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Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws 07/05/2024 01:15pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers. The pair of 5-1 decisions s OPINIÓN | Kamala Harris y Gretchen Whitmer podrían formar una candidatura ganadora para los demócratas 07/05/2024 12:15pm • Nota del editor: Julian Zelizer, analista político de CNN, es profesor de Historia y Asuntos Públicos en la Universidad de Princeton. Es autor y editor de 25 libros, entre ellos el de próxima aparición, "Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue". Síguelo en Twitter @j Wimbledon players get a participation trophy, a silver plaque congratulating them for competing 07/05/2024 11:18am • LONDON (AP) — As participation trophies go, the sterling silver plaques players receive at Wimbledon are unique — and, generally, cherished. In a relatively well-kept secret — even some athletes were completely unaware when asked about the keepsakes by The Associated Press during the tournamen German investigators detain third suspect in attempted blackmail of former Formula 1 driver's family 07/05/2024 10:50am • BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have arrested a third suspect in an attempt to blackmail the family of former Formula 1 racing driver Michael Schumacher. The 52-year-old man, who was detained Thursday in a town near Wuppertal in western Germany, had worked for the family as a s Pope to preside over interfaith meeting in Indonesian mosque during longest, most challenging trip 07/05/2024 09:42am • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will preside over an interfaith meeting in a mosque in the world’s largest predominantly Muslim country during a four-nation Asian visit in September that will be the longest and most complicated foreign trip of his pontificate. The Vatican on Friday released the itinera The UK election winner only becomes prime minister when King Charles III says so 07/05/2024 08:59am • LONDON (AP) — The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. But Labour leader Keir Starmer didn't actually become prime minister until a carefully choreographed ceremony on Friday during which King Charles III formally asked hi What we learned from the UK's general election that will shape politics over the coming years 07/05/2024 08:44am • LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a landslide victory early Friday in a general election that saw the Conservative Party suffer its biggest defeat ever. The new government faces huge challenges, including fixing the country's sluggish Independencia de Venezuela: ¿cuál es su origen y por qué se celebra el 5 de julio? 07/05/2024 08:28am • (CNN Español) – Venezuela celebra este viernes el aniversario 213 de la declaración de su Independencia. A continuación, te explicamos el origen de este acontecimiento y por qué se celebra en esta fecha.La Independencia de Venezuela fue un proceso militar y político que se inició el 19 de ab Wimbledon is monitoring social media to try to protect players from cyberbullying 07/05/2024 07:03am • LONDON (AP) — The All England Club is monitoring social media to try to help protect players at Wimbledon from cyberbullying for the first time this year. “This is not something you’ll see in the public domain at all. You won't see us shout about it. But effectively, we are scrolling social me Fireworks light up the skies across the US as Americans endure searing heat to celebrate July Fourth 07/05/2024 06:25am • Millions of people in the U.S. celebrated and suffered under heat warnings Thursday as they flocked to beaches and traveled in droves to toast their nation’s birth with July Fourth parades, cookouts and the always anticipated fiery splashes of color in the evening sky. In Washington, neon bursts Germany fears a victory for the far-right National Rally could harm its close relations with France 07/05/2024 06:15am • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is worried about the outcome of the runoff elections in France. Scholz, who is normally tightlipped when asked about domestic politics in other European countries, has in recent weeks more than once expressed concern that the far-right, nationalist Natio Connected leaders move faster 07/05/2024 06:00am • Great CIOs know technology moves fast, and connected leaders move faster. CapitalCIO brings together the preeminent CIOs from Capital’s largest organizations to enhance leadership effectiveness, create value, mitigate risks and share successes. Member-led, noncommercial programs foster meaningful Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia 07/05/2024 04:50am • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia's parliament, is unhappy with below-cost electricity rates that she says show her country has yet to fully shake off its socialist past. Most of Mongolia’s power plants date from the Soviet era and o What to know about Venezuela's election as Maduro faces the toughest race of his decade in power 07/05/2024 01:08am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's self-described socialist government is facing a serious electoral challenge in a presidential election for the first time in decades. President Nicolás Maduro, now in his 11th year in office, is being challenged by former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia at Britain’s Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament 07/05/2024 12:06am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial returns indicated, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. As the sun rose, official results showed Labour ha