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Hurricane Beryl razes southeast Caribbean islands as Atlantic’s earliest Category 4 storm
By Dánica Coto And Kofi Jones, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) – Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, fueled by its record warm waters. Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said late Monday that one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump seeks to set aside New York hush money verdict hours after Supreme Court ruling
By Michael R. Sisak And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for later this month. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday and asked the judge to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ahead of election, Venezuela’s Maduro says he has ‘agreed’ to resume negotiations with United States
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated presidential election in which he is seeking a third term. Maduro, during his weekly TV show, characterized the dialogue as “urgent.” He said he “agreed” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ahead of election challenge, Venezuela’s Maduro says he has ‘agreed’ to resume negotiations with US
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated presidential election in which he is seeking a third term. Maduro, during his weekly TV show, characterized the dialogue as “urgent.” He said he “agreed” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump seeks to set aside New York verdict hours after Supreme Court ruling
By Michael R. Sisak And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing scheduled for later this month. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday and asked the judge to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law
By Colleen Long And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is seeking to put the focus squarely onto Donald Trump following his uneven debate performance last week. Speaking Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity from prosecution to Trump and other presidents, Biden said the high court’s ruling had undermined the rule of law. The court’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says he will ‘respect the limits of power,’ after Supreme Court immunity ruling
By Colleen Long And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is putting the focus squarely onto Donald Trump following his uneven debate performance last week. Biden said in remarks Monday following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that granted broad immunity to Trump and other presidents from prosecution that the public had a “right to know” Trump’s role in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US signs deal to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north
By Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants under an agreement signed Monday, as the Central American country’s new president has vowed to shut down the treacherous Darien Gap used by people traveling north to the United States. The memorandum of understanding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows
By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday. The 2006 grand jury investigation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Beryl razes southeast Caribbean as a record-breaking Category 4 storm
By Dánica Coto And Kofi Jones, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) – Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou as the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. There were no immediate reports of possible deaths or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who confessed to killing 4 people in Maine, including his parents, sentenced to life in prison
By David Sharp, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WEST BATH, Maine (AP) – A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway shooting pleaded guilty to murder and other charges on Monday, and a judge sentenced him to the maximum term of life in prison. Joseph Eaton has never provided an explanation ... Read More »
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