judge tells 92-year-old he will die in prison after conviction in UK’s oldest solved cold case
LONDON (AP) — For more than a half-century, Ryland Headley got away with murder. When justice finally caught up to the former railway worker Tuesday in a British courtroom, he was 92 years old and using hearing aids to listen to his fate. A judge sentenced Headley to life in prison for the rape and ...
Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program. The comments by government spokesperson Fatemeh Mo ...
Ukrainian drone hits a plant deep inside Russia after record Russian drone attacks in June
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone struck a Russian industrial plant some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukraine, a local official said Tuesday, after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prioritized the weapon’s development and Russia pounded Ukraine with a monthly record of drones in June. ...
Senate passes Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks a 50-50 tie
▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a tur ...
The man accused of killing 2 Idaho firefighters had once aspired to be one
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A 20-year-old man’s life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before authorities say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third as they responded to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Wess Roley was living out of his vehicle and his former ...
Court suspends Thailand's prime minister to investigate a leaked phone call
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday, pending an ethics investigation over accusations that she was too deferential to a senior Cambodian leader when the two discussed a recent border dispute in a phone call that was leaked. Paeton ...
Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial but is told to keep deliberating
FULL COVERAGE: Get AP’s recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial and follow APNews for live updates as the jury deliberates. NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul. But the partial d ...
The Making of an American Pope
How a kid from the Midwest became the leader of the Catholic Church ...
America's Founders Valued Higher Education
Political attacks are undermining the system of higher education that the Founders cherished. ...