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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Slovenia beefs up border police as migration surge expected
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia has sent some 1,000 additional police to the border with Croatia amid an expected surge in migration toward Western Europe with the easing of lockdown measures against the new co…
UN urges billions in aid for Yemen as virus ravages cities
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations on Tuesday called on countries to raise at least $2.4 billion for Yemen, where more than five years of war have pushed the country's health care system to a sta…
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Philippines suspends abrogation of defense pact with US
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has suspended his decision to terminate a key defense pact with the United States, at least temporarily avoiding a major blow to one of America’s oldest alliances…
Lawmaker who ran for governor pleads not guilty to charges
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker who ran for governor last year has pleaded not guilty after he was accused of choking a woman with an ethernet cable and trying to “hog tie” her during a domestic dispute, …
Confederate monuments targeted by protests come down
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The base of a massive Confederate monument in Alabama's largest city was all that remained Tuesday after crews dismantled the towering obelisk and trucked it away in pieces. Other symbols ca…
Prosecutor says he's charging 6 Atlanta police officers after 2 college students were pulled from car during protests
ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutor says he's charging 6 Atlanta police officers after 2 college students were pulled from car during protests.
Rwanda expels 2 Belgian diplomats over early genocide event
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda on Tuesday said it has asked two Belgian diplomats to leave the country, accusing them of organizing a commemoration of the East African nation's 1994 genocide a day before official mou…
6 officers charged after 2 college students pulled from car
ATLANTA (AP) — Six Atlanta police officers have been charged over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident involving two college students, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Sudan appoints new defense chief amid tensions with Ethiopia
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan on Tuesday swore in a new defense minister more that two months after the death of the former defense chief and amid tensions with neighboring Ethiopia.
Pelosi to Trump: Be a 'healer in chief'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” and not a “fanner of the flame” as the nation reels from mass protests over the treatment of black …
Official: 7 Pakistani kids killed when school roof collapses
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The roof of a school collapsed under heavy rain in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing seven children and injuring 13 others, police said.
NY mayor: 8 p.m. curfew all week after post-protest mayhem
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's mayor extended an 8 p.m. curfew all week in hopes of stopping destruction that continued overnight despite the city's efforts to stop protests over George Floyd's death from devolving int…
Biden: Trump 'consumed' by ego, not leading during crisis
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Biden on Tuesday blistered President Donald Trump a day after police drove back peaceful protesters near the White House so Trump could pose with a Bible before a damaged church. Biden said …