Police charge Brooklyn man with murder in string of back-to-back ‘random’ NYC shootings
By Nic F. Anderson, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with murder after…
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Protests grow as Israel’s far-right government advances with its judicial overhaul
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as…
Continue Reading Teens among at least 8 injured in shooting at Texas party, police say
By Claudia Dominguez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people ages 15 to 18 were injured in a shooting after an argument broke…
Continue Reading Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It’s on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans say the party’s presidential nominating caucuses will be held Jan.…
Continue Reading Megan Rapinoe says she’ll retire after the NWSL season and her 4th World Cup
By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe is ready to retire after an illustrious career in…
Continue Reading At least 22 officers injured in the German town of Giessen following unrest – police
By AJ Davis and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 police officers were injured Saturday in unrest in the western German town of Giessen…
Continue Reading At least 22 officers injured in the German town of Giessen following unrest – police
By AJ Davis and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 police officers were injured Saturday in unrest in the western German town of Giessen…
Continue Reading A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site, forcing the event’s cancellation
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of gay rights have swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia,…
Continue Reading Texas sued over plan to deploy floating barrier on Rio Grande to curb border crossings
By Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking…
Continue Reading Tbilisi Pride festival canceled after violent anti-LGBTQ protests
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities…
Continue Reading Tbilisi Pride festival canceled after violent anti-LGBTQ protests
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities…
Continue Reading Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country’s dairy…
Continue Reading Minnesota officials say error in tax cut bill could cost taxpayers $352 million, but promised a fix
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials discovered an error in a tax cut bill lawmakers passed this spring that could cost taxpayers $352 million…
Continue Reading Hiker’s body recovered after apparent slip and fall from Arizona’s Bell Rock trail
By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The body of an Arizona hiker was recovered Friday after he apparently “slipped and fell to his…
Continue Reading 4 die in upstate NY house fire as crews respond to woman’s desperate call
NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before…
Continue Reading Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one…
Continue Reading Six killed when small plane crashes, bursts into flames in field near Southern California airport
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames during the second of two landing…
Continue Reading The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s presidential vote suffers another setback
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s first-round presidential…
Continue Reading A Vermont police officer, aged 19, died in a crash with a burglary suspect she was chasing
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont police officer was killed and two other officers were injured when a burglary suspect crashed into two police…
Continue Reading Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had…
Continue Reading 6 people die in Cessna plane crash in California
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Cessna business jet crashed near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, early Saturday morning, the FAA…
Continue Reading Crystal dagger, other items buried with ‘Ivory Lady’ 5,000 years ago
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Piecing together the past can be an intricate puzzle. Individual clues are assembled to capture a glimpse of…
Continue Reading Latvia’s foreign minister, an ardent backer of Ukraine, is sworn in as the new president
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister, known for his tough line on neighboring Russia and strong…
Continue Reading Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he will spend time in…
Continue Reading Uzbekistan’s leader poised for landslide victory in presidential election
MOSCOW (AP) — Uzbekistan is set to hold a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the…
Continue Reading England soccer stars who will miss the Women’s World Cup sit in Royal Box at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Some of the injured players on England’s national soccer team were treated like royalty at Wimbledon with the Women’s…
Continue Reading Avalanche kills hiker in California mountains
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One hiker was killed and two others injured in a “wet, loose avalanche” on Split Mountain in California,…
Continue Reading Police say 22 officers have been injured during unrest at Eritrean festival in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German police say 22 officers were injured and dozens of people were detained Saturday during unrest at an Eritrean cultural event in…
Continue Reading Climate-hit Pakistan to cooperate with Switzerland on ways to manage the risks of natural disaster
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said his country is looking forward to cooperating with Switzerland on managing the…
Continue Reading Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says no
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to…
Continue Reading Inmate suspected of homicide escapes from a Pennsylvania jail using bed sheets
WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate described as “very dangerous” who officials say escaped from a jail in northwestern…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s main opposition party goes to court to challenge a police decision to ban its rally
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has gone to court to challenge a police decision to…
Continue Reading Carlos Alcaraz won’t fret about sounding humble at Wimbledon. He wants to face Novak Djokovic
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again.…
Continue Reading South Koreans protest the planned release of Fukushima wastewater during a visit by the head of IAEA
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in South Korea’s capital demanding Japan scrap its…
Continue Reading A Libyan court sentences 3 people to prison terms over human trafficking
CAIRO (AP) — A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking. It’s a first…
