Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models (apnews.com)
Mother of airman killed by Florida deputy says his firing, alone, won't cut it (apnews.com)
The mother of an Air Force airman who was fatally shot in the doorway to his home by a Florida sheriff’s deputy said Monday that the deputy’s firing was not justice for her son’s killing....
Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after parliamentary vote (apnews.com)
Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say (apnews.com)
China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
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Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit (apnews.com)
A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic....
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon's far side (apnews.com)
Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown (apnews.com)
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Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine (apnews.com)
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions (apnews.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned....
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza (apnews.com)
CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year (apnews.com)
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets....
Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says (apnews.com)
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year’s general election....
After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for those who cannot....
Live updates: Mexico waits for historic election results as vote counting lags (apnews.com)
“Vote counts continue to lag in Mexico’s historic election. Despite private exit polls favoring frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, The Associated Press bases its report on official results and will continue to update coverage as votes roll in.”
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states (apnews.com)
It’s been a century now since an act of Congress granted citizenship to Native Americans, but advocates say that right bestowed in 1924 still hasn’t translated into equal access to the ballot. Inequities are especially pronounced in remote regions across the U.S., and some key Southwestern states with large Native American...
US defense secretary says war with China neither imminent nor unavoidable, stressing need for talks (apnews.com)
Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels (apnews.com)
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day (apnews.com)
Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the fast-disappearing generation of Allied troops who fought from D-Day beaches 80 years ago to Adolf Hitler’s fall, helping free Europe of his tyranny....
Nearly 1,000 people honor a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic killed in action (apnews.com)
Nearly 1,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic a few days before her 26th birthday....
Two Lebanese shepherds killed amid ongoing escalation along Lebanon-Israel border (apnews.com)
Two Lebanese shepherds were killed in an Israeli strike that hit their house in the town of Houla near the Lebanon-Israel border on Sunday, state media reported....
Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere (apnews.com)
The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way....