Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a…
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Serbia makes a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a shift away from Russia
Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in…
Continue Reading A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea’s capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants,…
Continue Reading Texas megachurch faces exodus of worshippers after a sex abuse scandal set off a summer of turmoil
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Summer was off to a tumultuous start when allegations of child sexual abuse surfaced on a blog dedicated to…
Continue Reading Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A lawyer has told a coroner that three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two…
Continue Reading Idaho murder suspect wants trial moved after survey results say town will ‘burn the courthouse down’ if he’s acquitted
By Jean Casarez, Zoe Sottile and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho…
Continue Reading Ukraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight…
Continue Reading The plot to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens…
Continue Reading Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers’ reunion
LONDON (AP) — Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets. The new…
Continue Reading Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
By Kocha Olarn and James Legge, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The son of famed Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho has been found guilty of murdering…
Continue Reading EU’s top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine’s backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat is pressing Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the…
Continue Reading A gas leak in an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center kills 2 and injures 10
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A gas leak caused the death of two people and injured 10 others at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard center.…
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AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — If you want to use your shiny new iPhone for as long as possible, you better take good care of it. Most people are…
Continue Reading Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more…
Continue Reading 4 people including an army officer were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was…
Continue Reading Far-right party aims for wins in 2 state elections as Germany’s government flounders
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party for the first time in two state elections…
Continue Reading Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
Associated Press TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it…
Continue Reading US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Beijing Thursday as…
Continue Reading A Spanish YouTube chef gets life in prison for murder in Thailand
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of…
Continue Reading Why Russia has struggled to halt Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region
After three weeks of fighting, Russia is still struggling to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, a surprisingly slow and low-key…
Continue Reading 3 apes die from contagious bacterial infection within days of each other at Jacksonville Zoo
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Three apes at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens died over the past week due to a highly infectious bacterial…
Continue Reading Mexico’s ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds…
Continue Reading Massacre survivors say history is repeating – with new perpetrators
By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Tanibiral Miraj Ripon and Mark Phillips, CNN Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (CNN) — As tears roll down her face…
Continue Reading Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign
Associated Pres SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her…
Continue Reading At this church in Portugal, parishioners surf before they worship
Associated Press PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine…
Continue Reading Angelina Jolie dazzles Venice Film Festival with ‘Maria,’ a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas
Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Angelina Jolie portrays renowned opera singer Maria Callas in a film premiering at the Venice Film Festival…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street sees mixed results after late-day selling, drop for Nvidia
AP Business Writers A late-afternoon slide by some Big Tech companies cut into Wall Street’s gains Thursday, leading to a mixed finish for U.S.…
Continue Reading Florida executes man convicted of killing college student, raping victim’s sister in national forest
Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college student and raping the murder victim’s older sister in a…
Continue Reading Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work
Associated Press POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free…
Continue Reading Botched college financial aid form snarls students’ enrollment plans
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied…
Continue Reading ‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this…
Continue Reading Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ are making their live debut
Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here…
Continue Reading Japan urges 4 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
By Helen Regan, Robert Shackelford and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Almost 4 million people in southern Japan were urged to evacuate as…
Continue Reading Russia bans 92 more Americans from the country, including journalists
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country. That includes some…
Continue Reading Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict
Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a…
Continue Reading California lawmakers pass bill that could make undocumented immigrants eligible for home loans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has approved a proposal that could make undocumented immigrants eligible for affordable…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a…
Continue Reading Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and…
Continue Reading What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goers
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Four significant breaks in the water pipeline that serves the Grand Canyon means visitors won’t be able…
Continue Reading Authorities search for missing California couple last seen leaving home on nudist ranch
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in southern California are searching for a missing couple last seen leaving their home on a nudist ranch over…
Continue Reading Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong storm lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in Arizona’s fake electors case dispute defendants’ allegations of a political motive
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors are defending their case against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results of the close…
Continue Reading DC police officer dies after gun he was trying to retrieve from storm drain went off, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a Washington, D.C., officer has died after being shot when a gun he was trying to trying recover from a storm drain…
Continue Reading Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox came under criticism Wednesday for sending a campaign email that…
Continue Reading A second elephant calf in 2 weeks is born at a California zoo
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The second elephant calf in two weeks has been born at a California zoo. The Fresno Chaffee Zoo says African elephant Amahle…
Continue Reading Georgia lawmakers seek answers to deaths and violence plaguing the state’s prisons
Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Statistics presented to Georgia lawmakers indicate that the state’s prisons remain…
Continue Reading California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California landmark legislation to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest AI…
Continue Reading RFK Jr. appeals ruling that knocked him off New York’s presidential election ballot
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a state appeals court to overturn a ruling that would keep him off…
Continue Reading The new fight to reform the UN’s colonial-era world order
By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns…
Continue Reading Iran claims Yemen’s Houthi rebels will allow rescuers to salvage oil tanker ablaze in Red Sea
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker…
Continue Reading People in Brazil’s Amazon are choking on smoke and feeling the heat from rainforest wildfires
Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is causing people in the region to cough, burning their…
Continue Reading A judge heard the case of a death row inmate who claims innocence, weeks before he’s scheduled to be executed
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus…
Continue Reading Rail worker’s death in Ohio railyard highlights union questions about remote control trains
