A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move. GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, like 48
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was convicted Monday of murder and faces life in prison. Defense attorneys did not dispute that Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, fatally shot 10 people including a police officer in the college town of Boulder. But he
Read the latest: Follow AP for l ive coverage on the situation between Israel and Hezbollah BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of families from southern Lebanon packed cars and minivans with suitcases, mattresses, blankets and carpets and jammed the highway heading north toward Beirut on Monday to flee the deadliest Israeli bombardment since 2006 . Some
NICE, France (AP) — After four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia , tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris are simmering as the vast archipelago east of Australia marks the anniversary of colonization on Tuesday. The communities stand far apart
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior army general was tapped as Pakistan’s new spy chief, state-run media reported on Monday. The powerful Inter-Service Intelligence, though officially reports to the prime minister, takes its directive from the military which has ruled Pakistan for over three decades since its independence from British colonial rule in 1947. The agency
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A series of Israeli airstrikes struck the town of Habbouch in southern Lebanon on Monday. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the wave of strikes across the country have killed at least 100 people and wounded more than 400. (AP video: Mohammad Zanaty) A series of Israeli airstrikes struck the town of Habbouch in southern Lebanon on
Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces violently confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation. (AP Video Carlos Guerrero) Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces violently confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo
Thousands of Hezbollah supporters attended the funeral of one of the group’s commanders who was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut. (AP video shot by Fadi Tawil and Ali Sharafeddine, Production by Ali Sharafeddine) Thousands of Hezbollah supporters attended the funeral of one of the group’s commanders who was killed on
LONDON (AP) — A soccer pitch in London collapsed and other parts of the United Kingdom were submerged by flash floods Monday after some areas saw a month’s worth of rainfall in 24 hours. Roads were closed, some train lines in London were suspended and dozens of people reported their houses being submerged as parts
