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California man convicted of murder in 2018 stabbing death of gay University of Pennsylvania student

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A California man has been convicted of murder in the killing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in a 2018 stabbing for an act of hate. Samuel Woodward, 26, was found ...

Jul 03, 2024

Defense for Bob Menendez rests without New Jersey senator testifying

NEW YORK (AP) - The defense for Sen. Bob Menendez rested Wednesday without the New Jersey Democrat testifying at his New York bribery trial. Lawyers for Menendez called several witnesses over two days...

Jul 03, 2024

Now-banned Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged in betting case, court papers indicate

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him for life, court papers indicat...

Jul 03, 2024

Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken

SEATTLE (AP) - Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has spent the past two...

Jul 03, 2024

Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to co...

Jul 03, 2024

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballot

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. Organizers say they submit...

Jul 03, 2024

Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of Rome cop but reduces sentences

ROME (AP) - An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their...

Jul 03, 2024

Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent

CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday as the country faces an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighboring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly,...

Jul 03, 2024

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen alr...

Jul 03, 2024

Taiwan says China told Taiwan's coast guard to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan says China ordered Taiwan's coast guard away from interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat off the Chinese coast in what is seen as an increasing Chinese a...

Jul 02, 2024