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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing 'partisan extremism'

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing 'partisan extremism'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Friday he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans.
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Police arrest 'many' at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz, school says

Police arrest 'many' at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz, school says

Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment and barricades where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week.
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Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim

Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim

BERLIN (AP) — An assailant with a knife attacked and wounded several people in a central square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday, police said. Police shot the attacker, who also was hurt.
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Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
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Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance

Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany joined the United States on Friday in authorizing Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying — a significant policy change that comes as depleted Ukrainian troops are losing
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Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital

Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt .
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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes

Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment
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Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Joint British-U.S.
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Minneapolis police officer dies in ambush shooting that killed 2 others including suspected gunman

Minneapolis police officer dies in ambush shooting that killed 2 others including suspected gunman

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police officer was killed Thursday when he responded to a shooting call and was providing medical attention to a man who shot him in what authorities are calling an ambush, authorities said.
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Bruhat Soma rides an unbeaten streak to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title, winning tiebreaker

Bruhat Soma rides an unbeaten streak to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title, winning tiebreaker

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged him on the way to victory.
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