Chinese and Russian delegations to visit North Korea ahead Korean War anniversary
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China and Russia are both sending high level delegations to North Korea this week in a rare…
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Trying to pinpoint the earliest internet meme is like trying to discern the first written word, or the first time someone sliced a loaf of bread; a…
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California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading…
Continue Reading US-born NBA player Kyle Anderson will represent China at the basketball World Cup
By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — US-born basketball player Kyle Anderson will represent China at next month’s FIBA World Cup after obtaining…
Continue Reading Safety net with holes? Programs to help crime victims can leave them fronting bills
By MIKE CATALINI and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Pamela White stared at the silver tree with twinkling lights while she cleaned out her son’s…
Continue Reading Strong typhoon blows closer to northern Philippines, forcing evacuations and halting sea travel
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon is blowing closer to the northern Philippines, forcing thousands of evacuations and a halt to sea…
Continue Reading For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
By AARON MORRISON and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS AP National Writers When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national…
Continue Reading Nashville school shooter’s writings reignite debate over releasing material written by mass killers
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Tennessee, a request for police to release a school shooter’s private writings has…
Continue Reading Victims in deadly collapse of China middle school gym roof largely members of girl’s volleyball team
BEIJING (AP) — Prosecutors in northeastern China are pursuing criminal charges against construction managers blamed for the collapse of the roof of…
Continue Reading IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety and combat scammers
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making…
Continue Reading Former pastor charged with killing 8-year-old girl who was walking to Bible camp nearly 50 years ago
By Danny Freeman (CNN) — An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in…
Continue Reading Officer who put woman in police car hit by train didn’t know it was on the tracks, defense says
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The lawyer for a Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police car that…
Continue Reading Luxury group LVMH joins top-tier French sponsors of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics
PARIS (AP) — The world’s biggest luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has announced a sponsorship deal with the 2024 Paris Olympics…
Continue Reading Ex-US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots fights extradition to the US
By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson and Paul Devitt, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Former Marine Daniel Duggan once flew Harrier jets for the…
Continue Reading US Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, agency says
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly…
Continue Reading Argentina demands that Bolivia explain its new defense agreement with Iran
By DANIEL POLITI and CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine government and members of the Bolivian opposition…
Continue Reading Seiichi Morimura, who exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese army’s Unit 731, dies at 90
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, whose nonfiction trilogy “The Devil’s…
Continue Reading Justice Department will make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing…
Continue Reading Ex-USC dean sentenced to home confinement for bribery of Los Angeles County supervisor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former dean at the University of Southern California will spend 1 1/2 years in home confinement for bribing a Los Angeles…
Continue Reading A maternity ward in Oregon is the scene of fatal gunfire
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gunfire erupted in a maternity unit of an Oregon hospital over the weekend, fatally wounding…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s defense minister says attacks on Crimea will continue, predicts possible NATO entry next year
By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says that Ukraine will…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s defense minister says attacks on Crimea will continue, predicts possible NATO entry next year
By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says that Ukraine will…
Continue Reading Alabama woman confesses to fabricating kidnapping
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to…
Continue Reading Florida couple pleads guilty to participating in the US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida couple is pleading guilty to participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court records show…
Continue Reading U of Michigan president condemns antisemitic vandalism at two off-campus fraternity houses
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan’s president has condemned antisemitic vandalism at two off-campus fraternity houses. President…
Continue Reading Former White House chef and Obama employee found dead at Martha’s Vineyard pond after falling while paddleboarding, police say
By Celina Tebor, Kevin Liptak and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A former White House chef who was working for the Obama family was found dead Monday…
Continue Reading Santa Barbara’s paper, one of California’s oldest, stops publishing after owner declares bankruptcy
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Continue Reading US and major donors demand independent UN aid operation in Syria’s rebel-held northwest
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States says it has joined major donors in demanding that the United Nations…
Continue Reading Obamas’ personal chef drowns near family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s personal chef has drowned near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard.…
Continue Reading NFL suspends Broncos defensive end Eyioma Uwazurike indefinitely for gambling on games
DENVER (AP) — The NFL indefinitely suspended Denver Broncos defensive end Eyioma Uwazurike on Monday for betting on league games during the 2022…
Continue Reading Judge says he plans to sentence gynecologist who sexually abused patients to 20 years in prison
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says he plans to sentence a former gynecologist who sexually abused dozens of…
Continue Reading US to send up to $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, officials say
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Biden administration is sending up to $400 million in…
