New Hampshire Air National Guard commander killed in hit-and-run crash
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard has died in a hit-and-run crash. Police say Brig. Gen. John Pogorek…
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Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A drunken driver who snapped a photo showing he was speeding at 141 mph before a deadly crash in England has been…
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Haitian prime minister tours Port au Prince hospital after police take back from gang control
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the…
Continue Reading In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids’ hospital
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members are confronting Russia over a missile strike that destroyed part of…
Continue Reading US-built pier will be put back in Gaza for several days to move aid, then permanently removed
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used…
Continue Reading A Japanese climber’s body is found in Pakistan who died a week ago after scaling a mountain
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say volunteers have found the body of a Japanese climber who died while trying to…
Continue Reading Donna Vekic nearly quit tennis but now she’s in Wimbledon semifinals and will face Jasmine Paolini
AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Donna Vekic had thought a couple of times about quitting tennis, like when she struggled to get back to her best…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrike kills at least 27 people at school complex near Khan Younis, Gaza Health Ministry says
By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Tareq El Helou, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Lauren Kent, Tamar Michaelis and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An…
Continue Reading Minnesota trooper charged in crash that killed an 18-year-old
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper is facing charges for a crash that killed a teenager and injured five people. Olmsted County…
Continue Reading Pair of giant pandas from China acclimating to new home at San Diego Zoo
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two giant pandas sent from China to the San Diego Zoo last month are acclimating well to their new home, the San Diego Zoo…
Continue Reading Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran’s headscarf law
Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police have shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the Iranian capital after female employees there…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley releases her delegates so they can back Donald Trump at the RNC next week
Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is releasing the delegates she won during this year’s Republican primary so that they’re free…
Continue Reading Mexico’s efforts to seize US-bound fentanyl drop sharply, while seizures of meth soar
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined…
Continue Reading Ukraine opens DC weapons office and Europe bolsters defense spending as November US election looms
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO countries are moving to shore up their weapons production capabilities as a hedge against the November…
Continue Reading A Black man died after he was pinned to the ground by security guards at a Milwaukee hotel. Now his family wants answers
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The death of a Black man after he was pinned to the ground by security guards at a Wisconsin hotel last…
Continue Reading Migrant families are now banned from sleeping in Boston’s airport
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Migrant families that have been sleeping overnight in Boston’s airport may soon find themselves in an…
Continue Reading Appeals court orders release of woman whose murder conviction was reversed after 43 years in prison
Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned…
Continue Reading Delta and an airline that doesn’t fly yet say they’ll run flights between the US and Saudi Arabia
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it has entered into a partnership with startup Riyadh Air with the goal of operating flights between the United States…
Continue Reading Biden’s support on Capitol Hill grimly uncertain. A seventh Democrat says he should drop out
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mood on Capitol Hill turned grimly uncertain Tuesday as Democrats wrestled over President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Target will stop accepting personal checks next week. Are the days of the payment method numbered?
AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target will no longer accept personal checks from shoppers as of July 15, another sign of how a once ubiquitous…
Continue Reading Lawyer calls social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother serial tax evaders
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Social media influencer Andrew Tate’s taunts over refusing to pay British taxes on millions of pounds in…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA aims to present new indictment, charges against Weinstein to grand jury by fall, prosecutor says
By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office aims to present a new indictment with new charges…
Continue Reading US disrupts Russian government-backed disinformation campaign that relied on AI technology
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian internet propaganda campaign backed by the Kremlin that spread disinformation in the United States and…
Continue Reading Key senators reach agreement on spending levels for next year, setting up clash with House
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will pursue a spending increase next year of about 3.4% for defense and 2.7% increase for non-defense…
Continue Reading NHTSA launches recall query into 94,000 Jeep Wranglers as loss of motive power complaints continue
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating a potential “loss of motive power” in more than…
Continue Reading The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
Religion News Service (RNS) — In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de…
Continue Reading Belarus and China join forces in a military drill near the Polish border
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus is hosting Chinese troops for joint military drills near the Polish border, the first such…
Continue Reading A Russian court orders the arrest of opposition leader Navalny’s widow, who lives abroad
A court in Russia has ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny . Tuesday’s decision was made at a hearing…
Continue Reading NYU settles lawsuit filed by 3 Jewish students who complained of pervasive antisemitism
NEW YORK (AP) — New York University is settling a lawsuit filed in November by three Jewish students who allege they were subjected to “pervasive…
Continue Reading Melissa Etheridge connects with incarcerated women in new docuseries ‘I’m Not Broken’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”:…
Continue Reading Awwww! Four endangered American red wolf pups ‘thriving’ since birth at Missouri wildlife reserve
