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Los Angeles mayor lifts downtown curfew she imposed during protests against immigration raids

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday that was first imposed in response to clashes with police and vandalism amid protests against Preside...

Jun 17, 2025

Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A federal court on Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in B...

Jun 17, 2025

UK lawmakers vote to decriminalize abortion amid concern about the prosecution of women

LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued that it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy. The House of Commons a...

Jun 17, 2025

Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to "accompany" a person out of a courtroom. ...

Jun 17, 2025

Trump says US knows where Iran's Khamenei is hiding, urges Iran's unconditional surrender

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn't want him killed "for now."...

Jun 17, 2025

Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The jury asked the judge three questions relating to charges and evidence Tuesday in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer b...

Jun 17, 2025

An 80-year-old drives a luxury Mercedes sedan down Rome's Spanish Steps and gets stuck

ROME (AP) - An 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes-Benz A Class sedan down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome early on Tuesday before getting stuck part way down, municipal police said in ...

Jun 17, 2025

Alcaraz-Raducanu is a US Open mixed doubles entry. So are Osaka-Kyrgios, Keys-Tiafoe, Swiatek-Ruud

NEW YORK (AP) - Imagine Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu competing together for a Grand Slam trophy. How about Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe as a duo? Iga Swiatek alongside Casper Ruud? Or Naomi Osa...

Jun 17, 2025

North Korea to send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia. The Russian new agency cited top Russian s...

Jun 17, 2025

At least 45 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 45 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaz...

Jun 17, 2025