New Jersey adopts public records law critics say tightens access to documents
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation overhauling access to the state’s public records, likely making it harder…
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YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and youth; critics say proof will be in enforcement
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — YouTube is changing its rules to protect its youngest users from potentially harmful firearm…
Continue Reading Expanded College Football Playoff will begin with 1st-round game on Dec. 20 in prime time
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude…
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Continue Reading Joro spiders are back in the news. Here’s what the experts really think about them
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Continue Reading The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife unknowingly helped in his arrest. She’s now filed for divorce
By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome…
Continue Reading Thousands pay tribute to Connecticut state trooper killed during highway traffic stop
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of people including police officers from throughout the Northeast have gathered…
Continue Reading ‘Traitors’ cast will include Sam Asghari, Chrishell Stause, Tom Sandoval — and a British aristocrat
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Edward Snowden, who admitted to leaking information about US surveillance programs…
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Continue Reading Spare a thought for weather watcher Maureen Sweeney who made the right call for D-Day
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Continue Reading House Republicans issue criminal referrals against James and Hunter Biden, alleging false testimony
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued criminal referrals against Joe Biden’s son and brother,…
Continue Reading Trump’s conviction prompts election-year debate among Democrats: How much to focus on the verdict?
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Continue Reading What to know about Boeing’s first spaceflight carrying NASA astronauts
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Continue Reading Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls posts bail on first 6 of 26 criminal charges
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking…
Continue Reading Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?
By Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party faces a mammoth…
Continue Reading D-Day anniversary shines a spotlight on ‘Rosie the Riveter’ women who built the weapons of WWII
By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PEGASUS BRIDGE, France (AP) — In World War II, millions of women rolled up their sleeves and…
Continue Reading Deadly tornadoes tear through South Africa, killing 11
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 people have died and more than 50 others are injured after tornadoes tore through parts of South…
Continue Reading Ice Spice announces highly anticipated debut album ‘Y2K’ will arrive in July
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Continue Reading Judge dismisses cruelty charges against trooper who hit loose horse with patrol vehicle
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Continue Reading ‘Unintended hero.’ A mother’s quest to find her daughter led to the eventual arrest of suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Mari Gilbert did not live to witness the arrest of an architect from Long Island suspected of killing four young…
Continue Reading Putin takes questions from international journalists for first time since inauguration
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Continue Reading Russia’s top diplomat promises more military support for Burkina Faso as he tours West Africa
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Continue Reading Virginia governor says state will abandon California emissions standards by the end of the year
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Continue Reading What will become of The Epoch Times with its chief financial officer accused of money laundering?
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Continue Reading Mega Millions $552 million jackpot winning ticket was sold online in Illinois
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Continue Reading Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program challenged by lawsuit from a conservative activist group
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s first government program providing cash reparations to Black residents in response to past…
Continue Reading Photos of released Ukrainian prisoners of war show emaciated bodies in ‘horrifying’ condition
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Continue Reading Wisconsin warden jailed hours before news conference on prison death investigations
By Associated Press Madison, Wis. (CNN) — A Wisconsin prison warden was jailed Wednesday just hours before a scheduled news conference where…
Continue Reading Death toll from floods across southern Germany rises to 6
BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from floods across a large part of southern Germany has risen to six as police recovered the body of a woman missing…
Continue Reading The Taliban publicly flogs 63 people including women accused of crimes. The UN condemns it
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has condemned the public flogging of more than 60 people, including more than…
Continue Reading Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico posts a speech online in a first since his attempted assassination
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Continue Reading Japan’s birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also drops
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Continue Reading Weeks after making history, the first Black leader of Wales faces a no-confidence vote
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Continue Reading Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested after occupying Stanford University president’s office
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Continue Reading Ukraine uses US weapons to strike inside Russia, a Western official tells AP
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Continue Reading New York governor delays plan to fund transit and fight traffic with big tolls on Manhattan drivers
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Continue Reading Prosecutors want Donald Trump to remain under a gag order at least until he’s sentenced July 11
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Continue Reading Wisconsin warden jailed hours before news conference on prison death investigations
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Continue Reading Event management firms are the latest target in Belarus crackdown on dissent
