MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� The former clerk who somehow failed to count nearly 200 ballots in Wisconsin’s capital city didn’t break any laws but did violate multiple policies and her contractual duty to supervise elections and maintain professional standards, the results of a city-led investigation released Tuesday show. Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl resigned earlier […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world鈥檚 two largest economies. Perdue, a Republican who served one term as a U.S. senator from Georgia, was confirmed […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Amazon is not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site 鈥� despite speculation spanning from a report that claimed the e-commerce giant would soon show new import charges, as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump’s White House denouncing such a move. The Trump […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The first of three accusers expected to testify at Harvey Weinstein鈥檚 rape retrial took the witness stand on Tuesday in a reprise of her testimony in his first #MeToo trial five years ago. Miriam Haley, a former TV and movie production assistant, alleges that the former movie mogul forcibly performed oral […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. testified Tuesday that he regrets his failure to stop the beating of Tyre Nichols after Nichols ran away from a traffic stop in 2023. Mills’ testimony came in the second day of the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who have […]
CAIRO (AP) 鈥� The World Food Program and the United Nations refugee agency will slash jobs because of funding cuts, mainly from the United States, officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday, warning the reductions will severely affect aid programs worldwide. The WFP, also a United Nations organization, is expected to cut up to 30% […]
BALTIMORE (AP) 鈥� A former high school athletics director accused of using artificial intelligence to create a racist and antisemitic deepfake of a Maryland principal has been sentenced to four months in jail as part of a plea deal for disrupting school operations. Dazhon Darien, 32, accepted the deal Monday in Baltimore County Circuit Court, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers demanding higher pay walked picket lines again Tuesday, and the strike could mean closures or disruptions at libraries, healthcare clinics and administrative offices across the nation’s most populous county. The two-day walkout that began Monday evening followed failed negotiations with the county for a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COIVD-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs take a heavy toll on consumer expectations for future growth. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.9 points […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� As Canada鈥檚 Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune, vote counting resumed Tuesday to determine whether Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party gains an outright majority or needs help in Parliament from a smaller party. Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until U.S. President Donald […]
In pain so bad he couldn鈥檛 stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had kidney cancer that thankfully hadn鈥檛 yet spread. Meek, a social studies teacher in Wilmington, North Carolina, was 47 at the time. But he remained confused for years […]
President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada. Democrats have tallied it up: […]
Donald Trump’s second presidency has produced a seemingly constant stream of news. The Associated Press has shared the headlines with people worldwide, flagging the most notable developments in hundreds of news alerts. The alerts reflect a dizzying stretch of activity by Trump, those who oppose him, the courts and the world. To show the back-and-forth […]
A deaf mother trying to escape her abusive husband came to a domestic violence shelter seeking help, but she couldn’t communicate fluently with American Sign Language. Shelter workers contacted Activating Change, a group that can provide sign language interpreters who are trained to help people experiencing trauma. Over the course of the year in the […]
CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) 鈥� Authorities said Tuesday they believe a crash through an Illinois after-school building that killed three kids and one teenager wasn鈥檛 targeted. The car smashed through a building Monday afternoon, injuring several others in the small city outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said. Officers responded at about 3:20 p.m. to calls about […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in the White House have been a demolition job 鈥� and that’s a point of pride for his administration. For the Republican administration, the raw numbers on executive actions, deportations, reductions in the federal workforce, increased tariff rates and other issues point toward a renewed […]
A federal appeals court has paused a judge鈥檚 order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England this week so it can consider an emergency motion filed by the government. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York, ruled Monday that a three-judge […]
WARREN, Mich. (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada. Trump […]
General Motors posted strong financial results for its first quarter Tuesday, but says it will reassess its expectations for 2025 due to auto tariffs. The automaker is pushing back its conference call to discuss its guidance and quarterly results until Thursday, so that it can assess potential tariff changes. Late Monday The Wall Street Journal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration has frozen, stalled or otherwise disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds 鈥� from disease research to Head Start for children to disaster aid 鈥� in what top Democrats say is an 鈥渦nprecedented and dangerous” assault on programs used by countless Americans. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Voters in Wisconsin could be seeing double on Election Day if the practice of fusion voting 鈥� which allows the same candidate to appear on the ballot under multiple party lines 鈥� makes a comeback in the battleground state. A lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to legalize the practice, saying it would […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Tuesday became the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter the increasingly competitive race for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith. In her launch video, Craig vows to 鈥渂reak through the chaos鈥� and fight back against 鈥渁 president trampling our rights and freedoms […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� After leading Atlanta out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a coinciding crime spike, Mayor Andre Dickens believes he deserves a second term as the city hosts its most high-profile event since the 1996 Olympics. Dickens recently launched his reelection campaign with $1.4 million in the bank and support from Atlanta’s business and […]
