Niger’s ousted president warns of ‘devastating’ coup impact, growing Russian influence
By Jennifer Hauser, Michael Conte and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum said Thursday he is being held hostage by the…
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As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Residents of Japan’s southwestern islands are bracing for high winds and rain from Typhoon…
Continue Reading In Niger, the US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SAM MEDNICK and CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging…
Continue Reading Shots again fired at site of Parkland school massacre in reenactment after lawmakers visit
By TERRY SPENCER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted again at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
Continue Reading Trump was told not to talk to witnesses in 2020 election conspiracy case. That could be a challenge
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a routine part of a federal court hearing: The defendant was told not to discuss the case…
Continue Reading Parkland school shooting is reenacted with live gunfire after lawmakers tour the gruesome scene where 17 people were massacred
By Alaa Elassar, Holly Yan and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A barrage of bullets flew through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, more…
Continue Reading A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why?
By RIAZAT BUTT, MARTHA MENDOZA, CLAIRE GALOFARO and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press The Afghan villager was afraid the American soldiers might…
Continue Reading After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a…
Continue Reading Play it again, Joe. Biden bets that repeating himself is smart politics
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has his zingers (“This is not your father’s Republican Party”). He’s…
Continue Reading Haitians express skepticism over Kenya’s offer to UN to send police to confront gangs
By EVENS SANON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP) — Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans got jobs in July than expected. But a steady market suggests US may avoid recession
By PAUL WISEMAN and RODRIQUE NGOWI AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market has cooled over the summer. But it’s still strong enough…
Continue Reading Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points, scoring season-high 42 for Mercury
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi received a pass and in an instant, the shot was off her fingertips. It was a…
Continue Reading Fired New Mexico State basketball coach says he was made the scapegoat for toxic culture
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico State University basketball coach Greg Heiar says he was made the scapegoat for hazing and other problems…
Continue Reading The son of Colombia’s president says his father’s election campaign received money of dubious origin
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has acknowledged that his father’s 2022 election campaign received money of…
Continue Reading Panama Canal foresees its income falling after shipping limited due to a drought
The managers of the Panama Canal say they expect income from the waterway to drop, after authorities were forced to limit the number of ships passing…
Continue Reading Suspect in Idaho student stabbings says he was out for a solo drive around the time of the slayings
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year was on…
Continue Reading New Zealand to boost its defense capabilities as it faces increasing tensions in the Pacific
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand plans to boost its defense capabilities as tensions rise in the Pacific,…
Continue Reading Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out
REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place.…
Continue Reading Suspect in Idaho killings will use an alibi defense but doesn’t claim to have been at a specific location, attorneys say
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last year say they will be using an…
Continue Reading College Board advises Florida schools to not offer AP Psychology after state says lessons about gender identity and sexuality would violate state law
By Justin Gamble and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The College Board is encouraging school districts in Florida not to offer Advanced Placement…
Continue Reading Former City College professor charged with raping multiple victims from El Salvador, prosecutors say
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former City College chemistry adjunct professor has been charged with plotting to rape and…
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, answering for the first time to…
Continue Reading Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code…
Continue Reading Prosecutor wants to defend conviction of former Missouri detective who killed Black man
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor wants to step in after Republican Attorney General Andrew…
Continue Reading Police shoot and kill a man in Boise, Idaho who they say called for help, then charged at officers
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man who had called them for help on Thursday in Boise, Idaho, according to the Boise police…
Continue Reading A Learjet pilot thought he was cleared to take off. He wasn’t. Luckily, JetBlue pilots saw him
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal investigators say the pilot of a charter jet took off without permission, causing an approaching JetBlue…
Continue Reading Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner…
Continue Reading Man survives being stabbed through the head with a flagpole, police say
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Oklahoma say a man is expected to survive being stabbed through the head with a flagpole at a fast-food restaurant in…
Continue Reading Mexican marines find 110 pounds of dynamite in drug cartel lab
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines found 110 pounds of dynamite hidden in a methamphetamine laboratory run by a drug cartel. The Navy Department…
Continue Reading Pediatricians’ group reaffirms support for gender-affirming care amid growing state restrictions
By The Associated Press The American Academy of Pediatrics has reaffirmed its support for gender-affirming medical for children as the treatments…
Continue Reading Family mistakenly held at gunpoint by Texas police say the stop traumatized the kids in the car
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected…
Continue Reading Texas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with…
Continue Reading Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013…
Continue Reading 5-year-old girl dies after being struck by starting gate at harness race
EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) — A 5-year-old southern Illinois girl has died after a starting gate being hauled by a car prior to a harness race struck her…
Continue Reading Testimony from Hunter Biden associate provides new insight into their business dealings
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Focusing on the Bidens rather than Donald Trump’s federal court…