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Continue Reading In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
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Continue Reading UN nuclear agency’s board votes to censure Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the watchdog
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Continue Reading Man dies after falling from ‘Mission Impossible’ cliff in Norway
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Continue Reading More than a dozen arrests as pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Stanford University president’s office
By Cheri Mossburg and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested and a public safety officer was…
Continue Reading Key figure at Detroit riverfront nonprofit charged with embezzling millions
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Continue Reading Turkey urges Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect…
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Continue Reading Woman fatally stabbed 3-year-old within seconds after following family from store, police say
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Continue Reading Amanda Knox’s slander conviction upheld in case related to Meredith Kercher’s murder
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Continue Reading Tensions ramp up on Israel-Lebanon border as IDF warns decision is approaching on fresh offensive
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Continue Reading Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official’s comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain
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Continue Reading UN agency predicts that 1.5-degree Celsius target limit likely to be surpassed by 2028
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit)…
Continue Reading Man’s body found after suburban Chicago home explodes
LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. The Lake County sheriff’s…
Continue Reading A US-Russian citizen is convicted in Russia after anti-war posts on social media
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Continue Reading NHL to broadcast Stanley Cup Final games in American Sign Language, a 1st for a major sports league
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL will become the first major sports league to provide a full game broadcast in American Sign Language to…
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Continue Reading UN migration, refugee agencies cite ‘fundamental’ right to asylum after new US moves to restrict it
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American Falls Police looking for armed suspect
American Falls Police are looking for Ronald Lewis Lee Jr., who fled from a incident around the 200 block on Monroe Street…
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly workers. They include a new bonus plan as…
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Continue Reading UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — United Nations agencies are warning that over 1 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could experience…
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online marketplace behemoth eBay said it plans to no longer accept American Express, citing what…
Continue Reading Big Mac battle: McDonald’s loses burger trademark for EU in battle with Irish rival
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A top European Union court ruled that McDonald’s has lost its Big Mac trademark in the 27-nation…
Continue Reading Commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland begins its work
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish prime minister says that a special commission tasked with investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland…
Continue Reading Erdogan turns up the heat on Israel as his party’s popularity wanes
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LONDON (AP) — A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations and…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume
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Continue Reading Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
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By The Associated Press A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut has become the first person to spend 1,000 days in space, Russian space agency Roscosmos said…
Continue Reading Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished Service Cross
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the…
Continue Reading Black World War II medic who treated wounded soldiers on D-Day awarded posthumous Distinguished Service Cross
CNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and other family members are expected to take the stand in his gun trial
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Continue Reading India’s Modi prepares for record 3rd term as nations congratulate his government on election victory
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — China, Ukraine and other nations have sent congratulations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Continue Reading South Africa Cabinet minister arrested over bribery allegations amid the country’s coalition talks
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By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — Over the past eight years, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has built one of the world’s largest oil…
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say four police officers in the capital region have been arrested for kidnapping for ransom that…
Continue Reading Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at…
Continue Reading A member of a German far-right party stabbed and wounded in another attack on a politician
BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa is reporting that a member of a far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim.…
Continue Reading Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s leader says 1st phase of new capital is 80% complete and he’ll have an office there soon
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Continue Reading US flies bomber for first JDAM bombing drill in 7 years as tensions simmer with North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says that the U.S. has flown a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for its first…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian stocks trade mixed after Wall Street logs modest gains
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Wednesday, as investors weighed recent data highlighting a slowing U.S.…
Continue Reading European Union braces for foreign disinformation as voters head to polls
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Continue Reading Woman mayor killed in Mexico just hours after election of first female president
By Omar Fajardo, Mitchell McCluskey and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The woman mayor of a town in western Mexico was shot dead Monday,…
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