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GOP’s Jacobs doubles down on controls for high-powered guns

GOP’s Jacobs doubles down on controls for high-powered guns

CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — After back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban Buffalo home, Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Jacobs made a decision.
EU executive recommends Bosnia become candidate member

EU executive recommends Bosnia become candidate member

BRUSSELS (AP) — Bosnia-Herzegovina moved a small step closer to the European Union on Wednesday with the EU’s executive advising member states to grant it candidate member status despite continuing criticism of the way the Balkan nation is run.
California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort

California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Swedish center-right leader gets more time to form coalition

Swedish center-right leader gets more time to form coalition

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The leader of Sweden’s third largest party -- the center-right Moderates -- said Wednesday he has not yet been able to reach a deal in his talks to form a coalition with like-minded parties and was granted a two-day extension to brok
Portugal's president feels heat from church sex abuse remark

Portugal's president feels heat from church sex abuse remark

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s president is scrambling to quell an outcry over his comments appearing to make light of revelations that more than 400 people were victims of child sex abuse by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church.
LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

LA Council faces uncertainty amid furor over racist remarks

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Where does the Los Angeles City Council go from here? Three of its members – including the former Council president – are facing calls from President Joe Biden to resign after a recording surfaced of them participating in a closed-
3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee

3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy’s Special Warfare Command has reprimanded three officers in connection with the February death of a SEAL candidate who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test, according
Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

Michelle Obama Award will honor student memoir writers

NEW YORK (AP) — A literary honor will now carry the name of a uniquely successful author: the Michelle Obama Award for Memoir.
Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave h
Walker gets boost from GOP leaders after abortion reports

Walker gets boost from GOP leaders after abortion reports

CARROLLTON, Ga.
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