Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to ‘remedy’ state abortion ruling

By JONATHAN J. COOPER (Associated Press) TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional … Read more

Joe Biden, Donald Trump are now their parties’ presumptive nominees

By MEG KINNARD (Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. It was a foreseeable outcome. Biden faced token opposition in the Democratic primary. Several high-profile Republicans ran against Trump but didn’t come close … Read more

Putin is set to win election, 6 more years in power

By The Associated Press Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week’s presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever from the rest of the world. The all-but-certain outcome comes through his rigid … Read more

Europe’s world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here’s what happens next – The Denver Post

By KELVIN CHAN (AP Business Writer) LONDON — European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year. Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act, five years after regulations were first proposed. … Read more

An aid ship is sailing to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5 months into war – The Denver Post

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the 5-month Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands … Read more

An aid ship sets sail to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5 months into war – The Denver Post

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the five-month-old Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands … Read more

U.S. destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

By JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP (Associated Press) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike … Read more

U.S. destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

By JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP (Associated Press) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, officials said, in the first fatal strike in a campaign … Read more

U.S. destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

By JON GAMBRELL (Associated Press) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. The … Read more

Haitian leader who was mysteriously absent arrives in Puerto Rico

By EVENS SANON, JOSHUA GOODMAN and DÁNICA COTO (Associated Press) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, answering a key question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is he? The embattled Ariel Henry, who … Read more