Progressive and centrist Dems battle for Vermont House seat
By WILSON RING Associated Press STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint are the leading candidates in a…
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UN food price index dropped in July for fourth month
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency’s global food price index dropped for a fourth straight month in July, but was still…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s last sawmill faces closure amid development plan
By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber is Hong Kong’s last operating sawmill. It has been processing wood in…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN and CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writers The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United…
Continue Reading Suspect in China kindergarten attack dies after accident
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say a 48-year-old man suspected of killing four people in an attack at a private kindergarten in southern China…
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Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades
By Reuters Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities…
Continue Reading Hiroshima vows nuke ban at 77th memorial amid Russia threat
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head…
Continue Reading Judge: Green Party candidate belongs on N. Carolina ballot
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered elections officials to place the North…
Continue Reading North Korea calls Pelosi ‘destroyer of international peace’
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “the worst destroyer of…
Continue Reading 4 dead at multiple crime scenes in Ohio town. Police are searching for a man who is likely armed and dangerous
By Kiely Westhoff and Amya Henry, CNN Four people were fatally shot Friday at multiple sites in a small Ohio town just north of Dayton, and police…
Continue Reading Nicaragua police investigating bishop critical of government
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s police say they have begun an investigation against a Roman Catholic bishop…
Continue Reading Top Russian hypersonic missile scientist arrested on treason charge
Uliana Pavlova and Jonny Hallam, CNN A leading Russian scientist in hypersonic flight was arrested on suspicion of treason on Friday, according to…
Continue Reading Parents of transgender 3rd grader sue the state over Tennessee school bathroom law
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a third-grade transgender child in Tennessee filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, challenging a state…
Continue Reading Some of the approximately 1,000 people stranded at Death Valley National Park have left in spite of flooding
By Amanda Musa, CNN Death Valley National Park announced its closure Friday due to substantial flooding within the park, according to a news release.…
Continue Reading UN experts: Malian military and ‘white’ soldiers killed 33
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say in a new report that Malian armed forces allegedly carried out an…
Continue Reading DNA links two men in prison to cold case from 1983 that originally sent the wrong man to prison for 37 years
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Amy Simonson, CNN Two men serving life sentences for murder in a Florida prison have been linked to two other murders with…
Continue Reading Officials: Central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center.…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D.; Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the…
Continue Reading North Dakota clinic ramps up move across river to Minnesota
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — The owner of the sole abortion clinic in North Dakota has been busy getting a new location…
Continue Reading Former Texas police chief gets 15 1/2 years for bribery
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A former West Texas police chief has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for bribery. Former San Angelo police chief…
Continue Reading Record floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Record rainfall Friday trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed…
Continue Reading New Mexico authorities investigate killings of 3 Muslim men
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s largest city are investigating whether the ambush shooting deaths of three Muslim men over…
Continue Reading Minnesota jury: Woman wasn’t entitled to morning-after pill
AITKIN, Minn. (AP) — A jury has ruled that a central Minnesota pharmacist did not violate a woman’s rights when when he refused to provide her…
Continue Reading Ex-officer sentenced in rough arrest of woman with dementia
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado police officer who did not stop another officer from being rough with a 73-year-old woman with…
Continue Reading Senate to hold hearing on crisis-plagued federal prisons
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to hold an…
Continue Reading Search renewed for remains of 4 victims of 1973 gay bar fire
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly a half-century after arson killed 32 people in a New Orleans gay bar, the City…
Continue Reading GoFundMe scammer who used story of homeless vet gets 5 years
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A New Jersey man who made up a story about a homeless veteran helping out his then-girlfriend and used the tale to…
Continue Reading New prosecutor named after Georgia stun-gun death mistrial
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A new prosecutor has been assigned to consider retrying three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies accused of killing a man…
Continue Reading Twitter breach exposed anonymous account owners
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Twitter says vulnerability in its software that exposed an undetermined number of owners of anonymous accounts to…
Continue Reading 10 people — including three children — were killed in a house fire in Pennsylvania, state police say
By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN Ten people — including three children — have died following a house fire in Nescopeck,…
Continue Reading Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville activists put in long hours on phones and in the streets, working tirelessly to…
Continue Reading Police seek to fire officer after video shows excess force