Continue Reading Texas jury deliberates punishment for student in school shooting that wounded three
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury on Monday began deliberating the sentence for a 19-year-old who was found guilty of attempted capital murder in a…
Continue Reading 3rd man arrested in firebombing of Planned Parenthood in Southern California last year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a third man has been arrested on federal charges related to the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic…
Continue Reading Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about child, says through attorney she wasn’t kidnapped. Authorities are mulling charges
By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a…
Continue Reading In ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ smash success, audiences send message to Hollywood: Give us something new
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the massive movie weekend of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” there were many winners. Greta…
Continue Reading Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador
By Ana María Cañizares, Sofia Cox, and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in two…
Continue Reading Canadian police find remains after severe flooding in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian police say they have found the body of a missing man and what they believe are remains of a second person…
Continue Reading Police were told a Mississippi man killed himself, but his widow faces a murder charge 5 years later
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A 75-year-old Mississippi woman has been arrested and charged with murder in her husband’s 2018 death. Police were…
Continue Reading Spain has rejected the far right. But who governs next is still unclear
By Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — The smiles on Spain’s election night told part of the story. Although Socialist Prime Minister Pedro…
Continue Reading Spain has rejected the far right. But who governs next is still unclear
By Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — The smiles on Spain’s election night told part of the story. Although Socialist Prime Minister Pedro…
Continue Reading Connecticut’s governor orders an independent investigation into falsified traffic tickets
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday ordered an independent investigation into the state police after an audit last month…
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Continue Reading Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
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Continue Reading Minivan strikes building, leaving roof sagging and turning much of its facade to pile of bricks
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Police say a minivan has crashed into a building in Wisconsin, reducing its brick facade to a pile of bricks and leaving…
Continue Reading Indoor farming company backed by Martha Stewart files for bankruptcy
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a Kentucky-based indoor farming company that was backed by Martha Stewart when it began shipping tomatoes in…
Continue Reading Guatemalans protest interference by court, prosecutors in August’s second-round election
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of Guatemalans are protesting the interference by courts and prosecutors in August’s second-round presidential…
Continue Reading 2 more former student-athletes sue Northwestern over alleged hazing
By Virginia Langmaid and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — A former volleyball player has filed a lawsuit alleging hazing within Northwestern…
Continue Reading Wildfires across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers who were battling the flames
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed 25 people, including 10 soldiers trying to get the flames under control in the…
Continue Reading Monitoring group says thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since failed uprising
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A monitoring group says thousands of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries have arrived…
Continue Reading Ohio investigates why a police dog was deployed on a surrendering truck driver
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Several Ohio agencies are investigating why an officer allowed his police dog to attack a truck driver who was…
Continue Reading Treason, contempt, exposing secrets. Legal challenges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan keep growing
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail by the country’s Supreme…
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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) — Vermont state and federal officials are urging farmers to document and report their…
Continue Reading UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’ will suffer
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.N. chief has urged Russia to resume the internationally brokered deal so that grain…
Continue Reading Children from wealthiest families more than twice as likely to attend elite universities, study finds
By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Children from families in the top 1% financially are more than twice as likely to attend an elite university…
Continue Reading Toronto Film Festival unveils a starry lineup — and hopes the strike ends by September
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even…
Continue Reading Oklahoma Senate overrides GOP governor’s vetoes on Native American compacts
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate has overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills that would extend…
Continue Reading Russian president signs legislation marking the final step outlawing gender-affirming procedures
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed new legislation that marked the final step in outlawing gender-affirming procedures, a…
Continue Reading Challenge to Florida drag shows law won’t go to trial until next spring
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A trial to determine if a new Florida law targeting drag shows is constitutional won’t start until next spring. A filing…
Continue Reading Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s chronic heart problem only after implanting pacemaker
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current medical crisis reveals that he has suffered…
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Wildlife workers searching for a grizzly bear that killed a 48-year-old woman along a…
Continue Reading Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative. Backers said it wasn’t about that
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By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A senior army officer in Somalia says at least 25 soldiers were killed when a suicide…
Continue Reading Excavator seen digging in backyard of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators have been digging in the yard at the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who was charged earlier this…
