• US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker visiting Beijing
    BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing on Tuesday. The visit, led by Rep. Adam Smith, a Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is the first from the House of Representatives to China since […]
  • Georgia runoff to decide state senator in a deep-red district where a Democrat made gains
    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — After a Democrat won 40% of votes in a special state senate election in a deeply conservative Georgia district, voters will decide Tuesday between her and the Republican who won the second most votes. Debra Shigley and Republican Jason Dickerson are competing in a runoff after neither Shigley nor six Republicans […]
  • Southern Arizona voters to decide on Grijalva’s successor in US House race
    PHOENIX (AP) — Southern Arizona voters will select a successor Tuesday to the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a progressive stalwart who represented the state for more than two decades in Congress. Grijalva died in March, resulting in the 7th Congressional District seat being one of three safely Democratic districts to become vacant due to […]
  • Defense tells judge Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has served enough time behind bars
    NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a New York federal judge Monday to sentence him early next month to no more than 14 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, meaning he’d go free almost immediately if the judge agreed. The lawyers made their arguments in […]
  • At UN, world leaders meet to try to make a troubled planet ‘better together.’ But can they?
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With global support for a Palestinian state growing, Israel’s devastating war in Gaza is expected to take center stage as the U.N.’s gathering of world leaders gets into full gear Tuesday. But humanity’s myriad conflicts, rising poverty and heating planet will also be in the spotlight. The General Assembly ’s big […]