Month: July 2024

Associated Press Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year. But they — along with espionage prosecutions — have skyrocketed…

NEW YORK (AP) — SIM-swapping is a growing form of identity theft that goes beyond hacking into an email or social media account. Cyber thieves take…

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Maksim Kolker’s phone rang at 6 a.m., and the voice on the other end said his father had been…

Associated Press PORTER, Texas (AP) — Hurricanes cause trouble for everyone, but farmers have a whole other list of problems. Beryl has been no…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances…

AP Media Writer The images filled television screens across a rattled country on a hot Saturday evening — former President Donald Trump reaching…

Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — At 6:02 pm Saturday, to the strains of “God Bless the U.S.A.,” former President Donald Trump took the stage…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders, as well as some international friends and foes, expressed shock and relief…

Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that “everybody must condemn” the suspected assassination…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Colombia coach Néstor Lorenzo was critical of the extended halftime planned for Sunday night’s Copa America final to…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans now have a straighter path to potential victory in what is expected to be Minnesota’s closest…

Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Saturday said it tried to assassinate Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of the Hamas group…

NEW YORK (AP) — The first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York says she plans to resign because it is time to “pass the…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump is not expected to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention, which…

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The criminal case against Alec Baldwin was about the handling of bullets from the beginning. And the…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge threw out the bankruptcy case of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Friday. He cited repeated “uncooperative…

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say seven firefighters were injured when two tanker trucks crashed while responding to a large warehouse fire in York,…

Associated Press A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at…

Associated Press Rescuers who helped free more than a hundred dolphins from the Cape Cod shoreline say they’ve confirmed the mass stranding that…

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Potential presidential candidates in Tunisia are facing arrest or being summoned to appear in court as authorities clamp down…

Associated Press Kristie Thibodeaux’s gunfire death made news first because it happened in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter. Revelations that…

PADEN CITY, W.Va. (AP) — A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due…

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is changing its employee uniform policy following a social media user’s outrage over two flight attendants…

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and bestselling author…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man who was accused of holding his girlfriend captive in her dorm room at a Minnesota college for three days has reached a…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey has returned from a trip to Israel. Garvey visited the…

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials say that a miner who was missing after an earthquake shook Poland’s Rydultowy coal mine has…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix pastor the Rev. Warren H. Stewart Sr. has had countless discussions this election season with fellow…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted. They’re…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it’s monitoring waves of test-firing by China’s missile unit in a region more than…

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly elected president says his government will create “balance in relations with all…