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February 27, 2023 GMTSupreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules
June 6, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie set to launch 2024 presidential bid at New Hampshire town hall
June 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is set to launch his bid for the Republican nomination for president at a town hall in New Hampshire on Tuesday evening.
California investigating whether DeSantis involved in flying asylum-seekers from Texas to Sacramento
June 6, 2023 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials were investigating Tuesday whether Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them — apparently without their knowledge — to California's capital, even as faith-based groups scrambled to find housing and food for them.
Former Vice President Pence files paperwork launching 2024 presidential bid in challenge to Trump
June 5, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years after their time in the White House ended with an insurrection at the U.S.
US sanctions group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong tied to Iran ballistic program
June 6, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Tuesday it is sanctioning a group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong associated with the alleged development of Iran’s ballistic missile program.
The network of seven people and six firms "facilitated procurement of sensitive and critical parts and technology for key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile development,” including Iran’s defense ministry and its affiliated firms, according to the Treasury Department.
Lawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret
June 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos’ lawyer said Monday the indicted New York Republican would risk going to jail to protect the identities of the people who cosigned the $500,000 bond enabling his pretrial release.
White House website highlights infrastructure, manufacturing investments as Biden pushes policy wins
June 6, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact of its policies on the U.S.
Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison
June 5, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday.
Milley says fighting in Ukraine has increased and cautions it will continue for lengthy time
June 6, 2023 GMTAMERICAN CEMETERY, Normandy, France (AP) — U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Tuesday that fighting in Ukraine has increased, but he cautioned against reading too much into each day’s operations.
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu rules out 2024 presidential bid, warns that crowded GOP field helps Trump
June 5, 2023 GMTNew Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday that he will not seek the presidency in 2024, arguing that Republican candidates with “no path to victory must have the courage to get out” of their party's increasingly crowded primary to stop former President Donald Trump.
Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border towns’ notorious casinos, but they keep operating
June 6, 2023 GMTBANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with notorious casino complexes that allegedly host major organized crime operations, Thai officials said Tuesday.
European Union urges probe into ‘horrible and heinous’ poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls
June 6, 2023 GMTKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union called on Afghan authorities Tuesday to investigate the poisoning of primary schoolgirls in the country's north after 77 students were hospitalized.
Two separate attacks took place in Sar-e-Pul province on Saturday and Sunday, local authorities said.
PARIS (AP) — French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital's Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to reignite resistance to a higher retirement age.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators' ability to delay projects on polluted property and mandate studies on how to treat contaminated water.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him in prison for decades.
The Moscow City Court held a preliminary hearing behind closed doors to discuss technical issues related to the trial of the Kremlin's arch foe before it begins on June 19.
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EU member Slovenia overwhelmingly defeats Moscow ally Belarus for a seat on the UN Security Council
June 6, 2023 GMTUNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an election reflecting opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine, European Union member Slovenia overwhelmingly defeated Moscow’s close ally Belarus on Tuesday for a seat on the U.N.
Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach, now he’s a TikTok star
June 6, 2023 GMTCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake," enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his trip to Normandy for D-Day commemorations.
LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning
June 6, 2023 GMTThe Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday and released a guidebook summarizing laws it deems discriminatory in each state, along with “know your rights” information and resources to help people relocate to states with stronger LGBTQ+ protections.
Polish Supreme Court overturns presidential pardon of top officials, going against ruling party
June 6, 2023 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates and ordered a retrial of their case.
The surprise ruling in the years-long legal dispute surrounding the pardon went against the interests of the governing nationalist party.
NATO eastern flank members want to boost support for Ukraine at alliance summit in July
June 6, 2023 GMTBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — NATO allies should aim to further boost their support for Ukraine and for its aspiration to become a member of the alliance, the leaders of nine Central and Eastern European countries said Tuesday.
Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
June 6, 2023 GMTKHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, triggering floods, endangering crops in the country's breadbasket and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.”
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher.
Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air traffic controllers during ascent, feds say
June 6, 2023 GMTOnly minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies, according to federal aviation officials.
ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II veteran Marie Scott described D-Day, as Tuesday's ceremonies got underway in honor of those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history.
Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court
June 6, 2023 GMTTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Ukraine told the United Nations' top court Tuesday that Russia bankrolled a “campaign of intimidation and terror” by rebels in eastern Ukraine starting in 2014 and sought to replace Crimea's multiethnic community with “discriminatory Russian nationalism” after its occupation and annexation of the region.
