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Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered 07/16/2024 10:51pm • TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — The suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a hotel in a popular resort city south of Manila surrendered and claimed he wanted to retaliate against the hotel for firing him, Philippine officials said Wednesday. The suspect further sai 2024 Election Latest: RNC enters second day with focus shifting to immigration 07/16/2024 10:48pm • The Republican National Convention's second day is in full swing — now with Donald Trump officially as its presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate. Trump energized the crowd Monday night by entering the arena with a bandage on his right ear after being injured durin Unity at the RNC, knocks on Trump's prosecutions and Senate politics: Takeaways from day 2 07/16/2024 10:28pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention marched into its second day Tuesday, showcasing classic GOP themes like border security and public safety that have become the centerpieces of former President Donald Trump's campaign. With Trump's primary rivals speaking, it was also an occas Prosecutors say neo-Nazi 'murder cult' leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC 07/16/2024 10:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror, prosecutors said Tuesday. Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-o Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection 07/16/2024 08:50pm • HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn't responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman durin Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 07/16/2024 08:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt's foreign agent 07/16/2024 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. A jury in Manhattan deliberated for parts of Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel 07/16/2024 11:10am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Under American pressure, Israel has pledged to deliver large quantities of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. But at the same time, the U.S. and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to far-right groups that have blocked that aid from being delivered. Three g Court voids last conviction of Kansas researcher in case that started as Chinese espionage probe 07/15/2024 10:57am • A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas. Feng “Franklin” Tao was convicted in April 2022 of three counts of wire fraud and one count of making a materially false statement. U.S. A decade after deadly MH17 crash, the father of one victim is still waiting for Russia to say sorry 07/15/2024 01:13am • HILVERSUM, Netherlands (AP) — Quinn Schansman dreamed of becoming the youngest-ever CEO of an American company. A decade ago, he'd just finished the first year of an international business degree in Amsterdam as a step toward that lofty goal. But the 18-year-old dual Dutch American citizen's futur Alec Baldwin's criminal case was about ammunition at its shocking beginning and its sudden end 07/14/2024 12:12am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The criminal case against Alec Baldwin was about the handling of bullets from the beginning. And the handling of bullets brought it to an end. When cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed nearly three years ago on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,” one que 1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Wise High School after vigil for former Prince George's Co. students killed in car crash 07/13/2024 02:45pm • A man has died and a woman was injured in a shooting Friday night after a vigil for three former students from an Upper Marlboro, Maryland, high school who died in a car crash last week. The man and woman were shot outside Wise High School around 10 p.m., Prince George's County police confirmed w A popular tour guide's death leads to more scrutiny of border issues 07/13/2024 01:12pm • Kristie Thibodeaux's gunfire death made headlines first because it happened in the French Quarter — New Orleans' oldest neighborhood and a place where residents of historic homes and owners of tourist-dependent restaurants and clubs have long worried about recurring violent crime. Then came the ne Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC, AP sources say 07/12/2024 11:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, who is currently in jail on contempt of Congress charges, is expected to speak at next week's Republican National Convention just hours after his release. That's according to two people familiar with the event's schedule who spoke on Alec Baldwin weeps in court as judge announces involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed midtrial 07/12/2024 10:27pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor's trial and saying it cannot be filed again. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on misconduct of