Peruvian judge affirms extradition to US of chief suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has affirmed this week’s planned extradition to the U.S. of the main suspect in the unsolved 2005…
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Protesters call for arrest of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor
By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman…
Continue Reading Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s how to stay safe
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the…
Continue Reading Ruling on Tennessee’s anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps
By ADRIAN SAINZ and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Questions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in…
Continue Reading Abortion providers sue Kansas over new medication rule, longstanding waiting period
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion providers have sued Kansas over what they are required to tell patients before a…
Continue Reading Black man shot in the mouth by Mississippi deputy to file federal civil rights lawsuit
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black man who was shot in the mouth by a Mississippi…
Continue Reading EU member Slovenia overwhelmingly defeats Moscow ally Belarus for a seat on the UN Security Council
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an election that reflected strong global opposition to Russia’s war against…
Continue Reading PGA, LIV golfers react to merger of rival leagues: ‘Nothing like finding out through Twitter’
By The Associated Press It was almost a year ago to the day that Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf teed off for the first time as the PGA Tour’s…
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Florida judge who oversaw Parkland shooter trial gave the appearance of favoring prosecutors, commission finds
By Dakin Andone and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida commission that oversees the conduct of the state’s judges recommended a formal…
Continue Reading Air India flight bound for San Francisco diverted to Russia over technical issue
By Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight from India to San Francisco was diverted due to a…
Continue Reading UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crash
LONDON (AP) — A British police motorcyclist is facing a criminal investigation over the death of a woman who was struck in a collision with the…
Continue Reading Reports: Italian ex-premier, business executives investigated over Colombia deal for ships, planes
ROME (AP) — Italian state television and other media have reported that prosecutors based in Naples are investigating a former premier and some…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to strangling and dumping body of Missouri woman 3 decades ago
UNION, Mo. (AP) — A 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to strangling a woman in Missouri and leaving her bound body in the woods three decades ago,…
Continue Reading Ex-Indiana attorney general eyes GOP governor’s race after groping case derailed 2020 reelection
By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is considering whether to join the 2024 Republican…
Continue Reading Browns defensive players robbed of jewelry, vehicle by masked men in downtown stickup
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski expressed relief that two of his defensive players were…
Continue Reading Milley says fighting in Ukraine has increased and cautions the war with Russia will be lengthy
By TARA COPP Associated Press AMERICAN CEMETERY, Normandy, France (AP) — U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley says fighting in Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Mexico lowers alert level for Popocatepetl volcano
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico lowered the alert level on the Popocatepetl volcano Tuesday after more than two weeks of its eruptions of gas and ash had…
Continue Reading New York City’s air pollution among the world’s worst as Canada wildfire smoke shrouds Northeast
By Derek Van Dam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution for parts of Tuesday as…
Continue Reading Poland’s state media criticized for its coverage of huge anti-government march
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An official with Poland’s state broadcasting authority says it has received multiple…
Continue Reading Key McConnell aide joining Kentucky GOP gubernatorial campaign in senior management role
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A top aide to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is joining Daniel Cameron’s…
Continue Reading US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by…
Continue Reading US weighs in on Roger Waters antisemitism debate, says artist has long history of denigrating Jews
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger…
Continue Reading Judge rules to release names of Rep. Santos bond cosigners, will stay secret as appeal considered
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Tuesday to make public the names of the cosigners on indicted Rep.…
Continue Reading PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a…
Continue Reading Wheat prices jump following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine
By COURTNEY BONNELL and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global…
Continue Reading New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking…
Continue Reading The Arctic may be sea ice-free in summer by the 2030s, new study warns
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn – another clear…
Continue Reading Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border towns’ notorious casinos, but they keep operating
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut…
Continue Reading European Union urges probe into ‘horrible and heinous’ poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union is urging Afghan authorities to follow up on the poisoning of schoolgirls in the country’s…