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world’s most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little…
Continue Reading Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies at 89
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that…
Continue Reading Spain’s church to compensate victims whose abusers have died. Victims say the plan lacks guarantees
Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops have approved a plan to compensate the victims of sexual abuse inside the…
Continue Reading A woman who received a pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump has died
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating…
Continue Reading Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya in absentia
By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A court in Moscow has ordered Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, to…
Continue Reading NRA’s ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still owes $2M for role in lavish spending scheme
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar agreed to a decade-long ban from managing money for New…
Continue Reading The body of an American climber buried by an avalanche 22 years ago in Peru is found in the ice
Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Police in Peru say they have found the body of an American mountaineer who was buried by an avalanche 22 years…
Continue Reading Appeals panel keeps 21-month sentence for ex-Tennessee lawmaker who tried to withdraw guilty plea
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals panel is keeping a 21-month prison sentence in place for a former Tennessee state…
Continue Reading ‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
Associated Press Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding…
Continue Reading Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer tells jury in closing that prosecutors failed to prove a single charge
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Sen. Bob Menendez at the Democrat’s bribery trial has urged jurors to acquit him of every…
Continue Reading United Airlines plane loses wheel on takeoff in Los Angeles, marking latest incident for the airline
By Ross Levitt, Pete Muntean and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines plane lost a wheel while taking off Monday from Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Daniil Medvedev beats Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon and faces defending champ Carlos Alcaraz next
AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner felt ill. He was dizzy. Hadn’t slept well the night before. Wimbledon’s top-seeded man,…
Continue Reading NYC prosecutors intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein ahead of retrial
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday that they intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein…
Continue Reading An Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, official says
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An official with the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group says an Israeli strike in Syria killed a former bodyguard of…
Continue Reading San Diego Zoo shares first look at new giant pandas following their arrival in US
By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — San Diego’s newest giant pandas are acclimating well to their new state-side home, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife…
Continue Reading Federal judge rules protesters can’t march through Republican National Convention security zone
Associated Press MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National…
Continue Reading Overall health of Chesapeake Bay gets C-plus grade in annual report by scientists
Associated Press The overall health of the Chesapeake Bay has received its highest grade since 2002 in an annual report released by scientists: a…
Continue Reading Great-grandmother who just finished radiation treatments for breast cancer wins $5M lottery prize
Associated Press A great-grandmother from Pennsylvania who recently completed radiation treatments for breast cancer won $5 million on a scratch-off…
Continue Reading Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said…
Continue Reading Novak Djokovic uses Wimbledon crowd’s ‘disrespect’ as fuel as he moves closer to another title
AP Sports Writers LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic is just one example of a superstar athlete who manages to find motivation wherever possible. Serena…
Continue Reading A crew member falls off a yacht and dies during a race on the Aegean Sea
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials say a French crew member on a boat participating in yacht race on the Aegean Sea has died after falling…
Continue Reading Migrant raft crashes into rocks and sinks off Turkish coast, killing 7. Nineteen others are rescued
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say a life raft carrying migrants has crashed into rocks off Turkey’s Aegean coastal town of Cesme,…
Continue Reading Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights
Associated Press HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest,…
Continue Reading As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing
Associated Press HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Ojibwe and other tribes in the northern Great Lakes region have spearfished walleye for…
Continue Reading Rent inflation remains a pressure point for small businesses
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rent inflation remains a pressure point for small businesses. The Bank of America Institute found that average…
Continue Reading Vatican will prepare a document on the role of women in leadership in the Catholic Church
Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Tuesday that its doctrine office will prepare a document on women in leadership roles in the…
Continue Reading Greek authorities tame a wildfire that forced the evacuation of a hospital and a retirement home
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have evacuated a children’s hospital and a retirement home on the outskirts of the southern city of…
Continue Reading Airstrike kills 25 in southern Gaza as Israeli assault on Gaza City shuts down medical facilities
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza killed at least 25 Palestinians…
Continue Reading Police are still searching for missing American woman nearly 3 weeks after she vanished from yoga retreat in the Bahamas
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Investigators looking for missing American Taylor Casey in the Bahamas have enlisted the help of search dogs, marine…
Continue Reading Relief in South Africa after J&J reversal allows key tuberculosis drug production at lower prices
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Medical advocacy groups have welcomed Johnson & Johnson’s decision not to enforce its patent on a critical…
Continue Reading EU halts Georgia’s accession to the bloc, freezes financial aid over much-criticized law
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The EU ambassador in Georgia says its accession to the bloc has been halted some financial support frozen…
Continue Reading Blackpink rapper Lisa joins Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Blackpink rapper Lisa will join the Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park for her first…
