Month: June 2024

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — America’s perennial hot dog swallowing champion won’t compete in this year’s Independence…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jay-Z is putting his weight behind an effort to fund private school vouchers in Philadelphia. The entertainment mogul’s…

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council has appointed a new Cabinet. It’s…

By JEFF AMY and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor says four people have been shot at a food court in downtown…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for LGBTQ+ youth, teachers and major publishers have asked a federal appeals court…

NEW YORK (AP) — Inspired by her beloved dog, Jennifer Aniston will soon become a children’s author. The “Friends” star has a four-book deal…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Waffle House is increasing pay for its U.S. workers after a push from labor advocates. In a video message to…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked…

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ Associated Press VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal…

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Ted Chiang has won a lifetime achievement prize for short stories, the PEN/Malamud Award, just the second time a science…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of Amazon delivery drivers have filed legal claims against the company. Two law…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three Republican incumbent U.S. House members in South Carolina are facing primary…

By ELLA JOYNER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The next European Parliament will have more hard-right members than ever before, occupying close to…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — New research shows space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana law that requires porn websites to verify users’ ages is being challenged by…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A federal jury in Florida has found that Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members…

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The Poconos will soon have to welcome a new summering New Yorker: George Santos. Santos, the former congressman and…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Residents have been ordered to evacuate a 16-story apartment building in Ohio due to concerns about the…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Jake Gyllenhaal stars in his first TV series in “Presumed Innocent” for Apple TV+. It’s based on the novel…

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter…

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The costs keep adding up for families trying to pay for their children to play in youth sports in North America.…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The children who survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s third biggest political party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, has…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The king and queen of the Netherlands are taking a day of their U.S. trip to visit Savannah,…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A school district in eastern Tennessee has agreed to implement changes after a federal…

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan couple and a lawyer from the west side of…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democratic lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill aiming to crack down on…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say its military has been emptying villages on the outskirts of the capital of…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A defense contractor is being sued over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is scheduled to testify before…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The far right racked up wins across much of Europe in the EU Parliamentary elections that just concluded.…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to…

By JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The resignation of a senior member of Israel’s war Cabinet was a dramatic…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain is under investigation by a court-appointed…