Correction: Rapper-Gang Charges story
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — In a story published June 20, 2023, about the indictment of rapper Quando Rondo, The Associated Press misidentified the…
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Tropical Storm Bret swirls near St. Vincent as it enters eastern Caribbean
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing…
Continue Reading German rail union threatens open-ended strikes over pay dispute
BERLIN (AP) — A German rail workers’ union says it will ask its members to vote on all-out strike action after long-running salary talks with the…
Continue Reading Who’s running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press With roughly a year and a half until the 2024 presidential election, the field of candidates is largely set. Former…
Continue Reading Billy Crystal and Queen Latifah look marvelous as they headline this year’s Kennedy Center Honors
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — You know you’ve made a cultural impact when Henry Kissinger quotes your own joke back to you.…
Continue Reading Political future of Brazil’s Bolsonaro hangs in the balance as his trial begins
By CARLA BRIDI and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could…
Continue Reading Charges filed year after phony signatures roiled Michigan race for governor
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Three people have been charged with forgery and other crimes in an investigation of phony petition…
Continue Reading Ex-Texas congressman Will Hurd calls Trump a ‘failed politician’ as he launches GOP presidential run
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd says he’s running for president and calls Republican…
Continue Reading Ex-Sri Lanka president ordered police records destroyed to stall mass grave probes, report alleges
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A new report accuses Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of…
Continue Reading Presto! Rare Maurice Sendak picture story, ‘Ten Little Rabbits,’ will be published in 2024
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rare Maurice Sendak picture story, originally a pamphlet for a 1970 museum fundraiser, will…
Continue Reading Yellen says it’s critical to maintain U.S.-China ties after Biden’s dictator remarks
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says it’s “critical” the U.S. and China maintain a…
Continue Reading Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse pleads guilty to 72nd victim
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 72nd victim. Gerald…
Continue Reading Turkey’s central bank sharply raises interest rates. That could signal an economic turnaround
By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish central bank has delivered a large interest rate increase,…
Continue Reading Russia’s highest court quashes Navalny’s lawsuit over depriving him of pen and paper in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting prison regulations…
Continue Reading Exhibition shines light on Caribbean’s ‘barrel children’ left behind by Windrush migrants to UK
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For scores of children who grew up in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean in the 1950s and 60s,…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s premier meets with the head of IMF in Paris, hoping to unlock $6B deal to avoid default
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has met with the head of the…
Continue Reading Russia-backed officials say explosion damages bridge linking Ukraine’s mainland to Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine’s mainland, Russia-backed…
Continue Reading Moscow court rules US journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail until late August
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least…
Continue Reading Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases…
Continue Reading India’s Modi gets a state visit with Biden, but the glitz is shadowed by human rights concerns
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden emphasized the power of democracies on…
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