US Army: Helicopters crashed in mountains, fair weather
Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed last week in Alaska, killing three soldiers, collided over a…
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First Republic up in air as regulators juggle bank’s fate
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators continued their search for a solution to First Republic Bank’s woes over the weekend…
Continue Reading Tim Scott sets May 22 announcement for 2024 presidential bid
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott says he’s nearly ready to reveal his decision on entering the 2024…
Continue Reading Cardinals broadcaster, World Series champ Mike Shannon dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shannon, a two-time World Series winner and longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster, has died. He was 83. The Cardinals said…
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What is a vampire straw? A closer look at the weapon confiscated from a Boston traveler’s luggage
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A man was arrested earlier this month at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly carrying a “vampire straw”…
Continue Reading Mississippi River waters keep rising in Iowa and Illinois
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — People along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois are warily watching rising water levels from the…
Continue Reading Fashion designer for Russian first ladies dies
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who dressed the country’s first ladies, has died at the age of 85. An…
Continue Reading Man arrested after $3M worth of drugs shipped to restaurant
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs…
Continue Reading Quiet and parents’ touch help opioid users’ newborns: study
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Babies born to opioid users had shorter hospital stays and needed less medication when their care emphasized…
Continue Reading 9 injured by gunfire at South Carolina party now recovering
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late night teen party at a South Carolina park over the…
Continue Reading Widening manhunt for Texas gunman slowed by ‘zero leads’
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who fatally shot five neighbors continued coming…
Continue Reading This zoo is seeking 5 people to dress up as birds and chase seagulls away
By Yenny Sanchez, CNN If you’re looking for a job, love animals and don’t take yourself too seriously, an opportunity at the Blackpool…
Continue Reading Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return colonial-era…
Continue Reading Immunity rejected for officer after overturned conviction
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge has rejected a former police officer’s claim that he should be immune under self-defense laws from a new…
Continue Reading Trans and nonbinary students have long had a place at women’s colleges. Here’s what they want you to know
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Just weeks before stepping foot on Smith College’s campus, Avery finally came to understand something that cast doubt…
Continue Reading Official: 148 Somalis evacuated from Sudan via Ethiopia
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on…
Continue Reading Pope speaks of secret peace ‘mission,’ help for Ukraine kids
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday revealed that a secret peace “mission” in…
Continue Reading Police: Armed man wounded, 2 officers hit but saved by vests
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an overnight standoff with an armed man in a Philadelphia home ended when he was shot and wounded by officers who…
Continue Reading Mississippi 19-year-old arrested for shooting that left 2 teens dead, 4 wounded, police say
By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Authorities have arrested and charged a 19-year-old for a shooting early Sunday morning that left two teenagers dead and…
Continue Reading A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, ‘killed for nothing’
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American…
Continue Reading Arrest made in Minneapolis mosque fires that rattled Muslims
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police have arrested a man suspected of setting two fires that damaged mosques in the city last week as part of what…
Continue Reading ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ hits $1B, is No. 1 for 4 weeks
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s still Mario Time at the box office. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” led ticket sales for…
Continue Reading Relatives bury children killed in Russian missile attack
ANDREA ROSA Associated Press UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Relatives and friends cried next to coffins as they buried children and others killed in a…
Continue Reading Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut withdrawal unless his forces get more munitions
By Josh Pennington, CNN The head of the Russian private military company Wagner has threatened to withdraw his mercenaries from the embattled eastern…
Continue Reading Haitian family struggles to find a place to stay in Boston, as asylum-seekers sleep in a hospital lobby
By Liam Reilly, CNN Fleeing what she called the “dire condition” of life in Haiti, Dieuvena came to the US, hoping “she can at…
Continue Reading Biden, Marcos set to meet as tensions grow with China
By AAMER MADHANI and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the…
Continue Reading DNA ties man who died in prison to 1984 NJ killing, AG says
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say DNA evidence has proven that a man who died in prison several years ago was responsible for the 1984 murder of…
Continue Reading Basketball legend Rivers, longtime Globetrotter, dies at 73
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Larry “Gator” Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters…
Continue Reading Netanyahu tells CNN Israel will remain a “robust democracy” despite judiciary plans
By Richard Allen Greene Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN Sunday his country would remain a “robust democracy” despite…
Continue Reading Netanyahu tells CNN Israel will remain a “robust democracy” despite judiciary plans
By Richard Allen Greene Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN Sunday his country would remain a “robust democracy” despite…
Continue Reading Tornado flips cars, damages homes in coastal Florida city
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain…
Continue Reading Man kills 3, self, in dispute among Portuguese pigeon racers
MADRID (AP) — Portuguese police say a man fatally shot three other men before turning the gun on himself. Local media described the incident as a…
Continue Reading Sudan’s army and rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary say they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire another 72…
Continue Reading What’s behind shortages of Adderall, Ozempic and other meds?
