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New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) - New York's top court declined on Tuesday to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals fou...

Jun 18, 2024

Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under new plan from Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. - aiming to balance...

Jun 18, 2024

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize marriage equality

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enac...

Jun 18, 2024

South Korean soldiers fire warning shots after North Korean troops intrude for a 2nd time this month

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean soldiers fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals' land border Tuesday for the second time this month, South Korea's...

Jun 17, 2024

Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88 Game 5 victory over Dallas Mavericks

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to w...

Jun 17, 2024

Thaksin indicted on charge of royal defamation as more court cases stir Thailand's political woes

BANGKOK (AP) - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming Thailand's monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics. Thak...

Jun 17, 2024

A judge temporarily blocks Iowa law that allows authorities to charge people facing deportation

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that would have allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportat...

Jun 17, 2024

Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

SEATTLE (AP) - BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it ...

Jun 17, 2024

2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan mass shooting at splash pad remain hospitalized, sheriff says

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a suburban Detroit splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition, including an eight-year-old boy who has "made ama...

Jun 17, 2024

Biden's Title IX rule blocked by judge in 6 additional states

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another set...

Jun 17, 2024