How killer whale grannies spend their time postmenopause
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Female orcas, like their human counterparts, live decades beyond their reproductive years. Scientists are trying to…
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Public funding for King Charles III and royals has been recalculated due to windfarm deal profits
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Treasury says the amount of public funding for King Charles III and the royal family’s…
Continue Reading Russia seeks a 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, ally says
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a Russian court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei…
Continue Reading Mexican volunteer searchers find 27 hacked-up bodies in northern border city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they have found 27 corpses in clandestine graves in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen,…
Continue Reading Bosnian Serb lawmakers pass law recriminalizing libel which critics say threatens free speech
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb parliament has passed a law recriminalizing libel which critics say will restrict freedom of…
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Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading As a child, she sold street tamales. A senator now, she’s shaking up Mexico’s presidential race.
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A street-food salesgirl who became a tech entrepreneur and senator is shaking up the…
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Anger boils over as Kenya’s cost of living protests shake the nation
By Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A wave of deadly protests has hit Kenya as anger over tax hikes and the cost…
Continue Reading Anger boils over as Kenya’s cost of living protests shake the nation
By Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A wave of deadly protests has hit Kenya as anger over tax hikes and the cost…
Continue Reading Convicted fraudster who had sentence commuted by Trump is now facing new charges
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was…
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National Park Service warns about agitated bison during mating after women injured at 2 parks
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman was severely injured by a bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota,…
Continue Reading US jobless claims fall again as labor market continues to flash strength
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to show fortitude in the…
Continue Reading Britain says it was ‘regrettable’ that the EU called the Falklands by Argentina’s preferred name
LONDON (AP) — The British government says the European Union made a “regrettable choice of words” when it referred to the U.K.-run Falkland…
Continue Reading Tesla recalling nearly 16,000 of its 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles due to seat belt issue
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Tesla is recalling nearly 16,000 of its 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles because some front-row seat…
Continue Reading Beach closures because of contamination prevent sunbathers from taking a dip to beat the heat
By The Associated Press Many sunbathers who want to take a dip in the cool water to escape the summer heat are being thwarted by high bacteria levels…
Continue Reading Kenya police are told not to report deaths during protests. A watchdog says they killed 6 this week
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the…
Continue Reading Turkey hikes interest rates in another sign of economic normalcy. But markets expected more
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate in another sign of commitment to a…
Continue Reading EU climate chief Frans Timmermans says he wants to lead combined center-left bloc in Dutch elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans says he wants to lead a combined campaign by two left-leaning parties…
Continue Reading Thousands of UK hospital doctors walk out in latest pay dispute, crippling health services
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of senior doctors in England are staging a 48-hour walkout to demand better pay and…
Continue Reading Major fire near Athens contained but Europe’s heat wave keeps authorities on alert
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Fire Service has intensified water drops west of Athens where a huge blaze was contained overnight, as authorities…
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5 things to know for July 20: Auckland shooting, Trump, Tornado, UPS, Netflix
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Many people in the German capital of Berlin woke up to some bizarre news this morning. A suspected lioness is…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 20: Auckland shooting, Trump, Tornado, UPS, Netflix
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Many people in the German capital of Berlin woke up to some bizarre news this morning. A suspected lioness is…
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Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about child, says through attorney she wasn’t kidnapped. Authorities are mulling charges
By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a…
Continue Reading Two prominent Egyptian rights figures released from prison following pardons
By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Families and a rights defender say two prominent figures from Egypt’s human rights…
Continue Reading German police find melted-down gold after theft of Celtic coins, seek rest of treasure
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Investigators looking into the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum have…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup team from Philippines has American flavor
By ELLEN McINTYRE Associated Press DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — For a nation more than 7,000 miles from the United States, the Philippines boasts a…
Continue Reading Russia’s Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Poland’s border
MOSCOW (AP) — Mercenaries from Russia’s military company Wagner have launched joint drills with the Belarusian military almost a month after…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading China’s Xi tells Kissinger that China-US ties are at a crossroads and stability is still possible
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger that relations between the two countries are at a…
Continue Reading Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu doubles down on judicial plan, rejects criticism and moves ahead toward key vote
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with his…
Continue Reading The UK’s governing Conservatives are braced for a drubbing from voters in 3 special elections
