Europe’s banks could survive a drastic economic downturn, stress test shows
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says the banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their…
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Travis Scott drops ‘Utopia,’ his first album since the Astroworld festival tragedy
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track…
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US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores
Outdoor recreation is on track for another record-setting year. In 2022, US national parks logged more than 300 million visits – and that means a…
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US paychecks aren’t growing as quickly. That’s good for the Fed — but not for workers
US wage gains cooled in the second quarter, showing some easing of inflationary pressures, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Continue Reading Free food fridges take off in parts of Europe in eco-friendly bid to fight waste
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — In an effort to cut down on food waste and help eco-conscious consumers, a Geneva nonprofit is…
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The Fed’s favorite inflation measure cooled down even further in June
Another key economic report further propped up the idea that a soft landing is not only possible, but also in motion: The Federal Reserve’s…
Continue Reading Fellow Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden…
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Americans continue to feel better about inflation and the economy
US consumers have been feeling a whole lot better this summer as inflation has continued to…
Continue Reading Yorkshire punished for extremely serious misconduct over racism experienced by ex-player Azeem Rafiq
LONDON (AP) — Yorkshire has been fined and docked points in two formats of cricket over the club’s “extremely serious” misconduct in relation…
Continue Reading Maryland political aide died after 2 gunshot wounds, one self-inflicted
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland political aide who failed to appear for his trial on federal corruption…
Continue Reading With affirmative action out, North Carolina’s flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or…
Continue Reading A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed…
Continue Reading Russia says it shot down Ukrainian missile over southern city with 14 injured
By Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — Russia said it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the southern Russian city of Taganrog and that fragments from…
Continue Reading Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in…
Continue Reading 2 people die in Berlin after jumping from a building to escape a fire, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) — Two people died on Friday after jumping from a building in Berlin to escape a fire on an upper floor, authorities said. An apartment…
Continue Reading IMF agrees to release $7.5 billion to cash-strapped Argentina as economy reals from drought
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it reached an agreement with Argentina that would open the door for the…
Continue Reading Judge OKs $15M payout from store where Alex Murdaugh’s underage son got beer before fatal crash
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A fatal boat crash believed to have spun the downfall of Alex Murdaugh has resulted in a $15 million settlement in a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Canadian border agents seize $6 million in cocaine at North Dakota entry point
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) — Canadian officials say border agents seized nearly 140 pounds of cocaine worth $6 million from a commercial truck seeking to…
Continue Reading Police searching apartment of Chicago man charged in man’s killing find woman dead in refrigerator
CHICAGO (AP) — Officers searching the apartment of a Chicago man accused of fatally stabbing a man on a restaurant’s roof discovered the body…
Continue Reading Senators rebuke Wisconsin congressman who yelled vulgarities at high school-age pages
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin is refusing to apologize…
Continue Reading Students and administrator recall the day Ethan Crumbley shot up their Michigan school
By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her…
Continue Reading Oil pipeline construction in Minnesota ruptured an aquifer. Officials say it’s the 4th time
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company’s construction…
Continue Reading With Trump newly indicted, here’s what to know about the documents case and what’s next
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing…
Continue Reading Armenia calls on allies to help get aid to Nagorno-Karabakh during tensions with Azerbaijan
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s authorities are calling on the country’s international allies to…
Continue Reading Bangladesh’s ruling and opposition parties hold rallies over who should oversee the next election
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s governing and opposition parties have held…
Continue Reading Democrats claim the GOP is withholding evidence contradicting claims in Hunter Biden probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are demanding the release of a transcript from a new FBI witness, saying it…
Continue Reading 21 arrested in North Macedonia over fan violence ahead of Levski Sofia-Shkupi match
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia have arrested 21 people following clashes between visiting Levski Sofia soccer fans…
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The officer shot in the head during a Louisville bank shooting is going home after 109 days in the hospital
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Nickolas Wilt is finally going home after spending over 100 days in the hospital recovering from being shot in…
Continue Reading Merger talks end between large health care systems in Minnesota, South Dakota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped.…
Continue Reading ‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Streams of air whirled by Ida Cartlidge in every direction, but…
Continue Reading How living in a mobile home makes you more likely to die in a tornado
BY SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were…
Continue Reading Mobile homes turn deadly when tornadoes hit. This year has been especially bad, AP analysis finds
