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Iran announces the death of a high-ranking Revolutionary Guard general after a long illness 06/01/2024 11:59am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A high-ranking general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran's state TV reported Saturday. Gen. Vajihollah Moradi was one of the commanders of the Guard's foreign wing, TV said. He was also a comrade of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was slain in a U.S. dro Trump en aprietos: ¿Cuáles son los otros casos en los que enfrenta cargos más fuerte? 06/01/2024 11:28am • Mientras Donald Trump espera su sentencia por 34 cargos de delitos graves en Nueva York el próximo 11 de julio, tiene por delante otros tres juicios penales en los que enfrenta cargos más graves. El exmandatario también enfrenta cargos penales en Georgia, Florida y Washington DC. Que alguno d From collapsed plea deal to trial: How Hunter Biden has come to face jurors on federal gun charges 06/01/2024 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father’s r Estonia ratifies CERN accession to become 24th member in one of Europe's key scientific bodies 06/01/2024 09:52am • HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s government has ratified the country’s full membership in the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a move that will give companies, scientists and teachers in the Baltic nation complete access to one of Europe’s main research and scientific organizations. Esto Meet the candidates: DC's primary election headlined by several contested council races 06/01/2024 09:29am • D.C. is guaranteed at least one new council member when the dust settles from this election cycle, and there are several other contested council races. In Ward 7, longtime council member and former Mayor Vince Gray is stepping down, and a crowded field has emerged to fill his seat. In Wards 4 Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader 06/01/2024 08:40am • Mexican voters are poised to elect their first female president, a cause of celebration for many that has also touched off a flurry of false and misogynist online claims, blurring the lines behind fact and fiction. The two leading candidates, both women, have had to respond to demeaning attacks abou House Oversight Committee launches investigation into how Metro treats inspectors general 06/01/2024 07:52am • You might hear that train a-comin', but this ain't no Folsom Prison Blues — the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is going full throttle with an investigation into how Metro treats its inspectors general. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced the investigation Friday. Comer's l Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his job 06/01/2024 07:42am • NEW YORK (AP) — When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned the public and his own staff by pausing an investigation into former President Donald Trump that appeared to be hurtling toward an indictment. Two top prosecutors were so upset with the decision, they q FIFA unites World Cup winners and club executives as teammates to study for soccer diploma 06/01/2024 05:59am • ZURICH (AP) — World Cup and Champions League winners are learning about the soccer industry at FIFA alongside club founders and front-office leaders. All were teammates in the classroom this week at the soccer body’s headquarters in Zurich to study all fields of the industry for the FIFA Diploma China says it's 'hard to meet' discussions on Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements 06/01/2024 03:34am • BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday it would be “’hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements that appear to point to Beijing's strongly pro-Moscow stance. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that “China’s hopes appear to be hard Stars ended their longest scoring drought of the NHL playoffs, but now they're facing elimination 06/01/2024 01:26am • DALLAS (AP) — By the time Wyatt Johnston ended the longest scoring drought of the playoffs for the top-seeded Dallas Stars, there wasn't much time left to avoid facing elimination on the road in the Western Conference Final. Bring it on, Tyler Seguin said after a 3-1 home loss to Edmonton on Frida Donald Trump’s attorney was 'shocked' the former president took the verdict with 'solemnness' 06/01/2024 12:57am • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyer told The Associated Press he was surprised at Trump’s stoic demeanor as he listened to the verdict that made him the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Todd Blanche was sitting to Trump’s left in the Manhattan courtroom as the verdict was re FACT FOCUS: Trump responds to guilty verdict with attacks and false claims 06/01/2024 12:35am • Former President Donald Trump on Friday addressed his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors have called a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to silence the accounts of women who claimed to have extramarital sex with him. W Today in History: June 1, the Beatles release 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' 06/01/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2024. There are 213 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” for years considered by many to be the greatest rock ‘n’ roll album of a Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships 05/31/2024 11:09pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It's not the skills, otherworldly though they may be, that Simone Biles has displayed so regularly for so long that stand out so much anymore, at least not to the ones who know her best. The question with the gymnastics superstar — the only question really with a third t