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters are going to the polls in three electoral districts of England, with the governing…
Continue Reading Yellen visits Vietnam, seeking to build US ties and supply chains, and offset tensions with China
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told top Vietnamese officials that Washington considers…
Continue Reading Pop star Shakira will face a second tax probe in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira is facing more trouble from Spain’s tax office after a court near Barcelona said Thursday that it had…
Continue Reading President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs
By JOSH BOAK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden has paid a visit to Philadelphia’s shipyard to…
Continue Reading A Croatian firefighter has died in the storm that swept the Balkans, raising the toll to 6 dead
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian firefighter has died during a deadly storm that swept the Balkans after a heat wave, raising the death toll to…
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Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the…
Continue Reading China doesn’t want a trade war with the US but will retaliate against further curbs, ambassador says
By The Associated Press China’s ambassador to the United States says it does not want a trade war but will retaliate against any further U.S.…
Continue Reading 1 man is dead and 48 are injured after a suspected gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg
By The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities say one man has been killed and at least 48 people are injured, some of them seriously,…
Continue Reading Japanese, US and South Korean officials condemn the North’s weapons plans but urge dialogue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese, U.S. and South Korean senior officials have condemned North Korea for its recent…
Continue Reading As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions…
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Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Fans of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fondly remember his life philosophy 50 years after his death
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who broke negative stereotypes around Asian men in…
Continue Reading India’s Modi breaks silence over ethnic violence in Manipur after video shows mob molesting women
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic…
Continue Reading 2 suicide bombers in Pakistan attack police and government compound, killing 2 and injuring 15
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say two suicide bombers attacked a sprawling compound housing a police station and…
Continue Reading Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for third night since end of grain deal
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive…
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Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading German police search for a lion suspected of being on the loose in Berlin’s suburbs
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have warned people in Berlin’s southern suburbs to watch out for a potentially dangerous animal, suspected to be…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as investors weigh weakness in the tech sector
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after the latest rally on Wall Street fizzled, with big…
Continue Reading Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist…
Continue Reading Flooded with sightseers, Europe’s iconic churches struggle to accommodate both worship and tourism
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A recent Saturday evening Mass at Sagrada Familia parish had all the hallmarks…
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Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — One of the world’s largest refugee camps offers a stark example of the global food…
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Wisconsin mother and her boyfriend are charged in child neglect case that prosecutor calls ‘like something out of a horror movie’
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Milwaukee mother and her boyfriend were charged with chronic neglect of a child and false imprisonment after…
Continue Reading Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 10 and traps many others in western India
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press RAIGAD, India (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state has killed…
Continue Reading Turkey’s finance chief heralds $50.7 billion deals with UAE as Erdogan tours Gulf nations
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek says Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have signed deals worth $50.7 billion, as President…
Continue Reading They fled Syria’s shattering civil war. Now, Syrian refugees in Jordan fear being forced to return
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more…
Continue Reading A woman pleads guilty to fire that kept a Wyoming abortion clinic from opening for a year
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An abortion opponent pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge Thursday after telling…
Continue Reading New York considers ban on cash prize contests for hunting coyotes, squirrels, some other wildlife
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The contests have names such as Predator Slam, Squirrel Scramble and Final Fling for Fox. And…
Continue Reading Tiny downtown LA store near Skid Row sells winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth over $1 billion
By MARCIO SANCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball…
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A single Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles matched all 6 numbers for the $1.08 billion jackpot
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The owner or owners of the $1.08 billion winning ticket in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, sold at a…
Continue Reading Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the ‘Barbie’ movie marketing mania
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pink sauce on that Burger King burger? What about “Barbie-fying” your pet with…
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The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife unknowingly helped in his arrest. She’s now filed for divorce
By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome…
Continue Reading RFK Jr. defends himself against complaints of racist and antisemitic online misinformation
By LISA MASCARO and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worked to defend himself Thursday against accusations that…
Continue Reading Hiker’s parents are retracing her final steps to raise money for safety education programs
