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DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Former Colorado elections clerk and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters is scheduled to be released from prison Monday after serving less than a quarter of a nine-year sentence for her role in a scheme to copy her county’s election system. Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted Peters’ sentence last month following pressure from President Donald Trump. The Colorado Department of Corrections would not confirm the time of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California spiraled toward a primary election Tuesday with its two marquee races defined by uncertainty and with a pair of outsider candidates looking to crack open the state’s durable Democratic hierarchy. In the governor’s race, former Fox News TV host and British political adviser Steve Hilton is urging Republicans to unite behind him as he fights for one of two spots in the November election alongside […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States bombed Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend, the American military said Monday. Iran acknowledged launching a retaliatory strike, while Kuwait said it was intercepting incoming drone and missile fire. The dueling attacks reflect the fragility of a weekslong ceasefire in the Iran war, which has seen repeated attacks […]

June 1 (Reuters) – The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar’s rebel armies has left at least 55 dead as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site, witnesses said on Monday.  The explosion in Kaung Tat village happened around noon (0530 GMT) on Sunday, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said in a statement, in which it said many had died without giving […]

June 1 (Reuters) – The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar’s rebel armies has left at least 55 dead as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site, witnesses said on Monday.  The explosion in Kaung Tat village happened around noon (0530 GMT) on Sunday, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said in a statement, in which it said many had died without giving […]

By Ashwin Manikandan NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is allowing users in India to make trades using the rupee, marking a key expansion of its services in Asia’s third-largest economy. Customers can deposit and withdraw rupees through the so-called immediate payment service channel, the company said on Monday. They will also have access to spot trading across a range of assets, alongside perpetual futures contracts […]

By Ashwin Manikandan NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is allowing users in India to make trades using the rupee, marking a key expansion of its services in Asia’s third-largest economy. Customers can deposit and withdraw rupees through the so-called immediate payment service channel, the company said on Monday. They will also have access to spot trading across a range of assets, alongside perpetual futures contracts […]

New albums from Lizzo and Death Cab for Cutie and the streaming service debut of animated hit “Hoppers” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: the new season of “Love Island,” a new rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein, XXX and the […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Polls opened Monday in Ethiopia in an election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party. A heavy military presence was observed in the capital, Addis Ababa, as observers called for a peaceful election in the country that is Africa’s second-most populous and hosts the headquarters of the African Union. Long queues began forming before the 6 a.m. opening time, with voters […]