Continue Reading Italy approves extradition of priest charged with murder and torture during Argentina dictatorship
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister has approved extraditing an Italian priest sought by Argentina on…
Continue Reading Former first-round NBA draft pick is sentenced to 10 years in prison in $4M health care fraud
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former first-round NBA draft pick to 10 years in prison,…
Continue Reading A federal appeals court just made medication abortions harder to get in Guam
By REBECCA BOONE and ED KOMENDA Associated Press People seeking medication abortions on the U.S. Territory of Guam must first have an in-person…
Continue Reading White House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister…
Continue Reading A crash involving a freight train and a car kills 3 people in Oregon
GERVAIS, Ore. (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday and another person was injured when a Union Pacific freight train crashed into a car north…
Continue Reading US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as ‘blackmail’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president attacks ‘inhumane’ floating barriers deployed by Texas
By Tara John, Florencia Trucco and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s…
Continue Reading Family of man who died in bedbug-infested cell in Georgia jail reaches settlement with county
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Fulton County has reached a settlement with the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in the county…
Continue Reading Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism…
Continue Reading 6 former Mississippi law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to charges related to the torture of 2 Black men
By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to charges…
Continue Reading The Miami-Dade police chief and his wife argued before he shot himself, bodycam footage shows
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police officers responding to a report of someone with a gun threatening to “end…
Continue Reading Court throws out conviction after judge says Black man ‘looks like a criminal to me’
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court says a Detroit federal judge violated the rights of a Black man when he said in court,…
Continue Reading Leah Remini sues the Church of Scientology and its leader, alleging harassment, stalking and defamation
By Dakin Andone and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — The actress Leah Remini has filed a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David…
Continue Reading Ex-police union boss gets 2 years in prison for $600,000 theft
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of one of the nation’s largest police unions has been sentenced to…
Continue Reading Investigators name the trooper who fatally shot a Black Minnesota man during a traffic stop
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Investigators have identified the Minnesota State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a Black man after a traffic…
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Donald Trump appears in DC federal courthouse – the same place over 1,000 US Capitol rioters have faced justice
When former President Donald Trump appears in a Washington, DC, courtroom on Thursday he will be doing so in a building that had a direct view of the…
Continue Reading 87-year-old fends off home intruder, offers snacks to distract him
By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — An 87-year-old woman says she offered a young man who entered her Brunswick, Maine, home while she was sleeping a…
Continue Reading Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA’s ‘interim agreements’
By LINDSEY BAHR and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers The actors and writers strikes have resulted in most Hollywood film and television…
Continue Reading Taj Mahal Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Taj Mahal, India’s most popular tourist attraction. The monument is located on the…
Continue Reading Pervez Musharraf Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan. Personal Birth date: August 11,…
Continue Reading Missouri budgets $50M for railroad crossings in response to fatal 2022 Amtrak derailment
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri plans to spend $50 million on railroad crossing improvements in response…
Continue Reading A dancer is fatally stabbed after a confrontation in New York, prompting a tribute from Beyoncé
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who were…
Continue Reading Home on Long Island Sound in Greenwich, Connecticut sells for almost $139 million
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Copper Beech Farm, with 50 acres (20 hectares) of waterfront property in the tony New York suburb of Greenwich, has sold…
Continue Reading Tunisian minister concedes ‘small groups’ of migrants were pushed back into desert no man’s land
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants…
Continue Reading Babies should get recently approved drug for RSV, CDC says
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Infants should get a recently approved drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of…
Continue Reading New York City train derailment leaves 13 passengers injured, 2 seriously
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say more than a dozen passengers suffered injuries when a commuter train derailed in New York City. A Metropolitan…
Continue Reading Lindsey Horan calls former teammate Carly Lloyd’s criticism ‘noise’ at the Women’s World Cup
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — United States co-captain Lindsey Horan brushed aside criticism leveled at the…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s opposition party claims that a supporter was stoned to death by ruling party’s activists
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party says that one of its supporters was stoned to death by…
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Arizona’s extreme heat is killing honeybees and melting their homes
CNN By Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing…
Continue Reading Arizona’s extreme heat is killing honeybees and melting their homes
By Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing…
Continue Reading White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi police officers, including some calling…
Continue Reading Brazilian president’s former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justice
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The former personal lawyer of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has joined the…
Continue Reading Prosecutors ask for DNA swab from Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann
By Kristina Sgueglia and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are asking for a swab of DNA from Rex Heuermann – the prominent New York City…
Continue Reading Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying…
Continue Reading US Rep. Dan Bishop announces a run for North Carolina attorney general
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop has announced he’ll run for state attorney general…
Continue Reading Oldest known species of jellyfish discovered in the Canadian Rockies
