Woman’s leg amputated after becoming trapped in Thai airport moving walkway
By Kocha Olarn, Alex Stambaugh and Chris Lau, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A 57-year-old Thai woman had to have her leg amputated after she…
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Texas Department of Public Safety must release documents related to Uvalde school shooting, judge rules
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety must release records related to last year’s deadly Uvalde…
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In rural India, summer’s heat can be deadly. Ambulance crews see the toll up close
By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, PIYUSH NAGPAL and SIBI ARASU Associated Press BANPUR, India (AP) — Extreme heat is fast becoming a serious public health…
Continue Reading Crews will rebuild a critical dam in Puerto Rico that was battered by Hurricane Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say a key dam in Puerto Rico that was severely damaged by Hurricane Maria will be rebuilt and improved. The…
Continue Reading Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s health authorities have belatedly released a report showing a significant spike in heat-related fatalities in the…
Continue Reading Biden talks Supreme Court and Russia but also media and McCain in rare network interview
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A former Catholic priest with a lengthy career at parishes across New Mexico has been arrested on criminal charges of…
Continue Reading Hiroshima peace park and Pearl Harbor memorial will work together to promote peace
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United…
Continue Reading Fugitive suspect in 1984 killing returned to Florida following arrest in California
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man arrested earlier this month in California has been returned to Florida to face charges in the 1984 killing…
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By Justin Gamble, Meron Moges-Gerbi and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Navajo Nation police officers are searching for Native Americans who have…
Continue Reading Italian police say the man filmed carving his name on the Colosseum is a tourist living in Britain
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Continue Reading Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with weapons near Barack Obama’s Washington home
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6,…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Beatriz forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast and may soon become a hurricane
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Continue Reading California reparations report urges action on housing discrimination and overpolicing
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Continue Reading Your risk of getting sick from germy food has gone up again, CDC says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The risk of getting sick from E-coli, salmonella, listeria and other foodborne germs rose to pre-pandemic levels…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Alleged victims speak out as lawsuit claims West Virginia State Police recorded videos of females in academy showers and locker room
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Continue Reading Ex-student sentenced to 16-plus years in prison for 2022 attack on Las Vegas high school teacher
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher…
Continue Reading Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
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Continue Reading US judge temporarily blocks Mississippi law on state police permits for some protests
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Continue Reading Anti-gang community defense activist Hipólito Mora slain in Mexico
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The leader of an armed civilian movement that once drove a drug cartel…
Continue Reading Fraud lawsuit against Black Lives Matter foundation dismissed in California
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press A California judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit that grassroots racial justice activists from around the U.S.…
Continue Reading Wildfire smoke drives traditional summer camp activities indoors
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press The Canadian wildfires that have shrouded much of the nation in smoky haze are making it much harder for American…
Continue Reading Police body camera ramp up started a decade ago. How well have they worked?
