Month: June 2024

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities in Detroit have charged a man with embezzling millions of dollars from a group that has turned Detroit’s riverfront…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect…

By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Police near Cleveland say a woman who fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy sitting in a grocery cart attacked him and his…

By ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s culture minister says the comments made by a Turkish official…

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit)…

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. The Lake County sheriff’s…

The Associated Press A court in Russia has convicted a dual U.S.-Russian citizen for “rehabilitating Nazism” after posting anti-war images on…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC has partnered with several entertainers and non-Olympic athletes like Megan…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Damiano Michieletto has been prominent on European stages for two decades, known for contemporary…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. is shorter, shallower and harder to navigate than…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL will become the first major sports league to provide a full game broadcast in American Sign Language to…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago, Meghan Trainor became a hit pop performer. “All About That Bass” established…

By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s refugee agency has expressed concern over plans for new asylum…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly workers. They include a new bonus plan as…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis are expected to take part in an annual march…

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold…

By LAURA UNGAR and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When faced with infertility, Christians who believe life begins at or around conception must…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — United Nations agencies are warning that over 1 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could experience…

By LAURA UNGAR and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Days after France lifted emergency measures in New Caledonia to quell the worst unrest in…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead’s “Crook Manifesto” is this year’s winner of the Gotham Book Prize for…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online marketplace behemoth eBay said it plans to no longer accept American Express, citing what…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union court ruled that McDonald’s has lost its Big Mac trademark in the 27-nation…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish prime minister says that a special commission tasked with investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland…

LONDON (AP) — A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his mother after the two had…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A party spokesperson says top officials in South Africa’s African National Congress have had initial talks with…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is gearing up again for its first astronaut launch. Liftoff is scheduled for…

NEW DELHI (AP) — For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure…

By The Associated Press A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut has become the first person to spend 1,000 days in space, Russian space agency Roscosmos said…

By CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Hunter…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — China, Ukraine and other nations have sent congratulations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African Cabinet minister who is a senior member of the African National Congress party has appeared in court over…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say four police officers in the capital region have been arrested for kidnapping for ransom that…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at…

BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa is reporting that a member of a far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim.…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo says construction of the first phase of the country’s…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says that the U.S. has flown a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for its first…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Wednesday, as investors weighed recent data highlighting a slowing U.S.…

By LORNE COOK and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army said Wednesday a gunman attempted to attack on the U.S. embassy near Beirut.…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — About 2 million people have been displaced in Burkina Faso by growing violence between…