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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

Taiwan says China's coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel and demands its release

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan said the Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat Tuesday before steering it to a port in mainland China, and demanded that Beijing release the vessel. The Daj...

Jul 02, 2024

Colorado man gets 60 years for setting fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for setting a fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of revenge for a robbery after he mistakenly tracked ...

Jul 02, 2024

UN experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter

GENEVA (AP) - U.N. human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him "immediately." The Working Group on Ar...

Jul 02, 2024

Rep. Lloyd Doggett is first Democrat to publicly call for Biden to step down as party's nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee for president, citing Biden's debate per...

Jul 02, 2024

British Nurse Lucy Letby, already convicted of killing 7 babies, found guilty in attempted killing

LONDON (AP) - A British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill another infant in her care....

Jul 02, 2024

Judge issues ruling that protects a migrant shelter that Texas sought to close

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge ruled against the state attorney general on Tuesday in his effort to shut down a migrant shelter in El Paso that he claimed encourages illegal migration. Judge Fran...

Jul 02, 2024

Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire

BEIRUT (AP) - The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Tuesday the only sure path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza. "If there is a cease...

Jul 02, 2024

Parole denied for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commi...

Jul 02, 2024

Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss

NEW YORK (AP) - Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal advisor to Donald Trump, was disbarred in the state on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made fal...

Jul 02, 2024