Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman's killing (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/hate-crime-south-carolina-trans…...
A ship carrying 19,000 cattle caused a big stink in the South African city of Cape Town (apnews.com)
What stinks?...
Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life? (apnews.com)
In response to criticism, now 98% of Olympic housing will be within the homes of locals, with athletes accommodated on a cruise ship anchored nearby. The size of the judging tower has been scaled back and new infrastructure plans are being drawn up to minimize the need for new construction....
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont (apnews.com)
Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling (apnews.com)
A Republican prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether a 174-year-old state law bans abortion in the state without waiting for a ruling from a lower appellate court....
First federal gender-based hate crime trial starts in South Carolina over trans woman's killing (apnews.com)
The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York....
FBI investigates after letter with white powder sent to House Speaker Johnson's Louisiana church (apnews.com)
Federal and state authorities are investigating suspicious mail containing a white powder that was received by a north Louisiana church attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson....
El Salvador's Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after painstaking vote count (apnews.com)
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party have won the supermajority the leader needs in Congress to govern as he pleases, electoral officials announced Monday....
Ursula von der Leyen is seeking a second term as head of the EU's powerful Commission (apnews.com)
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in over a generation....
Welcome to the 'Hotel California' case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic (apnews.com)
On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway” and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous undertones. And something on ice, perhaps caviar or Taittinger — or pink Champagne?...
A UN agency says it can't deliver aid to northern Gaza because of chaos, and famine fears are rising (apnews.com)
The report by the Global Nutrition Cluster, an aid partnership led by UNICEF, says more than 90% of children under 5 in Gaza eat two or fewer food groups a day, known as severe food poverty. A similar percentage are affected by infectious diseases, with 70% experiencing diarrhea in the last two weeks....
Texas ban on university diversity efforts provides a glimpse of the future across GOP-led states (apnews.com)
The dim lighting and vacant offices were the first clues....
Ex-gang leader charged in Tupac Shakur killing due in court in Las Vegas (apnews.com)
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with murder in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, is due back in court Tuesday....
Russia and China clash with US and UK over attacks on Yemen rebels for strikes on Red Sea ships (apnews.com)
Russia and China on Wednesday accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting global shipping....
A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting spree with a Kalashnikov rifle (apnews.com)
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)
The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...
Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP's shift away from confronting Russia (apnews.com)
At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin....
Many believe the founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now (apnews.com)
The idea of a Christian America means different things to different people. Pollsters have found a wide circle of Americans who hold general God-and-country sentiments....
FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress....
Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal (apnews.com)
The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally for any hope for a two-state future to survive....
Long after tragic mysteries are solved, families of Native American victims are kept in the dark (apnews.com)
It was the winter of 2021 when Philbert Shorty’s family found his abandoned car stuck in the mud outside the small community of Tsaile near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. “We knew something happened from the get-go,” said his uncle, Ben Shorty. “We couldn’t find any answers.”...
George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him (apnews.com)
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on the show....
US envoy says Israel has not presented evidence that Hamas diverted U.N. aid deliveries in Gaza (apnews.com)
With the departure of police escorts following Israeli strikes, criminal gangs are increasingly targeting the convoys, said David Satterfield, the Biden administration’s special Middle East envoy for humanitarian issues. He said the lawlessness as well as regular Israeli protests at crossing points by those opposed to aid...
