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The Latest | Jury finds Trump guilty on all charges in hush money trial 05/30/2024 05:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. Prosecu OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit 05/30/2024 04:54pm • GENEVA (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology. But Altman spent part of his virtual appearance fend 'Pure grit.' Jordan Chiles is making a run at a second Olympics, this time on her terms 05/30/2024 01:49pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jordan Chiles doesn't have to put herself through this. She knows it. The proof is tattooed on her arm. It's sitting in her trophy room. It's sprinkled on her social media feeds, which happen to be dotted with the kind of partnerships and experiences she once never dreamed Man accused of driving toward people outside New York Jewish school charged with hate crimes 05/30/2024 01:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police arrested a man on hate crime charges after they say he shouted antisemitic threats while trying to mow down people with his car outside of a Jewish school. Asghar Ali, 58, is charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime and reckless d How a primary election led to activist convictions in Hong Kong's biggest national security case 05/30/2024 01:02pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Verdicts were handed down Thursday in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date, involving some of the city's best-known pro-democracy activists and coming more than three years after the defendants' arrests. In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were charged with conspir US military defends Africa strategy in light of coups and a drift toward Russia 05/30/2024 12:31pm • AGADIR, Morocco (AP) — The head of the U.S. military in Africa vigorously defended the country’s counterterrorism strategy on the continent and vowed to press forward with it despite a wave of criticism and a drift among African nations toward seeking security help from Russia instead. In an int Stockholm accuses Iran of using criminals in Sweden to target Israel or Jewish interests 05/30/2024 12:02pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's domestic security agency on Thursday accused Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country. The accusations were raised at a news conference by Daniel Stenling, the head of the Syria's main insurgent group blasts the US Embassy over its criticism of crackdown on protesters 05/30/2024 08:45am • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The main insurgent group in rebel-held northwest Syria blasted the U.S. on Thursday over its criticism of a crackdown on protesters in areas outside government control. The group said Washington should instead respect protesters at American universities who have demonstrated ag 14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case 05/30/2024 07:17am • HONG KONG (AP) — Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisi How to Use an HSA to Save for Retirement 05/29/2024 08:00pm • Millions of Americans either have or are eligible for health savings accounts, but many fail to take full advantage of their provisions. Average contributions to these plans fall far short of the amount allowed by the government, and only 20% of those given the option to invest their balance choose The Latest | Israel expands Rafah offensive, saying it now controls Gaza's entire border with Egypt 05/29/2024 05:55pm • Israel’s military said Wednesday it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, without elaborating. Capturing the strategic Philadelphi corridor signals that Israel has deepened its offensive in southern Gaza. Palestinians in the border city of Rafah reported heavy figh The Latest | Judge excuses jurors, ending first day of deliberations in Trump's criminal trial 05/29/2024 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of jury deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial concluded after the panel sent their first two notes to the judge Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after beginning deliberations. They requested to rehear jury instructions, as well as rehear testi Brazil's president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza 05/29/2024 04:33pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, the latest repercussion from a South American nation over Israel's military campaign in the Palestinian territory. The move was announced in Brazilâ IMF upgrades its forecast for China's economy, but says reforms are needed to support growth 05/29/2024 09:34am • The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that consumer-friendly reforms are needed to sustain strong, high-quality growth. The IMF's report, issued late Tuesday, said the world's second-largest economy will likely expand at a 5% annual rate this The toll of Beijing's security law on Hong Kong's activists 05/28/2024 10:04pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung, separated by a plexiglass barrier in a highly guarded Hong Kong jail. Leung, 68, is one of 47 activists who were prosecuted in the largest national security law case to date in the