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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks at a reception following a flag-raising ceremony for the celebration of 74th National Day of the People's Republic of China at the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, 2023. Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, urged foreign governments to respect the duties of its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly helping the city's intelligence service gather information. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)

Hong Kong calls for respect of its overseas-based trade offices after U.K charged its London staffer

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Chris Tang speaks during a press conference at government headquarters in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Hong Kong begins work on its own National Security Law, years after a similar law crushed dissent

By Kanis Leung and Zen Soo - Associated Press

An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Company explains to the media about the facility to be used to release treated radioactive water at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on June 26, 2023. Hong Kong's leader warned Tuesday, July 11, that the city will ban marine products from “a large number prefectures” if Japan discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Hong Kong will ban more products from Japan if treated wastewater is discharged, its leader says

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

In this Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Hong Kong activist Nathan Law, center, takes part in a protest during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Berlin, Germany. Hong Kong police on Monday, July 3, 2023, accused eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists, including Nathan Law, of violating the territory's tough National Security Law and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,600) each for information leading to their arrests. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who now live in the West ‘will be pursued for life’

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Election workers empty a ballot box to count votes for a district council election at a polling station in Hong Kong, Nov. 24, 2019. Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, stepped up a campaign to shut down democratic challenges by unveiling plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies mostly chosen by the public. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Hong Kong to slash elected seats in setback to democracy

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, center, enters the chamber of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Hong Kong's leader on Wednesday unveiled a new visa scheme to woo global talent, as the city seeks to stem a brain drain that has risked its status as an international financial center. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen)

Hong Kong offers new visa to woo talent amid brain drain

By Kanis Leung and Zen Soo - Associated Press

Chief Executive-elect John Lee, right, and incumbent Chief Executive Carrie Lam attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Monday, May 9, 2022. Lee was elected as the city’s next leader on Sunday in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

G-7 leaders condemn committee vote for Hong Kong leader, a Beijing loyalist

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

St. Paul Olympian Sunisa Lee's parents Yeev Thoj, left, and John Lee and other family and friends react as they watch Sunisa Lee clinch the gold medal in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around at the Tokyo Olympics Thursday, July 29, 2021 in Oakdale, Minn. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

‘Happy tears’: Lee’s gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee has left the Democratic Party and has joined the Republicans. He made the announcement on Fox News. Mr. Lee said he can no longer stand with the party. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: North Las Vegas mayor divorces Democrats

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

North Las Vegas Mayor switches from Democrat to Republican

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This May 23, 2011 file photo shows, former Nevada Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, at work on the Senate floor at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. Lee was elected mayor of the state’s fourth-largest city in 2013. North Las Vegas police are asking the FBI to reopen an investigation of how Mayor Lee obtained images that he suspected were child pornography on his computer. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)

John Lee, North Las Vegas mayor, switches from Democrat to Republican

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Sunisa Lee practices floor exercises Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 at Midwest Gymnastics in Little Canada, Minn. Lee has dreamed of making the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team and hoped to compete in Tokyo this summer. Now, she’ll have to wait one more year as the 2020 Olympics have been postponed due to coronavirus. (Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Minnesota gymnast Sunisa Lee’s Olympic quest delayed a year

By NANCY YANG - Associated Press

California smuggler of erectile dysfunction drug gets prison

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Idaho appeals court rejects murderer’s 4th try to clear name

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Mississippi attorney pleads guilty to tax crime

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Moscow man convicted of shootings asks to withdraw plea

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This May 23, 2011 file photo shows, former Nevada Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, at work on the Senate floor at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. Lee was elected mayor of the state’s fourth-largest city in 2013. North Las Vegas police are asking the FBI to reopen an investigation of how Mayor Lee obtained images that he suspected were child pornography on his computer. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)

North Vegas mayor denies impropriety in computer images case

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2009, file photo, Florida Matt Patchan (71) and Marcus Gilbert (76) look on as Florida quarterback Tim Tebow lies on the turf after being sacked during an NCAA college football game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. Tebow received a concussion on the play that put him in the hospital for a night. A federal judge in Chicago rejected a proposed $75 million class-action head injury settlement with the NCAA on Wednesday, portraying the deal as too unwieldy and potentially underfunded and urging both sides to go back to the drawing board. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File) **FILE**

Judge rejects NCAA concussions settlement

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Nebraska receiver Jordan Westerkamp (1) leaps over Northwestern defender Godwin Igwebuike (16) with 12:37 left in the second quarter. The Nebraska Cornhuskers played a football game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, Oct. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Matt Miller)

Judge questions $75M NCAA concussion settlement

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press