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Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago official says homeless people are being moved from a large encampment to a shelter so the area will be emptied before the Democratic National Convention in August. The official says Friday that the encampment will be emptied and permanently roped off on Wednesday. The encampment is along Interstate

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Authorities allege that an Indiana woman held down her 81-year-old mother while her son used the strap of his bag to strangle his grandmother at a Virginia senior living facility. News outlets report that Cleo Loizides was found unresponsive in her room on June 30 and documents state marks on her

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Medical officials in Houston say widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl have flooded area hospitals with patients seeking treatment for heat-related illnesses and carbon monoxide poisoning due to using home generators improperly. The Houston Office of Emergency management said Friday that more than 320 patients suffered from heat-related illnesses,

Associated Press A former New York City police officer has been convicted of assault for punching a man in the face six times and breaking his nose in 2021. Juan Perez was found guilty Thursday after a two-day bench trial on charges of assaulting Borim Husenaj in Greenwich Village on Nov. 10, 2021. An indictment

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. That leaves Texas as the only state so far where a legal challenge has

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — This week’s flooding in Vermont is adding fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state. The deluge resulting from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl wasn’t as bad for the dams as last year’s floods when five failed and nearly 60 overtopped. But the second bad flood

Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a group of gang members who trafficked drugs and guns and used dating websites to connect with people interested in hiring prostitutes were responsible for a series of robberies that led to four deaths. Dubbed the “fentanyl robbery gang,” the group worked from New Hampshire to Virginia. Prosecutors say the

CHICAGO (AP) — An exhibition center on Chicago’ lakefront is modifying its windows to prevent bird strikes after hundreds of birds crashed into the building in one night last fall. Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds died after colliding with the McCormick Place Lakeside Center’s windows in October. Birds don’t see clear or reflective glass and don’t

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials said Friday, demonstrating the ship. The 70-foot (21-meter) catamaran called the MV Sea Change will transport up to 75

AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy doesn’t see the British Open as a chance at redemption. It’s just an opportunity. And for everyone at Royal Troon, it’s the last opportunity of the year in the majors. The British Open wraps up a major season that only began three months ago. Justin Thomas says there’s a feeling

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has thrown out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted the process with his lack of transparency. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane formalized the decision Friday. Lawyers for Giuliani and his two biggest creditors — two former election workers he was found

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that was responding to a small wildfire in central Idaho before crashing in the Sawtooth National Forest survived and was able to hike to a waiting ambulance, officials said. “Our pilot was on board and survived, and an investigation is underway,” U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Angela

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A young person has been found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl swept through the province. Police say the young person disappeared under the rushing water at a park in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Police say

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they’re doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Thursday night, carrying 20

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The truck driver who rescued an abandoned baby from the side of Interstate 10 in Louisiana this week says he first thought he might be seeing a discarded doll. But as Reginald Walton’s 18-wheeler drew closer, Walton saw movement. He called 911, pulled over and found the 1-year-old boy.

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region. The urgent request was made Friday at an OAS meeting in Washington, D.C. as officials noted that the historic storm highlighted the vulnerability of small

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say a two-story school collapsed during morning classes in north-central Nigeria, killing 22 students and sending rescuers on a frantic search for more than 100 people trapped in the rubble. The Saints Academy college in Plateau state’s Busa Buji community collapsed shortly after students, many of whom were

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities say they have seized $4.6 million worth of cocaine and arrested two U.S. citizens aboard a boat in waters near Puerto Rico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that the boat was carrying more than 500 pounds (230 kilograms) of cocaine. It was intercepted Thursday near

Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community. The remains of C.L. Daniel of Georgia were identified through DNA from descendants of his brothers.

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case are arguing against dropping any charges after her mistrial. Their motion Friday says the defense request to drop charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a deadly accident is based on what they call “hearsay, conjecture and legally inappropriate reliance as

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to health care fraud. A U.S. District judge also ordered Oxendine on Friday to pay a $25,000 fine and to share in $760,000 in restitution with Dr. Jeffrey Gallups. Oxendine

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor Matthew McConaughey continued to tease he might run for political office to a room full of governors Friday, joshing about drinking his brand of tequila with at least one of them the night before and taking advice from another to be himself if he ever does run.

