Month: June 2023

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A proposal that would make Maine the second state in the country with ranked choice voting for governor is due for a vote. The proposal could come before the Legislature soon after receiving a key committee approval. Maine and Alaska both use the ranked voting format

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat resigned his post Monday to enter the primary race for the country’s 2024 presidential election, and Mexico City’s mayor said she would resign Friday to do the same. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said he resigned at noon and pledged to start a

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Across central Florida, the 49 victims killed and dozens more survivors of the massacre at a gay-friendly nightclub were remembered with the unveiling of a 44-foot (13.4-meter) -wide mural, the ringing of church bells and an overnight vigil at the site of the Pulse club on Monday, the seventh anniversary of

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are meeting in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country. The talks come ahead of a NATO summit in July. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf

By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers MILAN (AP) — Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi dominated Italian soccer for decades just like he commanded the show in Italian politics. AC Milan enjoyed years of dominance during his 30-year ownership. The team won 29 trophies before he sold the club in 2017. Berlusconi then

By CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations says that more than 45 people have been killed and a dozen wounded by a militia group in eastern Congo’s Ituri province. The attack, whic occurred Sunday evening into Monday morning, is believed to be perpetrated by the CODECO militia group, which massacred

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, and the incident has prompted a government investigation into the hospital. Relatives left the coffin behind and rushed retired nurse Bella Montoya back

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey’s president says any deal resolving Cyprus’ ethnic division of nearly half a century must be based on recognition of a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the island nation’s northern third. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks Monday in the north came during his first overseas visit

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Tom Holland must like to test himself because even though he’s built a reputation as one of the Marvel stars with loose lips when it comes to spoilers, his new Apple TV+ series “The Crowded Room,” is filled with surprises he doesn’t want to reveal to the audience. With “so

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections official is nearing the end of her term, and uncertainty looms over who will hold the position through the 2024 presidential election. Meagan Wolfe is the current, nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Republicans who control the state Legislature could