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police department is seeking to fire a longtime officer after video showed him smashing a handcuffed…
Continue Reading Unexpected discovery could make story of very early humans ‘more real,’ scientists say
By Rachel Fadem, CNN Research on ancient footprints has previously challenged what’s known about when people arrived in North America, and a…
Continue Reading Appeals court halts construction at Berkeley’s People’s Park
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Construction of student housing at the historic People’s Park in Berkeley, California, is on hold after an appellate…
Continue Reading Police kill 13 in north-central Mexico after agent slain
MEXICO CITY (AP) — State police in north-central Mexico have killed 13 alleged gang members in a shootout the same day they captured four people…
Continue Reading 3 Muslim men in Albuquerque were murdered. Police are investigating possible ties to same killer
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Albuquerque police and the FBI are investigating three recent murders of Muslim men for “possible ties to the same…
Continue Reading Donations pour in after boy was ripped off with counterfeit bill at his lemonade stand
By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Everett Police in Washington state is hoping the public can help identify the man that stiffed an 11-year-old boy with a…
Continue Reading Virginia regulators OK Dominion’s planned offshore wind farm
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State regulators have approved an application from Dominion Energy Virginia to build an…
Continue Reading Parents of child who died from fentanyl charged with murder
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors in Northern California have filed murder charges against the parents of a 15-month-old who died in May after…
Continue Reading Indiana man gets life in killing of girlfriend, 3 kids
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A Fort Wayne man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a judge ordered that he serve four life sentences without…
Continue Reading Juneteenth Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half…
Continue Reading Sam Gooden, founding member of The Impressions, has died
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Gooden, one of the founding members of the Chicago soul group The…
Continue Reading 5th abortion clinic opened in Kansas in lead up to vote
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Planned Parenthood quietly opened another abortion clinic in Kansas in the lead up to a decisive statewide vote in favor…
Continue Reading Democrat defeats incumbent Republican in Memphis DA race
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Democratic lawyer who pledged to make abortion prosecutions under Tennessee’s “trigger…
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a fast-moving fire has killed seven adults and three…
Continue Reading Bradley Cooper look-alike wanted for alleged shoplifting at Home Depot
By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN Police in Georgia are looking for a suspected shoplifter who looks like actor Bradley Cooper. The man is accused of stealing…
Continue Reading Democrats’ big package: What remains in and what’s out?
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The estimated $740 billion economic package from Democrats is nowhere near what…
Continue Reading Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana on Friday became the first state in the nation to approve…
Continue Reading Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says…
Continue Reading Sinema gives her nod, and influence, to Democrats’ big bill
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin sealed the deal reviving President Joe Biden’s big economic,…
Continue Reading New attacks against illegal miners after South Africa rapes
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Violence against illegal miners in South Africa has spread despite calls for restraint…
Continue Reading Michigan prosecutors say accused Oxford High shooter’s parents exposed him to chaotic home life
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Michigan prosecutors say the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley exposed him to years of “chaotic,…
Continue Reading GOP Rep who voted to impeach advances in Washington primary
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach Donald Trump, advanced Friday to the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 47 cents to $89.01 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Thunderstorms on the East Coast are causing travel headaches for tens of thousands of airline passengers. Airlines canceled about…
Continue Reading UN experts report North Korea is testing nuclear triggers
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts report that North Korea is testing “nuclear triggering devices” and…
Continue Reading Judge: Agency keeps ignoring environment in coal region plan
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal agency has once again failed to consider possible damage to the environment…
Continue Reading Woman heading to prenatal checkup killed in California crash
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pregnant woman who died along with her young son and three others in a fiery crash caused…
Continue Reading Dems change some tax provisions as they ready economic bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pared part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations and made other changes in…
Continue Reading Python hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida’s invasive snakes
MIAMI More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that…
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By HALEY BARKER Religion News Service (RNS) — The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month…
Continue Reading Texan sentenced to 25 years for virus-era attack on Asians
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attacking an Asian family because he thought…
Continue Reading Texas man sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting Asian family he blamed for the pandemic
By Josh Campbell and Andy Rose, CNN A North Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting an Asian family he blamed for the…
Continue Reading UK: ‘Early signs’ that monkeypox outbreak may be peaking
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — British health authorities say the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the…
Continue Reading More storms bring renewed flood threat in hard-hit Kentucky
