By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting out the word that planned stopovers in the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in the coming weeks fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by China to step up aggressive activity in the
Continue Reading By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing higher than a human being. A strike by Paris garbage collectors, which begins its 16th day on Tuesday, is taking a toll on the renowned aesthetics of the French capital, a
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, engaging in dueling diplomacy with Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to promote Beijing’s peace proposal for Ukraine that Western nations have all but dismissed
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision “utter B.S.” on Tuesday during the trial’s opening day in Utah, where the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer appeared in court looking somber. Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the man
Continue Reading
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American group that’s trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would prevent Apaches from exercising their religion by destroying land they consider sacred. U.S.
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Apache group battling a foreign mining firm that wants to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States on what tribal members say is sacred land will get a new chance to make its point Tuesday when a full federal appeals court panel
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voters have begun casting ballots in person in Wisconsin’s high stakes state Supreme Court race. In-person voting for the April 4 contest began Tuesday, hours before the two candidates were slated to meet for their only debate before election day. Democratic-backed Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-backed Dan
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid investigations into alleged corruption among public officials. Tareck El Aissami’s announcement Monday was shocking
Continue Reading By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation’s first explicit ban on pills that terminate pregnancies. Medication abortions, which usually involve taking two prescription medications days apart at home or in a clinic,
Continue Reading
The Raiders used a five run first inning to propel them to a blowout win on the road against a team they just took down three days prior
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing the possibility of criminal charges, Donald Trump waited it out in Florida on Tuesday as New York braced for disruptions that could follow an indictment. Republican contenders in the 2024 race sized up the impact a prosecution could have on a
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It seemed like a good idea at the time: Red-state Democrats facing grim reelection prospects would join forces with Republicans to slash bank regulations — demonstrating a willingness to work with President Donald Trump while bucking many in their party. That unlikely coalition voted
Continue Reading By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press VILLAPINZON, Colombia (AP) — A 61-year-old matador nicknamed “Little gypsy of America” fell headfirst into the dust when he was headbutted by a bull. He recovered to the applause of the crowd, and later killed the bull with a sword thrust to the back of its neck. He was among
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military is reporting what appears to be a brazen attack on Russian cruise missiles being carried by train in the occupied and illegally annexed Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula. The claim could not be independently verified. The vague statement by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says Kalibr cruise missiles were destroyed by an
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia has freed an American citizen it had imprisoned more than a year over old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince. News of the release on Monday of U.S.-Saudi citizen Saad Almadi, 72, came from his son in the United States. Neither Saudi Arabia nor
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Federal investigators say a Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers and a company inspection didn’t identify their absence. The notation comes in one of three preliminary reports issued Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board about Norfolk Southern train accidents this month.
Continue Reading RENO, Nev. (AP) — Here is a list of the Top 10 Sierra winters with the most snow in the 77 years since the UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab started keeping records in 1946 northwest of Lake Tahoe near Donner Pass at Soda Springs, California: TOP TEN HISTORIC SIERRA SNOW SEASONS 1951-52 — 812 inches
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s oil czar has announced his resignation as officials investigate alleged corruption among public officials. Tareck El Aissami announced his resignation on Twitter and pledged to help the investigate any allegations involving Petroleos de Venezuela SA, commonly known as PDVSA. He also offered support to
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation’s second-largest school system. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing. The signature merely marks the end of a raucous first chapter in a saga that has left
Continue Reading