Continue Reading French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office says it opened a preliminary investigation last week into suspicions of illicit financing of far-right…
Continue Reading Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very…
Continue Reading Grammy Museum to launch K-pop exhibit celebrating Hybe, featuring BTS, LE SSERAFIM artifacts
AP Music Writer The Grammy Museum will soon launch its first full-floor K-pop exhibit as part of its ongoing initiative to explore the music,…
Continue Reading Hundreds of new UK lawmakers are sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers are gathering in Britain’s Parliament after the election that brought a…
Continue Reading France’s leftist coalition demands the right to form a government after fractured parliament vote
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France’s National Assembly in surprise results is now…
Continue Reading A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering…
Continue Reading Pope begs for new peace efforts after latest attacks in Ukraine, Gaza
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is appealing for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The appeal came after attacks targeted…
Continue Reading Putin hosts India’s prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Associated Press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’…
Continue Reading Ukrainian boxer sacrifices Olympic dreams and life to fight against Russia’s invasion
Associated Press ROMNY, Ukraine (AP) — More than 400 Ukrainian athletes have been killed since the start of the war, including many of the…
Continue Reading Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope
Associated Press CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s war on Ukraine is demolishing the seeds of a sports culture that was a European powerhouse.…
Continue Reading UK utility giant Thames Water will seek fresh funding to keep business afloat
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s largest utility company Thames Water says it will seek fresh funding to keep the business afloat even as it warned it…
Continue Reading UNHCR chief meets Pakistan’s premier to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees following clampdown
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency has met the Pakistani prime minister to discuss the situation of Afghan…
Continue Reading Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rescue operations have stretched into a second day at a major…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels target a US-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted United States-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden…
Continue Reading A driverless car hits a person crossing against the light in China
BEIJING (AP) — A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker’s side, because the…
Continue Reading Large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks explodes in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — At least 27 people, including 19 police and other government personnel, have been injured when a large pile of…
Continue Reading Australia appoints special envoys as antisemitism, Islamophobia rise over Gaza war
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian government is appointing the country’s first envoys to fight antisemitism…
Continue Reading The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans. That’s according to a U.N. report…
Continue Reading Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action six months
By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could…
Continue Reading Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are officially divorced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are officially divorced. A Los Angeles County judge’s dissolution of the marriage of the two…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Fed chair’s comments give scant clues on rate cuts
AP Business Writer Shares were mixed Wednesday in Asia after remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in front of Congress did little to change…
Continue Reading Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index logs another record high close as world markets rally
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has ended at a record high close. The share benchmark gained 2% to 41,580.17. The Nikkei 225…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader has urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the…
Continue Reading Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the…
Continue Reading Rescuers search for dozens buried by an Indonesian landslide that killed at least 23 people
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they search for dozens of missing people after a landslide…
Continue Reading Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths
Associated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being…
Continue Reading Jury is seated in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Sixteen jurors were seated Tuesday for Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico, where…
Continue Reading Trump revels in Democratic turmoil as he returns to campaign trail and teases VP pick
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday reveled in the mounting turmoil surrounding President Joe Biden ’s…
Continue Reading Biden says he won’t step aside. But if he does, here’s why Harris is the favorite to replace him
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists that only “the Lord Almighty” can convince him to quit the presidential…
Continue Reading To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in…
Continue Reading Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation…
Continue Reading Biden spotlights support for NATO as he looks to use summit to help reset stumbling campaign
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed NATO leaders to Washington on Tuesday by celebrating their unity against…
Continue Reading House keys carry symbolic weight for Gaza families repeatedly displaced by war
Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — On his key chain, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two homes. One is to the house of his grandparents in…
Continue Reading Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The return of soaring heat in Houston on Tuesday deepened the misery for millions of people still without power…
Continue Reading Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for…
Continue Reading Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders
By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Yet again, tens of thousands of people in Gaza are on the move, as the Israeli…
Continue Reading ‘Huge disappointment:’ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
By Helen Regan, Mariya Knight and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized his Indian counterpart’s…
Continue Reading US heat wave turns deadly as high temperatures continue to scorch the West
By Robert Shackelford, Sydney Bishop, Rachel Ramirez, Angela Dewan, Raja Razek and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 million people across the…
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