3 people fatally shot, 2 wounded in a town in southern Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police say three people were shot and killed at a residential building in southern Germany on Friday and another two wounded in a…
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Mexican military obstructed probe into disappeared students, says UN
By Karol Suarez, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — The United Nation’s human rights commissioner on Thursday accused Mexico’s military of obstructing…
Continue Reading Paperwork problems drive surge in people losing Medicaid health coverage
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The nation’s top health official implored states to do more to keep lower-income…
Continue Reading Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Indigenous chief fighting to save Amazon urges President Lula to defend people’s rights
By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — An Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon…
Continue Reading Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle…
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Students and administrator recall the day Ethan Crumbley shot up their Michigan school
CNN By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered…
Continue Reading Worker warned organizer ‘Someone’s going to end up dead’ before crowd surge at ’21 Travis Scott show
By JUAN A. LOZANO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021…
Continue Reading Connecticut pastor fatally struck by Stamford police car while crossing the street
By Nic Anderson, Julian Cummings, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — State police are investigating after a patrol vehicle in Stamford,…
Continue Reading Carlee Russell turned herself in and has been charged with falsely reporting an incident
CNN, WVTM By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own…
Continue Reading Charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers in 3 separate fatal shootings
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announced Friday she’s dropping…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five Honduran migrants are dead and another 18 are injured following the crash of the van they were riding in on Mexico’s…
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The IOC has assured Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan that she will have a place at the Paris Olympics…
Continue Reading Supreme Court’s student loan decision will lower US deficit according to new White House projection
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling that upended President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan…
Continue Reading Tennessee governor declines to say if he has enough votes for gun proposal
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee wouldn’t say whether his proposal to keep firearms away from dangerous…
Continue Reading The backup driver in the 1st death by a fully autonomous car pleads guilty to endangerment
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Continue Reading Two taxi drivers arrested in Mexican resort of Cancun for assaulting van carrying foreign tourists
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists. The events in…
Continue Reading Brazil refuses US request to extradite alleged Russian spy
By Tatiana Arias and Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian authorities have declined a US request to extradite an alleged Russian spy, saying…
Continue Reading Rioter who stole badge, radio from beaten officer on Jan. 6 gets more than 4 years in prison
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A New York man who stole a badge and radio from a police officer brutally beaten by other rioters during the…
Continue Reading US proposes 18% fuel economy increase for new vehicle fleet from 2027 through 2032
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy of new vehicles 18% by the 2032 model year so the…
Continue Reading Actor Max Greenfield urges studio CEOs to ‘be the heroes’ and make a deal in Hollywood strikes
By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The co-star of the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood” is urging the studios and their CEOs to…
Continue Reading US education secretary praises college’s disavowal of legacy admissions
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona praised Wesleyan University’s elimination of legacy admissions on a visit…
Continue Reading Authorities charge Alabama woman who acknowledged fabricating story about kidnapping, toddler
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to…
Continue Reading The Emmy Awards are postponed due to the Hollywood actors and writers strike, source says
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air…
Continue Reading A Bay Area man fatally stabbed a woman and posted video of it on Facebook, police say
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man allegedly stabbed a woman to death in the San Francisco Bay Area and then posted a video of the…
Continue Reading Attorneys preserve the right to invoke insanity plea for man accused of killing 4 people in Maine
WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — Defense attorneys in Maine may mount an insanity defense for a man who police say confessed to killing his parents and…
Continue Reading Body found in St. Lawrence River linked to migrant deaths
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River belonged to a man connected to an investigation into the…
Continue Reading Woman dies, 6 people hospitalized after boat hits Chicago breakwall and capsizes in Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a woman died and six other people were hospitalized after a boat struck a Chicago breakwall and capsized in Lake…
Continue Reading Carlee Russell turned herself in and has been charged with falsely reporting an incident
By Alisha Ebrahimji, Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to staging her own kidnapping…
Continue Reading IR, PUP, NFI. What do all of those NFL roster designations mean?
