How to pay for an expensive summer move
By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet Summer is the most expensive time of year to move. Though costs are down this year compared to previous summers,…
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Demolition of a historic minaret in southern Iraq’s Basra for ‘a better-designed one’ sparks outcry
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and DAWOOD SALMAN Associated Press BASRA, Iraq (AP) — For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret inlaid with…
Continue Reading Women denied abortions in Texas ask court for clarity over state’s exceptions to ban
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their…
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5 things to know for July 19: Trump, Tropical storm, Covid, Immigration, North Korea
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A popular fast-food chain in the US has banned employees in some locations from wearing face masks while on the…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A popular fast-food chain in the US has banned employees in some locations from wearing face masks while on the…
Continue Reading Edmunds compares: 2023 Honda Accord vs. 2023 Kia K5
By CHASE BIERENKOVEN Edmunds The Honda Accord, fresh from a recent redesign, is back to take on the South Korean equivalent, the Kia K5. The Kia…
Continue Reading Judge rejects moving trial of man charged in Nancy Pelosi’s husband attack out of San Francisco
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has denied a motion to move the trial of a man charged in last year’s…
Continue Reading At least 4 injured in Kenya anti-government protests as schools remain closed
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least four protesters have been injured in Kenya as police clash with demonstrators…
Continue Reading China looks to Kissinger meeting to improve strained relations with US
BEIJING (AP) — Amid a steep downturn in relations with the United States, China has looked to a meeting with former U.S. national security adviser…
Continue Reading European Union rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat wave takes toll
By DEREK GATOPOULOS, NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from several…
Continue Reading How does MLB take over a local broadcast? Even with months of planning, it’s a mad scramble
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Major League Baseball’s takeover of San Diego Padres’ broadcasts involved months of planning, a…
Continue Reading Is this extreme weather the ‘new normal?’ There’s no such thing, some scientists say
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is playing out like an apocalypse movie: a tale of heat, floods and fire. But…
Continue Reading Emhoff will become the highest-profile US official to visit Samoa as US makes a Pacific islands push
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff next week will become the highest-profile U.S. official…
Continue Reading Using AI to monitor orphaned elephants in Botswana could usher in the return of the woolly mammoth
By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — The woolly mammoth has not walked the Earth for 4,000 years. Killed off at the end of the last ice age, it’s part of…
Continue Reading Biden’s White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to…
Continue Reading China prepares for naval drills with Russia in sign of continuing support amid Ukraine conflict
China says it’s navy ships are preparing for joint exercises with Russia’s sea forces in a sign of Beijing’s continuing support for…
Continue Reading 15 die by electrocution after transformer explodes in northern India
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Fifteen people including six policer officers have died by electrocution after a transformer exploded near a…
Continue Reading Chinese e-retailer Temu files lawsuit in US against rival Shein, alleging antitrust violations
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit accusing its rival Shein of violating U.S.…
Continue Reading 36 years later, London’s Met Police apologizes to family of murdered private investigator
LONDON (AP) — London’s Metropolitan Police has apologized to the family of private investigator Daniel Morgan, who was killed with an ax 36 years…
Continue Reading Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
By Krecyte Villarreal and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A bus carrying 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday evening…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as Japan reports weaker than expected trade data
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after Japan reported weaker than expected trade data for June,…
Continue Reading As Macron’s criticism reverberates, US economist says she won’t take top EU job
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says the American candidate to become one of the bloc’s chief economists will…
Continue Reading FIFA can’t guarantee federations will pay promised $30,000 per player at Women’s World Cup
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer FIFA President Gianni Infantino could make no guarantee Wednesday that the member federations will distribute…
Continue Reading Climate and violence hobble Nigeria’s push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia’s war
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Abubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland,…
Continue Reading Russia strikes Ukraine’s critical port facilities in Odesa after halting grain deal
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday, damaging critical…
Continue Reading UK homeowners get some respite as inflation falls by more than anticipated to a 15-month low
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has fallen by more than anticipated to a 15-month low in a development that…
Continue Reading Investigation into Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect expands to Nevada and South Carolina
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Probes into Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann now reach across the country as investigators are…
Continue Reading What we know about the women known as the ‘Gilgo Four’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann has been charged with killing three women whose bodies were discovered along a stretch of Long…
Continue Reading 11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police and rescue officials say 11 workers were killed after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling building collapsed near an…
Continue Reading UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from…
Continue Reading Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency says British spies are already using artificial…
Continue Reading Spain’s political escape artist Pedro Sánchez has odds against him yet again in national election
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Continue Reading 12 MLB teams score in double digits for 1st time since 1894, when record 13 accomplished feat
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball had a night of offense not seen in 129 years, with 12 teams scoring double-digit runs. Three games ended…
Continue Reading Adrift for months, Australian and his dog lived on raw fish until Mexican fishermen rescued them
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Continue Reading Thai Parliament prevents leader of party that won election from being renominated for prime minister
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Continue Reading Xi says China will follow its own carbon reduction path as US climate envoy Kerry meets top officials in Beijing
By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China will follow its own path to cut carbon emissions, leader Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday, as US climate envoy John…
Continue Reading Xi says China will follow its own carbon reduction path as US climate envoy Kerry meets top officials in Beijing
By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — China will follow its own path to cut carbon emissions, leader Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday, as US climate envoy John…
Continue Reading Low-key Kiwis: New Zealand slow to embrace Women’s World Cup
By MAX RALPH and ZACH ALLEN Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — International visitors are greeted at the arrivals hall in Auckland’s…
Continue Reading Thai parliament blocks election-winner’s bid to become prime minister
By Kocha Olarn and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament blocked the prime ministerial nomination of the winner of May’s…
Continue Reading Thai parliament blocks election-winner’s bid to become prime minister
By Kocha Olarn and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament blocked the prime ministerial nomination of the winner of May’s…
Continue Reading What do we know about the US soldier in North Korea and what might come next?