EU parliament criticized for slow pace of anti-corruption reform as offices searched over Qatargate
June 6, 2023 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Six months after a group of European Union lawmakers was swept up in a cash-for-influence scandal, no new anti-corruption rules are in place at the European Parliament and the ones that do exist are not being enforced anyway, anti-corruption officials and parliamentarians said Tuesday.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament on Tuesday formally approved the country’s new government proposed by the two main political rivals in a bid to end a 30-months-long political crisis, restore stability and spur economic development in the poorest EU member country.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's royal family has taken part in ceremonies Tuesday marking 500 years since the Scandinavian country emerged as an independent nation.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were first in the town of Strangnas, 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, where Gustav Vasa was elected king of Sweden in 1523.
Japan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China’s influence
June 6, 2023 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Tuesday that it joined the United States and Australia in signing a $95 million undersea cable project that will connect East Micronesia island nations to improve networks in the Indo-Pacific region where China is increasingly expanding its influence.
Lawyer: Health of Gadhafi’s son, detained in Lebanon, deteriorating 3 days into hunger strike
June 6, 2023 GMTBEIRUT (AP) — The health of a son of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.
US, Japanese, Philippine coast guard ships stage law enforcement drills near South China Sea
June 6, 2023 GMTABOARD BRP CABRA, Philippines (AP) — U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships staged law enforcement drills in waters near the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday as Washington presses efforts to reinforce alliances in Asia amid an increasingly tense rivalry with China.
TOKYO (AP) — Sweden's defense minister said Tuesday his country's top priority is to gain full NATO membership before the allied leaders gather for their next summit, saying an addition will make the trans-Atlantic alliance even stronger.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A plan to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas is in flux after Nevada lawmakers adjourned their four-month legislative session.
BERLIN (AP) — The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she has no interest in becoming the new leader of NATO as the trans-Atlantic military alliance seeks a successor to Jens Stoltenberg.
Virginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path
June 6, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight.
Kuwait, only Gulf Arab nation with a powerful assembly, holds another election mired in gridlock
June 6, 2023 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Voters in Kuwait were casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the ruling family and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year.
Hong Kong government seeks court injunction to ban ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest song
June 6, 2023 GMTHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government said Tuesday it is seeking a court order to prohibit people from broadcasting or distributing the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” after it was mistakenly played as the city’s anthem at several international sporting events in the past year.
A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished. A frantic phone call helped untangle the mystery.
June 6, 2023 GMTTEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman's height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone.
“Our boat has sunk!” Setera Begum shouted, as a storm threatened to spill her and around 180 others into the inky black sea south of Bangladesh.
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of activists gathered to speak Monday at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve tens of millions in public funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center that activists decry as “Cop City.”
Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
June 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday.
Hoskin wins another 4-year term as chief of Cherokee Nation, country’s most populous tribe
June 6, 2023 GMTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Cherokee Nation’s Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. won reelection to another four-year term as leader of the nation’s most populous tribe, according to results certified Monday by the tribe's Election Commission.
Incumbents face off in 2 primaries for New Jersey Senate seats
June 6, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Republican state senator in New Jersey is fighting to hold on to the nomination after his surprise victory in 2021 ousted the Senate president.
TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — On Dec. 1, 2022, a boat carrying around 180 Rohingya refugees set out from Bangladesh, bound for Indonesia. On board were babies, pregnant women and children fleeing surging violence in Bangladesh’s refugee camps.
Today in History: June 6, D-Day in Normandy
June 6, 2023 GMTToday in History
Today is Tuesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2023. There are 208 days left in the year.
Trump’s lawyers say defamation claim by NY writer must fail because jury agreed he never raped her
June 6, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York writer who won a $5 million jury verdict against ex-President Donald Trump can’t win a pending defamation lawsuit against him because the jury agreed with Trump that he never raped her, his lawyers told a judge Monday.
Connecticut lawmakers to vote on 2-year $51.1 billion budget that includes historic income tax cut
June 6, 2023 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut House of Representatives was poised to pass a two-year, $51.1 billion state budget that includes a historic cut to the state's personal income tax, possibly on a bipartisan vote.
North Carolina Democrats blast GOP elections bill, but may need help from public, courts to stop it
June 6, 2023 GMTRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic lawmakers said Monday that a Republican bill containing election and ballot changes that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper previously vetoed, as well as new measures, would harm democracy and embrace unfounded election fraud allegations if enacted.
Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
June 6, 2023 GMTSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's attorney general announced Monday she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp. for breaching its fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 presidential election — claims that cost the broadcaster almost $800 million in a lawsuit.