Month: June 2024

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…

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has ordered a lawyer for rapper Young Thug to spend the next 10 weekends in jail after finding him in contempt.…

Associated Press TIARET, Algeria (AP) — Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. plans to add several new features to Apple Pay and Apple Wallet later this year that…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is on his way to South Korea in his sixth overseas trip as governor. The Republican left late Monday for a…

LONDON (AP) — Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in…

Russian warships have conducted drills in the Atlantic while en route to Cuba. It’s part of Moscow’s efforts to project power amid the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s historic Chapultepec Castle has been seen flying the Targaryen flag, and officials in Mexico aren’t amused. The…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have thwarted attempts by pro-Palestinian demonstrators to set up a new encampment at…

PARIS (AP) — The Palace of Versailles has been briefly evacuated after plumes of smoke were spotted amid construction work near the Marble Court,…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer While Canada has seen a steep decline in children playing hockey in the sport’s birthplace, the United States…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — In 2022, a veteran of the Bauer Hockey equipment giant said the number of kids playing…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL’s dedication to expanding flag football starts at the top. Commissioner Roger Goodell has been fully…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage student to have…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press A new poll finds that people around the globe have greater confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball says experience was a major reason Caitlin Clark was left off the U.S. Olympic roster that was…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — With his execution drawing near, Missouri inmate David Hosier is “accepting his fate.”…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to quickly revise its civil law to…

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is backing away from a weekend report that a ship may have struck something in Lake Superior…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Buy now, pay later” services are a popular way that shoppers pay for goods. Because…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change,…