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — For the first time in decades a US soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody. That is a…
Continue Reading ‘Oppenheimer’ stirs up conflicted history for Los Alamos and New Mexico downwinders
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Continue Reading No winner in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing. Jackpot reaches $720 million
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no winning ticket was sold — again. It’s now one of two…
Continue Reading What do we know about the US soldier in North Korea and what might come next?
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — For the first time in decades a US soldier is believed to be in North Korean custody. That is a…
Continue Reading NTSB investigation into Pennsylvania candy factory explosion reveals natural gas was leaking from 2 service lines
By Aya Elamroussi and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — An investigation conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board into the explosion at an…
Continue Reading Northwestern hazing scandal included multiple sports, men and women, attorneys say
By LARRY LAGE and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Allegations of hazing in Northwestern’s athletic programs have broadened.…
Continue Reading Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking…
Continue Reading Voting fraud claims spread ahead of Spain’s pivotal election
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Spain holds a pivotal election, misleading claims about mail ballots and election…
Continue Reading Officials see promise in a South Carolina prison unit where ‘restorative justice’ has boosted safety
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America TURBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prison unit where older men with lengthier sentences…
Continue Reading Israeli president seeks to reassure Congress on his country’s democracy, U.S. ties
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure U.S. allies Wednesday on the state of…
Continue Reading IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against…
Continue Reading Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is arguing that its new asylum rule is vastly different than…
Continue Reading DeSantis fights to reset his stagnant campaign as Trump dominates the 2024 conversation
By STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For Ron DeSantis, Tuesday was supposed to be an…
Continue Reading Honduras wants to build West’s only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the…
Continue Reading Trump’s target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation…
Continue Reading India sets sights on home-mined minerals to boost its clean energy plans
By ANUPAM NATH and SIBI ARASU Associated Press KALIAPANI, India (AP) — Indian officials, including at Wednesday’s Group of Twenty ministerial…
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‘I’m just so grateful:’ Castaway and his dog who survived months adrift at sea back on dry land
By Sofia Cox, Irene Nasser and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his…
Continue Reading ‘I’m just so grateful:’ Castaway and his dog who survived months adrift at sea back on dry land
By Sofia Cox, Irene Nasser and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An Australian sailor who spent months adrift in the Pacific Ocean alongside his…
Continue Reading Floodwaters reach iconic Taj Mahal as northern India reels from massive deluge
By Heather Chen and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods causing havoc across northern India have reached the iconic Taj Mahal in a…
Continue Reading Floodwaters reach iconic Taj Mahal as northern India reels from massive deluge
By Heather Chen and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Devastating floods causing havoc across northern India have reached the iconic Taj Mahal in a…
Continue Reading UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations food agency says it will reduce monthly cash aid for almost 120,000 Syrian…
Continue Reading Alaska volcano’s weeklong eruption eases after spewing another massive ash cloud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday that…
Continue Reading North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a US soldier who bolted across the border
By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG, TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea stayed silent Wednesday…
Continue Reading After nearly 30 years, there’s movement in the case of Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we know
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Continue Reading Seattle police shoot person suspected in downtown stabbing
SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a Seattle officer shot a person suspected of stabbing a person downtown. Police Sgt. John O’Neil says officers…
Continue Reading Baltimore squeegee worker on trial for murder acted in self-defense in motorist’s death, lawyer says
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for a Baltimore teen accused of fatally shooting a baseball bat-wielding motorist last…
Continue Reading First-gen iPhone sells at auction for $190K — about 380 times its original price
By The Associated Press A first-generation iPhone has sold at auction for $190,373, almost 380 times its original price of $499 when the…
Continue Reading A 16-year-old has died at a Mississippi poultry processing plant, county coroner says
By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old employee died Friday at a Mississippi chicken processing plant, a county official said. The teen…
Continue Reading Trump downplays his legal challenges on the campaign trail in Iowa after revealing new target letter
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump joked about his legal challenges while…
Continue Reading Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say an Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a…
Continue Reading Alabama death row inmate asks appeals court to block this week’s scheduled execution
By Emma Tucker and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to stop his execution scheduled for…
Continue Reading A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean shakes Central America
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of El Salvador shook much of Central…
