Month: June 2023

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. Eugenie, the niece of King Charles III, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, welcomed their son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, on May 30th. The baby, who weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce, is the couple’s second child. The couple’s eldest

By CHARLIE NEIBERGALL, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The bodies of three Iowa men have been recovered from a collapsed apartment building in Davenport. Police said the last body was removed early Monday and nobody else is believed to have been killed. The dead are Branden Colvin Sr., Ryan

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is filing paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a historic challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump. Pence, the nation’s 48th vice president, will formally launch his bid for the Republican nomination with a video

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Germany and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation and plan a joint military exercise with other countries in the region. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius discussed the growing ties in a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Prabowo Subianto, in Jakarta. Both ministers attended the

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Six construction workers injured in a partial building collapse in New Haven have been released from a hospital, while two others continue to be treated and are in fair condition. That’s according to Yale New Haven Hospital spokesperson Mark D’Antonio. The building was under construction when a section collapsed Friday

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race. They promise voters they will build mega-prisons, remove uncompliant judges and hammer gangs into submission. For citizens across Latin America, that formula should sound familiar. El Salvador’s tough talking, Bitcoin-loving

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children. The high court rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton on Monday. As is typical, the court rejected the case without comment. Leavell-Keaton was convicted

By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has met his Indonesian counterpart to deepen security ties amid China’s increasingly assertive activity in the Indo-Pacific region. Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto says they discussed ways to facilitate cooperation between their militaries to contribute to regional peace

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A series of white angel wings rise up from the earth bathed in a warm glow of light, their sweeping forms creating a long covered pathway surrounded by trees in a possible centerpiece for the memorial to modern America’s deadliest mass shooting. It’s one of five

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A wealthy driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($129,544) for speeding in Finland, where such penalties are calculated on the basis of an offender’s income. The main newspaper for Finland’s Aaland Islands quoted Anders Wiklöf as saying in an article published Monday, “I really regret the matter.” Wiklöf was driving 82

NEBI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — A 2-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his wounds. Israel’s Sheba Hospital, which had been treating him, announced the death on Monday. The boy was shot in the head last Thursday near his village of Nebi