Man convicted of killing 4 people at ex-girlfriend’s home near Denver
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing four people at his ex-girlfriend’s home in suburban Denver…
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Unusual giant planet as fluffy as cotton candy spotted by astronomers
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — What is big, with a fluffy, cotton candy-like composition? Turns out, a planet. An international coalition of…
Continue Reading Sexual assaults are down in the US military. Here’s what to know about the numbers
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon officials are cautiously optimistic that an overall decline in reported sexual…
Continue Reading Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 voting restrictions that state judge found unconstitutional
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld four voting restrictions passed by Republican…
Continue Reading Catch up on the day’s stories: Cheap groceries, a polarizing graduation speech, health care cyberattacks
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Continue Reading Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers.…
Continue Reading Atlanta officer charged with killing his Lyft driver
UNION CITY, Ga. (AP) — An Atlanta police officer who authorities say shot and killed a Lyft driver who was driving him home was arrested and…
Continue Reading US Coast Guard says Texas barge collision may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
By LEKAN OYEKANMI and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says early estimates show a barge collision in…
Continue Reading Theft of more than 400 vehicles in Michigan leads to the arrest of 6 men
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Six men face charges in connection with the theft of more than 400 vehicles worth about $8 million in Michigan. The state…
Continue Reading Arrests of US tourists in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition prompts plea from three governors
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Five Americans are facing prison sentences of up to 12 years in the Turks and Caicos Islands on charges they…
Continue Reading Peruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers have begun yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various…
Continue Reading Ex-South African leader’s corruption trial date set as he fights another case to run for election
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors say former South African President Jacob Zuma will go on trial for…
Continue Reading Joint streaming venture involving ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Venu Sports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sports streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery finally has a name. The joint venture will be…
Continue Reading Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office has pleaded not guilty to extortion, bribery,…
Continue Reading Justice Dept makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced three arrests in a complex stolen identity scheme that…
Continue Reading Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting
By Emma Tucker, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a…
Continue Reading New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is creating a new process aimed at cutting the…
Continue Reading Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester in 2020
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbot issued a full pardon Thursday to a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted…
Continue Reading Ethiopia protests US ambassador’s speech after he calls for release of political prisoners
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia lodged a complaint over statements by the U.S. ambassador after he said the…
Continue Reading Donor and consultant convicted again of trying to bribe North Carolina’s insurance commissioner
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A major North Carolina political donor and his associate have been convicted a second time of attempting to bribe the…
Continue Reading Bad Bunny sports agency sues baseball players’ union over ban, announces Ronald Acuña Jr. as client
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm sued the baseball players’ association Thursday,…
Continue Reading Simone Biles is stepping into the Olympic spotlight again. She is better prepared for the pressure
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SPRING, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics star Simone Biles says she is better equipped to handle the challenges that await…
Continue Reading Francis Ford Coppola debuts ‘Megalopolis’ in Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the…
Continue Reading Man convicted of murder in Detroit teen’s death despite body still missing in landfill
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man who dropped a teenager’s body into a dumpster has been convicted of second-degree…
Continue Reading Belarus targets opposition activists with raids and property seizures
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have announced raids and the seizure of property of 104…
Continue Reading Rain, cooler temperatures help prevent wildfire near Canada’s oil sands from growing
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada’s oil sands hub city of Fort McMurray,…
Continue Reading South Sudan government and rebel groups sign ‘commitment’ for peace in ongoing peace talks in Kenya
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups have signed a “commitment…
Continue Reading Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of ‘crazy’ ocean heat
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to…
Continue Reading Texas judge orders new election after GOP lawsuit challenged 2022 election result in Houston area
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022…
Continue Reading NFL schedule makers didn’t seek out a Chiefs game close to a Taylor Swift concert
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Creating the NFL schedule is a complicated process that requires tens of thousands of computers coming up with…
Continue Reading The number of child migrants arriving in an Italian city has more than doubled, a report says
ROME (AP) — An aid group says that the number of unaccompanied children who arrived in the northern Italian city of Trieste through the Balkan…
Continue Reading Matt Gaetz evokes ‘standing by’ language adopted by Proud Boys as he attends court with Donald Trump
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has evoked language adopted by the far-right Proud Boys extremist group as he supports…
Continue Reading Iowa center called police nearly 1,000 times in 3 years before teen killed staffer, records show
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Police records show that officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment…
Continue Reading Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck…
Continue Reading A look at high-profile political assassinations and attempts this century
By The Associated Press Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country…
Continue Reading Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police…
Continue Reading Family of Lewiston, Maine, shooter testifies about struggle to get him help before the tragedy
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — In emotional testimony Thursday morning, family members of Robert Card, the man responsible for two shootings…
Continue Reading Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Egypt’s Great Pyramid and other ancient monuments at Giza exist on an isolated strip of land at the edge of the…
Continue Reading California university president put on leave after announcing agreement with pro-Palestinian group
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (AP) — The chancellor of the California State University system has suspended the president of its Sonoma campus for…
Continue Reading A fiery tanker crash and hazmat spill shuts down Interstate 70 near Denver
DENVER (AP) — A fiery crash involving a tanker truck has shut down a stretch of Colorado’s main east-west highway on the outskirts of Denver. The…
Continue Reading Harris accepts debate invite to face off with Trump’s VP pick, which may come at convention
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden campaign says Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation…
Continue Reading Driver killed in incident at Arizona facility that is being built by a Taiwanese semiconductor giant
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a truck driver has been killed after a tank holding waste material depressurized at a Phoenix facility that is being…
Continue Reading Sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham unveiled at US Capitol
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, where it will stand…
Continue Reading Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks
By Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said Thursday he would shut down commencement ceremonies “on the…
Continue Reading Haiti’s crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press VERON, Dominican Republic (AP) — As soaring violence and political turmoil grip…
Continue Reading The Dow just crossed 40,000 for the first time. The number is big but means little for your 401(k)
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Through its long history, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has offered a way for people to get a…
Continue Reading Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less…
