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Brazil’s Supreme Court moves toward decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday moved toward decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use, which would make Brazil one of the last countries in Latin America to do ...

Jun 25, 2024

California governor defends progressive values, says they're an 'antidote' to populism on the right

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Gavin Newsom used his State of the State address on Tuesday to boost President Joe Biden ahead of Thursday's pivotal presidential debate, comparing Donald Trump's versio...

Jun 25, 2024

Judge alters Trump’s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felon...

Jun 25, 2024

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior U.N. officials have told Israel they will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials say. A U....

Jun 25, 2024

Closing arguments begin in Karen Read trial. Jurors to decide: Deadly romance or police corruption?

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Attorneys launched closing arguments Tuesday in the long-running murder trial of Karen Read, in which jurors were presented with two starkly different accounts of either a callous...

Jun 25, 2024

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrive in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a su...

Jun 25, 2024

South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South, probably carrying trash

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely to be carrying trash. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the balloons were moving...

Jun 25, 2024

More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 500 people - some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings - have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislat...

Jun 25, 2024

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for Russia's former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. The court is accusing fo...

Jun 25, 2024

Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox must serve in military

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime ...

Jun 25, 2024