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Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection. The inmate has long maintained th...

Jul 16, 2024

Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered

TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) - The suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion last week at a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital has surrendered, ...

Jul 16, 2024

Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui convicted of defrauding followers after fleeing to US

NEW YORK (AP) - Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement,...

Jul 16, 2024

Iran threat prompted increased protection of Trump, Saturday attack appears unrelated, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - A threat from Iran prompted moves by the U.S. Secret Service to boost protection around Donald Trump before Saturday's attempted assassination of the former president, which appears ...

Jul 16, 2024

Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media

NEW YORK (AP) - Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonat...

Jul 16, 2024

Supporters of scaling back Arkansas abortion ban sue state for rejecting ballot measure petitions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Supporters of a proposal to ask voters scale back Arkansas' abortion ban sued the state on Tuesday for rejecting their petitions to get the measure on the November ballot. Ark...

Jul 16, 2024

Jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial has reached a verdict, to be read in court soon

NEW YORK (AP) - The jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial says it has reached a verdict, which will be announced in court soon, a court spokesperson said Tuesday. The New Jersey Democrat is accused ...

Jul 16, 2024

French president accepts prime minister's resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government

PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the prime minister's resignation Tuesday but kept him on as head of a caretaker government. Macron's office said in a statement that Macron "acce...

Jul 16, 2024

A dam is near failure in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest

CHICAGO (AP) - A dam near the town of Nashville in southern Illinois was in imminent danger of failure Tuesday after heavy rain, officials said. Some of Nashville's 3,000 residents were evacuating, ac...

Jul 16, 2024

200 additional Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs ...

Jul 16, 2024