Continue Reading He was shot down in the Pacific Ocean in WWII. Almost 80 years later, his remains are finally home
By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Almost 80 years after Anthony Di Petta’s plane was shot down by enemy fire in World War II and…
Continue Reading At least 11 killed in building collapse in Brazil
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Duarte Mendonca and Marcelo Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 people, including four children, were killed after a…
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the…
Continue Reading Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A solemn peace march has started through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of…
Continue Reading Seven people including two children are killed by a gas explosion in a van in eastern Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a fire in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan killed seven people, including two children. The…
Continue Reading Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, US military says
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the…
Continue Reading This is what happens when ChatGPT tries to create crochet patterns
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — We have seen enough of artificial intelligence to know the term is, quite often, a misnomer. Publicly available…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy hails Ukraine’s soldiers from a symbolic Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing…
Continue Reading Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the…
Continue Reading The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has visited the king to hand in the resignation of…
Continue Reading Texas police find 6 people injured after shooting at El Paso party, updated news report says
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An updated news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded six people, fewer than previously reported. KVIA-TV…
Continue Reading Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’ as scientists warn 2023 could be the hottest year on record
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world is blasting through climate records as scientists sound the alarm: The likelihood is growing that 2023…
Continue Reading Japanese leaders mark 1 year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former…
Continue Reading ‘No danger to the transgender community’ after missing South Carolina teen found dead, sheriff says
By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina law enforcement officials say there is “no danger to the transgender…
Continue Reading NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle…
Continue Reading Militants in southeast Iran attack a police station and kill 2 security forces, state TV says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says four militants have attacked a police station with grenades in the country’s southeast. The attack…
Continue Reading Bear attack in British Columbia hospitalizes 21-year-old tree planter
By Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old tree planter is recovering after a bear attack in northern British Columbia on Thursday, according to…
Continue Reading Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing grows to $615 million – the 10th largest prize in history
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Feeling lucky? The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just made history, lottery officials…
Continue Reading A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press SONNEBERG, Germany (AP) — The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right…
Continue Reading ‘It looked like a war zone’: Parkland high school shooting victim’s father describes visiting school site
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The father of a Parkland, Florida, high school shooting victim who visited the untouched site five years after the…
Continue Reading Two men executed in Iran over deadly attack on Shiraz shrine
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Iran on Saturday executed two men it accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a shrine in…
Continue Reading Two men executed in Iran over deadly attack on Shiraz shrine
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Iran on Saturday executed two men it accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a shrine in…
Continue Reading An Iowa meteorologist started talking about climate change on newscasts. Then came the harassment
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The harassment started to intensify as TV…
Continue Reading Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and…
Continue Reading Dutch government collapses over immigration policy dispute
By Christian Edwards, Mick Krever, Hira Humayun and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach an…
Continue Reading Dutch government collapses over immigration policy dispute
By Christian Edwards, Mick Krever, Hira Humayun and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach an…
Continue Reading As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in…
Continue Reading Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice…
Continue Reading UN to vote Monday on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria — either for 6 months or 1 year
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council plans to vote Monday on extending aid deliveries from Turkey…
Continue Reading Three railway officials arrested over train crash that killed 275 people in India
By Deepak Rao and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Indian authorities have arrested three railway officials as part of an investigation into one of the…
Continue Reading Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked…
Continue Reading Keeping up pressure, China sends warships and fighter jets near Taiwan during Yellen’s Beijing visit
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China has sent 13 aircraft and 6 vessels to airspace and waters around Taiwan as of early…
Continue Reading SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket ever built. Its impact is still felt in this Texas community
By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Jackie Wattles and Maya Blackstone, CNN Boca Chica, Texas (CNN) — With the towering SpaceX launch site behind…
Continue Reading Texas deploys floating barrier in Rio Grande River to deter migrant crossings at US-Mexico border
By Rosa Flores and Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — The state of Texas on Friday began deploying a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande River in an…
Continue Reading Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake — for now
By SAM METZ Associated Press ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE (AP) — A brisk wind caught a Kevlar-fiber sail, sending it snapping as Bob Derby and Randy…
