You-pick farms lose customers and crops through heat, drought and haze in Iowa
BRIGHTON, Iowa (AP) — You-pick farms are struggling through heat, drought and haze. Specialty crops that require lots of water — like blueberries…
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Bear cools off in a Burbank pool during heat wave
CNN By Cheri Mossburg and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burbank, California, were called over an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good…
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a California airport hangar as it was taking off Sunday, killing all three people on…
Continue Reading Bear cools off in a Burbank pool during heat wave
By Cheri Mossburg and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burbank, California, were called over an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good time…
Continue Reading 5 wounded, 2 critically, after shooting at Michigan shopping center
By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Five people were shot early Sunday morning in a shopping center parking lot in Lansing, Michigan, with two victims…
Continue Reading Shooting at police facility in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula kills at least 4 officers, officials say
By ASHRAF SWEILAM Associated Press EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Security and health officials say a shooting at a heavily fortified security facility in…
Continue Reading Erratic winds challenge firefighters battling two major California blazes
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A massive wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave National Preserve is spreading rapidly…
Continue Reading Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark’s foreign minister said Sunday the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate…
Continue Reading Kansas transgender people find Democratic allies in court bid to restore their right to alter IDs
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials under Kansas’s Democratic governor are seeking to have the state resume…
Continue Reading Multiple police dogs died from heat-related illness in Indiana after an air conditioning failure, authorities say
By Matt Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Multiple dogs being driven to a police K-9 training facility died in Indiana on Thursday after the air…
Continue Reading Three killed when small plane hits hangar, catches fire at Southern California airport
UPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and two passengers were killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a hangar and burst into flames…
Continue Reading One man was killed and other people were rushed to hospitals after a shooting at an Indiana party
By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 30-year-old man was killed and other people were taken to a hospital after a shooting at a…
Continue Reading Los Angeles County law enforcement recruit dies 8 months after group of trainees were struck by wrong-way driver while on a training run
By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit died eight months after he was struck by a driver who hit around…
Continue Reading 1 woman killed, 8 others injured in West Side Chicago mass shooting, police say
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old woman was killed and eight other women were injured when gunfire erupted after a Jeep approached a…
Continue Reading 4 people were killed in separate aircraft crashes before a major air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
By Chris Boyette, Lauren Mascarenhas and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead and two are injured after two aircraft collided in midair…
Continue Reading Two people killed after shots fired blocks from University of Florida campus
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Police say two people were killed after shots rang out in a crowd in the home city of Florida’s flagship university. The…
Continue Reading 4 found clinging to hull of overturned boat off New Jersey rescued, taken to hospital
SANDY HOOK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say four people found clinging to the hull of an overturned boat off New Jersey were rescued and taken to a…
Continue Reading Russian anti-war activists hold protest after activists face entry, residence problems in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dozens of Russian antiwar supporters in Serbia have held a protest after two prominent activists and critics of Russian…
Continue Reading Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn…
Continue Reading The ‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds the No. 2 spot
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s…
Continue Reading Spain identifies 212 German, Austrian and Dutch fighters who went missing during Spanish Civil War
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government researchers say they’ve identified hundreds of foreign fighters…
Continue Reading Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed…
Continue Reading Pro-coup protesters in Niger shout ‘long live Putin’ as new leaders face calls to cede power
Omar Hama Saley, CNN Niamey, Niger (CNN) — Tense and sometimes violent scenes played out in front of the French Embassy in Niger Sunday as…
Continue Reading Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures…
Continue Reading Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his…
Continue Reading Helicopter crashes near I-70 in Ohio, killing pilot and causing minor accidents, police say
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over the weekend, killing the pilot…
Continue Reading One person is dead and multiple were wounded in Indiana shooting, police say
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and multiple people were injured after a shooting early Sunday morning in Muncie, Indiana. The…
Continue Reading Blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan, killing at least 54
By Sophia Saifi and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 54 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political…
Continue Reading US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there
The Associated Press A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as…
Continue Reading Four women whose lives ended in a drainage ditch outside Atlantic City
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The bodies of four women were found in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City in…
Continue Reading Exquisitely preserved fossil of Jurassic sea turtle includes near-complete skull and limbs
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 150 million years ago, a marine turtle with a massive head dived through a shallow, tropical sea…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Drones hit Moscow, Americans abducted in Haiti, Republicans in Iowa, Mitch McConnell, kidnapping hoax
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, except it’s no laughing matter: It’s so hot in…
Continue Reading Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200
By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former…
Continue Reading Joe Biden, America’s oldest sitting president, needs young voters to win again. Will his age matter?
