Month: June 2024

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish European Union diplomat who was held in Iran for two years and freed in a prisoner swap over the weekend…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat with…

BERLIN (AP) — Eight people accused of involvement in a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in Munich, in…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially…

By THOMAS ADAMSON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are getting into the groove for the historic…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire broke out at a hospital in Iran’s north, killing nine patients, state media reported. The blaze started at 2200GMT at…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence could be misused to spread misleading or false claims about the…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that…

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is taking aim at European farmers instead of German automakers by launching an investigation into European…

BEIJING (AP) — Southern China has been reeling from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for…

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Unanswered questions linger a year after the implosion of the Titan…

By JACK DURA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press MENOKEN, N.D. (AP) — Farming and biofuels organizations are hopeful that ethanol could be used to power…

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Residents of the southern New Mexico Village of Ruidoso have been ordered to flee their homes without taking time to grab any…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the U.S. have pledged to boost defense and technology cooperation and remove long-standing barriers to bilateral…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat alerts continued for tens of millions of people in the United States on Tuesday as…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Katherine Anderson trekked from Texas to Philadelphia last year for a…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing’s CEO is getting his day in front of Congress, and lawmakers are expected to have many questions…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers hoping to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri are narrowing their…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The person who killed five people and wounded over a dozen others during a mass shooting at an…

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Parkland. Uvalde. Columbine. Sandy Hook. A supermarket in Buffalo. A church in South Carolina.…

By GASPARD MAHEBURWA Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi seems to be running short of everything but patience. A deadly nationwide…

By CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Majorities of Americans favor forgiving all or some of an individual’s medical…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — One of America’s most conservative congressmen is facing a serious…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A five-way Republican primary for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District is among the top…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota shareholders have voted in support of all of the company’s proposals at their annual…

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A twin-engine airplane has crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado, starting a fire that burned two…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States government has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted on a charge of defaming…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says soldiers have fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang is ending his Australian tour in the west coast city of Perth…

By MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia…

RIO VERDE, Ecuador (AP) — Rescue teams and some inhabitants are searching the mud for more victims of a landslide in central Ecuador that killed at…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — Thailand has tried for years to deal with its pollution problem. One big reason is the…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has ruled that a man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 must…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police say a man and woman are dead and the suspected shooter is also deceased after a…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little political experience when…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic…

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint during President Joe…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AND CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have cleared an entrenched pro-Palestinian encampment at California State University, Los Angeles, just days after…

LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen was hospitalized Monday after toppling off a London stage during a fight scene in a play. The 85-year-old known…

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit it filed against a local…