An AP reporter who witnessed Thursday's execution in Arkansas said Kenneth Williams' body lurched violently and repeatedly against the restraint across his chest. Some are questioning the state's protocol in such executions. (April 28)
Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal kicked off a United States visit Tuesday with multiple stops in Chicago aimed at drumming up investment and business in the war-torn country. Shmyhal's trip comes comes as Congress is considering an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies. “We would warmly welcome the participation of Illinois companies in projects related to the recovery of Ukraine,” he told reporters, calling it the country's “most difficult time” in recent history.
The $872 million most likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom.
With very few Americans without an opinion of Donald Trump, it will be hard to find a truly neutral jury in the New York hush-money case.
Dozens of prospective jurors are being questioned inside Manhattan Criminal Court, where a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates will ultimately be chosen to decide the former president’s fate.
On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. About 4,300 workers at VW's plant in Chattanooga will start voting Wednesday on representation by the United Auto Workers union. Vote totals are expected to be tabulated Friday night by the National Labor Relations Board.
Stocks eyed a broader comeback from a steep sell-off as investors digested results from Bank of America and other heavyweights.
A Massachusetts man crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon in memory of his three children, who were killed last year. Patrick Clancy ran the 26.2 mile race Monday while wearing the names of his children -- Cora, Dawson, and Callan -- on his bib, and wearing an item that belonged to each child: A hair bow of 5-year-old Cora's, a wristband of 3-year-old Dawson's and a bracelet of 7-month-old Callan's, he told WCVB-TV, the ABC station in Boston. "They were my motivation," Clancy said of his kids in an interview with WCVB-TV after the race.
A top rebel commander has pulled out of Colombia's peace negotiations amid a split in one of the most powerful guerrilla groups in the country, the government said Tuesday.Last week, an EMC negotiator and commander, Andrey Avendano, told local media the group was facing "a big division" over differing views on "the political moment in the country."
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that West Virginia cannot enforce its anti-trans sports ban against a 13-year-old girl, dealing a blow to one of nearly two dozen such laws enacted by GOP-led states in recent years.
A second House Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, said he supports efforts to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from power over his handling of aid for Ukraine and others.
A bill under consideration in Tennessee could put guns in the hands of school teachers. Democratic State Rep. Justin J. Pearson explains why that’s a bad idea.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates. “Recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence" that inflation is coming fully under control and "instead indicate that it’s likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence,” Powell said during a panel discussion at the Wilson Center. “If higher inflation does persist," he said, “we can maintain the current level of (interest rates) for as long as needed.”
The former president's media company announced plans to air news, religious channels and other content.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will prepare to expand its sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on Israel, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday after an emergency video conference of the bloc's foreign ministers. Borrell cited U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in declaring that the Middle East was "at the edge of an abyss" following Iran's missile and drone attack at the weekend. Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign policy, warned the Middle East would be in "full war" if every development in the current crisis is followed by an escalation.
Countries on Tuesday pledged more than $610 million to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid and a dire food crisis is deepening."We have millions and millions of people in Ethiopia facing very severe food insecurity," USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman told AFP ahead of the conference, warning "the humanitarian situation in the country remains very, very fragile".
The White House said Tuesday that separate aid bills set for a vote in the US House this week appear to meet the long-delayed military needs of Ukraine and Israel.Biden, who spoke to Johnson on Monday about the plans, had stressed that "we need to see the House move this week" due to the urgent military needs of Ukraine and Israel, Kirby added.
The world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs, the United Nations’ special envoy for the ocean said Tuesday in defense of the marine ecosystems that protect biodiversity, sustain underwater life and produce some of the oxygen we breathe. In an interview with The Associated Press on the sidelines of an international ocean conference in Greece, Peter Thomson suggested that all significant coral reefs should be included in marine protected areas under what is known as the “30x30” initiative — a plan to designate 30% of the world’s land and ocean areas as protected areas by 2030. Top reef scientists on Monday announced that coral reefs are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time — and the second time in just 10 years – as a result of warming oceans amid human-caused climate change.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that it will likely take longer to cut rates, saying it will take 'longer than expected' to achieve the confidence needed to get inflation down to the central bank’s 2% target.
Supreme Court justices grappled with limits on an obstruction charge filed in Jan. 6 cases because of concerns it could target peaceful protests.
Brussels authorities set off a political firestorm Tuesday by ordering the shutdown of a hard-right political gathering, in a move denounced by several European leaders including Belgium's own prime minister as an assault on free speech.But Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo slammed the move as "unacceptable" and said the Belgian constitution guaranteed freedom of speech.
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