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old…
Continue Reading Breakthrough in Long Island serial killings shines light on the many unsolved murders of sex workers
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two women out for an afternoon walk outside Atlantic City found a body in a ditch and…
Continue Reading Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected onstage for the first GOP debate
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former…
Continue Reading More women are aiming to become church leaders. Together, they could change American Christianity
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained…
Continue Reading Some renters may get relief from biggest apartment construction boom in decades, but not all
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some…
Continue Reading Explosion at Thailand fireworks warehouse kills at least 12 people
By Kocha Olarn and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and 121 injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in…
Continue Reading Shooting wounds 5 people in Michigan with 2 victims in critical condition, police say
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police in Michigan say an early morning shooting wounded five people, including two who were listed in critical condition.…
Continue Reading American nurse and her child kidnapped from their community ministry in Haiti
CNN By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the…
Continue Reading Palestinian factions meet in Egypt seeking reconciliation as violence surges in the West Bank
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions have met in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts amid surging violence between Israel and Palestinian…
Continue Reading Constitutional referendum to remove presidential term limits divides Central African Republic
By JEAN FERNAND KOENA and ZANE IRWIN Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday…
Continue Reading Colombian president’s son arrested in money laundering probe
By Stefano Pozzebon and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The son of Colombia’s president has been arrested as part of an investigation into money…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead and 7 wounded in clashes inside crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least five people have been killed and seven others wounded during…
Continue Reading Salvage crews begin towing a burning cargo ship to a new location off the Dutch coast as smoke eases
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews have started towing a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of new cars to a temporary anchorage…
Continue Reading Zelensky says war ‘returning to Russia’ after Moscow drone attack
CNN By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that war is…
Continue Reading French embassy in Niger is attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital…
Continue Reading Pig cooling pads and weather forecasts for cows are high-tech ways to make meat in a warming world
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than a third of the heat-trapping gases cooking the planet come from growing and raising…
Continue Reading Call to arms: Thousands of Revolutionary War stories are waiting to be told. A new project asks the public to help uncover them
By Carly Breland and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on…
Continue Reading 10 die, including 3 children, as strong winds hit a tourist camp in central Russia, officials say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says that 10 people have died, including three children, after high winds tore through central…
Continue Reading African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African leaders have left two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to…
Continue Reading Moscow targeted again as Kyiv steps up drone attacks inside Russia
By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the…
Continue Reading Buckle up: New laws from seat belts to library books take effect in North Dakota
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of new laws will take effect Tuesday in North Dakota, passed earlier this year by the…
Continue Reading Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press PAVLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The summer winds carried the smell of burned grain across the southern Ukrainian steppe…
Continue Reading Morocco’s Benzina becomes the first senior-level Women’s World Cup player to compete in hijab
By The Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Stepping onto the field against South Korea in Morocco’s second Women’s World Cup match,…
Continue Reading Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of…
Continue Reading Ukraine again reported bringing war deep into Russia with attacks on Moscow and border region
By The Associated Press Ukraine brought the war far from the front line into the heart of Russia again Sunday in drone penetrations that Russian…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Rare access to Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
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Continue Reading Exclusive: Rare access to Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and…
Continue Reading Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it’s pushing them to the brink
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by…
Continue Reading Guatemala presidential candidate rushes to expand base beyond urban youth
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press SANTA MARIA DE JESUS, Guatemala (AP) — Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo won just 11% of the vote in…
Continue Reading China says US military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the…
Continue Reading Officials say Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit over Russia’s war in August
By AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in…
Continue Reading Facing legal peril, Trump calls on GOP to rally around him and focus on investigating Biden
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out…
Continue Reading In summer heat, bear spotted in Southern California backyard Jacuzzi
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Continue Reading Rangers acquire Scherzer from Mets in blockbuster move by surprise AL West leaders
