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Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which won national elections in 2023, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an...

Aug 07, 2024

1 person dead and 8 believed trapped after part of a hotel on Germany's Mosel River collapses

BERLIN (AP) - Part of a hotel in a winegrowing town on the Mosel River in western Germany has collapsed, leaving one person dead and another eight believed to be trapped in the wreckage, police said W...

Aug 06, 2024

Ferguson, Reichert advance to November election in race for governorship

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state voters are picking candidates in Tuesday's primary for governor and several key U.S. House races. Under the state's primary system, the top two vote-getters in each of ...

Aug 06, 2024

Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her

ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party's incu...

Aug 06, 2024

Showdowns for the GOP nominations for Missouri governor and attorney general begin

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters are set to nominate a Republican candidate for governor and other statewide offices, likely deciding the next leaders of a strongly conservative state currently wi...

Aug 06, 2024

Kansas’ former attorney general wins the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former Kansas attorney general and failed candidate for governor has found at least initial success in his political comeback attempt, winning Tuesday's Republican primary for an...

Aug 06, 2024

Michigan will choose between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan and will face Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the November election. Slotk...

Aug 06, 2024

4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death. According to a criminal complaint, the fo...

Aug 06, 2024

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday in disclosing what off...

Aug 06, 2024

Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader

BEIRUT (AP) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sin...

Aug 06, 2024