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North Korea again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea says North Korea has again flown balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the balloons are flying north of Seoul on Wednesday after crossing the border. Wednesday’s balloon activities by North Korea were the 10th of their kind since late May. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 6 people are dead and 7 are missing after a fishing vessel sinks in the South Atlantic
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – A fishing boat carrying 27 people sank Tuesday nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the coast of the Falkland Islands, leaving at least six people dead and seven people missing, according to British and Spanish maritime officials. Fourteen people made it onto a life raft and were rescued by two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least six dead after a fishing vessel sinks in the South Atlantic
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – A fishing boat carrying 27 people sank Tuesday nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the coast of the Falkland Islands, leaving at least six people dead and seven people missing, according to British and Spanish maritime officials. Fourteen people made it onto a life raft and were rescued by two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris tells roaring Wisconsin crowd November election is ‘a choice between freedom and chaos’
By Chris Megerian And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (AP) – A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday as she opened her Democratic political case against Republican former President Donald Trump. In the November election, she said, “it’s a choice between freedom and chaos.” “In this campaign, I promise you, I will proudly put my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France’s Macron says he’ll keep the centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he will maintain the country’s centrist caretaker government through the end of the Olympic Games in mid-August to avoid “disorder.” His announcement in a TV interview came shortly after the leftist coalition that won the most votes in this month’s parliamentary elections selected little-known civil servant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French leftist alliance selects Lucie Castets as candidate for new prime minister
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – France’s leftist New Popular Front, which won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections earlier this month, said Tuesday it has selected Lucie Castets, a civil servant unknown to the public, as their candidate to be the new French prime minister. The announcement came shortly before President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is resigning from office following his corruption conviction
By Michael Catalini, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is resigning from office Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Menendez had insisted after the July 16 verdict that he was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris visits battleground Wisconsin in first rally as Democrats coalesce around her for president
By Chris Megerian And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris flew to her first battleground state Tuesday after locking up nomination support from Democratic delegates, determined to prosecute the Democrats’ political case against Republican former President Donald Trump. Just two days after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid, Harris arrived in Milwaukee, where she was to hold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mudslides in Ethiopia have killed at least 229. It’s not clear how many people are still missing
By Amanuel Gebremedhin Birhane, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people, including many who tried to rescue survivors, local authorities said Tuesday, in what the prime minister called a “terrible loss.” Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in Kencho Shacha Gozdi ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
By Hannah Fingerhut, The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from being enforced. The Iowa Supreme Court reiterated in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest teen after Iowa mall shooting that left 2 people hurt
By The Associated Press on July 23rd, 2024
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Investigators arrested a teenager in connection with a shooting at an Iowa mall that left the teen and another person wounded and sent people running for safety, police said Tuesday. Police arrested a 16-year-old on several weapons charges after learning he had been taken by a private car to a hospital ... Read More »
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