LGBTQ+ Pride parade returns to Boston after rift over inclusivity
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The biggest Pride parade in New England returned to Boston on Saturday after a three-year hiatus,…
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Cassava flour and fruit kept 4 children alive for 40 days after plane crash in Colombia’s jungle
By MANUEL RUEDA and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed…
Continue Reading Trump’s GOP defenders in Congress leap into action on charges after months of preparation
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling…
Continue Reading Runway reopens at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after 2 planes bump into each other
TOKYO (AP) — Two passenger planes have bumped into each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport. No injuries were reported in Saturday’s…
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‘Keep me in your prayers,’ Pope Francis asks faithful after surgery
By Amy Cassidy, John Allen and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has issued a message for the first time since undergoing abdominal…
Continue Reading New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. Those districts…
Continue Reading Old bomb kills at least 27 people, mostly children, in Somalia
By Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — At least 27 people, most of them children, were killed when remnants of an old bomb exploded in…
Continue Reading Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Democrats have for years bemoaned partisan redistricting plans that helped Republicans win far more congressional…
Continue Reading Florida center says ‘Grey Team’ technology, exercise help veterans overcome PTSD and other ailments
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida organization is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other…
Continue Reading Nuggets now in full command of NBA Finals, top Heat 108-95 for 3-1 lead
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The mission for the Denver Nuggets was clear: Come to Miami, get two wins and head back home with…
Continue Reading Colorado widow demands answers over slow police response to alleged hostage situation that led to her husband’s death
By Camila Bernal, Michelle Watson, Emma Tucker and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado Springs widow is demanding answers from police after…
Continue Reading Guatemala says US-funded transit centers to receive applications from Central American migrants
By SONIA PEREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan official says migrant transit centers fiananced by the United States will be…
Continue Reading UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in northern Mali attack
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Attackers killed one U.N. peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others Friday in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area…
Continue Reading Sushi chain sues high school student who licked soy sauce bottle for $480,000
By Kathleen Magramo and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — A sushi chain is suing a high school student for 67 million yen ($480,000) after social media…
Continue Reading Colorado man pleads guilty in Vermont murder for hire conspiracy
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Colorado man who prosecutors say abducted and killed a Vermont man as part of a murder for hire conspiracy has pleaded…
Continue Reading Nicaragua confiscates properties of 222 opposition exiles
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The government of Nicaragua has announced the confiscation of properties belonging to 222 opposition figures who were forced…
Continue Reading Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon survived like ‘children of the jungle,’ Colombian president says
By Stefano Pozzebon, Caitlin Hu, Hira Humayun, Karol Suarez and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Four young children have been found alive after more…
Continue Reading 4 Indigenous children lost in jungle for 40 days after plane crash are found alive in Colombia
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children who disappeared 40 days ago after surviving a small plane crash…
Continue Reading American Airlines, JetBlue seek to keep some ties despite losing antitrust case
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines and JetBlue said Friday they should be allowed to keep selling tickets on each other’s…
Continue Reading Homeland Security names Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration named U.S. Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency, replacing retiring chief Raul Ortiz. In…
Continue Reading Sergeant, 5 officers broke department policy in fatal 2022 shooting, LAPD chief says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police commission says a Los Angeles police sergeant and five officers broke department policy when they opened fire last year…
Continue Reading Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Oregon said Friday it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S.…
Continue Reading UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse’ humanitarian situation after the dam rupture
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam…
Continue Reading New Mexico reaches $500M settlement with Walgreens in opioid case
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy chain’s role in distributing highly addictive…
Continue Reading This country’s love affair with air conditioning shows a Catch 22 of climate change
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — When the temperature soared to 99 degrees Fahrenheit last month, Singapore resident Chee Kuan Chew saw just one…
Continue Reading Swastika painted in feces in gender-neutral bathroom at Vermont high school, principal says
By Nicole Chavez and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A high school in Vermont is working with police to investigate after a swastika was painted with…
Continue Reading Indictment takeaways: Trump’s alleged schemes and lies to keep secret papers
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of illegally…
Continue Reading Colombian government and guerrilla group ELN agree to six-month ceasefire
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota, Colombia (CNN) — The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) – one of the oldest and…
Continue Reading Texas governor announces plan to deploy marine floating barriers on Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced plans to deploy a floating marine barrier along the Rio Grande to deter…
Continue Reading Officer who raced to Parkland massacre scene testifies against deputy who stayed outside
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A police officer who rushed into a high school building during the 2018 Parkland shooting testified Friday that a…
Continue Reading Judge in FTX bankruptcy rejects media challenge, says customer names can remain secret
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — The names of individual customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading can be…
Continue Reading Andrea Yates Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of…
Continue Reading Illinois adopts new LGBTQ+ protections for community deemed ‘under attack’ in the US
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is making it easier for gay couples to marry and moving toward…
Continue Reading Montana gas power plant can resume construction, judge rules
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — NorthWestern Energy will resume construction of a natural gas power plant along…
Continue Reading Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor admitted hurling racial slurs at victim’s children in the past, affidavit says
