Month: June 2024

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the…

TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jets have made emergency landings at a commercial airport in northern Japan on Monday, but there…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — June 6, 1944, began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normany, followed by some 1,200 aircraft who carry…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has closed schools as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in…

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — One of Thailand’s most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force…

By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in…

By ISABEL DEBRE and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the base of the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old…

By KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems’ debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares began June with big gains on Monday after a report showing that inflation in the U.S. is not…

By KANIS LEUNG and TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday’s 35th…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a motorist as he…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people. The state-run SANA news agency gave…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the Philippines on a rare Asian trip to urge…

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has won her ninth national title. Biles posted a…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A swimmer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach…

BY VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, TEXAS (AP) — At least two Texas border mayors are headed to Washington on Tuesday when President Joe…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Yuka Saso is the U.S. Women’s Open champion while playing under a different flag. She…

TOKYO (AP) — Strong earthquakes have shaken Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but there authorities…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — David Levy, an Israeli politician born in Morocco who fought tirelessly against deep-seated…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is calling for more nuclear reactors to be built in the…

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a…

SANTAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and…

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters have blocked roads in Jerusalem as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging a…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people…

LEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising campaigns after being diagnosed with Lou…

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — Local officials won’t support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Michael Douglas has paid a solidarity visit to an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Catching the right amount of sleep is no easy task in Grand Slam tennis these days — for the…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press CANNES, France (AP) — Daniel Cole, a freelance photographer who does extensive work for The Associated Press,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, has married for the fifth time. Publications owned by Murdoch’s News Corp report…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison in the shooting death of one man and the…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey says recovery from a May 10 tornado outbreak has cost Florida’s capital city $50 million…

By SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A group of 60 World War II veterans is leaving Atlanta on Sunday on a trip to France…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” and…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist…

By JILL COLVIN, WILL WEISSERT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as…

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann says he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked participants in a survey if they…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in…

OSTEEN, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters across central and southern Florida are battling wildfires that have temporarily shut down highways and caused…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label…

TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — Police say a monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump and other Republicans say President Joe Biden’s policy to…