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Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver wins special primary for New Jersey US House seat

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has won the special House Democratic primary to succeed the late Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. McIver emerged victorious Tuesday amid...

Jul 16, 2024

Out-of-state officers fatally shot a man blocks away from the RNC, angering Milwaukee residents

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Five Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot at a man who was in a knife fight near the convention, killing him, Milwaukee's police chief said Tu...

Jul 16, 2024

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