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Kansas’ former attorney general wins the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat
By John Hanna, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A former Kansas attorney general and failed candidate for governor has found at least initial success in his political comeback attempt, winning Tuesday’s Republican primary for an open U.S. House seat. Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt prevailed in Tuesday’s primary in the 2nd District of eastern Kansas over Jeff Kahrs, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan will choose between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate
By Joey Cappelletti, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan and will face Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the November election. Slotkin and Rogers, long considered the front-runners for their respective party nominations, will now shift focus to the general election. Slotkin enters with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death
By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death. According to a criminal complaint, the four employees dragged Mitchell out of the Hyatt Hotel on June 30 after Mitchell entered a woman’s bathroom and held him on his stomach for eight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Nobel laureate will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest ousted Hasina, official says
By Julhas Alam And Sheikh Saaliq, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead and pushed the South Asian nation to the brink of chaos. The decision, announced early Wednesday by Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance
By Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) – Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group’s hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran. The selection of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday in disclosing what officials say is the latest murder-for-hire plot to target American public figures. Asif Merchant traveled to New York in April for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Nobel laureate will head an interim government in Bangladesh after unrest ousted Hasina
By Julhas Alam And Sheikh Saaliq, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule. Yunus was chosen during a meeting that included military chiefs, leaders of student protests that helped push out Hasina, prominent business leaders and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government, official says
By Julhas Alam And Sheikh Saaliq, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head the country’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule led mostly by students. The announcement early on Wednesday came from Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Abedin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader
By The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) – The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. Hamas said in a statement Tuesday it named Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau to replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man known as pro-democracy activist convicted in US of giving China intel on dissidents
By Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A Chinese American scholar was convicted Tuesday of U.S. charges of using his reputation as a pro-democracy activist to gather information on dissidents and feed it to his homeland’s government. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict in the case of Shujun Wang, who helped found a pro-democracy group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket
By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the decision. In choosing Walz, she is turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran and union supporter who helped enact an ambitious Democratic agenda for his state, including sweeping protections ... Read More »
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