Largely powerless local government formed in Kashmir 5 years after India stripped its semiautonomy
The vote was Kashmir's first in a decade and the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government scrapped the Muslim-majority region’s long-held semi-autonomy in 2019. The NC ...
Australia's prime minister is criticized for buying a waterfront home during a housing crisis
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticized for buying a multimillion-dollar waterfront home during a national housing crisis with federal elections just ...
Major meeting of Asian security group begins in Pakistan to discuss security and economic ties
The meeting of the heads of the council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization began with opening remarks from the host country's leader, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government ...
3 takeaways as Victor Wembanyama gets another light load against Miami
The Spurs star center played just 17 minutes, all in the first half, as the Spurs lost 120-117 to the Heat Tuesday night in their next-to-last preseason game.
An ex-politician faces at least 20 years in prison in the killing of a Las Vegas reporter
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician is due to learn Wednesday how long he’ll serve in Nevada state prison after being convicted of killing an investigative journalist who ...
Nebraska high court to decide if residents with felony records can vote
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they'll be able to vote in next month's hotly-contested elections after the Nebraska Supreme Court ...
Menendez brothers' family to push for their release as prosecutors review 1989 case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers' release from prison during a news conference set for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as prosecutors ...
Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall St decline, as selling hits tech companies
On Tuesday, Wall Street pulled back from its records, with the S&P 500 falling 0.8% to 5,815.26, a day after setting an all-time high for the 46th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law
California's minimum wage for most workers in the state is $16 an hour. Voters will decide in November whether to increase the rate gradually to $18 an hour by 2026, which would be the highest ...
Texas man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case awaits clemency ruling
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome awaited a decision Wednesday on his ...
Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte to debate Democratic rival
Gov. Greg Gianforte at first dismissed Ryan Busse, a former firearms industry executive, as not a “serious candidate” and refused to debate the Democrat because he hadn't released his tax returns.
A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition
A full-scale replica of the rooms that form the heart of the Anne Frank House museum on one of Amsterdam's historic canals is being built in the Netherlands and will be shipped across the Atlantic for ...