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Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 03:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A Slumping 2B Gleyber Torres benched by Yankees after awful game in Subway Series opener 06/27/2024 02:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Following a terrible performance in the Subway Series opener, slumping second baseman Gleyber Torres was benched Wednesday night by New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone. Oswaldo Cabrera made his third start of the season at second as the Yankees lost 12-2 to the New York Mets at Ci Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation 06/27/2024 01:56am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Kenya's president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a ���hustler��� and vowing relief from economic pain. But when he was forced to give up on a controversial tax hike that led to deadly chaos in the capital, Nairobi, it was a clear sign Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded 06/27/2024 01:27am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The decades-old conflict in Congo���s mineral-rich east has ���drastically deteriorated��� since early 2022, and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded, and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the coun In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage 06/27/2024 01:00am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) ��� Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza���s crowded tent camps for displaced families. People relieve themselves in burlap-covered pits, with nowhere nearby to wash their hands. In the stifling summer Ohtani contemplating the Home Run Derby amid record-breaking RBI streak with the Dodgers 06/27/2024 12:58am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Shohei Ohtani is rolling along for the Los Angeles Dodgers at the moment. When it comes to the Home Run Derby, well, stay tuned. Ohtani hit a leadoff drive against the Chicago White Sox for the second straight night on Wednesday, extending his RBI streak to a franchise-record 10 gam North Korea says it tested a new multiwarhead missile. South Korea says it's covering up a failure 06/27/2024 12:41am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean missile defenses. South Korea quickly dismissed the claim as deception to cover Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says 06/27/2024 12:17am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan���s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying Wednesday that women���s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecr California Legislature approves budget that slashes spending to address $46.8 billion deficit 06/26/2024 11:51pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California lawmakers approved a budget on Wednesday that slashes spending and temporarily raises taxes on some businesses to close an estimated $46.8 billion budget deficit. It's the second year in a row the nation's most populous state has been forced to pare back or del Jury begins deliberations in class-action lawsuit against NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers 06/26/2024 11:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The NFL was exploring a world without ���Sunday Ticket��� in 2017, where cable channels would air Sunday afternoon out-of-market games not shown on Fox or CBS. The league memo was shown by plaintiffs during their closing arguments on Wednesday as the jury in the class-action law Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits front-line troops under pressure from Russia's onslaught in eastern areas 06/26/2024 11:03pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Wednesday visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months. The Kremlin's army has escalated its efforts to dislodge India faces England for a place in cricket's Twenty20 World Cup final against South Africa 06/26/2024 11:03pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) ��� India���s dogged effort to end an 11-year World Cup title drought will face a watershed moment Thursday when Rohit Sharma���s lineup faces defending champion England in a Twenty20 World Cup semifinal. The pursuit of a title has become urgent for India and its massive legi Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K 06/26/2024 10:42pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Five people were charged Wednesday with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country���s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases, the U.S. Attorney���s Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states 06/26/2024 09:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. By a 6-3 vote, the justices threw o Sri Lanka reaches deal on debt restructuring with bilateral creditors including China and France 06/26/2024 08:49pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation Wednesday. The agreement marks a key step in the country���s economic recovery after defaulting on