MELBOURNE, Australia — MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — King Charles III ends the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years Tuesday with anti-monarchists hoping…
Read more King Charles III ends first Australian visit by a reigning British monarch in 13 yearsElon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who’s gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump’s candidacy for the White House, has already…
Read more Musk offers voters $1M to sign PAC petition backing the ConstitutionASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was sold for $9 million…
Read more A rare copy of the US Constitution sells for $9 million at auctionFREDERICK, Md. (AP) — In an election where the future of reproductive rights is on the ballot in Maryland and elsewhere across the country, the state’s all-male congressional…
Read more As women seek open congressional seats in Maryland, reproductive rights are front and centerASHEVILLE, N.C. — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It’s in good enough condition that he can handle…
Read more A rare 1787 copy of the US Constitution is up for auctionPHOENIX (AP) — A prosecutor urged a judge on Thursday to reject former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s…
Read more Prosecutor challenges Mark Meadows’s bid to move Arizona’s fake elector case to federal courtOnly U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall’s election for president and other top offices. While that is nothing new, the potential for noncitizens to register…
Read more Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this electionMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s electoral institute voted Friday to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, though…
Read more Mexico’s electoral agency gives govrerning coalition 73% of seats in Congress, with 60% of votesTikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment, comparing its platform to prominent American…
Read more TikTok compares itself to foreign-owned American news outlets as it fights forced sale or banDHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore…
Read more Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim leaderSALT LAKE CITY — A near-total abortion ban will remain on hold in Utah after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the law should remain blocked until…
Read more Utah’s near-total abortion ban to remain blocked until lower court assesses its constitutionalityFILE – Tunisian President Kais Saied attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 31, 2024.…
Read more Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first termSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November. The California secretary…
Read more Forced labor, same-sex marriage, shoplifting on the ballot in California this yearLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas’ abortion ban face a Friday deadline to submit enough signatures to try to put their proposal…
Read more Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?FILE – Hawaii Gov. Josh Green speaks at a news conference in Honolulu on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Hawaii’s governor and lawyers for youth plaintiffs on Thursday, June…
Read more Hawaii settles climate change lawsuit filed by youth plaintiffsPORTLAND, Ore. — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a…
Read more Oregon defendants without a lawyer must be released from jail, US appeals court saysFrench authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory’s capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday after two weeks of unrest that…
Read more French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia’s capital after days of deadly unrestFORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours…
Read more Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional groundsPARIS — France’s leadership will use a Napoleon-era press to seal the right to abortion into the country’s constitution in a historic ceremony on Friday that’s open to…
Read more France to seal the right to abortion in its constitution as world marks International Women’s DayGeorgia senators passed a bill to allow sports gambling Thursday, but not before deciding that the measure also requires a state constitutional amendment, throwing ultimate passage into doubt.…
Read more Georgia Senate passes sports betting bill, but odds dim as constitutional amendment required
