CREDITSElection results and race calls from The Associated Press. Design and development by Ryan Best, Michelle Minkoff Carlson, Chaithra Chandraiah, Shelly Cheng, Chad Day, Phil Holm, Humera Lodhi, Maya Sweedler, Pablo Barria Urenda and Robert Weston. Produced by Linda Gorman and Dan Kempton. Edited by Darrell Allen, Gerald Rich and Emily Swanson.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City’s drought and water shortage is so bad that one of the capital’s rainwater catchment basins caught fire Tuesday, scorching 75 acres (30 hectares) of dried-up vegetation.The Mexico City fire department said in a statement that the fire had been brought under control by late afternoon, although photos distributed by
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona bill that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry has been vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the measure late last month along party lines. Arizona has emerged as a popular
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Air Force employee and retired Army lieutenant colonel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he shared classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating site.David Franklin Slater was in court in Omaha Tuesday afternoon — three days after the 63-year-old was arrested. Slater, whose gray
CREDITSElection results and race calls from The Associated Press. Design and development by Ryan Best, Michelle Minkoff Carlson, Chaithra Chandraiah, Shelly Cheng, Chad Day, Phil Holm, Humera Lodhi, Maya Sweedler, Pablo Barria Urenda and Robert Weston. Produced by Linda Gorman and Dan Kempton. Edited by Darrell Allen, Gerald Rich and Emily Swanson.
Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.The fine is by far the largest ever levied under the Clery Act, a law that requires
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A state funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be held on March 23 in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday.Mulroney died Feb. 29 at a Florida hospital following a recent fall at his Palm Beach home. He was 84.Lawmakers are expected to pay tribute to Canada’s 18th
Russia’s spymaster said Tuesday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of natural causes, a statement that appeared to reflect the Kremlin’s efforts to assuage international outrage over the death of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe.Sergei Naryshkin, the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, the top spy agency known under its Russian acronym SVR, made the
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Officials in Venezuela announced Tuesday that the country’s highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28, but the leading opposition candidate remains barred from the ballot.President Nicolás Maduro is widely expected to run for reelection, and his government initially negotiated details of the election with a faction of the opposition
LONDON (AP) — Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.The 16-book longlist announced Tuesday for the 30,000 pound ($38,000) award includes works by writers from Ghana, Barbados, Britain, the United States, Ireland, South Korea and Australia.Novelist Monica