Continue Reading Texas heat wave has inmates’ families worried about lack of air conditioning in state’s prisons
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a summer heat wave continues to bake most of Texas, family members of inmates are…
Continue Reading California State University campuses mishandled sexual harassment allegations, audit finds
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A flawed policy at California State University, the largest higher…
Continue Reading Florida ban on property purchases by citizens of China and some other countries is challenged
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer representing Chinese citizens in Florida has told a federal judge that a new law banning them and some other…
Continue Reading The British Columbia port workers’ union has rejected a mediator’s agreement
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The union representing port workers in the province of British Columbia has rejected a mediator’s tentative…
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By Gregory Wallace and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — First responders treated at least one person for “heat-related discomfort” in a Delta…
Continue Reading At least 1 person was treated for ‘heat-related discomfort’ in a plane at a Las Vegas airport
By Gregory Wallace and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — First responders treated at least one person for “heat-related discomfort” in a Delta…
Continue Reading Missouri man charged in Indiana trooper’s traffic death seeks change of venue
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old Missouri man charged with murder in the traffic death of Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith has…
Continue Reading Border Patrol fails to assess medical needs for children with preexisting conditions, report says
By LISET CRUZ and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press Border Patrol does not have protocols for assessing medical needs of children with preexisting…
Continue Reading Florida county reports its 7th case of locally contracted malaria
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a seventh case of malaria has been documented in a southwest Florida county. The Florida Department of Health…
Continue Reading Natalie Beach steps out of the online drama and into ‘Adult Drama’ with her memoir
By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Author Natalie Beach rose to internet fame in September of 2019 after writing the now-viral…
Continue Reading Judge denies Michigan school shooter’s request to take life without parole off the table
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge has denied a request by 17-year-old Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley to dismiss a prosecutors’ motion to seek…
Continue Reading Rescue crews continue search for 2 children swept away by Pennsylvania floodwater that killed their mother
By Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Pennsylvania are still searching for two children who were swept away over the weekend by…
Continue Reading Rescue crews continue search for 2 children swept away by Pennsylvania floodwater that killed their mother
By Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Pennsylvania are still searching for two children who were swept away over the weekend by…
Continue Reading Wildfires have burned a record amount of area in the Canadian province of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian officials say say wildfires have already burned a record amount of area in the Canadian province of…
Continue Reading Virginia finalizes guidance on transgender students, including rolling back some accomodations
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has finalized new policies on the…
Continue Reading Texas trooper’s accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border…
Continue Reading Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can’t be trusted to guarantee AI safety
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An artificial intelligence company executive told the first U.N. Security Council…
Continue Reading Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who…
Continue Reading North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea in what…
Continue Reading Panama Ex-President Martinelli is sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has been sentenced to more than 10 years in…
Continue Reading An alleged Chicago brothel operator is sentenced to probation, home confinement
CHICAGO (AP) — A 35-year-old woman who prosecutors say operated a multistate prostitution business from a three-story Chicago building that…
Continue Reading Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus and the surrounding area
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media reports that Israeli airstrikes have hit the area of Damascus. According to Syrian state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV,…
Continue Reading Former coach and school sued by ex-Northwestern University football player
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — An unidentified former member of the Northwestern University football team is suing the school and the recently…
Continue Reading After court ruling, Alabama GOP criticized for rejecting 2nd majority-Black congressional district
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans have advanced proposals to boost the number of Black voters in one of…
Continue Reading Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Advocates for juveniles held in a former death row building at a Louisiana prison for adults…
Continue Reading Iowa governor plans to appeal block on restrictive abortion law
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says plans are in progress to appeal a temporary block on the…
Continue Reading Guyana government reaches settlement with parents in dormitory fire that killed 20 children
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government says it will pay $25,000 to parents of each of the 20 children burned to death in a fire at a…
Continue Reading Big-ticket dreams spurred by $1B Powerball jackpot, but expert warns: Take it slow
By MARGERY A. BECK and NICHOLAS INGRAM Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week’s…
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