Biden administration moves to force thousands more gun dealers to run background checks
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run…
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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnam court has sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in the…
Continue Reading Biden to meet with Philippines, Japanese leaders as worry grows about Chinese action in Indo-Pacific
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime…
Continue Reading Lufthansa and cabin crew union reach a pay deal to end string of German aviation dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa and a union representing cabin crew have reached a pay deal, concluding the last of several major disputes that have led to…
Continue Reading Turkey seizes its third largest cocaine haul. Experts say the country is becoming a drug transit hub
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says police have seized the third largest haul of cocaine in the country’s history. Ali…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of…
Continue Reading Mexican drug gangs ‘increasingly targeting’ Australia as meth supplies overtake rivals, police say
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia’s top suppliers of…
Continue Reading When are those rate cuts coming, already? The European Central Bank may be providing some hints
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Markets are waiting to hear what European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has…
Continue Reading A bus carrying pilgrims crashes in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says a bus crash has killed 17 people and injured 16 others in the country’s southwest. They…
Continue Reading Russian forces kill 2 suspected of plotting terror attacks, authorities say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say special forces killed two people suspected of plotting terror attacks in a shootout in the country’s south…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, taking hot US inflation data in stride
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like…
Continue Reading Pacific castaways’ ‘HELP’ sign sparks US rescue mission – and an unexpected family reunion
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for…
Continue Reading 10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in…
Continue Reading Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the…
Continue Reading Voter fraud case before NC Supreme Court may determine how much power state election officials have
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments related to voter fraud…
Continue Reading Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, dies at 57
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Continue Reading Oakland’s airport considers adding ‘San Francisco’ to its name. San Francisco isn’t happy about it
By JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland’s airport is considering a name-change to include “San…
Continue Reading Hawaii-born sumo champion Akebono Taro dies at the age of 54 in Japan
By STEPHEN WADE and AUDRY MCAVOY Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wresting and a former grand…
Continue Reading Outside roles by NBC’s Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As NBC News Group chairman, Cesar Conde, is already busy overseeing the network’s broadcast…
Continue Reading A Congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Frightening to some, exciting to others, baffling to many: Artificial intelligence has been…
Continue Reading Scientists are grasping at straws while trying to protect infant corals from hungry fish
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers are using biodegradable drinking straws to prevent…
Continue Reading China is sending its highest-level delegation to North Korea since 2019 to kick off a ‘friendship year’
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s highest-level visit to North Korea in nearly five years is set to get underway Thursday, as…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says Trump prosecution isn’t about politics
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg…
Continue Reading As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up’
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Dusty Farr used to be someone else. Before his transgender daughter was suspended…
Continue Reading As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up’
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’…
Continue Reading Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia’s relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
By DAVID RISING Associated Press RUN TA EK, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site…
Continue Reading A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel’s target
By JACK JEFFERY, JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was hours after sundown when eight aid trucks…
Continue Reading Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to address Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to Congress to address U.S. lawmakers on the…
Continue Reading Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new study has found that voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s…
Continue Reading Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia’s relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
By DAVID RISING Associated Press RUN TA EK, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological…
Continue Reading Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime soon
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The death of a toddler from extreme heat highlighted the risk of climate-related illnesses across Malaysia. The…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas political leader in Gaza as ceasefire talks stutter
By Jeremy Diamond, Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Three sons of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed…
Continue Reading One killed, five wounded when shooters open fire on crowd in DC neighborhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was killed and five others — including two children — were injured in a barrage of gunfire Wednesday in the nation’s…
Continue Reading Shooting of Virginia teacher by 6-year-old was an ‘avoidable event,’ special grand jury report says
By Raja Razek, Joe Sutton and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 shooting at a Virginia elementary school in which a 6-year-old student…
Continue Reading 2 Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after death of Michigan teen
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two Nigerian brothers have pleaded guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across the…
Continue Reading Water levels rise and homes flood in Russia after a dam bursts near the Kazakhstan border
By The Associated Press Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. Floods…
Continue Reading Salmon fishing is banned off the California coast for the second year in a row amid low stocks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal fishery managers have voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the…
Continue Reading China protests EU’s investigation of subsidies in green industries, calling the move protectionist
BEIJING (AP) — China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a…
Continue Reading South Korea opposition wins landslide midterm vote in resounding blow to President Yoon
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Continue Reading South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean media report that the prime minster and top presidential advisers have…
Continue Reading Australian bomber shot down with 4 crew in 1943 identified off the coast of Papua New Guinea
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two…
Continue Reading 2 Philippine navy pilots are killed when a training helicopter crashes, authorities say
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy training helicopter has crashed in a grassy area near a city public market south of the capital,…
Continue Reading Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice surrenders to police in connection with 6-car crash in Dallas
By Sara Smart, Steve Almasy and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice surrendered to law enforcement in Texas…
Continue Reading Universal Pictures teases ‘Wicked’ and announces ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal…
Continue Reading ‘Forever chemicals’ are found in water sources around New Mexico, studies find
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Studies have found that so-called forever chemicals have been detected in water sources across New Mexico. The U.S.…
Continue Reading Mississippi bill would limit where transgender people can use bathrooms in public buildings
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi House has voted in favor of a bill that would…
Continue Reading 10 emerging writers each receive $50,000 Whiting Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction writer and National Book Award finalist Aaliyah Bilal is among 10 winners of the Whiting Award for emerging authors. The…
Continue Reading Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk
By BRITTANY PETERSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a…
Continue Reading Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023…
