China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it is extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday amid a global fall in technology shares, including…
Continue Reading As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts
By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding…
Continue Reading Australia calls for cooling of Taiwan Strait tensions
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a cooling of tensions after…
Continue Reading Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue Reading Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The United Nations is urging countries with nuclear weapons to stick to their no-first-use…
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Arkansas judge found dead in lake after he went missing on a family trip
By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN An Arkansas judge was found dead at the bottom of a lake Sunday after he went missing during a trip with family and friends…
Continue Reading ‘We’re triaging’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, CLAUDIA LAUER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five years after Brian Spaulding’s parents found him…
Continue Reading Not so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
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Continue Reading US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip
By Brad Lendon, CNN Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since…
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin governor’s race on Tuesday features competing candidates endorsed by…
Continue Reading Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more US help
By SEUNG MIN KIM, CHRIS MEGERIAN and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOST CREEK, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on…
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are shifting more money and resources to China. They’re…
Continue Reading Dems look ahead to Barnes in fall race against Ron Johnson
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes grew up in Milwaukee with a mom who was a public school teacher and a…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest…
Continue Reading Uvalde school district looking for interim police chief as Pete Arredondo awaits termination hearing
By Rosa Flores, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is searching for an interim police chief as Chief Pete Arredondo is on unpaid…
Continue Reading 2 men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan governor
By ED WHITE Associated Press Two men accused of crafting a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 and ignite a national rebellion are…
Continue Reading China’s Hainan beach resort expands COVID-19 lockdowns
BEIJING (AP) — The capital of China’s Hainan province has locked down its residents for 13 hours on Monday as a COVID-19 outbreak grows on…
Continue Reading Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week.…
Continue Reading Report: Michigan AG seeks special prosecutor in 2020 probe
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Published reports say the Michigan Attorney General’s office is asking that a special prosecutor investigate whether the…
Continue Reading Group of masked men stole more than $2 million in diamond jewelry from Bronx store, police say
By Benjamin Schiller, CNN A group of masked men in New York made off with more than $2 million in jewelry Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD.…
Continue Reading Group of masked men stole more than $2 million in diamond jewelry from Bronx store, police say
By Benjamin Schiller, CNN A group of masked men in New York made off with more than $2 million in jewelry Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD.…
Continue Reading At least 68 migrants arrived in NYC over the weekend on buses sent by Texas Gov. Abbott
By Nicki Brown, Samantha Beech, Emily Chang and Alaa Elassar, CNN New York Mayor Eric Adams has claimed that some migrants are being…
Continue Reading Roger E. Mosley, ‘Magnum, P.I.’ star, dies at 83 after a car crash
By Chuck Johnston and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin on…
Continue Reading Albuquerque killings send fear through Islamic communities
By STEFANIE DAZIO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Authorities on Monday identified the fourth victim in a series of killings of Muslim men in…
Continue Reading Report: Dozens got sick after visiting Kansas splash park
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — A new federal study said dozens of people got sick after visiting a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, last summer. The study…
Continue Reading North Carolina sheriff stocking schools with AR-15 rifles
MARSHALL, N.C. (AP) — When schools in one North Carolina county reopen later this month, new security measures will include stocking AR-15 rifles…
Continue Reading Kentucky candidates struggle when describing 2020 election
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republicans went to the state’s premier political event this weekend intent…
Continue Reading Ceasefire between Israel, Gaza militants holds after deadliest clashes in a year
By Abeer Salman, Andrew Carey and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza was holding on Monday…
Continue Reading British boy dies after life support stopped at end of long legal battle between his parents and doctors
By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old British boy at the center of a long legal battle between his parents and doctors over the…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants in custody after landing on or near Florida coast, US official says
By Theresa Waldrop and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making…
Continue Reading Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins
By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was…
Continue Reading Former Miss America Cara Mund plans to run for Congress
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former Miss America who gained attention by criticizing the organization near the end of her reign in 2018 is planning to…
Continue Reading Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Janice Bluestein Longone, who is credited with collecting thousands of items chronicling the culinary history of the United…
Continue Reading A man was hospitalized after an alligator bit him in the face at Florida’s Lake Thonotosassa
By Zoe Sottile, CNN An alligator bit a man’s face while he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Florida, according to officials. The Florida…
Continue Reading Coroner: Smoke inhalation killed at least 5 of 10 in fire
NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say at least half of the 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania died of…
Continue Reading Negotiators optimistic about progress on Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (AP) — Top negotiators in renewed talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal say they’re optimistic about the possibility of an…
Continue Reading Florida prosecutor vows to fight Gov. DeSantis suspension
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor vowed Sunday to fight his suspension from office by Gov. Ron…
Continue Reading More storms forecasted for flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service has extended a flood watch for areas of eastern Kentucky ravaged by high water more than a week…
Continue Reading Brad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ pulls into station with $30.1M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stylized action romp “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt, arrived with a $30.1 million…
Continue Reading 4 riding in golf cart killed in crash at Texas intersection
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Four people riding in a golf cart were killed — including two juveniles — when an allegedly intoxicated man driving an…
Continue Reading 1st sea turtle nest found on Mississippi beach since 2018
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) — Beach crews have found the first sea turtle nest on the Mississippi mainland in four years. A Harrison County Sand…
Continue Reading More human remains discovered as drought dries Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas, authorities said…
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Continue Reading LA man among 3 killed in lightning strike near White House
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 29-year-old Los Angeles bank executive was one of three people killed last week when lightning struck in a park across from…
