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Supporters of scaling back Arkansas abortion ban sue state for rejecting ballot measure petitions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Supporters of a proposal to ask voters scale back Arkansas' abortion ban sued the state on Tuesday for rejecting their petitions to get the measure on the November ballot. Ark...

Jul 16, 2024

Jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial has reached a verdict, to be read in court soon

NEW YORK (AP) - The jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial says it has reached a verdict, which will be announced in court soon, a court spokesperson said Tuesday. The New Jersey Democrat is accused ...

Jul 16, 2024

French president accepts prime minister's resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government

PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the prime minister's resignation Tuesday but kept him on as head of a caretaker government. Macron's office said in a statement that Macron "acce...

Jul 16, 2024

A dam is near failure in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest

CHICAGO (AP) - A dam near the town of Nashville in southern Illinois was in imminent danger of failure Tuesday after heavy rain, officials said. Some of Nashville's 3,000 residents were evacuating, ac...

Jul 16, 2024

200 additional Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A second contingent of 200 police officers from Kenya arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs ...

Jul 16, 2024

Six people are found dead in a hotel in downtown Bangkok and poisoning is suspected, police say

BANGKOK (AP) - Police in Thailand say the bodies of six people were found Tuesday in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok and poisoning is suspected. Thailand's Foreign Ministry said in a short statemen...

Jul 16, 2024

Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed 17 Palestinians in a Gaza 'safe zone'

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike killed 17 Palestinians on Tuesday in a military-declared "safe zone" outside the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Officia...

Jul 16, 2024

A rare shooting by multiple attackers in a Shiite mosque in Oman kills 5 and wounds dozens more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rare shooting by multiple attackers at a Shiite mosque in Oman killed five people and wounded many more including a police officer, authorities said Tuesday. Pakis...

Jul 16, 2024

3 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota system

DHAKA, Banglades (AP) - Three people were killed and dozens injured in two separate incidents in Bangladesh as violence continued Tuesday on university campuses in the nation's capital and elsewhere o...

Jul 16, 2024

Welsh leader Vaughan Gething says he will resign over campaign donation scandal

LONDON (AP) - The leader of Wales' government, First Minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign after several members of his government quit over a campaign donation scandal. Gething said t...

Jul 16, 2024