BY SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were…
Continue Reading G20 ministers reach agreement on most, but not all, climate issues
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The final meeting of climate and environment ministers from the world’s largest economies…
Continue Reading A pollution tax on older cars can be extended to London’s suburbs after a British court ruling
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press A British court has ruled against five London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars. The High…
Continue Reading Former US Federal Reserve chair to lead Bank of England review on economic forecasts
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, will lead a review of the Bank of…
Continue Reading Fukushima official says release of treated water is a milestone in nuclear plant’s decommissioning
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of…
Continue Reading US price and wage increases slow further in the latest signs of cooling inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday…
Continue Reading 4 die in fiery crash on interstate highway south of Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a fiery two-vehicle crash on an interstate highway south of Atlanta killed four people. Clayton County police say in a…
Continue Reading Scott criticizes DeSantis over his support for Florida’s slavery curriculum as they stump in Iowa
By MEG KINNARD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential…
Continue Reading Man who drove through a Black Lives Matter protest and killed a demonstrator agrees to plea deal
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three years after a protester was fatally hit by a car during a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle, the person…
Continue Reading Russian and Belarusian players banned from a women’s tennis tournament in Prague
PRAGUE (AP) — The organizers of a women’s tennis tournament in the Czech Republic say Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to…
Continue Reading Inside efforts to avert environmental ‘catastrophe’ in the Red Sea
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Aimee Look and Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Moored five miles off the coast of Yemen for more than 30 years, a decaying…
Continue Reading Niger general appears on state TV as new leader following coup
By Eve Brennan, Dalal Mawad, Oliver Briscoe and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A Niger general, Abdourahamane Tiani, appeared on state…
Continue Reading Poland’s lawmakers approve a divisive law on Russian influence
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the…
Continue Reading Ford recalls 870K F-150 pickups in US because parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on…
Continue Reading A Notre Dame professor sues a student publication over its coverage of her abortion-rights work
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press A University of Notre Dame professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication…
Continue Reading The winning numbers for the $940 million Mega Millions jackpot have been drawn
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Friday’s $940 million Mega Millions jackpot – which would be the fifth-largest jackpot…
Continue Reading What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes…
Continue Reading Divided Cyprus’ rival leaders appeal for information on the missing as eyewitnesses die
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have made a joint appeal for…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 28: Trump, Record heat, Emmy Awards, Russia, Uvalde
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is being built in Texas, with residents slated to move…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 28: Trump, Record heat, Emmy Awards, Russia, Uvalde
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is being built in Texas, with residents slated to move in…
Continue Reading Philippine ferry was overloaded when it flipped over, leaving 27 dead, official says
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard chief says the skipper of a ferry that flipped over in a lake…
Continue Reading Salvage crews wait for chance to board a freighter burning for 2 days off the Dutch coast
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews are waiting for a chance to board a cargo ship loaded with cars that…
Continue Reading Adidas to release second batch of Yeezy sneakers after breakup with Ye
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas said Friday that it is releasing a second batch of high-end Yeezy sneakers…
Continue Reading Germany used to be the world’s export powerhouse. Now, it’s not growing. What happened?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German economy is still failing to grow. The country that should be the industrial…
Continue Reading A rights lawyer who was fleeing China has been arrested in neighboring Laos
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his license for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in…
Continue Reading Putin woos African leaders at a summit in Russia with promises of expanding trade and other ties
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed Africa’s growing role in global affairs and offered to expand…
Continue Reading Man questioned in Montana after Arizona woman reappears following four years missing
By MATTHEW BROWN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A man was detained and questioned by police and his Montana apartment searched…
Continue Reading German far-right leader urges conservatives to break down ‘firewall’ against his party
BERLIN (AP) — A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany is urging members of the country’s main opposition conservative bloc to break…
Continue Reading Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday…
Continue Reading As crews contain Europe fires, Pope Francis sounds alarm on climate threat to ‘our common home’
By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis has urged governments to do more to fight climate…
Continue Reading Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down
By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press AUBURN, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden used his trip to a textile plant in Maine on Friday to…
Continue Reading South Africa’s stance on Russia puzzles many. Could a mine in the desert hold answers?