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRETTON WOODS, N.H. (AP) — The parents of a young woman who died while hiking in New Hampshire’s White…
Continue Reading US worried about well-being of American soldier who ran across border as North Korea remains silent
By AAMER MADHANI and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is deeply concerned about the well-being of a U.S. soldier…
Continue Reading Senate Judiciary panel considering ethics rules for the Supreme Court
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an…
Continue Reading Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife…
Continue Reading IRS steps toward a new free-file tax return system have both supporters and critics mobilizing
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans by the IRS to test a new electronic free-file tax return system next year have got…
Continue Reading Video appears to show Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin for first time since short-lived mutiny
MOSCOW (AP) — A video released Wednesday appears to show Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin for the first time since he led a short-lived…
Continue Reading New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class action
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought…
Continue Reading Dingo pack leader killed after attacking a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on…
Continue Reading Wrexham opens US tour with 5-0 loss to Chelsea before 50,596 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Sue Martin had the summer mapped out for her family from St. Augustine, Florida. Then along…
Continue Reading Trimmed trees outside LA studio become flashpoint for striking Hollywood writers and actors
By JEFF TURNER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has…
Continue Reading Israeli doctors hold ‘warning strike,’ caution that judicial overhaul threatens health care system
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Celine Alkhaldi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — Iraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Celine Alkhaldi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — Iraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main…
Continue Reading Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings files for divorce
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The wife of the man charged in the deaths of three women whose remains were found along a Long Island beach roadway…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm
By ALI JABAR, ABBY SEWELL and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a…
Continue Reading Southern California man convicted in 2018 spa bombing that killed ex-girlfriend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been convicted of blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018,…
Continue Reading Alabama’s first execution since they were paused last November may proceed on Thursday, court says
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to stop an upcoming execution in Alabama. Sixty-four-year-old James Barber is scheduled…
Continue Reading White House says Russia is preparing for attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the Russian military is preparing for possible attacks on civilian shipping vessels in the Black…
Continue Reading Russian gymnasts allowed as ‘individual neutral athletes’ from 2024, no decision on Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Gymnasts from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to take part in sanctioned competitions as “individual neutral…
Continue Reading Judge orders man charged with killing 2 teenage girls to remain at northern Indiana prison
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls will remain in prison after a judge concluded he’s being treated better…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup security heightened ahead of opening match following deadly shooting in Auckland
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Security was heightened ahead of Thursday night’s opening Women’s World Cup game…
Continue Reading State Department sanctions 2 former Salvadoran leaders, dozens of officials in Central America
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The State Department says it’s imposing sanctions on two former Salvadoran presidents and dozens of other officials and…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press The intense heat hitting much of the globe this summer can be deadly for the elderly, putting a premium on volunteers who…
Continue Reading Union in Canadian province of British Columbia rescinds port strike notice after Trudeau meeting
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with top officials after the longshore union renewed a 72-hour strike…
Continue Reading Netflix’s 2Q subscriber growth surges in a sign that crackdown on password sharing is paying off
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix enjoyed its biggest springtime spurt in subscribers since the early days of…
Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue attack survivors testify about overcoming physical and emotional wounds
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Officer Tim Matson described in federal court Wednesday how a resilient weed helped to restore…
Continue Reading Police cast doubt on Carlee Russell’s kidnapping claim after reporting toddler on an Alabama highway
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Police are casting doubt on a 25-year-old Alabama woman’s claim that she was kidnapped from the side of an…
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Derek Chauvin to appeal to the US Supreme Court after Minnesota’s high court declines to review his state murder conviction
By Brad Parks and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Derek Chauvin, the man who killed George Floyd, will take the appeal of his state murder conviction…
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Police say they cannot verify most of the information Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about a child on an interstate, gave to detectives
By Emma Tucker, Steve Almasy, Nouran Salahieh and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Police shared new details Wednesday on the case of Carlethia…
Continue Reading Jason Aldean’s new music video was filmed at a lynching site. A big country music network pulled it
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Country music star Jason Aldean ‘s latest music video for “Try That In A Small Town,” lasted just one…
Continue Reading As police try to solve deaths of four women in Oregon, mothers hope for answers
By ANDREW SELSKY and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The announcement that authorities are holding a person of interest in the…
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