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By The Associated Press A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state killed at least 10 people, with many others…
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Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that…
Continue Reading College student falls to his death climbing Central Oregon mountain
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The body of a 21-year-old college student was located Thursday, days after he fell hundreds of feet down a steep, rocky ravine…
Continue Reading Australian castaway recounts comfort he felt adrift at sea, thanks to meditation, swimming and dog
BY MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — He quit his corporate job and moved to Mexico to pursue his dream of sailing solo across…
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Investigators in Gilgo Beach case operating on theory that the killings occurred in suspect’s home
By John Miller and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Since the spring of this year, investigators looking into the Gilgo Beach serial killings…
Continue Reading Video shows Oklahoma judge texting and scrolling on phone in trial over fatal beating of 2-year-old
CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — A newspaper reports that a new judge in Oklahoma is facing scrutiny after courtroom video showed her scrolling through…
Continue Reading Crowd favorite Tommy Fleetwood shares the British Open lead. Rory McIlroy is among the survivors
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open can still deliver a surprise or two. Christo Lamprecht is the first…
Continue Reading 2024 will probably be hotter than this year because of El Niño, NASA scientists say
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As millions bake under a relentless heat wave in the South and Southwest US – and as temperatures soar around the…
Continue Reading The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows
By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after images of…
Continue Reading See how an Alaska paddleboarder escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even…
Continue Reading 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 Synagogue gunman had traumatic childhood and couldn’t function as an adult, defense expert testifies
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The perpetrator of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre has led a deeply unstable life…
Continue Reading Texas is largest state to leave bipartisan national effort to prevent voter fraud
By ACACIA CORONADO and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is becoming the largest state to resign from a bipartisan,…
Continue Reading Families form nonprofits to address gun, school safety after Nashville school shooting
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pausing at the microphone, 6-year-old Noah took a breath and softly stated, “I…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Miami woman arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to go after her 3-year-old son
By Eli Masket (CNN) — Police arrested an 18-year-old mother Tuesday after she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, according…
Continue Reading New York City agrees to pay more than $13 million over police tactics used at George Floyd demonstrations
By Maria Sole Campinoti (CNN) — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the…
Continue Reading Arson caused house fire that killed Memphis firefighter and injured 3 others, officials say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities are searching for the person who set a fire that killed a Memphis firefighter and sent three others to the…
Continue Reading Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame the nation’s top universities
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years…
Continue Reading Swarm of 37 boulders spotted by Hubble around asteroid hit by DART
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a swarm of boulders around the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA’s DART…
Continue Reading Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it has no blasphemy laws
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden…
Continue Reading New US sanctions are aimed at choking off Russia’s access to battlefield supplies and revenue
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on roughly 120 firms and people in an effort to choke…
Continue Reading Lloyd Austin Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Personal Birth date: August 8, 1953 Birth…
Continue Reading Ex-Venezuelan spy chief pleads not guilty to charges alleging he flooded US with drugs
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Venezuelan spy chief and longtime adviser to the country’s late leader Hugo Chávez…
Continue Reading Florida rulings ease concerns about drag performers at Pride parades, drag queen story hours
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade…
Continue Reading Oil and gas companies would pay more to drill on public lands under new Biden rule
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation’s oil and gas leasing program…
Continue Reading A flag carried by a Japanese soldier who was killed during World War II is returning to his family
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II is returning to the man’s family.…
Continue Reading Pioneering hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software…
Continue Reading Biden administration asks employers to give more help to workers who lose Medicaid
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is asking employers to give workers who lose Medicaid coverage more time to land health…
Continue Reading Alabama lawmakers are divided on eve of major redistricting deadline impacting Black voters
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are divided over adopting new congressional districts. State lawmakers…
Continue Reading Mother of missing 12-year-old girl in North Carolina discussed a theory that stepfather gave girl away for money, warrant shows
By Rebekah Riess, Emma Tucker and Travis Nichols, CNN (CNN) — A newly unsealed search warrant in the case of missing 12-year-old Madalina…
Continue Reading Bay Area Rapid Transit Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the San Francisco Bay Area’s rapid transit system, which is referred to as Bay Area Rapid…
Continue Reading Houses of Parliament (Great Britain) Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River…
Continue Reading Houses of Parliament (Great Britain) Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River…
Continue Reading Summer Olympics Competitions Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Summer Olympics, which is held every four years. The 2020 Olympic…
Continue Reading Indiana police recover 2 DNA profiles from human remains found at property of long-dead businessman
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once…
Continue Reading Exclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of…
Continue Reading Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A recently discovered ice core taken from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet decades ago has revealed that a large…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Nebraska woman sentenced to 90 days in jail for burning fetus after abortion
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press An 18-year-old northeastern Nebraska woman was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years of probation…
Continue Reading UK banking boss apologizes to populist politician Farage over the closure of his account
LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group has apologized to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank…
Continue Reading Alabama death row inmate James Barber is executed following scrutiny over state’s lethal injection process
By Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Your paycheck could clear faster now that the FedNow instant payment service for banks has launched
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has launched a new instant payment service that allows banks and credit…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading At least 9 people killed by a bomb in northeastern Congo as violence in the region escalates
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A local officials says an explosion killed at least nine people in North-Kivu province in…
Continue Reading Russia imposes travel restrictions on UK diplomats
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday imposed travel restrictions on most British diplomats in the country, a practice reminiscent of the Soviet…
Continue Reading Homicides in 30 US cities dropped by nearly 10% in the first half of 2023 compared to last year, study finds
By Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The number of homicides in 30 US cities declined in the first half of 2023 compared to the…
Continue Reading Home sales in June fell to the slowest pace since January with near-historic low inventory for sale
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a…
Continue Reading Kevin Spacey’s lawyer says three of the actor’s sexual assault accusers are ‘liars’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three of Kevin Spacey ‘s accusers are liars, his lawyer told jurors Thursday at the…
Continue Reading An unusual object has been releasing pulses of radio waves in space for decades. Astronomers just discovered it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme…
Continue Reading Florida 10-month-old dies after being left in hot car that reached 133 degrees
By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old…
Continue Reading Homes become ‘air fryers’ in Phoenix heat, people ration AC due to cost
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix. Air…
Continue Reading Blinken heads to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia as US shifts Indo-Pacific strategy into overdrive
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Tonga, New Zealand and Australia next week as…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott’s $250 million open call for donations yields applications from 6,353 nonprofits
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s first open call for grants yielded 6,353…
Continue Reading Hazing remains ingrained in team sports and experts say they see increase in sexualized attacks
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer From high school to the professional leagues, hazing is ingrained in teams sports in the United States.…
Continue Reading Q&A: ‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig on art, commerce and embracing the mess
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker…
Continue Reading UConn settles 9-year legal battle with soccer player who flipped off camera and lost her scholarship
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UConn has settled a lawsuit filed by a former women’s soccer player who lost her scholarship for flashing…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Jason Momoa hosts Discovery’s ‘Shark Week,’ featuring feeding frenzies and junkie sharks
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other…
Continue Reading Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by…
Continue Reading Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern…
Continue Reading Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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 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…
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 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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…
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…
Continue Reading 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…
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