Associated Press The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives last year sees two-person crews as a…
Continue Reading A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattles El Salvador with no immediate reports of injuries or damage
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattled El Salvador on Wednesday afternoon with no initial reports of injuries or…
Continue Reading 1 person taken to a hospital after turbulence forces Cancun-to-Chicago flight to land in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say one person was taken to a hospital after a United Airlines flight was diverted to Memphis, Tennessee, because…
Continue Reading Grand Canyon’s only water pipeline fails, prompting shutdown of overnight hotel stays
Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The main pipeline providing water to the Grand Canyon National Park has failed after a…
Continue Reading In a north Texas county, dazed residents sift through homes mangled by a tornado
Associated Press VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — The dazed residents of a remote north Texas county sifted through their mangled homes after seven people…
Continue Reading Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, its first case in 25 years, they’re too late
By Muhammad Darwish and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. For…
Continue Reading Cheerleader drops sexual harassment lawsuit against Northwestern University
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — A cheerleader has dropped her federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Northwestern University. Hayden Richardson filed suit…
Continue Reading Former Massachusetts detective indicted on federal charges he killed a young woman who claimed he fathered her unborn child
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A former Massachusetts police detective has been indicted in connection with the killing of a young pregnant woman…
Continue Reading South Carolina prison director says electric chair, firing squad and lethal injection ready to go
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s prisons director says the state’s supply of its lethal injection drug is pure, its…
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Continue Reading Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison, fined $3M for money laundering
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in…
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN is looking at using artificial intelligence to create personalized “SportsCenter” shows for subscribers to its…
Continue Reading Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro’s new public enemy
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the claw machines that elicit exhilaration…
Continue Reading Minnesota state senator pleads not guilty to burglarizing stepmother’s home
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her…
Continue Reading Michigan mayor dismissed from lawsuit over city’s handling of lead in water
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The mayor of Benton Harbor, Michigan, has been dismissed from a lawsuit that accuses him of mismanaging problems with…
Continue Reading The suspect in a French synagogue attack said he wanted to change Israel’s actions, prosecutors say
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say a 33-year-old man accused in an arson attack on a synagogue last weekend said he wanted to defend Palestinians…
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Associated Press Nebraska’s Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that challenges election officials’ refusal to restore the voting…
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey’s says her mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day. Carey wrote in a…
Continue Reading New Jersey man drowns while rescuing 2 of his children in Delaware River
DELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey man vacationing with his family in Pennsylvania drowned in the Delaware River while rescuing two of his…
Continue Reading Ludacris’ gulp of untreated Alaska glacier melt was totally fine, scientist says
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space…
Continue Reading Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington…
Continue Reading Wisconsin sheriff investigating homicide at aging maximum security prison
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent homicide at an aging maximum security prison in…
Continue Reading What a new indictment means for Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is pressing forward with his 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump,…
Continue Reading FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing
AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation…
Continue Reading Frail and malnourished, rescued hostage hopes war in Gaza ends ‘for all Palestinian and Israeli families’
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Negev, Israel (CNN) — After more than 300 days in Hamas captivity, a frail and malnourished Farhan Al-Qadi sat in a…
Continue Reading Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA’s homeless population
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials with L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net say they will commit $90 million over five years to build a…
Continue Reading World Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle
By Richard Roth and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles…
Continue Reading Wasn’t polio wiped out? Why it is still a problem in some countries
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Police has been eliminated in most parts of the world, but the infectious disease is still spreading in a small…
Continue Reading Water buffalo corralled days after it escaped in Iowa suburb and was shot by police
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An escaped water buffalo is headed to a large animal hospital days after it wandered away from a suburban Iowa property and…
Continue Reading Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is ‘going back to the drawing board’
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to…
Continue Reading An Israeli freed from Gaza returns to a village where 70% of homes are targeted for demolition
Associated Press KHIRBET KARKUR, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter reality.…
Continue Reading US Open tennis will stay on ESPN through 2037 under a new 12-year agreement
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open tennis tournament will stay on ESPN through 2037 under a 12-year contract that starts in 2026. The network and the…
Continue Reading Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat, CDC says
AP Health Writer At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from eating Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall…
Continue Reading Haitian and Kenyan police try to oust gangs from a rough part of Haiti’s capital
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille says that Haitian forces working with police sent from…
Continue Reading Venezuela’s ‘little commandos’ took on Maduro. Now they may be leading a new wave of migration
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — They were the self-styled political “commandos” with aspirations of bringing down the authoritarian…
Continue Reading Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in a century
Associated Press Workers have breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a…
Continue Reading US Open: Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia and other tennis players say cyberbullying is still a problem
AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Garcia, a U.S. Open semifinalist two years ago, is drawing attention to the problem of cyberbullying in…
Continue Reading Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A review by Pennsylvania’s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of convicted serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. Personal Birth date: September 19,…
Continue Reading Former police officer accused of killing pregnant woman and staging it as a suicide
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing a woman he is accused of…
Continue Reading Wimbledon champion Krejcikova out of US Open, Shelton and Tiafoe set to meet in 3rd round
AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe is getting the rematch he wants, a second shot at Ben Shelton at the U.S. Open. But there…
Continue Reading Attorney for white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl says his client needs a psychological evaluation
Associated Press The attorney for an elderly white homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl after the teenage Black honor student came to his home by mistake…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris…
Continue Reading A judge weighs whether to spare Missouri man from execution after evidence was mishandled
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An evidentiary hearing in Missouri will determine the fate of a man on death row who thought DNA evidence…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Personal Birth date: September 20, 1934…
Continue Reading 2 men from Europe charged with ‘swatting’ plot targeting former US president and members of Congress
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men…
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