Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing ‘junk fees’ a winning issue in 2024
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is taking on “junk fees,” those extra charges tacked on to plane tickets,…
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7 killed in Ukraine’s Kherson region, including a 23-day-old baby girl
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Seven people – including a 23-day-old baby girl – were killed in Russian shelling in…
Continue Reading Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit
By JOSH BOAK and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even President Joe Biden has some regrets about the name of the Inflation…
Continue Reading Death toll in China mudslide rises to 21, with six people missing
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese emergency agency says the death toll from a mudslide that struck a village on the outskirts of the western Chinese city of…
Continue Reading Virginia player wounded in deadly attack returns for a new season as an inspiration to his teammates
By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia running back Mike Hollins knows he will never be the same, and admits that…
Continue Reading Ukraine makes partial but ‘significant’ gain in south as counteroffensive grinds on
By Olga Voitovych, Mariya Knight and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has claimed “partial success” at a village along the southern front,…
Continue Reading Russia evacuates 2,000 in Far East flooding
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say over 2,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas of the Primorye region in the…
Continue Reading After checkered results in state polls, Malaysian leader Anwar needs to unite polarized nation
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Analysts say Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a daunting task in uniting an…
Continue Reading Police raid Kansas newspaper office and owner’s home, seize records and computers
By Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the home and office of a newspaper owner, prompting a sharp rebuke from a…
Continue Reading China’s foreign minister visits Cambodia days after incumbent premier hands off the job to his son
By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — China’s foreign minister visited Cambodia to reaffirm his country’s commitment…
Continue Reading Reports: Explosion at restaurant in eastern China kills two
BEIJING (AP) — News reports say a gas explosion at a restaurant in eastern China has killed two people. A video posted on the website of the…
Continue Reading Tasers, taunts, torment: How 6 White officers subjected 2 Black men to hours of grueling violence, and then tried to cover it up
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — On the evening of January 24, three sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, received a group text…
Continue Reading Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications…
Continue Reading Niger’s junta gains the upper hand over the regional bloc threatening military force, analysts say
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the…
Continue Reading Polish government plans referendum asking if voters want ‘thousands of illegal immigrants’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting…
Continue Reading Returning Lahaina residents struggle with housing issues after deadliest US wildfire in over a century
By Mike Valerio, Nouran Salahieh and Andy Rose, CNN MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii (CNN) — The long recovery process from the Maui wildfires that killed…
Continue Reading AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai
By LOUISE DELMOTTE Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s vice president is passing through New York. And China isn’t happy
By Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — China’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned the transit of Taiwan’s vice president and…
Continue Reading Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders
By AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The cost to live in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui keeps rising…
Continue Reading Fiction writers fear the rise of AI, but also see it as a story to tell
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and…
Continue Reading Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese
By DAVID A. LIEB and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If Wisconsin state Rep. Jimmy Anderson wants to visit residents in some of…
Continue Reading Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice
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Continue Reading Hawaii churches offer prayers for the dead and the missing after devastating Maui wildfires
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Continue Reading Argentine peso plunges after shaggy-haired rightist who admires Trump comes first in primary vote
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Continue Reading As free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government social media influencers grow in power
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Continue Reading Syrian capital rocked by explosions but no immediate word on source or target of attacks
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Continue Reading A 6th person has died after the house explosion outside Pittsburgh, officials say
By Samantha Beech and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — An explosion in a residential suburb outside Pittsburgh on Saturday morning left six people…
Continue Reading Tom Jones, creator of the longest-running musical ‘The Fantasticks,’ dies at 95
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running…
Continue Reading Russia says it shot down Ukrainian missiles over key Crimea bridge
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Continue Reading Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate’s killing
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security…
Continue Reading Trump’s Iowa state fair spectacle clouds DeSantis as former president is joined by Florida officials
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Continue Reading American player Julian Green racially abused in German Cup soccer game
HALLE, Germany (AP) — American soccer player Julian Green has been the victim of racist abuse in a German Cup game. Green, who is Black, was…
Continue Reading Classes still off early next week in Kentucky’s largest school district due to bus schedule mess
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville schools will remain closed early next week to allow for more time to fix bus routes whose redesign left some…
Continue Reading Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lahaina resident Cole Millington, his dog and a go bag at his side, was already behind the wheel of his truck late…
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CNN Opinion by Richard Galant, CNN (CNN) — The Polynesian demigod Maui was so powerful he could raise islands up from the ocean floor and…
Continue Reading Camp Pendleton Marine questioned about girl found in barracks faces charge in different case
By Rebekah Riess and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine who was questioned last month about a once-missing teenage girl found in his…
Continue Reading Starting next year, child influencers can sue if earnings aren’t set aside, says new Illinois law
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Continue Reading Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remembered in a memorial service as fighter for those in need
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Continue Reading Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says