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — We hear you: That was the simple message offered to a group of young people hosted in London by King Charles III. Charles also invited Hollywood megastar Idris Elba and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to St. James’ Palace on Friday to discuss the troubles that young people face. Elba says

ROME (AP) — The board of trustees of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced the appointment of Dominique Meyer as executive director, effective July 15. Meyer, however, will remain superintendent of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala until the end of his term on Feb. 28, 2025, la Scala added in a statement. Meyer had

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A county canvassing board in North Dakota rejected the absentee ballot of the wife of North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum. Kathryn Burgum had voted in the competitive Republican primary held last month. A Democrat who served on the Cass County Canvassing Board says her absentee ballot was rejected

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine prosecutors say they have charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault, the latest development in the case of a woman who said she was repeatedly raped by the athletes after they took her back to their hotel room and prevented her from leaving. The prosecutor’s office in

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes. A Supreme Court statement on Friday said that it upheld the verdicts of the first instance court and the appeals court

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a final album under Donald Glover’s Childish Gambino moniker, Kerry Washington’s comedy “UnPrisoned” returning for a second season and daredevils who scale the world’s tallest buildings fall in love in “Skywalkers: A Love Story.” Roland Emmerich’s “Those About to Die” is a gladiator series set in ancient Rome

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she remains cancer-free following her bout with breast cancer in 2021, but doctors recently removed a small spot and that she’ll get radiation treatment as a precaution. The Minnesota Democrat was successfully treated for early-stage breast cancer three years ago. Klobuchar said at the time that the

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel. The move adds to pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike. In an open letter to Sunak published late Wednesday, the lawyers and

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared. NASA and the European Space Agency’s observatory photographed the two galaxies 326 million light-years away, surrounded by a blue haze of stars and gas. The pictures, released Friday, marks Webb’s second anniversary

LONDON (AP) — Human remains found in two suitcases discovered near a bridge in the southwestern England city of Bristol are from two adult men, police said Friday. A manhunt for a man seen behaving suspiciously before the discovery Wednesday has widened. He is believed to have traveled from London earlier in the day, and

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio mother who tried to stop two men from stealing her car with her 6-year-old son inside was killed when she was struck by the vehicle and suffered a fatal head injury. Columbus police say 29-year-old Alexa Stakely was at an apartment complex in the city to pickup her son

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed a bill that raises income taxes for the rich. It is part of an effort to help fill government coffers during the fighting in Ukraine. Putin signed the bill into law Friday, two days after it was approved by both houses of parliament. The legislation envisages

Russian officials say a former staff member of an international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine has been convicted of spying by a court in the Moscow-occupied Donetsk. Vadym Golda — who was a security assistant for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s monitoring mission — was sentenced to 16 years in prison for

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has renewed a call on China to stop its aggressive actions in the South China Sea, saying a broader web of security alliances has emerged to preserve the rule of law in the disputed waters. Washington’s top diplomat in Manila was joined by counterparts from key

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City jury finished its first three hours of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and being a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. As he left the courthouse and headed to

WASHINGTON (AP) — During his highly anticipated news conference, President Joe Biden gave a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years, even as he flubbed a reference to former President Donald Trump in one of his first answers. On Friday, Biden and

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a fast-moving fire roared through a Philadelphia apartment building, destroying the structure and displacing dozens of residents. City Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson says three people suffered minor injuries in the fire Thursday night at the 7400 Roosevelt Apartments complex. About 140 firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours before

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that a Russian passenger jet has crashed near Moscow while flying without passengers, killing its crew of three. The Sukhoi Superjet went down in the Moscow region on Friday, according to Russian emergency officials. The authorities said the plane belonged to Gazprom Avia, a carrier owned by the Russian

AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Data breaches are becoming an almost regular occurrence. As more of our lives move online, our personal data like email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and even passcodes are becoming ever more vulnerable to theft or being mistakenly exposed. Cybersecurity experts say people need to remain vigilant. Be on guard