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NFL players compete all offseason and through training camp to make the active roster of their current…
Continue Reading Mexican government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. The…
Continue Reading Boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charity
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the…
Continue Reading Offshore wind foes sue New Jersey and Danish turbine developer over tax break
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy…
Continue Reading Sen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he…
Continue Reading Europe’s banks could survive a drastic economic downturn, stress test shows
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says the banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their…
Continue Reading Travis Scott drops ‘Utopia,’ his first album since the Astroworld festival tragedy
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track…
Continue Reading US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores
Outdoor recreation is on track for another record-setting year. In 2022, US national parks logged more than 300 million visits – and that means a…
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US paychecks aren’t growing as quickly. That’s good for the Fed — but not for workers
US wage gains cooled in the second quarter, showing some easing of inflationary pressures, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Continue Reading Free food fridges take off in parts of Europe in eco-friendly bid to fight waste
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — In an effort to cut down on food waste and help eco-conscious consumers, a Geneva nonprofit is…
Continue Reading The Fed’s favorite inflation measure cooled down even further in June
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Continue Reading Fellow Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden…
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Americans continue to feel better about inflation and the economy
US consumers have been feeling a whole lot better this summer as inflation has continued to…
Continue Reading Yorkshire punished for extremely serious misconduct over racism experienced by ex-player Azeem Rafiq
LONDON (AP) — Yorkshire has been fined and docked points in two formats of cricket over the club’s “extremely serious” misconduct in relation…
Continue Reading Maryland political aide died after 2 gunshot wounds, one self-inflicted
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland political aide who failed to appear for his trial on federal corruption…
Continue Reading With affirmative action out, North Carolina’s flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or…
Continue Reading A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed…
Continue Reading Russia says it shot down Ukrainian missile over southern city with 14 injured
By Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — Russia said it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the southern Russian city of Taganrog and that fragments from…
Continue Reading Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in…
Continue Reading 2 people die in Berlin after jumping from a building to escape a fire, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) — Two people died on Friday after jumping from a building in Berlin to escape a fire on an upper floor, authorities said. An apartment…
Continue Reading IMF agrees to release $7.5 billion to cash-strapped Argentina as economy reals from drought
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it reached an agreement with Argentina that would open the door for the…
Continue Reading Judge OKs $15M payout from store where Alex Murdaugh’s underage son got beer before fatal crash
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A fatal boat crash believed to have spun the downfall of Alex Murdaugh has resulted in a $15 million settlement in a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Canadian border agents seize $6 million in cocaine at North Dakota entry point
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) — Canadian officials say border agents seized nearly 140 pounds of cocaine worth $6 million from a commercial truck seeking to…
Continue Reading Police searching apartment of Chicago man charged in man’s killing find woman dead in refrigerator
CHICAGO (AP) — Officers searching the apartment of a Chicago man accused of fatally stabbing a man on a restaurant’s roof discovered the body…
Continue Reading Senators rebuke Wisconsin congressman who yelled vulgarities at high school-age pages
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin is refusing to apologize…
Continue Reading Students and administrator recall the day Ethan Crumbley shot up their Michigan school
By Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her…
Continue Reading Oil pipeline construction in Minnesota ruptured an aquifer. Officials say it’s the 4th time
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company’s construction…
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing…
Continue Reading Armenia calls on allies to help get aid to Nagorno-Karabakh during tensions with Azerbaijan
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s authorities are calling on the country’s international allies to…
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s governing and opposition parties have held…
Continue Reading Democrats claim the GOP is withholding evidence contradicting claims in Hunter Biden probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are demanding the release of a transcript from a new FBI witness, saying it…
Continue Reading 21 arrested in North Macedonia over fan violence ahead of Levski Sofia-Shkupi match
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia have arrested 21 people following clashes between visiting Levski Sofia soccer fans…
Continue Reading The officer shot in the head during a Louisville bank shooting is going home after 109 days in the hospital
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Nickolas Wilt is finally going home after spending over 100 days in the hospital recovering from being shot in…
Continue Reading Merger talks end between large health care systems in Minnesota, South Dakota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped.…
Continue Reading ‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Streams of air whirled by Ida Cartlidge in every direction, but…
Continue Reading How living in a mobile home makes you more likely to die in a tornado