Continue Reading Panthers, Golden Knights bound by gun tragedies long before meeting in Stanley Cup Final
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers didn’t have much of a joint…
Continue Reading Russian court sets date for new trial of jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him in prison…
Continue Reading US sanctions group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong tied to Iran ballistic program
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sanctioning a network of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong…
Continue Reading Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach, now he’s a TikTok star
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa…
Continue Reading People are spending more on groceries. But they’re buying less
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — The past few months of robust grocery store sales would suggest that shoppers aren’t…
Continue Reading Lab-shepherd mix called Zoey has world’s longest dog tongue
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Labrador and German shepherd mix named Zoey has claimed the record for the longest tongue on a living dog. At 12.7…
Continue Reading NASA’s Psyche mission will launch to an unexplored metal world this fall
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first NASA spacecraft designed to study a metallic asteroid is now set to launch in October, according to…
Continue Reading Cuba Gooding Jr. and accuser have ‘resolved the matter’ in federal civil rape lawsuit
By Lauren del Valle and Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and a woman who accused him of rape have “resolved the matter” in…
Continue Reading Nonsurgical cat contraception could help curb overpopulation, study says
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — There are an estimated 600 million domestic cats in the world, and 80% of them are feral or stray animals.…
Continue Reading Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham…
Continue Reading AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey’s primaries for state legislature
By The Associated Press New Jersey voters will cast ballots in 21 primaries for state legislature on Tuesday. Democrats hold majorities in both…
Continue Reading Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air traffic controllers during ascent, feds say
By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the…
Continue Reading State school board approves application for first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation
By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school…
Continue Reading State school board approves application for first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation
By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school…
Continue Reading World Bank offers dim outlook for the global economy in face of higher interest rates
By PAUL WISEMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high…
Continue Reading Atlanta City Council approves millions in public support for controversial ‘Cop City’ training facility
By Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a…
Continue Reading Atlanta City Council approves millions in public support for controversial ‘Cop City’ training facility
By Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a…
Continue Reading LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on…
Continue Reading Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age
By OLEG CETINIC and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron’s…
Continue Reading Maria Sherman appointed AP’s music writer, based in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sherman has been named The Associated Press’ music writer, a key position responsible for delivering news on a beat of…
Continue Reading Banks’ growing reliance on chatbots to handle customer service tasks worries consumer watchdog
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without…
Continue Reading Bulgaria gets new government as former rivals enter uneasy alliance
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has formally approved the new government proposed by two main political rivals — the GERB party of…
Continue Reading Swedish royal family marks Sweden’s 500 years as independent country
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s royal family is taking part in ceremonies Tuesday marking 500 years since…
Continue Reading Human Rights Campaign declares a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people
By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer…
Continue Reading Ukrainian dam breach: What’s happening and what’s at stake
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fallout from the breach of a dam along a front line of Russia’s war in Ukraine is…
Continue Reading Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand,…
Continue Reading Polish Supreme Court overturns presidential pardon of top officials, going against ruling party
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court has overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates…
Continue Reading Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway case, will be handed over to FBI on Thursday
By Florencia Trucco, Jimena de la Quintana and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The superior court in Lima, Peru, ordered Joran van der Sloot, the…
Continue Reading Report says 2.3 billion people globally use polluting fuel to cook; 675 million have no electricity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report by five international organizations says up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels…
Continue Reading Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart…
Continue Reading Florida woman arrested in the shooting death of a Black mother who knocked on her door will have bond hearing Friday
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Florida woman charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of her neighbor, a Black…
Continue Reading Supreme Court opened the door to states’ voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them.