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Body cameras have proliferated in law enforcement agencies in the U.S. over the past…
Continue Reading Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in deadly crowd surge at Texas festival
By JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a…
Continue Reading Virginia sheriff charged with handing out deputy badges for bribes, US attorney’s office says
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Continue Reading Virginia sheriff, 3 businessmen, indicted on federal bribery charges
BY DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff has been indicted on federal public corruption charges for…
Continue Reading Police ID 4-year-old girl whose remains were found in Toronto dumpster last year
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have identified a young girl whose remains were found in a construction-site dumpster in Toronto more than a year…
Continue Reading Missouri ordered to pay $242K for open records law violations while Josh Hawley was attorney general
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ordered the Missouri attorney general’s office to pay $242,000 in legal fees for violations of the…
Continue Reading In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh
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Continue Reading A judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to toss out defamation claims by columnist E. Jean Carroll
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech…
Continue Reading UN votes to establish independent body to clarify fate of over 130,000 Syrians missing in conflict
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Continue Reading Then-Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during mass shooting found not guilty
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Continue Reading $2.9 million gene therapy for severe hemophilia is approved by FDA
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have approved a gene therapy for the most common form of hemophilia.…
Continue Reading California reparations task force releases final set of recommendations
By Nicole Chavez, Stephanie Elam and Anna-Maja-Rappard, CNN (CNN) — A task force examining reparations for Black residents in California…
Continue Reading New Mexico prosecutors: Man accused in deadly movie theater shooting is a danger to the community
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man accused in a deadly movie theater shooting in New Mexico’s largest city is a danger to the…
Continue Reading Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County jumps by 9% in annual count
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Continue Reading Thousands in North Macedonia join Church protest against proposed laws on gender equality, identity
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Continue Reading With Muslim members away for Eid, Minneapolis City Council kills rent control measure
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Continue Reading UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid
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Continue Reading The latest victim of the MOVEit data breach is the Department of Health and Human Services
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Continue Reading Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson criticize each other in unusually sharp language in affirmative action case
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Continue Reading Mortgage rates jump higher: 30-year fixed rises to 6.7%
By Anna Bahney, Alicia Wallace and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The housing market showed clear signs of slowing, according…
Continue Reading Christine King Farris, sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, dies at 95
By Devon M. Sayers and Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Christine King Farris, the eldest sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died…
Continue Reading Modric again faces perjury charge in native Croatia
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Continue Reading Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law
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Continue Reading Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
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Continue Reading French suburbs are burning. How a teen’s killing is focusing anger over police tactics
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Continue Reading Gatherings combining Pride and Juneteenth give Black LGBTQ+ people a refuge where they can celebrate
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Continue Reading Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor says the state will keep allowing residents to change official…
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By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO members have reached a tentative agreement to ask Secretary-General Jens…
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, meeting with Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95
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Continue Reading California woman angry about waiting in line is sentenced for throwing Molotov cocktail into bank
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A woman convicted of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a Southern California bank after becoming angry over the…
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Continue Reading Italian police: Migrant smugglers gave children sleeping pills to keep quiet during border crossing
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press CHUAO, Venezuela (AP) — Dozens of people hop onto boats every day along Venezuela’s…
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By The Associated Press Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “Next Goal Wins” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as…
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Continue Reading US economic growth expanded much faster in the first quarter than previously estimated
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy expanded at a much faster pace in the first three months of the year than previously…
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By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years…
Continue Reading China is set to shatter its wind and solar target five years early, new report finds
By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — There are very few winners in the climate crisis, but scientists are pretty sure there’s going to be at least…
Continue Reading Hot car deaths can be prevented with this new technology
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have been able to “hear” the celestial hum of powerful gravitational waves, created by…
Continue Reading Mississippi prosecutor who excluded Black jurors is resigning after more than 30 years
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Continue Reading Biden ‘strongly disagrees’ with high court ruling striking down affirmative action in admissions
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he “strongly, strongly” disagrees with the Supreme…
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Continue Reading The Supreme Court bolsters protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations
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Continue Reading Czech brewer Budvar’s 2022 net profit is 40% down due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and high inflation
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Continue Reading Italian researchers reach the edge of space flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by…
Continue Reading Protesters break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a…
Continue Reading Protesters break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a…
Continue Reading Russian general is believed to be detained in aftermath of Wagner mutiny, AP sources say
By TARA COPP and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu says most controversial part of judicial overhaul legislation ‘not coming back’
By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu says most controversial part of judicial overhaul legislation ‘not coming back’
By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his…
Continue Reading Former Olympic gold medal cyclist convicted in German child sex abuse case
BERLIN (AP) — A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse…
Continue Reading Israel’s President Herzog will address Congress to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its statehood
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19 to…
Continue Reading More than 400 arrested as third night of violent protest sweeps France after 17-year-old shot dead by police
By Joshua Berlinger, Xiaofei Xu, Joseph Ataman and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Paris (CNN) — More than 400 people were arrested across France on…
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