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Continue Reading Mobile homes turn deadly when tornadoes hit. This year has been especially bad, AP analysis finds
BY SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were…
Continue Reading G20 ministers reach agreement on most, but not all, climate issues
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The final meeting of climate and environment ministers from the world’s largest economies…
Continue Reading A pollution tax on older cars can be extended to London’s suburbs after a British court ruling
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press A British court has ruled against five London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars. The High…
Continue Reading Former US Federal Reserve chair to lead Bank of England review on economic forecasts
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, will lead a review of the Bank of…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of…
Continue Reading US price and wage increases slow further in the latest signs of cooling inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday…
Continue Reading 4 die in fiery crash on interstate highway south of Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Police say a fiery two-vehicle crash on an interstate highway south of Atlanta killed four people. Clayton County police say in a…
Continue Reading Scott criticizes DeSantis over his support for Florida’s slavery curriculum as they stump in Iowa
By MEG KINNARD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential…
Continue Reading Man who drove through a Black Lives Matter protest and killed a demonstrator agrees to plea deal
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three years after a protester was fatally hit by a car during a Black Lives Matter protest in Seattle, the person…
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PRAGUE (AP) — The organizers of a women’s tennis tournament in the Czech Republic say Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to…
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, Aimee Look and Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Moored five miles off the coast of Yemen for more than 30 years, a decaying…
Continue Reading Niger general appears on state TV as new leader following coup
By Eve Brennan, Dalal Mawad, Oliver Briscoe and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A Niger general, Abdourahamane Tiani, appeared on state…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve an amended but divisive law on Russian influences believed to be targeting the…
Continue Reading Ford recalls 870K F-150 pickups in US because parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on…
Continue Reading A Notre Dame professor sues a student publication over its coverage of her abortion-rights work
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press A University of Notre Dame professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication…
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Friday’s $940 million Mega Millions jackpot – which would be the fifth-largest jackpot…
Continue Reading What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes…
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have made a joint appeal for…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is being built in Texas, with residents slated to move in…
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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is being built in Texas, with residents slated to move…
Continue Reading Philippine ferry was overloaded when it flipped over, leaving 27 dead, official says
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard chief says the skipper of a ferry that flipped over in a lake…
Continue Reading Salvage crews wait for chance to board a freighter burning for 2 days off the Dutch coast
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews are waiting for a chance to board a cargo ship loaded with cars that…
Continue Reading Adidas to release second batch of Yeezy sneakers after breakup with Ye
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas said Friday that it is releasing a second batch of high-end Yeezy sneakers…
Continue Reading Germany used to be the world’s export powerhouse. Now, it’s not growing. What happened?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German economy is still failing to grow. The country that should be the industrial…
Continue Reading A rights lawyer who was fleeing China has been arrested in neighboring Laos
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese rights lawyer stripped of his license for taking on sensitive cases has been arrested in…
Continue Reading Putin woos African leaders at a summit in Russia with promises of expanding trade and other ties
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed Africa’s growing role in global affairs and offered to expand…
Continue Reading Man questioned in Montana after Arizona woman reappears following four years missing
By MATTHEW BROWN and MORGAN LEE Associated Press HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A man was detained and questioned by police and his Montana apartment searched…
Continue Reading German far-right leader urges conservatives to break down ‘firewall’ against his party
BERLIN (AP) — A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany is urging members of the country’s main opposition conservative bloc to break…
Continue Reading Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday…
Continue Reading As crews contain Europe fires, Pope Francis sounds alarm on climate threat to ‘our common home’
By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis has urged governments to do more to fight climate…
Continue Reading Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down
By JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press AUBURN, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden used his trip to a textile plant in Maine on Friday to…
Continue Reading South Africa’s stance on Russia puzzles many. Could a mine in the desert hold answers?
By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — To many observers, South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine is puzzling.…
Continue Reading Biden signs an order designed to strengthen protections for sexual assault victims in the military
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order giving decisions on the prosecution of serious…
Continue Reading Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second…
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