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Colombian President Petro calls on Venezuela's Maduro to release detailed vote counts from election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday called on his close ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts of the weekend election in which...

Jul 31, 2024

Critic of Arizona’s elections operations unseats incumbent election official in GOP primary

PHOENIX (AP) - State Rep. Justin Heap, a critic of Arizona's voting operations in 2020 and 2022 has unseated Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in the Republican primary. Elsewhere, Primary Elect...

Jul 31, 2024

Sudan's military says its top commander survived a drone strike that killed 5 at an army ceremony

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said its top commander, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony that killed five people in the country's east. The military sa...

Jul 31, 2024

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment

GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, ele...

Jul 30, 2024

About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some ...

Jul 30, 2024

Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November

PHOENIX (AP) - Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to ...

Jul 30, 2024

Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. The statement gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed. State TV reported on h...

Jul 30, 2024

Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India

NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The multiple landsli...

Jul 30, 2024

Missouri man is free from prison after a judge overturned his 1991 conviction, despite AG's efforts

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general's efforts to keep him there. Chr...

Jul 30, 2024

Biden and Lula urge Venezuelan authorities to release detailed presidential election voting data

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Tuesday jointly called on Venezuela's government to release detailed voting data from the preside...

Jul 30, 2024