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An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy

CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court sentenced a rights activist on Tuesday to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 in a case that renewed global attention to Egypt's intolerance o...

Jul 18, 2023

A look at how the desert city of Phoenix copes with summer heat

PHOENIX (AP) - This summer's punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. Records are falling as temperatures soar, and millions of people are left clamoring for relief. The ...

Jul 18, 2023

Wisconsin's top elections official met with FBI in 2020 election probe focusing on Trump

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's top elections administrator on Tuesday became the latest official in a battleground state to say they have been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the spe...

Jul 18, 2023

Ex-Ajax and Manchester United goalie Van der Sar leaves intensive care after bleed around his brain

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been released from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return home next week as he recovers from a bleed around...

Jul 18, 2023

In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) - The Ukrainian veteran's gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally kil...

Jul 18, 2023

House Republicans tee up a vote on support for Israel after Democrat's comments about 'racist' state

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Tuesday on a Republican-led resolution reaffirming support for Israel, an implicit rebuke of a leading Democrat who, over the weekend, called the country a "racis...

Jul 18, 2023

Panama Ex-President Martinelli is sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering. Martinelli, 71, had been trying to mount a political comeb...

Jul 18, 2023

High court upholds cash-free bail in Illinois, which takes effect in September

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail and ordered implementation in mid-September, giving Illinois one of the more ex...

Jul 18, 2023

A closer look at Panmunjom, the famous border town where a US soldier crossed into North Korea

Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier on a ...

Jul 18, 2023

Navy veteran Hung Cao enters GOP race to challenge Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine in 2024

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Retired Navy combat veteran Hung Cao, who ran an energetic but unsuccessful campaign last year for a blue-leaning northern Virginia U.S. House seat, has set his sights on the U.S....

Jul 18, 2023