EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press
WINONA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was granted bond Monday and will be free for the first time in 22 years.
A judge set a bond of $250,000 for Curtis Flowers, but told him he will have to wear an electronic monitor....
MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer
TORONTO (AP) — The United Nations' AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower whose allegations of being sexually assaulted sparked months of turmoil at the organization.
Last March, Martina Brostrom publicly accused a senior UNAIDS director of forcibly kissing her and trying to drag her out of a Bangkok...
LONDON (AP) — London police are investigating the theft of a large cache of "high value jewelry" reported stolen from the palatial home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone.
The Sun newspaper said the stolen jewelry was worth about 50 million pounds ($66 million) and included precious rings, earrings and a Cartier bangle...
JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots for last year's general election because of missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot applications, an Associated Press review has found.
The signature requirement on such applications is a largely overlooked and spottily tracked step in...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that arms sales abroad have continued to increase over the past year.
Speaking Monday at a meeting with top officials, Putin said that arms exports are expected to top $13 billion this year, which he said exceeds last year's sales by more than $2 billion.
The Russian leader added that Moscow's positions on...
GREGORY KATZÂ
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Britain's new political landscape began to take shape Monday as triumphant Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked trade with President Donald Trump and readied a pep talk for his new Conservative Party lawmakers.
The incoming class of new Conservative legislators was so big — 109 lawmakers — that organizers had to procure an extra 50 bottles...
ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill that's also carrying lots of overdue Washington business.
The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing...
FOOTBALLMinnesota takes advantage of 7 Chargers turnovers in victory
CARSON (AP) — Mike Zimmer has accomplished many things as a defensive coordinator and head coach. He added one more Sunday in the Minnesota Vikings 39-10 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Vikings forced seven Chargers' turnovers and converted them into 20 points. It is the most takeaways a Zimmer-led unit,...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The search for a missing Mount Baldy hiker has been suspended after a searcher died Saturday, authorities said.
Tim Staples, 32, was a teacher and a volunteer for nine years with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department West Valley Search & Rescue Team.
Staples became separated from his partner. He was later spotted by helicopter in an...
WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Take Bernie out to the ball game?
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, is aggressively opposing a Major League Baseball plan to cut 42 minor league teams across the country after 2020. Among the targeted are the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Single-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in his hometown,...