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Continue Reading At least $900,000 stolen by employees of US-based aid group operating in Congo
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An American-based aid group says at least $900,000 was stolen from it’s Congo programs by…
Continue Reading Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne headline iHeartRadio festival
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the…
Continue Reading Legal officials say Myanmar’s Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Suu Kyi’s bribery conviction
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Legal officials in Myanmar say the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader…
Continue Reading 4.9 magnitude quake strikes southern Haiti; 4 dead, dozens injured
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 6: Ukraine, Prince Harry, Immigration, Plane crash, Haiti
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 6: Ukraine, Prince Harry, Immigration, Plane crash, Haiti
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 6: Ukraine, Prince Harry, Immigration, Plane crash, Haiti
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly…
Continue Reading Man charged in the sexual assaults of 4 women over a decade ago after his DNA was pulled from a drinking glass at an event, prosecutors say
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Continue Reading Republican lawmakers are making it harder for power companies to pivot away from coal. Their constituents may be paying the price
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Continue Reading EU warns of ‘solidarity fatigue’ despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU is warning of “solidarity fatigue” toward Ukrainian refugees as the bloc’s economy…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sweden’s defense minister says his country’s top priority is to gain full NATO membership…
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By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has made a quick trip to a hospital for tests and returned to the…
Continue Reading Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas in flux as Nevada Legislature adjourns
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — High-profile proposals to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics…
Continue Reading EU chief von der Leyen says she isn’t interested in the top job at NATO
BERLIN (AP) — The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she has no interest in becoming the new leader of NATO as the…
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted on Wall Street amid a vacuum of market-moving data. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%…
Continue Reading US, Japanese, Philippine coast guard ships stage law enforcement drills near South China Sea
By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA, Philippines (AP) — U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships have…
Continue Reading Britain’s Princess Eugenie announces birth of second child
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a boy, she announced on Instagram. The princess, who is 11th in line…
Continue Reading Atlanta project decried as ‘Cop City’ gets funding approval from City Council
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and…
Continue Reading White House website highlights infrastructure, manufacturing investments as Biden pushes policy wins
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday is starting a website to map and track tens of thousands of…
Continue Reading German factory orders dipped again as 2nd quarter started
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, dipped in April after a big…
Continue Reading Hong Kong government seeks court injunction to ban ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest song
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it’s seeking a court order to prohibit people from broadcasting or disseminating the protest…
Continue Reading Germany detains 2nd man over fatal arson attack on refugee shelter in 1991
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities detained a second man Tuesday in connection with a racist arson attack on a shelter for asylum-seekers 32 years…
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has arrived at a London court ahead of his testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other…
Continue Reading NTSB investigators to wrap up work at scene of Virginia plane crash, with a preliminary report expected in the coming weeks
By Pete Muntean and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators examining the wreckage of a private plane that crashed Sunday in Virginia –…
Continue Reading A bridge under construction in India has collapsed – for the second time
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A four-lane concrete bridge being built across the River Ganges in the east Indian state of Bihar has collapsed for…
Continue Reading Prince Harry testifies the tabloids destroyed his childhood, but fails to recall specific stories
By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry stepped into courtroom witness box Tuesday to hold Britain’s tabloid…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of…
Continue Reading Car bombing in northeast Afghanistan kills local official and his driver, wounds 10 people
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A local official says a car bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast killed a provincial deputy governor and his driver.…
Continue Reading Brother of gay American attacked on Sydney cliff in 1988 says killer deserves no leniency
SYDNEY (AP) — A man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in…
Continue Reading Japan earmarks $107 billion for developing hydrogen energy to cut emissions, stabilize supplies
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has adopted a revision to the country’s plans to use more hydrogen as fuel.…
Continue Reading Senior US, Chinese diplomats hold ‘candid’ talks to avoid escalation of tensions
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Senior diplomats from China and the United States have held “candid and productive”…
Continue Reading Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A top Ukrainian diplomat has branded Russia a “terrorist state” as he opened his…
Continue Reading Australian central bank boosts cash rate to 4.1% with 12th hike
CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a 12th consecutive time to 4.1% and warned…
Continue Reading Son Jun-ho selected for South Korean soccer team despite being detained in China
By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Son Jun-ho’s selection for South Korea’s national team despite his detention…
Continue Reading Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors WWII veterans
By SYLVIE CORBET and TARA COPP Associated Press ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how…
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Collapse of critical Ukrainian dam sparks region-wide evacuations. Here’s what we know
By Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington, Helen Regan, Olga Voitovych, Irene Nasser, Sebastian Shukla, Ivana Kottasová, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Jo Shelley,…
Continue Reading Prince Harry set to give evidence in phone hacking trial
By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will take to the witness stand Tuesday as his years-long battle against Britain’s tabloid…
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