India and Germany look to bolster ties as Modi and Scholz hold talks in New Delhi
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have held wide-ranging discussions to…
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7 charged with cyberbullying after Paris Olympics artistic director’s opening ceremony backlash
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities say they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting…
Continue Reading Millions joined a livestream selling tickets to space on a Chinese rocket
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two tickets for passage on what could be the first Chinese rocket ship to take tourists to space were…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP investigation into misconduct allegations against prosecutor who charged Netanyahu
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — At the same time he sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Continue Reading International court prosecutor who charged Netanyahu faces sexual misconduct accusation
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought war crimes charges this year against…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orbán claims Poland’s center-right government was installed by the EU
Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister,…
Continue Reading Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs
Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s…
Continue Reading Biden tries again at student loan cancellation, this time for those with financial hardships
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face…
Continue Reading Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A group campaigning for Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have…
Continue Reading Anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland requests French citizenship after asylum bid dismissed
PARIS (AP) — Environmental activist Paul Watson, who is detained in Greenland and facing possible extradition to Japan, has formally requested…
Continue Reading As Georgia votes, fears of a stolen election and a return to the Kremlin’s orbit loom large
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — At the Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the Soviet dictator was born, a line of…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a…
Continue Reading King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ history amid calls for slavery reparations at Commonwealth summit
By Max Foster, Alex Stambaugh and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III has told world leaders that “none of us can…
Continue Reading After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move
Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players have produced the magic commodity which separates Norway’s Magnus Carlsen from any of…
Continue Reading Warsaw opens a new modern art museum as it tries to leave Poland’s communist legacy behind
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The grand opening of new modern art museum designed by the American architect Thomas Phifer is taking place…
Continue Reading 3 Indian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities say three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters have been killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled…
Continue Reading 1 dead and 12 injured after bus carrying Japanese tourists smashes into truck in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — One of Japan’s largest travel agencies says a tourist died and 12 other people were injured when their a tour bus…
Continue Reading Militants in northwest Pakistan attack a security post killing 10 forces
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a group of militants have attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10…
Continue Reading Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Tropical storm Trami has blown away from the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least 82 people dead…
Continue Reading What’s next for the Menendez brothers as DA recommends their resentencing decades after their parents’ killing
By Cindy VonQuednow and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their…
Continue Reading Erik and Lyle Menendez are a step closer to leaving prison, but freedom won’t come quickly
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los…
Continue Reading More than 130 Israeli reservists sign letter refusing to fight in Gaza and Lebanon
By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — When Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 last year, reservist Yotam Vilk wasn’t called up for military…
Continue Reading Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting…
Continue Reading Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years
Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their…
Continue Reading Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges
Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street closes mostly lower and ends a 6-week winning streak
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes gave up an early gain and drifted to a mixed finish Friday, helping give the market its first losing week…
Continue Reading Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate
By Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rain and high winds lashed parts of eastern India on Friday as a tropical storm hit coastal areas and…
Continue Reading Allies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
Associated Press If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage…
Continue Reading Mother who beat and starved her 5-year-old son to death sentenced to over 50 years in prison
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman has been sentenced to 53 years to life in prison in the death of her 5-year-old son,…
Continue Reading Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year boarding school policy
Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a…
Continue Reading AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear…
Continue Reading In Asheville, high school seniors make key life choices under the stress of Helene recovery
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover…
Continue Reading Mourners gather to mark a year since Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting have marked the…
Continue Reading Harris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday,…
Continue Reading Georgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in Europe
Associated Press JAVAKHETI, Georgia (AP) — The South Caucasus country of Georgia will go to the polls Saturday in a parliamentary election many…
Continue Reading Lithuania votes in the 2nd round of its parliamentary election, with change uncertain
