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By DAN IKPOYI and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, who is facing trial on on charges of…
Continue ReadingBy DAN IKPOYI and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, who is facing trial on on charges of…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press Greeted with a standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Hong could easily have just basked in the…
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A nearly 50-year-old cold case in Quebec was finally solved after DNA linked the murder of a 16-year-old girl to…
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Minorities, immigrants and now members of the LGBTQ community are being warned of the risks of visiting…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a student was arrested in the shooting death of another student just outside a Pittsburgh school. Police say the…
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are turning to a select…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is urging African countries to abandon their stances of…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials killed a newborn bison because its herd wouldn’t take the animal back…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer More than half of the respondents to an NCAA-commissioned survey of 18- to 22-year-olds acknowledged placing sports…
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a preliminary…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born will be converted into a human rights training…
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a…
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — When you’re using your hard-earned money to pay for goods and services, chances are you’re not in…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Saturn’s iconic icy rings may not be around for future skygazers to glimpse at through their telescopes,…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan coalition of 48 state attorneys general, plus the DC attorney general, sued Avid Telecom on…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — UK inflation dropped back below 10% in April but didn’t fall as sharply as economists were expecting, and…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — You’d expect the stock market to surge after the White House and House Republicans reached a…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN New York (CNN) — A New York judge has set a trial date of March 25, 2024, for the…
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury has indicted disbarred South Carolina attorney and…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s north African exclave of Melilla has been rocked by an alleged mail-in vote-buying scheme just days before the city goes to…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Kenneth Anger, the shocking and influential avant-garde artist who defied sexual and religious taboos in such…
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Police in Guyana are conferring with prosecutors on what charges to bring against the…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Is your idea of a meal while camping something quick and bland — maybe a power bar, a can…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and…
Continue ReadingBy James Frater and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — People should “avoid contact” with a famous beluga whale to avoid accidentally injuring or…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is considered Donald Trump’s strongest Republican rival in the crowded…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says the fighting between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — A Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape and “sexual constraint,” citing lack…
Continue ReadingVILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The mayor of Vilnius wants to fine a developer 141,000 euros for felling a healthy century-old oak tree without…
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive branch has thrown its weight behind a proposal to decommission 25 out-of-service Leopard 2 battle tanks…
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Summer can be an expensive time to travel. Though it’s usually best to pay with cash for any nonessentials, like a…
Continue ReadingLIMA, Ohio (AP) — One of two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison was captured early Wednesday in Kentucky after a police pursuit of a stolen…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s statistics agency says migration from Russia to Finland was at record levels last year, higher than figures seen…
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor who President Joe Biden nominated to become a U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek…
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Cambron, John Miller, Holly Yan and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested for having an AK-47 on school property walked up to the…
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban government’s foreign ministry says the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive branch says it favors changes to copyright law to require large online service providers — including…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says the debt ceiling standoff is…
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The California attorney general’s office will review the decision not to charge a security…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has held a ceremony marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party is pushing for the creation of a commission which it says would…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A 95-year-old woman who was tasered by police in her Australian nursing home last week has…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The pandemic-fueled home improvement kick seems to finally be waning. That’s bad news for Lowe’s and Home…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Fully autonomous or self-driving cars are the future of transportation, but they’re still a ways away. In the meantime,…
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Vinícius Júnior is not on the field but his Real Madrid teammates have all come out wearing his…
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian police officer will face charges for shocking a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun and leaving her with…
Continue ReadingBy FILIPE BENTO Associated Press ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) — Police searching for clues regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British…
Continue ReadingBy TRENTON DANIEL and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense…
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s intelligence services already have the right to monitor the far-right Alternative…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Like the blue and yellow flags that popped up around the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine 15…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Proposals for a digital European currency are taking shape. The European Central Bank…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s nuclear program insisted Wednesday that his government…
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in Oslo with the Norwegian armed forces saying it…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Stern and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — German investigators have launched a nationwide raid against members of the Last Generation…
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Scientists say that sea urchins in Israel’s Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea are dying at an…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian private army Wagner has again broken with the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Texas State House failed to advance a controversial bill on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingMiran Shah, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan killing two soldiers, one…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vinícius Júnior have unleashed a…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says pressure from the West is strengthening his country’s ties with China. Mishustin…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist…
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday as worries about the U.S. economy and a possible default on U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s new ambassador to the U.S. is taking office amid disputes over trade, access to computer chips and Washington’s…
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has passed a new two-year budget, a step that…
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heaped praise on Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, likening him to…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has canceled its plan to launch its first commercial-grade satellite citing…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.5% but…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New…
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s National Electoral Council has announced that early presidential elections would be held on Aug. 20 after…
Continue ReadingBy RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck new agreements with his Australian…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix retiree Saundra Cole has been watching the news about the debt…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis entered the 2024 presidential…
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The first thing Veronica Mata sees when she wakes up each day is her 10-year-old daughter,…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has pressed his Dutch counterpart for access to advanced chipmaking…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their…
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The acclaimed poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration was moved from…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as…
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — The Hernando County School Board has closed its investigation into a Florida teacher who showed…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — When Nasreen Sheikh walks down a busy street, she doesn’t see the faces of the people…
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press RAICHUR, India (AP) — In the searing heat that often envelops southern India, a ceiling fan brings sweet relief for…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target is removing some items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the International Booker…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has dismissed three cabin crew members after a passenger…
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new tally of the homeless population in New Mexico is showing an abrupt increase in the…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based group that organizes drag performances is suing a city over the denial of permits…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A former Seattle man who stole over $1 million in jobless benefits and small business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic was…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City college has fired an adjunct professor who was recorded on video berating abortion opponents on campus earlier this…
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — The father of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves said he felt “rage” in the…
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers have revealed a monthslong corruption investigation into…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters cut short a rare outdoor meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday…
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