By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — To many observers, South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine is puzzling.…
Continue Reading Biden signs an order designed to strengthen protections for sexual assault victims in the military
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order giving decisions on the prosecution of serious…
Continue Reading Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong court rejects a government-requested ban on popular protest song after Google’s defiance
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong judge has rejected a government request to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong…
Continue Reading Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to Philippines
BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri has made landfall in China after bringing deadly landslides to the Philippines. The storm plowed into the eastern…
Continue Reading Soldiers declare Niger general as head of state after he led a coup and detained the president
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on…
Continue Reading Extreme heat moves east where many will see their hottest days of the year
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Nearly 200 million people in the United States, or 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood…
Continue Reading Afghans awaiting US resettlement say they’re being deported from Pakistan back to the Taliban
By Nick Paton Walsh, Masoud Popalzai. Video by Jessie Gretener and Alessia Tinti (CNN) — Afghans who were promised a home in the United States…
Continue Reading Moscow blames Kyiv for attacks in south Russia as Kremlin forces hit Ukrainian buildings
By FELIPE DANA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces on Friday struck the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro and…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street returns to rallying following reports on profits and inflation
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s rally got back on track Friday following more encouraging profit reports and…
Continue Reading DNA analysis contributes to murder charges in 1993 killing of Tampa-area girl, authorities say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man has been charged with murder in the 1993 death of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom, a Tampa-area girl who…
Continue Reading Putin thanks North Korea for supporting Ukraine war as Pyongyang displays its nukes in parade
By Gawon Bae and Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s “firm support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine emboldens the two…
Continue Reading China demands US invite Hong Kong leader to economic meeting, adding to strains over crackdown
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference…
Continue Reading French luxury group Kering to buy 30% stake in Valentino for 1.7 billion euros cash
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — French luxury conglomerate Kering has reached a cash deal to purchase a 30% stake in Italian…
Continue Reading Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. The first was when militias torched her family’s home in…
Continue Reading Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with…
Continue Reading Young Chinese opt out of the rat race and pressures at home to pursue global nomad lifestyle
By YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A growing number of young Chinese are moving overseas to escape their homeland’s…
Continue Reading Typhoon Doksuri lashes China’s Fujian province after more than 400,000 evacuated
By Kathleen Magramo, Duarte Mendonca, Alex Stambaugh, Wayne Chang and Caolán Magee, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in…
Continue Reading Hawaii doesn’t want firearms on its beaches. The state’s latest gun control law goes before a judge
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge is considering whether to temporarily stop Hawaii from enforcing a new…
Continue Reading Teen says she ‘just prayed’ while saving girl in Michigan school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge is hearing more testimony at a hearing to determine if a Michigan school shooter will…
Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.05 billion after another drawing without a big winner
By The Associated Press The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion Friday night, only the fifth time in the history of the game…
Continue Reading Who’s in charge of Nashville’s airport? US and Tennessee officials disagree under a new state law
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville International Airport has quietly faced an identity crisis for weeks under a…
Continue Reading Trump and his top 2024 primary rivals mostly ignore the case against him during key Iowa GOP event
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and his top rivals for the GOP…
Continue Reading Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages
By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband –…
Continue Reading India and Japan look to collaborate in building semiconductors and resilient supply chains
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on bodies from migrant boats buried on the beach in Senegal
By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — In the seaside town of Saint-Louis, Senegal, officials and residents…
Continue Reading Schools lost track of homeless kids during the pandemic. Many face a steep path to recovery
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four…
Continue Reading Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press FULTON, Mo. (AP) — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” ……
Continue Reading Unmarked Senegal beach graves hold untold number of West African migrants, officials and locals say
By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — The small mounds of sand that dot the beach in northern Senegal blend…
Continue Reading Teen was sexually abused at therapeutic boarding school, lawsuit says as parents advocate oversight
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A teenager with special needs was repeatedly sexually assaulted by an employee at a small private boarding school…
Continue Reading Homeless struggle to stay safe from record high temperatures in blistering Phoenix
By THOMAS MACHOWICZ and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Homeless in America’s hottest big metro, Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was…
Continue Reading Japan’s central bank retains key interest rate while fine-tuning bond purchases for more flexibility
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but has fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow…
Continue Reading Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking
By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the…
Continue Reading Wagner chief Prigozhin seen back in Russia for first time since rebellion
By Vasco Cotovio and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, was spotted inside Russia…
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Austin says the US stands with countries against China’s ‘bullying behavior’
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday the United States stands with countries…
Continue Reading UN lifts last restriction on arms for Central African Republic government, but not for mercenaries
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has lifted a requirement that the Central African Republic get…
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College Board responds to comparisons between its AP course and Florida’s Black history curriculum
By Nicole Chavez and Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The College Board said Thursday it “resolutely” disagrees with any notion that enslavement…
Continue Reading Japan raises alarm over China’s military, Russia ties and Taiwan tensions in new defense paper
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government stepped up its alarm over Chinese assertiveness, warning in a report issued…
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