By JOHN RABY Associated Press Thunderstorms have returned to parts of Kentucky already reeling from devastating floods. The National Weather Service…
Continue Reading Woman recants claims about cop involvement in 1999 slayings
OZARK, Ala. (AP) — A woman who fueled a social media frenzy with claims about police being involved in the killings of two Alabama teens found dead…
Continue Reading Taliban say bomb kills 8 people in Shiite area of Kabul
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say at least eight people have been killed after a bomb hidden in a cart went off near…
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star…
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Lucy Yu found refuge in books growing up. An only child raised by a Chinese immigrant mother in west Los Angeles, she spent a…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner is facing a 9-year sentence in a Russian jail following conviction. Here’s what could come next for the WNBA star
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Anna Chernova, Masha Angelova and Zahra Ullah, CNN After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday to nine…
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s weather service says the Iberian country recorded its hottest July on record last month. It said Friday…
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star…
Continue Reading New this week: ‘Day Shift’ and ‘Five Days at Memorial’
By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The developer of a major pipeline system has pleaded no contest to criminal charges…
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By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville doctor critical of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s…
Continue Reading Ex-lieutenant arrested in library officer’s shooting death
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired police lieutenant has been arrested after police say he fatally shot a fellow law enforcement officer Thursday during a…
Continue Reading Kentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: Burying the dead
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and BRYNN ANDERSON CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) — Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her grandmother’s living…
Continue Reading US agency probes Tesla crashes that killed 2 motorcyclists
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal…
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By Nima Elbagir, CNN Yemen’s warring parties have renewed a two-month-long truce, first signed in April this year. It was one of the first…
Continue Reading Vatican beats deficit projections, gives uncertain outlook
ROME (AP) — The Vatican recorded a 3 million euro deficit last year, far less than the 33 million euros projected. But the Holy See said Friday…
Continue Reading Biden heading to Kentucky to see flood damage, meet families
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky on Monday to survey the damage from last week’s…
Continue Reading Rwanda rejects UN report on support for rebels in Congo
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government is rejecting a report by United Nations experts saying they have…
Continue Reading Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2M more over Sandy Hook lies
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive…
Continue Reading John Rensenbrink, US Green Party co-founder, dies at 93
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — John Rensenbrink has died at age 93 after a life in which he co-founded the Green Party…
Continue Reading Oregon’s wildfire risk map emerges as new climate flashpoint
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state —…
Continue Reading Pentagon denies DC request for National Guard migrant help
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard…
Continue Reading Lady A postpones tour as Charles Kelley focuses on sobriety
The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country trio Lady A is postponing its tour this year as band member Charles Kelley…
Continue Reading ‘Golden Girls’ LA pop-up restaurant has the golden touch
By TERRY TANG The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Picture it: A vacant Beverly Hills bistro has been transformed into the set of a…
Continue Reading Brazilian humorist, talk show host Jô Soares dies at 84
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jô Soares, one of Brazil’s most notable humorists and television stars, died in Sao…
Continue Reading Lightning strike near White House leaves 3 dead, 1 injured
WASHINGTON (AP) — A husband and wife from Wisconsin celebrating more than five decades of marriage were killed in a lightning strike outside the…
Continue Reading 4 killings end century of calm in small Nebraska town
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man in the killings of four people in a small northeast…
Continue Reading Pope meets Russia envoy; decrees Ukraine-based priest martyr
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a top official of the Russian Orthodox Church ahead of an expected…
Continue Reading Gaza escalation continues into second day as Israel clashes with Islamic Jihad
By Andrew Carey, CNN The Israeli military campaign against Islamic Jihad went into its second day Saturday evening with continued airstrikes on what…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 10, including senior militant
By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes Friday on Gaza, killing at…
Continue Reading Mall of America reopens following shooting and lockdown
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Mall of America reopened Friday as police search for two people involved in a shooting inside the suburban…
Continue Reading Some nationalists felt China did too little to counter Pelosi. Beijing wants to change their minds
By Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China…
Continue Reading From Mecca to the Vatican, exploring sacred sites with VR
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims…
Continue Reading Greece’s intelligence chief resigns amid spyware scandal
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s intelligence service and the general secretary of the prime…
Continue Reading Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Friday announced it has agreed to acquire the vacuum cleaner maker iRobot for…
Continue Reading Putin hosts Erdogan for talks on trade, Ukraine, Syria
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited Russia for talks with…
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