When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her for 20 minutes. The conservative lawmaker was in the middle of a heated debate in the Republican-led Arizona Senate on a bill to repeal an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions. Democrats needed at least one more vote from the right […]
Eight countries joined the U.S. in opposing the UN’s latest resolution to allow Palestine to qualify to become a full UN member. The United Nations General Assembly backed the Palestinian bid to be eligible for a full UN membership on Friday, with 143 countries voting in favor, 25 abstaining and nine voting against. Those nine […]
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday celebrated the countries’ continued cooperation at their seventh and final Leaders’ Retreat in Jakarta, an annual meeting between the two Southeast Asian leaders that was also attended this year by their successors. Lee’s visit to Indonesia is one […]
ARNHEM, Netherlands (AP) — Just like the animals on Noah’s Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe’s largest coral reef at the Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands. “This is the first project where […]
Joseph W. Fischer of Pennsylvania at the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court on April 16, 2024, heard arguments in a case centering on Fischer’s actions that day. (U.S. District Court documents) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a Jan. 6, 2021, […]
Leaders from JPMorgan, Microsoft, and Apple attended a White House state dinner on Wednesday. The dinner was hosted by Biden for the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida. Take a look at the business leaders and tech moguls who attended the lavish event. On Wednesday top business and tech figures mingled with celebrities and lawmakers […]
BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army, and video appears to show him signing documents in a military enlistment office in Siberia. Wilmer Puello-Mota, a former elected official in a small Massachusetts city, was expected […]
Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party officially kicked off their high-dollar general election fundraising operation Saturday evening, with major donors — both his vocal loyalists and those just now getting off the sidelines — gathering in Palm Beach, Florida, to throw support behind the GOP’s presumptive nominee. For the second time this election […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius confronted leading officers whose conversation was intercepted by Russia after a special defence meeting on Monday, and also revealed the air force chief had also joined the call on an insecure line. A discussion of senior air force officers discussing the possibilities of a deployment of German Taurus cruise missiles […]
Mauricio Pochettino said he would have joined in with jeering Chelsea fans who booed his team against Brentford had he been a supporter, as he confirmed three more of his players have succumbed to injury and illness. The Argentinian was without eight squad members for Saturday’s 2-2 draw at the Gtech Stadium, when away fans […]
There’s little question that artificial intelligence (AI) has been on a hot streak over the past year or so, and that trend shows little signs of slowing. It isn’t just average investors that are bullish on these developments. Billionaires, venture capital firms, and some of the world’s biggest tech companies have AI fever — and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of the presidential race has hardly been cloudy for some time, even if it is one that most voters say they don’t want to see. On not-so-Super Tuesday, there were few surprises. It became ever clearer President Joe Biden was on a glidepath to the Democratic nomination that only some […]