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NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Jun 21, 2024 9:48 am - NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the former president from critici...
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 21, 2024 9:34 am - In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Jun 21, 2024 7:09 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to ris...
How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week's debate

By STEVE PEOPLES
Jun 21, 2024 7:05 am - NEW YORK — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades...
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden

By SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES
Jun 20, 2024 11:39 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal s...
Supreme Court upholds U.S. tax on foreign business income

Greg Stohr
Jun 20, 2024 9:49 am - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollar...
Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Jun 20, 2024 6:49 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seekin...
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law

By SARA CLINE
Jun 20, 2024 6:47 am - BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by...
Russia obliterates Ukraine's front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base network

By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO and HANNA ARHIROVA
Jun 20, 2024 6:44 am - KHARKIV, Ukraine — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet se...
South Korea blasts Russia-North Korea deal, says it will consider supplying arms to Ukraine

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Jun 20, 2024 6:41 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that pledged mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said ...

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