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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) – Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from City Hall and elected a city council of MAGA supporters, is heavily favored to get a new Democratic congressman who is gay, progressive and an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. It’s a result of redrawing …
TORONTO, May 29 (Reuters) – A Canadian man accused of selling a legal but potentially deadly chemical online to 14 people who took their own lives is expected to plead guilty on Friday to aiding their suicides, allowing him to avoid a murder trial. Kenneth Law, 60, is scheduled to appear on Friday morning at …
BUDAPEST, May 29 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Friday he would conclude a political agreement on the release of frozen European Union funds at a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen later in the day. Magyar arrived in Brussels on Thursday to negotiate the release of EU funds …
Honolulu — A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men was apprehended Thursday after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island that had left residents on edge. Police said Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested on suspicion of murder, burglary and other charges following a search that involved “significant resources,” …
Fifteen months after saying a list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients was “sitting on my desk right now,” and four months after overseeing the release of millions of associated documents, former Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before a House committee on Friday about her handling of the so-called Epstein files. Bondi’s closed-door interview in the …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrats may be in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gather Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans. The party is holding events days after the GOP-led state Senate shot down an effort backed by President Donald Trump to redraw House district lines to help …
May 29 (Reuters) – A team of specialist divers were headed to central Laos to help efforts to rescue seven people trapped in a cave after heavy rains triggered a landslide last week, a Thai volunteer group said on Friday. Seven Lao nationals had entered the cave in Xaisomboun province to prospect for gold, but …
SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) – China’s decision to send only academics to Asia’s biggest defence forum is a missed opportunity at a moment when countries need more “strategic reassurance” from Beijing, Australia’s defence minister said on Friday. Speaking ahead of the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Australia’s Richard Marles said the meeting was an “incredible …
TBILISI, May 29 (Reuters) – Tangled cobwebs dangle from the ceiling in dim light and a pleasant, musky sweetness pervades the air in this repository of a precious wine collection, once owned by Georgia’s most infamous son, Josef Stalin. The Georgian government, which owns the roughly 40,000 French and Georgian rarities, unsealed the wine vault …
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, late Thursday to witness efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus, as medical personnel struggle with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region. “To come here is to …