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CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival primer ministers has returned to the capital of Tripoli from Italy on a charter flight by a commercial…
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Wheat prices rose sharply Monday following a strike by a Russian drone on a Ukrainian port on the Danube…
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By Josh Pennington, Simone McCarthy, Sophie Jeong and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces carried out the drone strikes in Moscow…
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By Isabel Rosales, Dakin Andone, Raja Razek and Polo Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — The unarmed Black man who was attacked by a police K-9 while…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police after climate protest
By Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A Swedish court has fined environmental activist Greta Thunberg after finding her guilty of disobeying law…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police after climate protest
By Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A Swedish court has fined environmental activist Greta Thunberg after finding her guilty of disobeying law…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police after climate protest
By Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A Swedish court has fined environmental activist Greta Thunberg after finding her guilty of disobeying law…
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By Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A Swedish court has fined environmental activist Greta Thunberg after finding her guilty of disobeying law…
Continue Reading Morocco shifts focus to next game after a big loss in its Women’s World Cup debut
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By The Associated Press As a heat wave grips parts of the world, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair captured Palestinians enjoying a day at…
Continue Reading Israeli government passes law to limit Supreme Court power, defying mass protests
By Ivana Kottasová, Richard Allen Greene, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a law stripping the…
Continue Reading French national police chief says officers under investigation ‘have no place in prison’
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s national police chief has said that law enforcement officers under investigation…
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s road safety agency says eight people were burned to death after a tanker…
Continue Reading Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary is charged with directing a terrorist organization
LONDON (AP) — High-profile British radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in a London court, charged with leading a terrorist organization.…
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MOSCOW (AP) — An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been imprisoned on extremism charges as part of the…
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers…
Continue Reading What causes someone to become a serial killer? It’s a malignant combination of factors, experts say
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers…
Continue Reading At least 17 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat capsized off Senegal’s capital city
By ZANE IRWIN and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities say at least 17 people have been found dead after a boat…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Richard Allen Greene, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a law stripping the…
Continue Reading Jury in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial ends 1st day of deliberations in London
LONDON (AP) — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of Kevin Spacey adjourned Monday after deliberating for 2.5 hours without reaching a verdict on…
Continue Reading Lawsuits filed by ex-volleyball player and former football player against Northwestern University
By ANDREW SELIGMAN, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and LARRY LAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to…
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By HOLLY RAMER and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte has announced she’s running…
Continue Reading Miami-Dade’s police chief shot himself, state official says. He survived
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department was in critical but stable…
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By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards woke up Monday to find their country in political disarray after a general election a day…
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By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroonian authorities say the death toll from a building collapse has more than…
Continue Reading It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — It is so hot in Maricopa County, Arizona, that people are being brought into the emergency room with…
Continue Reading Arizona woman’s heat death after her power was cut off spurred changes, but advocates want more
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Stephanie Pullman died on a sweltering Arizona day after her electricity was cut off because of a $51…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal makes record $332 million bid for France striker Kylian Mbappe
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer SYDNEY (AP) — After missing out on Lionel Messi, Saudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal made a record 300 million euro…
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By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet It’s great to wipe out debt before retiring, but watch out for a potential side effect: When you stop using credit, you…
Continue Reading Mali’s army and suspected Russia-linked mercenaries committed ‘new atrocities,’ rights group says
By ZANE IRWIN and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence of new summary executions,…
Continue Reading Woman found dead on Montana trail following apparent bear encounter, wildlife officials say
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A portion of the Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana is closed after a woman was found dead following an…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 24: Immigration, Presidential race, Ukraine, Heat, Twitter
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A French photographer is on a mission to capture what our world would look like if humans were to vanish. His…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 24: Immigration, Presidential race, Ukraine, Heat, Twitter
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A French photographer is on a mission to capture what our world would look like if humans were to vanish. His…
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