Continue Reading US drowning death rates have increased, reversing decades of decline
After decades of decline, accidental drowning rates are rising in the US, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. With…
Continue Reading Murder trial set for September for Minnesota trooper who shot motorist during freeway stop
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper who’s charged with murder for fatally shooting a motorist as he tried to pull away from a traffic…
Continue Reading American medics trapped in Gaza call on US government to help bring them home
CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three…
Continue Reading Walmart’s business surges as shoppers hunt for low prices
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Businesses from McDonald’s to Home Depot are struggling to attract financially strapped…
Continue Reading Lawyer for family of slain US Air Force airman says video and calls show deputy went to wrong home
By JEFF MARTIN and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson says the bodycam footage of the…
Continue Reading Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial
By MIKE CATALINI and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez says his wife has breast cancer and will require a…
Continue Reading Study reveals when the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
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Continue Reading Kosovo makes last-minute push to get its membership in Council of Europe approved in a Friday vote
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government is making a last-minute effort to convince…
Continue Reading Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials have voted to provide more details to voters than normal to avoid…
Continue Reading FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency’s toxic workplace culture
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg is sitting for a second day of…
Continue Reading House to vote on requiring delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to deliver a rebuke to President Joe Biden for putting a pause on a…
Continue Reading Long-term mortgage rates retreat for second straight week, US average at 7.02%
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. fell for the second straight week, giving some relief to home…
Continue Reading Dow briefly tops 40,000 for first time but ends the day lower
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke past the 40,000 threshold Thursday for the first time ever,…
Continue Reading Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June…
Continue Reading Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say human bones found inside the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 have been identified as those of a man…
Continue Reading As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string…
Continue Reading Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the…
Continue Reading Hundreds of pelicans have been stranded on the California coast for the second time in 2 years
By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Droves of starving brown pelicans have been found stranded on the California coast since late April and the root…
Continue Reading EA Sports College Football 25 comes out on July 19. Edwards, Ewers, Hunter are on standard cover
By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer EA Sports has revealed an image of the College Football 25 cover that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards,…
Continue Reading Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes.…
Continue Reading Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge, autopsy report concludes
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a…
Continue Reading Drake leads the 2024 BET Awards nominations with 7, followed closely by Nicki Minaj
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Drake is the leading nominee for next month’s BET Awards, followed closely by Nicki Minaj. The Canadian rapper…
Continue Reading PGA Championship gets underway. Xander Schauffele out to the early lead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele made four birdies over his first seven holes Thursday to kick off the PGA Championship, while Tiger Woods…
Continue Reading Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has sentenced dozens pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 30 years in prison over deadly riots that…
Continue Reading Majority of EU nations want more partnerships to stem migration from countries of origin
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A majority of European Union countries are calling for more agreements with countries…
Continue Reading Tom McMillen, head of the FBS athletic directors’ organization LEAD1, announces he’s stepping down
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By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SPRING, Texas (AP) — Gymnastics star Simone Biles says she is better equipped to handle the challenges that await…
Continue Reading Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote from faculty group over handling of pro-Palestinian campus protests
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian encampments have been cleared from more US college campuses as school officials have called in…
Continue Reading Spanish police say they’ve broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after making a…
Continue Reading Rock band Cage the Elephant emerge from loss and hospitalization with new album ‘Neon Pill’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To say Cage the Elephant’s latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement.…
Continue Reading Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago
By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s Imran Khan appears via video link before a top court, for 1st time since his sentencing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appeared before a top court via video link, his first such…
Continue Reading At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says
By Louis Mian and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last…
Continue Reading Facebook and Instagram probed over fears they may be too addictive for children
The European Union is worried that Meta is failing to protect children on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, and has launched a formal…
Continue Reading US applications for jobless benefits come back down after last week’s 9-month high
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other…
Continue Reading White House blocks release of Biden’s special counsel interview audio, says GOP is being political
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his…
Continue Reading Mosque attack in northern Nigeria leaves 8 people dead. Police say the motive was a family dispute
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say at least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured in…
Continue Reading Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to…
Continue Reading US Navy flagship carrier USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years
By EUGENE HOSHIKO and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S. Navy strike group’s flagship aircraft carrier has left its…
Continue Reading The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend…
Continue Reading Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international human rights organization has urged the Thai government to stop forcing…
Continue Reading Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union’s strict digital regulations
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened fresh investigations into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that…
Continue Reading The Latest | Defense at Trump hush money trial to cross-examine star witness Michael Cohen
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to…
Continue Reading Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military officials in Ukraine say their units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s…
Continue Reading Indonesia raises alert for Mount Ibu volcano to highest level following a series of eruptions
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Mount Ibu, a volcano in North…
Continue Reading Georgian president says a foreign influence bill passed by parliament is unacceptable
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday a “foreign influence” bill…
Continue Reading Germany’s parliament lifts immunity for prosecution of a far-right lawmaker
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have lifted the immunity from prosecution of one of the far-right Alternative for Germany party’s top candidates…
Continue Reading Census Bureau estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South dominates growth
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau estimates show America’s Northeast and Midwest cities…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that…
Continue Reading US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when…
Continue Reading Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory
Violence has raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific…
Continue Reading Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them, report shows
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal…
Continue Reading Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rally ahead of the government’s plan to recriminalize the plant
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s…
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