World and National News
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel…
By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone…
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An unexpected highlight of the Democratic National Convention on Night Three was an outburst of pride from the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. “That’s my…
By WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s nomination for vice president Wednesday and used his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for “bringing the…
By SOPHIA TAREEN, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and LEA SKENE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena…
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak Friday “about the present historical moment and his path forward,” his campaign announced Wednesday,…