Associated Press TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army nurse practitioner who evaluated a reservist who later killed 18 people says he couldn’t use New York’s red flag law to disarm the man because he was not a New York resident. Maj. Matthew Dickison told an independent commission Thursday that Robert Card was displaying psychosis and paranoia in

NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth person has died after a driver crashed his pickup truck into a Fourth of July gathering in New York City. Police announced Thursday that 30-year-old Emily Ruiz had died of injuries sustained when the driver plowed into a group celebrating the holiday on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Three victims

Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made a Trumpian vow to “Make Europe Great Again” during his country’s six-month presidency of the European Union. As a first step last week, he astonished his allies by making secret trips to Russia and China for talks with two of the bloc’s

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Civil defense workers on Friday dug bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulled them off rubble-covered streets, as they collected dozens of Palestinians killed this week by an Israeli assault in a district of Gaza City. The discovery of the bodies came after Israeli troops reportedly pulled

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish lawmakers have narrowly approved a controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia and reject their asylum applications. The government’s bill was meant to introduce temporary measures to curb migrants from entering the Nordic nation. It is a response

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of dangerous wildfires, as much of southern Europe swelters under high temperatures. The new heat wave comes on the heels of the hottest June on record in Greece, according to preliminary weather

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the Budweiser brand, says it increased its net profit, output and exports in 2023. Budejovicky Budvar NP said its net profit jumped 46.3% last year to 293.8 million Czech crowns

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase says profits jumped sharply in the second quarter as the bank cashed in billions of dollars of its holdings in Visa Inc. But the bank’s results were also helped by higher interest rates, as well as consumers who seemed to still want to spend, despite geopolitical

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigerien authorities are enforcing a curfew as they search for inmates who escaped from one of the country’s most fortified prisons in the Tillaberi region on Thursday night. Niger’s Ministry of Interior issued an alert about the Thursday night attack on Koutoukale prison. The interior ministry did not say how the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats running to replace the late U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. will go before voters in a crowded and contentious special congressional primary where three candidates survived legal challenges to have them removed from the ballot. The winner of Tuesday’s primary will represent the party in a Sept. 18 special

ROME (AP) — Italy’s alpine rescue service says a 55-year-old American tourist has died after being taken ill during an excursion on on the southern side of Mount Etna. Rescuers said the cause of his illness was unknown, but warned against the risk from high temperatures coupled with humidity that may prove dangerous for tourists

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum’s decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to women visitors provoked a gender discrimination lawsuit. The paintings again prompted international headlines when the gallery re-hung them in a women’s restroom to

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new justice secretary has outlined emergency plans to relieve prison overcrowding, including the early release of thousands of prisoners. Shabana Mahmood, who took over with Labour’s election victory earlier this month, argued Friday that the level of overcrowding requires immediate action to pull the justice system from the brink

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Rescuers have resumed an underground search for a missing miner in southern Poland after a powerful tremor shook the Rydultowy coal mine the previous day, killing one miner and injuring 17 others. The Polish Coal Mining Group said security conditions underground have improved to allow the search to resume during the

BEIJING (AP) — The new Solomon Islands prime minister is in China for a visit as Beijing and the strategic Pacific archipelago strengthen their ties. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital on Friday after a stop in coastal Fujian province earlier this week. China’s influence increased significantly during

Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Under the sweltering Turkish sun, tourists wander through sets that recreate Ottoman and Byzantine-era castles, take selfies with actors in traditional Ottoman costumes and watch horseback stunt performances. Among them is Riia Toivanen, 22, a devoted fan of Turkish television drama who traveled to Istanbul from Finland with her mother

Associated Press ANKARA (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent weeks have signaled they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. Erdogan says he hopes to arrange a meeting with Assad for the first time since the countries broke off

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s tribulations were previewed in Hollywood days before he got on the debate stage. At a fundraiser organized by George Clooney and packed with luminaries including former President Barack Obama, Biden was a listless figure, perhaps merely jet-lagged after flying straight from Italy but clearly not the man they