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Showdowns for the GOP nominations for Missouri governor and attorney general begin

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters are set to nominate a Republican candidate for governor and other statewide offices, likely deciding the next leaders of a strongly conservative state currently wi...

Aug 06, 2024

Michigan will choose between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

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. Slotk...

Aug 06, 2024

Kansas’ former attorney general wins the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat

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...

Aug 06, 2024

4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death

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 fo...

Aug 06, 2024

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

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 off...

Aug 06, 2024

Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader

BEIRUT (AP) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sin...

Aug 06, 2024

Harris is ready to rally with her running mate but the choice is unknown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will introduce her new running mate at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia - but with the event mere hours away, her choice remains a mystery. In rec...

Aug 06, 2024

Bangladesh protesters want Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yunus to lead country after Hasina's departure

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A key organizer of Bangladesh's student protests said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after the longtime Prim...

Aug 05, 2024

Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee, will face off against Donald Trump this fall

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, ...

Aug 05, 2024

Democratic primary in Arizona's 3rd District is too close to call, AP determines

PHOENIX (AP) - The race for the Democratic nomination in Arizona's 3rd Congressional District narrowed further Monday, making it too close to call and ensuring an automatic recount. The district lies ...

Aug 05, 2024