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Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns 06/08/2024 03:25am • LONDON (AP) — The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Party's general election campaign. Though Sunak apologized for not attending Thursday's final commemoration New York governor defends blocking plan that would toll Manhattan drivers to pay for subway repairs 06/07/2024 09:58pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers — but offered little detail on how she would replace the program's financial and Washington judge denies GOP attempt to keep financial impact of initiatives off November ballots 06/07/2024 07:39pm • Information about how much money three GOP-backed initiatives would cost the state of Washington must appear on the November ballot where voters can see it, a judge on Friday ruled. The measures to repeal the state’s landmark Climate Commitment Act and the tax on the sale of stocks and bonds as we Hunter Biden's daughter Naomi testifies about her father in his federal gun trial, ending 1st week 06/07/2024 05:45pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden's daughter Naomi testified Friday in his federal gun trial about visiting her father while he was at a California rehab center, telling jurors that he seemed to be improving in the weeks before he bought the revolver in 2018. “I hadn’t seen my dad in a long Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail 06/07/2024 04:17pm • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the election campaign trail — a decision slammed as disgraceful by his political rivals. Sunak, who is fighting to keep his job in Britain’s July 4 election, said th The Latest: Jurors dismissed for the day in Hunter Biden's trial 06/07/2024 02:07pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on Hunter Biden's federal gun trial (all times local): Jurors have been dismissed for the day in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial and they'll return Monday morning. The judge sent the jury home after there were no more defense witnesses left to testify Friday, bu Zombies: Ranks of world's most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive 06/07/2024 01:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the brink of survival, barely able to pay even the interest on their loans and often just a bad business hit away from dying off for good. An Associated Press analysis found their numbers have Will recreational pot go on sale soon in Ohio? Medical marijuana stores can now apply to sell it 06/07/2024 01:01pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational pot sales are nearing reality in Ohio. The state Division of Cannabis Control began accepting applications Friday for new dual licenses that will allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to also sell nonmedical cannabis. Friday was the deadline for making US hiring and wage growth picked up last month in sign of sustained economic health 06/07/2024 12:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a strong 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates. Last month’s sizable job gain suggests that the economy is still growin Trump, in his first post-trial rally, demands that appeals courts reverse his felony conviction 06/06/2024 10:00pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Thursday with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a hush money scandal, repeating his critiques of the case against him as politically motivated and calling for his conviction to be ove Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden's gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can 06/06/2024 09:41pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The widow of Hunter Biden's brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her home Kentucky Democratic governor pushes back against Trump-led attacks on electric vehicles 06/06/2024 08:50pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Electric vehicles have built up enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from Donald Trump and other critics, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. The Democratic governor said the thousands of EV-related jobs springing up across the co New York governor pushes for tax increase after nixing toll program in Manhattan 06/06/2024 06:07pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul enraged environmentalists and public transit advocates — but delighted suburban commuters — by putting the brakes on a plan to battle New York City's traffic by imposing high tolls on Manhattan drivers. On Thursday, she was scrambling to get Anchorage police won't release bodycam video of 3 shootings. It's creating a fight over transparency 06/06/2024 05:33pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Only months after police officers in Alaska's largest city began wearing body cameras, a rash of shootings involving police — three in three weeks — has rattled residents and spurred calls for more transparency from law enforcement, who have not release any footage of Here's what happened this week in the UK election, from the return of Farage to tussles over tax 06/06/2024 11:44am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. The campaign has already produced drama and disputes, even before the parties unveil their manifestos with detailed lists of promises in the coming days. This week saw Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party