The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian…
Continue Reading The Islamic State group says its leader was killed by militants in Syria and names his successor
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has announced the death of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein…
Continue Reading The US was just downgraded, but the jobs report will likely be strong
Despite Tuesday’s credit rating downgrade amid concerns about the challenges facing the United States, markets and economists are expecting another…
Continue Reading What you should know about the latest Covid-19 surge. A doctor explains
CNN By Faye Chiu, CNN (CNN) — Recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that a summer surge of Covid-19…
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Caroline Kennedy recreates her father JFK’s heroic World War II swim
Eighty years ago, then-US Navy lieutenant and future US President John F. Kennedy heroically swam between Pacific islands to help save the crew of…
Continue Reading US judge blocks water pipeline in Montana that was meant to boost rare fish
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. judge blocked a proposed water pipeline through a wilderness area in southwest…
Continue Reading 2 US Navy sailors charged with providing sensitive military information to China
By JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. officials say two Navy sailors have been arrested on charges related to…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates climb toward 7% after America’s credit rating was downgraded
US mortgage rates jumped this week, climbing closer to 7%. The move follows last week’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve, and the downgrade this…
Continue Reading Philippine troops find trainer plane’s wreckage and retrieve the bodies of the pilot and student
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have found the wreckage of a small plane and retrieved the bodies of its Filipino trainer pilot and…
Continue Reading Ukraine says density of Russian mines is ‘insane’ as it plays down counteroffensive expectations
CNN By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — A week after US officials said Ukraine was deploying extra troops to its…
Continue Reading Ukraine says density of Russian mines is ‘insane’ as it plays down counteroffensive expectations
By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — A week after US officials said Ukraine was deploying extra troops to its…
Continue Reading US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel…
Continue Reading Trump allies who ‘orchestrated’ plan to tamper with voting machines face charges in Michigan
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan attorney and supporter former President Donald Trump has been charged in…
Continue Reading Man is charged with cheating Home Depot stores out of $300,000 with door-return scam
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Connecticut man was given nearly $300,000 in fraudulent Home Depot credit by walking into stores in several states,…
Continue Reading Scientists use gene editing to induce virgin births in fruit flies
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — In a historic first, scientists have used gene editing to induce virgin birth in fruit flies, a major step in…
Continue Reading Colombia begins a six-month cease-fire with its last remaining rebel group in hopes of forging peace
By JUAN FRANCISCO VALBUENA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have formally…
Continue Reading Drag artists and LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block Texas law expanding ban on sexual performances
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates are suing to block a new Texas law that…
Continue Reading Wizkid becomes latest Afrobeats star to make history with sold-out stadium show in London
By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — On July 29, Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Wizkid performed in front of a sold-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium…
Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue shooter is formally sentenced to death after victims’ families call him ‘vile’ and ‘worthless’
CNN By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Andrea Wedner, whose 97-year-old mother was killed, called the mass shooter “worthless”…
Continue Reading Does being in a good mood make you more generous? Researchers say yes and charities should take note
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Those ads showing caged dogs and desperate looking cats while Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan’s…
Continue Reading Carl Davis, award-winning American composer behind many British TV shows and films, dies at 86
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Carl Davis, the American composer and conductor behind the scores for numerous award-winning British…
Continue Reading Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from ‘the twisties.’ Not every gymnast does
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer Simone Biles’ return to competitive gymnastics has renewed the conversation around “the twisties” that…
Continue Reading Keith Urban, Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country superstar Keith Urban and Kix Brooks of powerhouse country duo Brooks & Dunn will…
Continue Reading Protesters against Eritrea’s government set fire to booths at cultural festival in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish media are reporting that an Eritrea-themed cultural festival in Stockholm took a turbulent turn when about a thousand…
Continue Reading Birders flock to Green Bay to catch glimpse of Gulf Coast shorebird last seen in Wisconsin in 1845
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bird watchers are flocking to northeastern Wisconsin in hopes of glimpsing a shorebird last seen in the state almost 180…
Continue Reading An 87-year-old woman fought off an intruder, then fed him after he told her he was ‘awfully hungry’
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press An 87-year-old Maine woman ably fought off a teenage attacker before feeding him because he said he was “awfully…
Continue Reading Drexel men’s basketball player Terrence Butler found dead in his apartment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drexel University says men’s basketball player Terrence Butler was found dead in his on-campus apartment on Wednesday. No…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia extends cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day, potentially boosting prices at the pump
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will extend its unilateral production cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day…
Continue Reading Assault trial for actor Jonathan Majors postponed until September
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial was postponed until at least Sept. 6 after New York City prosecutors asked…
Continue Reading Caroline Kennedy recreates her father JFK’s heroic World War II swim
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Eighty years ago, then-US Navy lieutenant and future US President John F. Kennedy heroically swam between…
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