World

Hong Kong lawmakers pass new national security law, giving government more power to curb dissent

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackd...

Mar 19, 2024

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C....

Mar 18, 2024

Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is expect...

Mar 18, 2024

Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle i...

Mar 18, 2024

Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder

CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with...

Mar 18, 2024

Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over food crisi...

Mar 18, 2024

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at t...

Mar 18, 2024

Putin hails electoral victory that was preordained, after harshly suppressing opposition voices

President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results underlined the Russian leader's total control of the country's political system. After fa...

Mar 17, 2024

North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills' end

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military d...

Mar 17, 2024

Early returns show Putin has nearly 88% of the vote in election where opposition was stifled

Russian officials released early returns Sunday showing President Vladimir Putin has nearly 88% of the vote in an election where he stifled the opposition. The vote, which holds little suspense, is ta...

Mar 17, 2024