By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — A hot mike caught U.S. President Donald Trump saying that his much-anticipated meeting Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, meant to settle the most important trade relationship …
Trump no-show at big Asian economic forum may risk US reputation in region Read MoreBy R.J. RICO, Associated Press Authorities in Tennessee have dropped a felony charge against a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Whereas many …
Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post Read MoreBy JIM MUSTIAN and JASON DEAREN WASHINGTON (AP) — A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators wrote in a letter Thursday …
Democratic senators demand answers on ICE’s use of full-body restraints on deportation flights Read MoreThis week the Federal Reserve dropped short-term interest rates by a quarter-point. Chairman Jerome Powell surprisingly said a one-quarter point December cut is not a done deal. He blamed the softening labor market and rising inflation for caution ahead. I …
Economists’ forecast: Housing, Wall Street a mix of ‘we are screwed’ to ‘all good’ Read MoreBy JOHN RABY, Associated Press A former Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom in 2023 testified Thursday that she thought she had died that day. Related Articles Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from …
Teacher who was shot by 6-year-old student at school testifies she thought she had died Read MoreBy VOLODYMR YURCHUK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The latest in a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure brought power outages and restrictions in all the country’s regions Thursday, officials said, with the Ukrainian …
Russia blasts Ukraine’s power grid again, causing outages across the country and killing 6 Read MoreBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at …
Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it Read MoreBy MIKE CORDER and MOLLY QUELL THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with nearly all votes counted Thursday in the Dutch general election in an unprecedented neck-and-neck …
Neck-and-neck finish in Dutch election as Wilders’ far-right party and centrist D66 tie Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS — The sale of the Lakers from the Buss family to Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter was made official Thursday morning. Shortly after the NBA announced that the league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale, the Lakers announced …
Lakers officially sold from Buss family to Dodgers owner Mark Walter Read More