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians will vote Sunday in the second round of parliamentary elections, with the conservative…
Continue Reading The dark sky over an urban park in central Mexico attracts stargazers who worry it might not last
Associated Press JOYA-LA BARRETA ECOLOGICAL PARK, Mexico (AP) — As night descended, a rumble of frogs filled the air in this park outside the…
Continue Reading One year after a massacre in Maine, survivors and loved ones search for new beginnings
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Ben Dyer was shot five times during Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, when a gunman killed 18 people at a…
Continue Reading Skull found during home renovations in 1978 identified as woman who died more than 150 years ago
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found more than 45 years ago during a home renovation project in suburban…
Continue Reading In a suburban Miami shopping center, Kmart’s last ‘Blue Light Specials’ flicker
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely…
Continue Reading Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion…
Continue Reading To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they’re not only focusing on what happens. They’re…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Dana brings heavy rains and strong wind to India’s eastern coast
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tropical Storm Dana is bringing strong winds and heavy rain to India’s eastern coast, uprooting trees and raising the risk of…
Continue Reading A civil rights icon’s childhood home will not be a museum after opposition from her descendants
Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has rejected plans to turn a historic home connected with the…
Continue Reading Rain, humidity have sealed some mail-in ballot return envelopes shut, elections officials say
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some voters living in areas that recently experienced rainy or humid weather have reported receiving ballot…
Continue Reading 15-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 siblings in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and three of his siblings this week east of Seattle tried to pin the slayings on…
Continue Reading King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday that the past could not…
Continue Reading Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing ‘The Love Boat’ theme song, dies at 86
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died. He was 86.…
Continue Reading Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
Associated Press The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it…
Continue Reading Australia’s leader rejects Beijing’s claims that his country is rife with ‘racism and hate crimes’
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his…
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Dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong for the first time
By Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Hong Kong for the first time, on a remote island in the…
Continue Reading Thousands of children adopted by Americans are without citizenship. Congress is unwilling to act
Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The 50-year-old newspaper was turning yellow and its edges fraying, so she had it laminated, not as a…
Continue Reading Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal
APIA, Samoa (AP) — Australia and the United Kingdom have deepened ties by agreeing to collaborate on climate change and energy initiatives, aiming…
Continue Reading Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch in the World Series, but that’s not slowing Ohtanimania
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited. Across the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium, a horde of…
Continue Reading Japan’s ruling party may struggle in Sunday’s vote, but its decades of dominance won’t end
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support for his…
Continue Reading More than 40 dogs killed in fire at rescue group’s kennels in New York
CANTON, N.Y. (AP) — More than 40 dogs have been killed in a fire that swept through a rescue organization’s kennels in northern New York. Fire…
Continue Reading The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades
AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees will play Major League Baseball’s starriest World Series…
Continue Reading US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources
By David Culver and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United…
Continue Reading Arizona governor and water resources agency move to regulate rural groundwater pumping
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources have made the first move toward regulating the use of groundwater in…
Continue Reading Trump says China’s leader will bully Harris ‘like a baby’ as his allies try to infantilize her
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that China’s leader would handle Vice President Kamala Harris “like a baby”…
Continue Reading Browns sue city of Cleveland over ‘Modell Law’ designed to prevent their move to suburbs
AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ back-and-forth battle with Cleveland over a planned move into a new suburban stadium has gone…
Continue Reading 12 Colorado mail ballots were stolen and filled out. 3 of them were counted
Associated Press Colorado officials say at least 12 mailed ballots were stolen in a rural county and then sent in with fraudulent votes. The…
Continue Reading Judge sentences man who killed Chicago’s ‘Walking Man’ in arson attack to 47 years
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois man who killed a homeless person known as Chicago’s “Walking Man” in an arson attack to…
Continue Reading Major Michigan city decides against verifying mail ballots early, potentially slowing results
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A decision by the elections clerk in Michigan’s third-largest city is raising concerns of a slowdown in…
Continue Reading Karen Read’s defense pushes to get charges dropped in her murder case
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Karen Read made another push to the highest court in Massachusetts to dismiss two charges she faces in…
Continue Reading Like Biden, Harris puts focus on Trump as Election Day draws near
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden was running for reelection, his strategy was to keep the focus squarely on Donald Trump and his…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have told a federal judge that the election interference case against…
Continue Reading Red-cockaded woodpeckers’ recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to…
