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Indiana Republicans upset Mike Braun’s choice for lieutenant governor, backing far-right pick
By Isabella Volmert, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana Republicans have rejected Sen. Mike Braun’s choice for lieutenant governor, instead nominating a podcasting pastor with far-right views to be his running mate. Braun, who is leaving the Senate, endorsed state Rep. Julie McGuire for his running mate when he became the GOP nominee for governor. Indiana delegates usually back the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza
By The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s military said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack in months. Only one of the dead troops was identified by the army. No further information was immediately available. The deaths will likely fuel calls for a cease-fire and heighten Israeli public anger over ultra-Orthodox exemptions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
By Evens Sanon And Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haitian leaders on Saturday ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs. Former Haitian police chief Normil Rameau, who also was dismissed from the post nearly four years ago under a different administration, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK royals unite on palace balcony as Princess of Wales returns to public view after cancer diagnosis
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ‘ first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis early this year. The annual event was also a show of stability by the monarchy after months in which both the king ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran swaps EU diplomat, another man for Sweden freeing Iranian convicted over ’88 mass executions
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic. The arrest of Hamid Nouri by Sweden in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Princess of Wales joins royals on Buckingham Palace balcony after cancer diagnosis early this year
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – The Princess of Wales has joined other members of the royal family on a Buckingham Palace balcony at the end of the King’s Birthday Parade. The event is Kate’s first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer early this year. The family and crowds outside the palace are watching a flyby ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran and Sweden carry out a prisoner swap, freeing man convicted of war crimes over 1988 executions
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran and Sweden on Saturday carried out a prisoner swap that involves the release of Hamid Nouri, convicted of war crimes by Sweden over 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic, in exchange for a European Union diplomat and another man held by Tehran. Iran released Johan Floderus, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran and Sweden agree to a prisoner swap freeing man convicted of war crimes over ’88 executions
By The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran and Sweden agreed Saturday to a prisoner swap freeing Hamid Nouri, convicted of war crimes by Sweden over mass 1988 executions in the Islamic Republic. It remained unclear who Sweden would be getting released for the swap. Swedish officials did not immediately acknowledge the deal. Oman mediated the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will move in court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed
By Dave Collins And Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones “² personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is reelected for a second term after a late coalition deal
By Gerald Imray And Mogomotsi Magome, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reelected by lawmakers on Friday after his African National Congress party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with the main opposition party and others to allow him to clinch a second term in office. Ramaphosa won convincingly in a Parliament vote against a ... Read More »
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