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Shortages of drugs like Adderall are growing in the United States, and experts see no clear path to resolving them.…
Continue Reading What GOP’s plan for Medicaid work requirements would mean
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under…
Continue Reading 3 teens were killed and 1 was injured in a Philadelphia mass shooting. 2 teen boys have been arrested
By Celina Tebor, CNN Three teenagers — including a 14-year-old — were killed and another was injured during a shooting in Philadelphia…
Continue Reading Pakistan police allege 2 clerics raped boy in seminary
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say they have arrested two Muslim clerics for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy in a religious school in…
Continue Reading GOP election officials walking fine line on fraud, integrity
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican secretaries of state in Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri have promoted…
Continue Reading Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer found an 80-year-old woman slumped…
Continue Reading Takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press SUN LAKES, Arizona (AP) — Heat waves fueled by climate change are starting earlier, growing more intense and lasting…
Continue Reading Willie Nelson inhales the love at 90th birthday concert
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Are there any more real cowboys?” Neil Young sang Saturday night at the Hollywood…
Continue Reading 2 killed, 4 wounded in Mississippi shooting; man arrested
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting…
Continue Reading Sculpture of euthanized walrus Freya unveiled in Oslo
By Sophie Tanno, CNN The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her…
Continue Reading Sculpture of euthanized walrus Freya unveiled in Oslo
By Sophie Tanno, CNN The artist behind a sculpture of a walrus that was controversially euthanized over public safety concerns says she hopes her…
Continue Reading Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years
By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three…
Continue Reading This White officer led Black troops during the Civil War. 110 years after his death, he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
By Phil Gast, CNN It wasn’t just bullets and slashing swords that Isaac C. Hart had to fear during the Civil War. As a White Army officer…
Continue Reading 11 dead, 4 hospitalized in gas leak in northern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Media reports in India say 11 people have died and four are hospitalized after a gas leak in northern Punjab state. Police told…
Continue Reading Shooting kills 2 men, injures 3rd victim in Seattle park
SEATTLE (AP) — Police in Seattle say two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night. Police…
Continue Reading What a Black man discovered when he met the White mother he never knew
Essay by John Blake, CNN I don’t remember what I said because I was too shocked to respond. But I remember where I stood when it happened. I…
Continue Reading Russia vows retaliation after Poland seizes embassy school
By Xiaofei Xu and Darya Tarasova, CNN Russia says it will retaliate after Polish authorities seized the Russian Embassy school in Warsaw,…
Continue Reading Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on…
Continue Reading 3 killed in Southern California small plane crash
BIG BEAR CITY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed near Big Bear City Airport in the California mountains, killing all…
Continue Reading Nevada firefighters came to the rescue of a bear that got stuck in a tree
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A team of firefighters and wildlife officials in Nevada accomplished a “bear-y” important rescue mission Wednesday. A…
Continue Reading ‘Woolly delinquents’ celebrate Charles’ coronation in yarn
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Heather Howarth tugged at King Charles III’s ears and tittered with satisfaction. The other ladies…
Continue Reading Ukrainian shelling kills four in Russian village, local governor says
By Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian shelling has killed four civilians in the Russian border region of Bryansk, the local governor…
Continue Reading Convicted terrorist pardoned in Hungary on eve of Pope’s visit
By Balint Bardi, Antonia Mortensen, Eleanor Pickston and Heather Chen, CNN A far-right activist convicted of terrorism was among several prisoners…
Continue Reading When states limit care, some trans people do it themselves
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With her insurance about to run out and Republicans in her…
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) — The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is…
Continue Reading China’s manufacturing contracts, signaling recovery concerns
BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows that China’s factory activity declined in April from the previous month, signaling policymakers’…
Continue Reading 200 officers are in a manhunt for the Texas suspect accused of killing his 5 neighbors. Authorities are offering $80,000 for information
By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN More than 200 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for the gunman…
Continue Reading Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Research on a flat spot for air evacuations. Talk of old-style civil defense sirens to…
Continue Reading Battle for late Johnny Winter’s music to play out in court
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly nine years after Johnny Winter’s death, a battle for control of the legendary…
Continue Reading ‘Glory to Ukraine’: French artist C215 dedicates mural to executed Ukrainian POW
By Heather Chen and Mariya Knight, CNN A mural depicting a fallen Ukrainian soldier executed by Russian forces in 2022 has appeared in the heart of…
Continue Reading First Red Cross aid arrives in Sudan after weeks of fighting
By Mitchell McCluskey, Eyad Kourdi, Heather Chen and CNN journalists in Sudan Red Cross aid landed in Sudan for the first time since fighting broke…
Continue Reading 150 years later, Dixon bridge tragedy among nation’s worst
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine…
Continue Reading Paraguay’s long-ruling party romps to presidential victory
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay’s long-governing Colorado Party will remain the dominant force of the…
Continue Reading Roof collapse at house near Ohio State University injures 14
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Part of a house collapsed and 14 people were injured near The Ohio State University Saturday evening when people climbed onto…
Continue Reading Uzbekistan votes on changes that extend president’s tenure
The Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Voters in Uzebekistan are casting ballots in a referendum on a revised constitution that promises…