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Continue Reading 4 people dead and 1 missing after explosion destroys 3 structures in western Pennsylvania
PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Four people were dead and a fifth was unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three…
Continue Reading Researchers have identified a new pack of endangered gray wolves in California
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A new pack of gray wolves has shown up in California’s Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from…
Continue Reading At least 10 killed in southwest Congo as intercommunal violence worsens over land rights and taxes
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local authorities say a militia armed with guns and machetes killed at least 10 people…
Continue Reading From eco-tours to aid convoy: How a non-profit is filling aid gaps in Maui
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Continue Reading No bathing during air raids – but beaches in southern Ukraine port reopen
By Maria Kostenko and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Beaches officially opened for swimming in Ukraine’s largest port city of Odesa for the…
Continue Reading Russia says it shot down Ukrainian missiles over key Crimea bridge
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By Conor Powell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California judge has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife. Orange County Superior…
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Hawaii underestimated the deadly threat of wildfire, records show
CNN, KHON, KGMB, KHNL By Isabelle Chapman, Scott Bronstein, Casey Tolan and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — When Hawaii officials released a report…
Continue Reading Rare walrus calf under 24/7 cuddle care in Alaska has died
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A rare walrus calf that was under 24/7 cuddle care after being found wandering alone in northern Alaska has…
Continue Reading With Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade for 8 months, Armenia seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting
By AVET DEMOURIAN YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia is calling on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening…
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — NFL great Tom Brady got to know some of the locals ahead of his first home match as minority owner of English soccer…
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Hiker dies after falling off mountain inside Grand Teton National Park
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A California woman died after falling off a mountain in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the National Park…
Continue Reading 2 dead and several missing after Tunisian migrant boat sinks
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An infant and a 20-year-old man were found dead Saturday morning after a migrant boat…
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Woman attacked by ‘vicious’ otter: ‘I did not think I was going to make it out of that river’
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Continue Reading Polish minister says reinforcement at the border with Belarus is due to hostile rhetoric and actions
By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press JARYLOWKA, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says his country has increased the number of troops…
Continue Reading Record-breaking summit of K2 dogged by allegations that Western climbers left Pakistani man to die
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By Jessie Gretener and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The Eiffel Tower was evacuated for several hours Saturday over a bomb threat, according to CNN…
Continue Reading Russian warplane on training mission crashes in Kaliningrad, killing its pilots
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warplane crashed in Russia’s Kaliningrad region on Saturday during a training mission, killing the two pilots on board.…
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By OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN (AP) — The Jordanian state news agency reports that the King of Jordan has approved a bill to punish online…
Continue Reading Fifth person charged in Montgomery boat dock brawl is man who wielded chair, police say
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By Eve Brennan and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Six people died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, authorities say,…
Continue Reading Pope condemns ‘unjustifiable’ assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is strongly condemning the “unjustifiable” assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate. History’s…
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Continue Reading 6 dead, more than 50 rescued from capsized migrant boat in the English Channel
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Continue Reading Death toll rises to 89 in Maui fires as searches through destroyed town continue
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfire keeps mounting as search teams and their cadaver dogs continue the grim work…
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed at least 33 government soldiers and…
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Continue Reading Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years
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Continue Reading Assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio buried by relatives
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Continue Reading A cherished weekend flea market in the Ukrainian capital survives despite war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pochaina neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital comes alive every weekend as hundreds of people flock to its famous flea…
Continue Reading Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings
By MARK THIESSEN, ED KOMENDA and AUDREY MCAVOY WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — As smoke cleared from the fires in Maui that killed at least 80 people and…
Continue Reading Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared
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By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — All along the South Carolina coast, developers of new homes…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TRACY BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies…
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BEIJING (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in China’s southwest after heavy rain caused hillsides to…
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By SARA BURNETT Associated Press VAIL, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was more than 40 minutes into a town hall in…
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By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As he gears up for reelection, President Joe Biden is already facing questions about…
Continue Reading Guatemalans vote in presidential run-off election that saw efforts to disqualify opposition
By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Guatemalans are voting in a presidential runoff that sees a former first lady compete against the son of a former…
Continue Reading Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares. All the…
Continue Reading Legal experts question judge’s order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training
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Continue Reading Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny slams Russia’s ‘corrupt’ elite for bringing Putin to power
By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny on Friday took aim at Russia’s “corrupt”…
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