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Trump-backed US Rep. Celeste Maloy wins Republican primary in Utah after recount, court case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy narrowly won the Republican primary in Utah's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court rejected her challenger's lawsuit that a...

Aug 13, 2024

Connecticut Republicans pick Matt Corey to challenge Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy

Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who has unsuccessfully run for Congress multiple times, has won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. Corey defeated Gerry Smit...

Aug 13, 2024

Ex-prosecutor Joe Teirab wins GOP primary for seat held by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab has won a contested GOP primary for Minnesota's 2nd District seat held by Democratic Rep. Angie Craig. Teirab has the support of former Presiden...

Aug 13, 2024

Japan's Kishida tells his ruling party he will not run in its September leadership vote, NHK says

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has notified his governing party executives that he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, meaning Japan will have a new pr...

Aug 13, 2024

Wisconsin Republican businessman Eric Hovde wins US Senate primary, will face Democrat Baldwin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily won Wisconsin's primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and will face Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November. Hovde, who was endorsed by...

Aug 13, 2024

Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former professional football player was sentenced Tuesday to prison in the April 2019 death of his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The sentencing cam...

Aug 13, 2024

US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was not...

Aug 13, 2024

Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won't occupy land

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia said Tuesday that its forces checked an effort by Ukrainian troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into the Kursk region, as a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman ...

Aug 13, 2024

Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state's near-total ban on the procedu...

Aug 13, 2024

An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential wit...

Aug 13, 2024