Continue Reading Mom who threw 2 kids onto LA freeway, killing her infant, appeared agitated by impending eclipse
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los…
Continue Reading Experts say Wisconsin woman who at 12 nearly killed girl isn’t ready to leave psychiatric center
By ED WHITE Associated Press A judge in Wisconsin is hearing testimony to help determine whether a woman should be released from a psychiatric…
Continue Reading Denver makes major shift in migrant response by extending support to six months but limiting spaces
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s…
Continue Reading Man gets 7½ years for 2022 firebombing of Wisconsin anti-abortion office
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison after pleading guilty to firebombing the office of an anti-abortion…
Continue Reading US military veteran accused of having explicit images of a child apparently joined Russian army
By STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s election interference case rejects…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s former vice president goes on hunger strike in prison, as fallout over raid on Mexican embassy grows
By Ana María Cañizares, Sahar Akbarzai and Veronica Calderon (CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas on Wednesday started a…
Continue Reading Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice facing aggravated assault charge after high-speed crash in Dallas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges…
Continue Reading Oklahoma sues natural gas companies over price spikes during 2021 winter storm
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general is suing two Texas-based natural gas companies over soaring prices during Winter Storm Uri…
Continue Reading Tennessee bill to untangle gun and voting rights restoration is killed for the year
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is honoring the friendship between the United States and Japan by transforming…
Continue Reading Alabama man arrested in connection with explosive device that went off outside office of state attorney general
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old Alabama man was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on federal charges in connection to the…
Continue Reading Psych exams ordered for mother of boy found dead in suitcase in southern Indiana
SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ordered a psychologist and a psychiatrist to examine the mother of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found in…
Continue Reading Arizona’s abortion ban is likely to cause a scramble for services in states where it’s still legal
By LAURA UNGAR and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press Doctors and clinic leaders say there’ll be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion…
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency announced new limits on certain types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water.…
Continue Reading Rescuers search off Northern California coast for young gray whale entangled in gill net
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Continue Reading Arizona abortion ruling upends legal and political landscape from Phoenix to Washington
By ANITA SNOW and MORGAN LEE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona abortion providers vowed Wednesday to continue service until they’re…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s raid on Mexico’s embassy shocked Latin America. Here’s why it may still pay off for Daniel Noboa
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Continue Reading Consumers would be notified of AI-generated content under Pennsylvania bill
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state representatives have approved a bill requiring that consumers be…
Continue Reading Cornell student accused of posting violent threats to Jewish students pleads guilty in federal court
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus last…
Continue Reading Assistant principal ignored warnings that 6-year-old boy had gun before he shot teacher, report says
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier…
Continue Reading Agency probes Philadelphia fatal crash involving Ford that may have been running on automated system
DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a March crash near Philadelphia that killed two people and involved a Ford…
Continue Reading Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will make it a crime for a…
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By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family members representing the six people killed in a Nashville school shooting last…
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the creation of a…
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By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is joining other Republican incumbents scrambling to…
Continue Reading Israel investigates sexual violence committed by Hamas as part of October 7 horror
By Jake Tapper and Kirsten Appleton, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony and interrogations of…
Continue Reading Arizona woman accused of trying to kill husband with poison in his coffee pleads guilty to lesser charge
By Steve Almasy and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Arizona pleaded guilty this week to attempting to poison her husband’s coffee every…
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s emergency preparedness minister is warning the country’s wildfire season could be more explosive than last year…
Continue Reading Chad Daybell’s ‘doomsday’ triple-murder fueled by ‘sex, money and power,’ Idaho prosecutor says
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Continue Reading Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass budget as session kicks off
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Continue Reading South Carolina’s top officer not releasing details on 2012 hack that stole millions of tax returns
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Continue Reading 5 people have been arrested after a shooting in a West Philadelphia park that was filled with hundreds of people
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Continue Reading Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs faces charges from Starbucks drive-thru incident
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs has been arrested after allegedly threatening another man and showing a handgun during…
Continue Reading New Jersey officials say they are probing hate crime after Islamic center is vandalized at Rutgers
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — An Islamic center at New Jersey’s Rutgers University was vandalized on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr. Authorities…
Continue Reading At least two shot when gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid event, official tells AP
By CLAUDIA LAUER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least two people have been shot at an Eid event in Philadelphia, a law…
Continue Reading Off-duty officer charged with murder after shooting man in South Carolina parking lot, agents say
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An off-duty police officer in South Carolina has been charged with murder after state…
Continue Reading Right to abortion unlikely to be enshrined in Maine Constitution after vote falls short
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short. The measure fell…
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is directing nearly a million dollars in grant funding to expand summer meal…
Continue Reading Milei, the president of cash-strapped Argentina, starts another US tour and plans to meet Elon Musk
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei of Argentina has kicked off a visit to the United States,…
Continue Reading Tennessee teachers would be allowed to carry concealed handguns at K-12 schools under a bill just passed by the state Senate
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — “Kill the bill, not the kids!” That’s what opponents chanted in the Tennessee state…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director.…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Melania Trump, wife of 47th US President Donald Trump. Personal Birth date: April…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers tried for a third straight day Wednesday to get a…
Continue Reading At least 1 critically injured in explosion and fire at French oil products factory
PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an explosion and fire hit a French factory that treats dangerous substances. One person was critically injured.…
Continue Reading Man arrested in connection with device that exploded outside Alabama attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested a man they said placed a homemade explosive device outside the Alabama attorney…
Continue Reading 5 people have been arrested after a shooting in a West Philadelphia park that was filled with hundreds of people
By Nadeem Muaddi, Christina Maxouris, John Miller and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Five people have been arrested – four of whom…
Continue Reading Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto’s Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto’s Jontay Porter could face expulsion from the league if the gambling-related…
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