Continue Reading Woman killed and dumped in Lake Pontchartrain in 1986 is finally identified
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — It’s taken 38 years, but Louisiana authorities have finally identified a woman whose body was found floating in Lake…
Continue Reading Ship owner in Baltimore bridge collapse agrees to pay $102 million for cleanup
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than…
Continue Reading What is fascism? And why does Harris say Trump is a fascist?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied,…
Continue Reading Teenager stabs police officers in a police station in Bosnia, killing 1 and wounding another
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police say a minor broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday and killed one officer…
Continue Reading Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon
Associated Press Environmentalists accuse New York, New Jersey and Delaware in federal lawsuits of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed…
Continue Reading County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge…
Continue Reading Nebraska superintendent charged after boy falls in scuffle over cowboy hat
Associated Press A western Nebraska school superintendent who wanted a student to remove his cowboy hat is facing a felony charge after the boy fell…
Continue Reading Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kristy has strengthened into a Category 5 storm. Forecasters say the major hurricane is expected to remain far from…
Continue Reading McDonald’s says onions from California-based produce company linked to deadly E. coli outbreak
Associated Press A California-based produce company was the source of fresh onions linked to a deadly E. coli food poisoning outbreak at…
Continue Reading An Alabama city’s ex-finance director pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $1M
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The former finance director for a city in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $1…
Continue Reading Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its…
Continue Reading Vote to continue strike exposes Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions
Associated Press Since going on strike last month, Boeing factory workers repeated one theme from their picket lines: They want their pensions back.…
Continue Reading The Biden administration is launching an inquiry of competition in air travel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is seeking information about the state of competition in air travel. The Justice Department and the…
Continue Reading Timeline of the Menendez brothers’ murder case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they will ask a court to resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez for the 1989 murders of their parents.…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds New York’s ban on guns in sensitive places
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York says a recent Supreme Court decision does not alter its conclusion that New…
Continue Reading Obama, Springsteen boost Harris as she warns of ‘brutally serious’ consequences if Trump wins
Associated Press CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama lent their star power to Kamala Harris’ quest for the presidency on…
Continue Reading Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judicial panel is recommending that the state’s Republican attorney general be suspended from…
Continue Reading DNA tests identify 19th-century teenager’s skull found in Illinois home’s wall
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana…
Continue Reading President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden said he will formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in forcing Indigenous…
Continue Reading Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction’s Liam Payne died
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying…
Continue Reading Officials find no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after Missouri investigation
AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday that there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after…
Continue Reading Ex-officer on trial in shooting death of Andre Hill thought his life was in danger, attorney says
Associated Press An attorney for a white former Ohio police officer says the officer mistakenly shot and killed Andre Hill in 2020 because he saw a…
Continue Reading North Korean troops spotted in Russian border region with Ukraine, says Kyiv
By Niamh Kennedy and Darya Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A group of North Korean soldiers have been spotted in Russia’s Kursk region, an area…
Continue Reading CVS workers reach tentative contract agreement after weekend strike
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unions representing more than 7,000 CVS workers in Southern California have reached a tentative agreement…
Continue Reading AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one month test
NEW YORK (AP) — A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any…
Continue Reading Man who pleaded guilty in Indiana mall shooting that wounded 1 gets home detention
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded one person inside an Indiana shopping mall last year has been sentenced…
Continue Reading Hama Amadou, Niger’s former prime minister and emblematic opposition figure, dies at 74
Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had…
Continue Reading Elections board deadlocks in dispute over Ohio congresswoman’s residency
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elections board is deadlocked about whether a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio resides in her Akron district.…
Continue Reading Medical worker to plead guilty in connection with inmate’s death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A nurse who worked at an Alabama jail is the sixth person to agree to plead guilty in connection with the death of a…
Continue Reading Nevada lithium mine wins final approval despite potential harm to endangered wildflower
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium-boron mine has been approved…
Continue Reading Chicago train operator had alcohol in his system during 2023 crash, officials say
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators say the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed almost a year ago had alcohol in his system. The…
Continue Reading `See Her Be Her’ documentary shines light on the progress, challenges of women’s baseball worldwide
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the upcoming “See Her Be Her” documentary, sports photographer Jean Fruth and her team chronicle…
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