By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the parent company of China’s BYD Auto
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Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban. As the last remaining Palestinians in a building filled with Israeli settlers, the Ghaith-Sub Labans have battled Israeli attempts to evict them from their
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are pulling back Wednesday from Wall Street’s rally a day before. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 111 points, or 0.3%, at 33,815, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Jurors who will decide the fate of actor Kevin Spacey were sworn in Wednesday in a London court as the Oscar winner faces charges of sexually assaulting four men as long as two decades ago. The outcome of the trial could send Spacey to prison or revive
Continue Reading By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty. The Bangkok Criminal
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WASHINGTON (NBC / KYMA, KECY-TV) – Top Republican rivals take to a showdown on the campaign trail in New Hampshire today. Tensions boil as front runner Former President Trump dominates, with a 51% lead in the polls over several major Republican candidates. New Hampshire plays a critical role in the campaign movement as underdog, Florida
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was part of a group of teenagers wrongly accused and imprisoned for the rape of a woman in Central Park has taken a commanding lead in a Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat. Yusef Salaam faced state Assembly members
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist detained in Hong Kong began his final appeal Wednesday seeking recognition for his same-sex marriage registered overseas, in a landmark case for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. Jimmy Sham, a prominent pro-democracy activist during the 2019 protests that roiled Hong Kong, first asked for a
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points, Natasha Howard had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Dallas Wings beat Phoenix 77-62 on Tuesday night for the Mercury’s sixth straight double-digit loss. Howard sank a wide open 3-pointer with two seconds left in the third quarter for a 56-51 lead. After Phoenix got within
Continue Reading SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,100 people remain evacuated from their homes Wednesday as Arizona fire officials determine if a containment line will hold up in windy conditions. Crews successfully dug a containment line overnight around the brush fire in northern Scottsdale, a city just east of Phoenix, that has burned 3.9 square miles
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has announced a new campaign proposal on United States immigration — barring “communists” and “Marxists” from entering the country. The Republican former president, who is making another bid in 2024, on Saturday said he would use “Section 212 (f) of the Immigration
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen blew a 94 mph fastball past Christian Bethancourt to end the sixth inning and then let out a rare celebratory shout. The Diamondbacks’ ace makes pitching look easy sometimes, particularly at Chase Field, but Tuesday’s outing was anything but smooth. Corbin Carroll and Christian
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election. The
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his severely disabled son during the pandemic, money he said allowed his family to stop using food stamps. The program was designed to provide a continuation of care and ease a
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump’s legal team sought to overturn 2020 presidential election results in battleground states, was interviewed recently by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel’s office. A spokesman for Giuliani confirmed he met with the special counsel. “The appearance was
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state budget item giving $15.3 million to a rodeo in Prescott has spurred a lawsuit by two city residents and a legal rights group who claim the Arizona Constitution bans such spending. Howard Mechanic and retired Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Ralph Hess filed the lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior
Continue Reading DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, who also played for New England, Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL, has died. He was 35. Mallett died in an apparent drowning, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Mallett was a football coach at White Hall High School in his native
Continue Reading By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men have abducted 14 state police officers in southern Mexico. The kidnapping on Tuesday prompted a heavy deployment of federal and local forces. The provincial security office said the 14 officers are all men and an air and ground operation was underway to locate
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two sisters have told an Australian court that being sexually abused by their Jewish school’s principal broke their ability to trust and is painful to remember. Malka Leifer was convicted of rape and other crimes in April after years of fighting her extradition from Israel. She
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