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The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
By Adrian Sainz, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95. His family said Monday that Lawson died on Sunday. He had spent decades in Los ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘No one is above the law,’ prosecutor says as he urges jurors to convict Hunter Biden on gun charges
By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A prosecutor told jurors Monday that “no one is above the law” as he urged them to convict President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on charges that he lied about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. In his closing argument, prosecutor Leo Wise told jurors to focus on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president is missing and a search is underway
By Gregory Gondwe And Gerald Imray, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search is underway, the president’s office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the southern African nation’s capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17 a.m. but failed to land as scheduled around 45 minutes later at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor says ‘no one is above the law’ as he urges jurors to convict Hunter Biden in gun case
By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A prosecutor said Monday that “no one is above the law” as he urged jurors to convict President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on charges that he lied about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. Prosecutor Leo Wise began his closing argument soon after the defense rested without ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president has gone missing and a search is underway
By The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said. The plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital, Lilongwe, but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport about 370 kilometers (230 miles) to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden’s lawyers rest their defense in his trial on federal gun charges
By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Hunter Biden’s lawyers rested their case Monday in the federal criminal trial of the president’s son, who is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018, according to news reports. Prosecutors have argued the evidence is clear that Hunter Biden was in the throes of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN migration agency says the number of internally displaced people in Sudan has surpassed 10 million
By The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
GENEVA (AP) – The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million, the U.N. migration agency told The Associated Press on Monday. The International Organization for Migration said the tally includes 2.83 million driven from their homes before the current war began by multiple local conflicts that have been happening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN migration agency says number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached over 10 million
By The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
GENEVA (AP) – The U.N. migration agency told The Associated Press Monday that the number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million. The International Organization for Migration said the tally includes 2.83 million driven from their homes before the current war began by multiple local conflicts that have been happening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The far right’s election gains rattle EU’s traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls
By Raf Casert, Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz
By Raf Casert, Lorne Cook And Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
BRUSSELS (AP) – Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron. On a night where the 27-member bloc palpably shifted to the right, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni more than doubled her seats in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote
By Sylvie Corbet,Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. The legislative elections will take place in two rounds ... Read More »
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