Continue Reading ‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president
By Mitchell McCluskey and Aqeel Mohamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a…
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By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — By the time Manny Machado put San Diego ahead for good, hitting home runs in Mexico…
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By Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN The daughter of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny says her father’s health is…
Continue Reading Press box collapse at West Virginia softball game injures 9
WAYNE, W.Va. (AP) — A portion of a press box floor has collapsed at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia. School officials say nine…
Continue Reading Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters…
Continue Reading Starship could be ready to launch again in ‘six to eight weeks,’ Elon Musk says
By Jackie Wattles and Danya Gainor, CNN Since SpaceX’s inaugural test flight of the most powerful rocket ever constructed, the company’s…
Continue Reading More migrants are showing up nightly at a Boston hospital. Dozens, most from Haiti, slept in the lobby this week
By Celina Tebor, CNN Amid humanitarian and security crises in their home country, Haitian migrants arriving in Boston have been sleeping overnight at…
Continue Reading Son of rap exec Big U forges own path with NFL’s Chargers
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Daiyan Henley grew up with a well-known father. The spotlight is now shining on him after…
Continue Reading New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter, wounds tourist
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet penetrated the restaurant and…
Continue Reading Telegram app back on in Brazil after judge lifts suspension
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Internet providers and wireless carriers in Brazil have stopped blocking…
Continue Reading Arkansas woman indicted in $11,000 sale of stolen body parts
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold 20 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school…
Continue Reading Texas border city struggles with large arrival of migrants
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Shelters in a Texas city struggled to find space Saturday for migrants who…
Continue Reading Details revealed about King Charles III’s coronation service
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It will be a coronation of many faiths and many languages. King Charles III, keen to show that he…
Continue Reading Border detention facilities reach capacity amid spike in migrants
By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN Detention facilities along the US-Mexico border have surpassed capacity as a growing number of migrants…
Continue Reading California man gets 4 1/2 years for role in US Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Southern California man who assaulted police with pepper spray during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was…
Continue Reading Flood concerns rise as Mississippi River crests in Iowa city
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The surging Mississippi River was cresting in Iowa on Saturday as melting snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin continues to push…
Continue Reading Mexico’s ruling party sweeps mine reform, other bills to law
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has approved a wide-ranging reform of laws governing the mining industry, including a requirement that…
Continue Reading 1 employee dead, 2 injured after ‘road incident’ at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant
By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN One Volkswagen employee died and two others were injured after being struck by a vehicle at the German…
Continue Reading Israelis rally for 17th week against judicial overhaul plans
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting judicial overhaul proposals in the 17th weekly rally against Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Poland claims Russian school by court order; Moscow angered
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw authorities have moved to claim a school building that served children of Russian diplomats. The authorities were…
Continue Reading Trump ups competition with DeSantis in planning trip to Iowa
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The competition between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis is intensifying as the former…
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — General Mills has issued a nationwide recall of its bleached and unbleached flour after discovering salmonella during a…
Continue Reading Pipeline restores gas flow after lightning-sparked inferno
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — Natural gas is flowing again in a Mississippi pipeline after a towering blaze Friday that officials believe was caused by a…
Continue Reading A rare ‘wanted’ poster for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln sold for over $160,000
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A rare reward poster seeking the capture of the men responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination has sold at…
Continue Reading Minnesota woman who left newborn to die sentenced to prison
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for leaving her newborn son to die on the banks of the…
Continue Reading Be tough in seizing Iran oil, bipartisan senators urge Biden
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the…
Continue Reading Two Amur leopard cubs born at Pittsburgh Zoo
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Pittsburgh Zoo has welcomed two adorable — and critically endangered — new bundles of joy. The zoo announced the…
Continue Reading Spain is 1st Black woman to lead South Carolina Democrats
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, has been elected as chair of South Carolina’s…
Continue Reading NYC partly shutters 4 parking garages after deadly collapse
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building…
Continue Reading Louis Vuitton turns Seoul bridge into massive runway
By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Louis Vuitton transformed a bridge spanning the Han River into a massive runway for its…
Continue Reading New Orleans restaurant employee was target of fatal shooting, police say
By Jay Croft and Paradise Afshar, CNN The New Orleans Police Department said an employee of the popular Mandina’s Restaurant was the intended…
Continue Reading 3 indicted in Alabama mail thefts involving stolen keys
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Three Alabama residents have been indicted in a federal investigation that found that a letter carrier illegally sold keys…
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