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Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

HONG KONG (AP) — An appeals court Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub.
Israel reopens key crossing for aid to enter Gaza that was closed over weekend rocket attack

Israel reopens key crossing for aid to enter Gaza that was closed over weekend rocket attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers
US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S.
Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary

Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-term U.S. Rep.
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress

Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress

DENVER (AP) — A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the
The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns

The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns

NEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounte
Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear

Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city as talks with Hamas over a cease-fire a
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world” during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the wa
Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe

Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe

AMSTERDAM (AP) — German police on Tuesday broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard at Berlin’s Free University earlier in the day, the latest such action by authorities as protests that have roiled
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