By Jennifer Henderson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor during a dispute over kids playing…
Continue Reading Juilliard fires professor after independent investigation finds credible evidence of misconduct
By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Robert Beaser, the former chair of The Juilliard School’s composition department, was fired after an…
Continue Reading Yale, University of New Haven partnership celebrates first degrees awarded to inmates
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press SUFFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Officials from the University of New Haven and Yale held a special graduation ceremony…
Continue Reading Michigan State University will build memorial to victims of campus shooting
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University says it will use $300,000 in donations to create a memorial to honor students who were killed…
Continue Reading A crocodile in Costa Rica had a virgin birth. Here’s what that means
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have documented the first virgin birth in a crocodile. And while the concept may sound…
Continue Reading Texas court dismisses GOP donor’s defamation lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has dismissed a billionaire’s defamation lawsuit against Democrat Beto O’Rouke that was brought over…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson’s career spanned dizzying heights and tumultuous lows
LONDON (AP) — He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping…
Continue Reading Lawmakers propose to weaken Obama rule requiring airlines to advertise full airfare price
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress will consider rolling back an Obama-era rule that requires airlines to show the total cost of a ticket…
Continue Reading Florida’s ‘Dr. Deep’ resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and…
Continue Reading Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader use
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers are backing the full approval of an Alzheimer’s drug that received…
Continue Reading Key moments in Trump indictment: Flaunting classified material, stowing boxes in Mar-a-Lago bathroom
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department detailed stunning allegations against former President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading UN finds ‘credible evidence’ of sexual abuses by peacekeepers in Central African Republic
By Richard Roth and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations will send home a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers over allegations of sexual…
Continue Reading Trump case assigned to judge who faced criticism over her ruling in his favor in Mar-a-Lago search
By MEG KINNARD, CURT ANDERSON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The historic federal criminal case against former…
Continue Reading With GM and Ford embracing Tesla’s EV charging technology, here’s what it means for consumers
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge…
Continue Reading Haze from Canadian wildfires eases as reinforcements from abroad arrive
MONTREAL (AP) — The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada’s northeast has eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States, but…
Continue Reading Juneteenth is now a state holiday in Nevada
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — Juneteenth is now a state holiday in Nevada after Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Assembly Bill 140 into…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson resigns as MP, accusing Commons investigation of attempting to ‘drive me out’
By Tara John, Luke McGee and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Boris Johnson, Britain’s former prime minister and one of the most divisive leaders…
Continue Reading Chelsea Peretti on her directorial debut ‘First Time Female Director,’ premiering at Tribeca
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Peretti plays a first-time director in her directorial debut: “First Time Female…
Continue Reading Compromise may mean continued reprieve for ‘Obamacare’ preventive care mandates
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press Attorneys have told a federal appeals court they are close to an agreement that could temporarily maintain…
Continue Reading Black teen shot by officer during struggle was armed with pellet gun, not handgun, police say
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Black teen fatally shot by an officer was armed with a pellet gun and not a semiautomatic…
Continue Reading Mexico sets new work-from-home rules, including that employers pay internet
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Labor Department issued new rules Friday requiring employers to pay for internet and provide ergonomic chairs for…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco. Personal Birth date: July 2,…
Continue Reading Federal judge who presided over rare Michigan death penalty trial dies at 79
By ED WHITE Associated Press Robert Holmes Bell, a retired federal judge who presided over a trial that included a rare death sentence in Michigan,…
Continue Reading Colombia government, largest remaining rebel group agree to 6-month cease-fire
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Colombia’s government and the country’s largest remaining guerrilla group have agreed…
Continue Reading Italian forces secure Turkish ship attacked by armed stowaways off Naples
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s defense minister says special forces have regained control of a Turkish ship that had been attacked by armed stowaways…
Continue Reading Philly cops fired over offensive Facebook posts can pursue First Amendment claim, court rules
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A dozen Philadelphia police officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts can…
Continue Reading Businessman linked to Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment charged with lying to get $172M in loans
By JAKE BLEIBERG, PAUL J. WEBER and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to…
Continue Reading Rep. Santos says he’s protecting family members by seeking to keep bond cosigners secret
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos wants to protect family members by asking the courts to keep his bond…
Continue Reading Young backpacker who tried to stop knife attack in southeast France hailed as hero
By Oliver Briscoe, Xiaofei Xu and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A 24-year-old man has been hailed as a hero for chasing a man suspected of…
Continue Reading Young backpacker who tried to stop knife attack in southeast France hailed as hero
By Oliver Briscoe, Xiaofei Xu and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A 24-year-old man has been hailed as a hero for chasing a man suspected of…
Continue Reading How can we possibly be in a bull market right now? Two letters: AI
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The bear market is over. But the bear economy isn’t. The eurozone has sunk into recession and some…
Continue Reading Man who told jurors he had ‘fun’ at the Capitol riot is sentenced to 6 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man who told his wife — and a federal jury — that he had “fun” at the…
Continue Reading Body of Alaska fishing captain recovered 11 days after partially submerged boat found
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of the captain of a fishing charter boat that was found last month partially submerged…
Continue Reading 11 UN peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation, abuse in Central African Republic
By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations said that 11 peacekeepers stationed in Central…
Continue Reading Trump faces unprecedented legal peril, but will it hurt his standing with Republican voters?
