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Turkey submits request to join genocide case against Israel in UN court

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel, the foreign minister said. Turkey's ambassador to the Netherlands, a...

Aug 07, 2024

US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Abortion was slightly more common across the U.S. in the first three months of this year than it was before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and cleared the way for states to implement bans, a...

Aug 07, 2024

Bangladesh's interim government will take oath on Thursday, says the military chief

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's military chief said Wednesday that an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus would be sworn in on Thursday night as he returns from Paris to t...

Aug 07, 2024

Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which won national elections in 2023, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an...

Aug 07, 2024

1 person dead and 8 believed trapped after part of a hotel on Germany's Mosel River collapses

BERLIN (AP) - Part of a hotel in a winegrowing town on the Mosel River in western Germany has collapsed, leaving one person dead and another eight believed to be trapped in the wreckage, police said W...

Aug 06, 2024

Ferguson, Reichert advance to November election in race for governorship

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state voters are picking candidates in Tuesday's primary for governor and several key U.S. House races. Under the state's primary system, the top two vote-getters in each of ...

Aug 06, 2024

Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust her

ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time this year that one of the party's incu...

Aug 06, 2024

Showdowns for the GOP nominations for Missouri governor and attorney general begin

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters are set to nominate a Republican candidate for governor and other statewide offices, likely deciding the next leaders of a strongly conservative state currently wi...

Aug 06, 2024

Michigan will choose between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan and will face Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the November election. Slotk...

Aug 06, 2024

Kansas’ former attorney general wins the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former Kansas attorney general and failed candidate for governor has found at least initial success in his political comeback attempt, winning Tuesday's Republican primary for an...

Aug 06, 2024