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban firefighters were joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela on Sunday as they…
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By Eric Levenson, CNN US Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl hidden in pill bottles that…
Continue Reading UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th…
Continue Reading Problematic or perilous: Brazil’s environmental choice
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in Ohio has been arrested in Kansas. Police in Montgomery County’s Butler…
Continue Reading Police break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir, dozens detained
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police have detained dozens of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir as they dispersed Shiite Muslims who attempted to…
Continue Reading Georgia just broke its state record for the number of sea turtle nests
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Continue Reading China July exports rise, with trade surplus at record-high
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth continued to rise in July, sending trade surplus to a record high. According to data from China’s customs,…
Continue Reading One of four Muslim men slain in potentially linked Albuquerque killings remembered as ‘brilliant public servant’
By Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN A 27-year-old Muslim man killed last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is being remembered as a…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Karen Raschke, a retired attorney in New York, started getting her groceries delivered early in the pandemic.…
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Continue Reading 9 wounded in shooting outside Cincinnati bar, police say
CINCINNATI (AP) — At least nine people were wounded — none critically — in a shooting outside a Cincinnati bar early Sunday, police said. The…
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By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Residents on this state line have built their industry, economy and lives around the South Platte River.…
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s secretary of state has no role in elections, but that…
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has sought cooperation from China to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar…
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By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN Authorities are searching for at least two gunmen after nine people were injured in a shooting in downtown…
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Continue Reading US Secretary of State Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa Sunday by…
Continue Reading China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills
BEIJING (AP) — China says it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House…
Continue Reading Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Six more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received…
Continue Reading Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the…
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The scheduled arrival Sunday of the first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under…
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By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN James Winston was always immaculately dressed. Since he was 10 years old, he would carefully iron his clothes, right down to…
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot dead four people including two police in the country’s northwest in an attack…
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By JEROME DELAY Associated Press BUTHA-BUTHE, Lesotho (AP) — While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, others…
Continue Reading China launches long-range airstrike drills around Taiwan on fourth day of military exercises
By Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese forces took part in drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan on Sunday,…
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Continue Reading Ukrainian risks her life to rescue wild animals from war
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press CHUBYNSKE, Ukraine (AP) — Natalia Popova has found a new purpose in life: Rescuing wild animals and pets from…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about…
Continue Reading More human remains discovered in Lake Mead’s receding waters
By Nouran Salahieh and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More human remains have been found in the receding waters of Lake Mead, authorities announced Saturday.…
Continue Reading Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza
By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect…
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By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s first leftist president has been sworn into office, promising to fight…
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Luiza Baloh left her home in Dnipro, central Ukraine, in March. Fleeing the constant sound of explosions, she and her five…
Continue Reading A suspect in the shooting deaths of 4 people in Ohio was captured in Kansas
By Tina Burnside, Kiely Westhoff and Amya Henry, CNN A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people at multiple sites outside of Dayton, Ohio, has…
Continue Reading Covid lockdown strands 80,000 tourists in ‘China’s Hawaii’
By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical…
Continue Reading Leading Taiwanese weapons developer found dead in hotel room
By Wayne Chang The deputy head of Taiwan’s government-controlled weapons developer has died after suffering a heart attack on a trip to the…
Continue Reading A fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque after authorities said 3 similar killings may be connected
By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced Saturday a fourth Muslim man was killed overnight and…
Continue Reading A first: African American Marine promoted to 4-star general
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling…
Continue Reading US will defend Philippines if attacked in South China Sea: Blinken
By Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the United States would come to its defense if attacked in…
Continue Reading Alabama town disbands police department over racist text
VINCENT, Ala. (AP) — A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police…
Continue Reading Police: 4th Muslim killed in Albuquerque over past 9 months
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say the killing of a Muslim man on Friday night in Albuquerque may be linked to the ambush shooting deaths of three…
Continue Reading Thousands of dead fish are washing up along a California river. It’s because of a massive wildfire and flash floods, the Karuk Tribe says
By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN “Tens of thousands” of dead fish have washed up along the Klamath River in the area of Happy…
Continue Reading In wake of floods, typical barbs at Kentucky political event
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — While Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was consoling families displaced by historic flooding…
Continue Reading Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3…
Continue Reading A new lens on America’s past
Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted…
Continue Reading A new lens on America’s past
Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted…
Continue Reading Anne Heche in hospital, ‘stable’ after fiery car crash
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche was in the hospital Saturday following an accident in which her car smashed…
Continue Reading Longtime AP correspondent, editor Marcus Eliason dies at 75
By CHARLES J. HANLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and…
Continue Reading Dutch man accused in online harassment case found guilty
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian jury has found a Dutch man guilty of extortion, harassment and other charges related to a case…
Continue Reading Slain Indiana officer remembered as focused on police work
FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — A young Indiana police officer killed during a traffic stop has been remembered as a man focused on a career in law…
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