By JILL COLVIN and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In March, when Donald Trump became the first former president in U.S.…
Continue Reading Old criminal records in New York would be automatically sealed under bill passed by lawmakers
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers who commit crimes could have their records automatically sealed…
Continue Reading Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will tour with stops in Europe and Britain to support war effort
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will tour for the second straight summer, appearing in eight cities…
Continue Reading Young black bear wanders Washington D.C. neighborhood, sparking a frenzy before being captured
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A young black bear gave residents of a quiet northeast Washington neighborhood a start Friday…
Continue Reading Reparations campaigns get boost from new philanthropic funding
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new philanthropic funding initiative announced Friday will support campaigns for reparations for…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to helping 2 others accused in the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph in Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Friday to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting…
Continue Reading Blinken to travel to China next week, carrying out trip postponed after spy balloon incident
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to China next week as the Biden…
Continue Reading Biden to attend first 2024 rally in Pennsylvania next week, as campaign plots flurry of fundraising
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden next week is set to attend his first political rally since…
Continue Reading Top UN court allows a record 32 countries to intervene in Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court says it has accepted requests from 32 countries…
Continue Reading US announces new $2.1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will provide an additional $2.1 billion in long-term weapons aid for…
Continue Reading Three historical shipwrecks uncovered in the Mediterranean
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An international team of scientists discovered three historical shipwrecks during an underwater…
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Homebuyers are leaving big cities for affordability—here's where they're going and how much they're saving
Homes are expensive. People are finding better deals in the suburbs. American Home Shield looked at data from Freddie Mac to see how much they…
Continue Reading Why do businesses keep raising their prices?
By Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After two years of surging prices, economists still can’t agree on what has caused the world’s…
Continue Reading Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt August execution of man convicted of killing child
By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has turned aside an appeal by a man scheduled to be executed in August for killing a…
Continue Reading Reports: Former Italian Premier Berlusconi readmitted to hospital 3 weeks after release
MILAN (AP) — Italian media are reporting that former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a Milan hospital where he spent 45 days…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia and US announce Sudan 24-hour ceasefire
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and the United States announced a 24-hour ceasefire starting Saturday between the…
Continue Reading Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect pleads not guilty to extorting victim’s mother
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, pleaded…
Continue Reading How the search for answers has unfolded since Natalee Holloway vanished in 2005
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It’s been almost 20 years since American teenager Natalee Holloway vanished during a high school graduation…
Continue Reading White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as…
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, he was…
Continue Reading Erdogan’s new central bank chief signals hope for Turkey’s economic turnaround
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head the…
Continue Reading Julian Assange loses latest attempt to appeal against extradition to the US
By Claudia Rebaza and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — A High Court judge in London has denied Julian Assange permission to appeal an…
Continue Reading Belmont Park will resume live racing after air quality improves ahead of Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant…
Continue Reading UN agency says Myanmar has suspended international aid deliveries to cyclone-hit areas
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.N. agency says Myanmar’s military government has rescinded its approval for international…
Continue Reading The US and Canada saw dangerous smoke this week. It’s a routine peril for many developing countries
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across…
Continue Reading Russia claims it blew up advanced Ukrainian tank, but video shows its helicopter attacked a tractor
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A grainy black-and-white gunsight video Russia released this week to bolster a claim its…
Continue Reading Greece: Jailed far-right leader backs new party in bid to bypass election ban
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A far-right party banned from participating in Greece’s upcoming election has pledged support for a newly founded political…
Continue Reading Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely…
Continue Reading Hawaii’s governor, a former ER doctor, helps man injured in car accident – for the second time in three weeks
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green assisted a man who was injured after falling from the bed of a pickup truck Thursday, marking…
Continue Reading Dutch Supreme Court orders museum artifacts borrowed from Crimea returned to Ukraine
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ordered that a Dutch museum’s trove of…
Continue Reading Report: Iran detains cartoonist again, journalist group calls for release
The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A cartoonist’s lawyer says Iranian authorities have summoned and arrested her over…
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