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruit who was struck by an SUV during a training run last year has died. The Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Lost in translation: How New Zealand’s plan for bilingual road signs took an unexpected turn
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce…
Continue Reading Canadian police say 6 people have been killed in a small plane crash
CANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police say six people have died in a small plane crash west of Calgary, Alberta. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
Continue Reading 4 dead, 2 injured in separate aircraft accidents in Wisconsin, authorities say
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Two people were killed and two others injured Saturday in a midair collision at an airport in Wisconsin. Authorities say a…
Continue Reading American nurse and her child kidnapped from their community ministry in Haiti
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Continue Reading A firefighter has been killed while battling a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A firefighter has been killed while fighting a massive wildfire in northeastern British Columbia, marking the…
Continue Reading ‘We’ve made a mistake’: Frisco police with guns drawn mistakenly pull over family headed to a basketball tournament
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who were…
Continue Reading ‘We’ve made a mistake’: Frisco police with guns drawn mistakenly pull over family headed to a basketball tournament
CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who…
Continue Reading Appellate court rules that Missouri man with schizophrenia can be executed after all
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man with schizophrenia is back on after an appellate court…
Continue Reading Putin is downplaying skipping South Africa summit amid ICC warrant controversy
By the Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday appeared to downplay not attending an economic summit in Johannesburg next month…
Continue Reading Robert Chambers, NYC’s ‘Preppy Killer,’ is released after 15 years in prison on drug charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Online records show the man known as New York City’s “Preppy Killer” is again out of prison, after spending 15 years in…
Continue Reading At least 30 dead and more than 90 malnourished dogs discovered at Ohio animal rescue
By Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Butler County, Ohio, deputies found approximately 30 dead dogs and puppies, in various stages…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and…
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Wagner troops moving towards Polish border and could try sneaking across, PM says
CNN By Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are…
Continue Reading Power station fire, explosions cut off power in much of Iraq in scorching summer heat, officials say
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Power was cut off in large swaths of southern and central Iraq during scorching summer heat…
Continue Reading Marine staff sergeant found not guilty in 2021 death of recruit at South Carolina’s Parris Island
C0LUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A staff sergeant who oversaw Marine training at South Carolina’s Parris Island has been cleared of criminal responsibility…
Continue Reading Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo found guilty of kidnapping, death of pregnant woman and unborn child
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn…
Continue Reading India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures on a diet staple, the Indian government is…
Continue Reading ‘Preppy Killer’ Robert Chambers is released again from prison after serving years for unrelated drug crimes
By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Robert Chambers, known as the “Preppy Killer” for murdering a teenager in Central Park in 1986, was released…
Continue Reading Bay Area man fatally stabbed a woman and posted video of her ‘last moments’ on Facebook, police say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Bay Area man faces a murder charge after allegedly stabbing a woman to death and posting video of her “last…
Continue Reading Americans are spotting more sharks in the water. Here’s why that’s a good thing
CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of year again: the thick of summer when sharks have caught America’s attention.…
Continue Reading A small plane towing a banner lands in the ocean off a crowded New Hampshire beach; pilot unhurt
HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. (AP) — Authorities and visitors at a New Hampshire beach say a small plane towing a banner landed in the ocean nearby. The…
Continue Reading Medal of Honor recipient watches as warship bearing his name is christened in Maine
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an…
Continue Reading 10 people died at the Astroworld music festival two years ago. What happens now?
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KEN MILLER Associated Press Nearly two years after 10 people were crushed to death during the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival…
Continue Reading Senegal’s opposition leader charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrection
By ZANE IRWIN and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s public prosecutor said the opposition leader has been charged…
Continue Reading Ukraine moves official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25, denouncing Russian-imposed traditions
By FELIPE DANA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving…
Continue Reading Bronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, five days after the teenager went into…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press Police say at least eight dogs died after air conditioning stopped cooling the back of a van that they were being transported…
Continue Reading 5 people injured after shooting in Seattle parking lot, police say
By Melissa Alonso and Kaylene Chassie, CNN (CNN) — Seattle police are investigating a mass shooting that left five people injured in a parking…
Continue Reading Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland’s prime minister says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish prime minister says that over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved…
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