Continue Reading The UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military operation
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s United Nations ambassador is calling on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to…
Continue Reading Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Texas has started rolling out what is set to become a new…
Continue Reading Weeklong dock strike on Canada’s west coast is starting to pinch small businesses, experts say
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian consumers aren’t yet feeling the impact of the weekold port strike…
Continue Reading Manson family member Leslie Van Houten is another step closer to parole as governor will no longer challenge release
By Natasha Chen and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Friday announced it will not challenge a May…
Continue Reading California utility pays $22 million to settle federal claims over 2016 wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a…
Continue Reading Investigator with a metro Atlanta prosecutor’s office shot in car by other motorist, police say
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in the sprawling suburbs northeast of Atlanta say an investigator with a county prosecutor’s office was shot and wounded by…
Continue Reading A gas platform explosion off Mexico kills 2 workers, injures 8 and leaves 1 missing, officials say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say an explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers, injured eight and left…
Continue Reading Rail union says Virginia derailment renews questions about Norfolk Southern’s safety practices
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The union that represents locomotive engineers says a coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about…
Continue Reading Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block…
Continue Reading Philadelphia community tries to heal from trauma as shooter’s mental health comes into focus
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors and others say in the weeks before Kimbrady Carriker opened fire at random with…
Continue Reading Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin says he’s not running for open US Senate seat
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a congressman from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, has…
Continue Reading Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz shines on the field and in ad for new ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie
By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz has been a breakout star on the field, and now he’s…
Continue Reading SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket ever built. Its impact is still felt in this Texas community
By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Jackie Wattles and Maya Blackstone, CNN Boca Chica, Texas (CNN) — With the towering SpaceX launch site behind…
Continue Reading A 10-year-old Canadian girl is wowing the skateboarding world. Tony Hawk is her mentor for X Games
By The Associated Press Skateboarding is more than just a way of life for Reese Nelson, it’s all she’s ever known. The 10-year-old Canadian…
Continue Reading In world’s most expensive property market, homes for the dead can cost more than for the living
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Starting at $53,000 for a space not much larger than a shoebox, it is a pricey place to stay, even…
Continue Reading In world’s most expensive property market, homes for the dead can cost more than for the living
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Starting at $53,000 for a space not much larger than a shoebox, it is a pricey place to stay, even…
Continue Reading Nebraska mom pleads guilty to giving daughter pills for an abortion and helping bury the fetus
MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska mother has pleaded guilty to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an illegal abortion last spring and helping…
Continue Reading 69-year-old woman killed by an alligator drowned and had blunt force trauma, autopsy finds
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C (AP) — A 69-year-old woman killed by an alligator in South Carolina on Tuesday had drowned and experienced blunt force…
Continue Reading Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is returning to work. Monahan has told the tour he will resume his job on July 17.…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan hosts Zelenskyy, says Ukraine deserves membership in NATO
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has voiced support to Ukraine’s membership in NATO, saying the war-torn country deserves to join the…
Continue Reading UN to keep pushing for extension of food and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials say they will keep pushing for an extension of the deal that allows…
Continue Reading Texas authorities arrest 2 suspects in Fort Worth shooting
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Texas authorities made two arrests Friday in connection to the mass shooting that left three dead and eight others…
Continue Reading An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military was killed in a…
Continue Reading 2 men arrested in Texas shooting that killed 3 and injured 8 at a gathering after a July 4 festival
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say two men have been arrested in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight…
Continue Reading Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana officials say juveniles currently housed at the country’s largest…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan says Ukraine deserves NATO membership
By Hira Humayun, Radina Gigova, Mariya Knight, Tara John and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine deserves to have NATO membership, Turkish…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan says Ukraine deserves NATO membership
By Hira Humayun, Radina Gigova, Mariya Knight, Tara John and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine deserves to have NATO membership, Turkish…
Continue Reading Kentucky AG challenges federal judge’s blocking of state law banning transgender youth treatment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is challenging a federal judge’s injunction that blocks portions of a new…
Continue Reading Man swept into Omaha manhole during heavy rain was washed down pipes for a mile before rescue
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters rescued two men who fell into a manhole during heavy rain in downtown Omaha on Friday, including one who was washed…
Continue Reading Chicago Police Department investigating allegations that officers had improper sexual relations with migrants
By Bill Kirkos and Camila Bernal, CNN CHICAGO (CNN) — The Chicago Police Department says it is investigating an unspecified number of officers…
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