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Indiana police recover 2 DNA profiles from human remains found at property of long-dead businessman
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once…
Continue Reading Exclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of…
Continue Reading Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A recently discovered ice core taken from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet decades ago has revealed that a large…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Nebraska woman sentenced to 90 days in jail for burning fetus after abortion
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press An 18-year-old northeastern Nebraska woman was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years of probation…
Continue Reading UK banking boss apologizes to populist politician Farage over the closure of his account
LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group has apologized to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank…
Continue Reading Alabama death row inmate James Barber is executed following scrutiny over state’s lethal injection process
By Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
Continue Reading Your paycheck could clear faster now that the FedNow instant payment service for banks has launched
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has launched a new instant payment service that allows banks and credit…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading At least 9 people killed by a bomb in northeastern Congo as violence in the region escalates
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A local officials says an explosion killed at least nine people in North-Kivu province in…
Continue Reading Russia imposes travel restrictions on UK diplomats
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday imposed travel restrictions on most British diplomats in the country, a practice reminiscent of the Soviet…
Continue Reading Homicides in 30 US cities dropped by nearly 10% in the first half of 2023 compared to last year, study finds
By Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The number of homicides in 30 US cities declined in the first half of 2023 compared to the…
Continue Reading Home sales in June fell to the slowest pace since January with near-historic low inventory for sale
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a…
Continue Reading Kevin Spacey’s lawyer says three of the actor’s sexual assault accusers are ‘liars’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three of Kevin Spacey ‘s accusers are liars, his lawyer told jurors Thursday at the…
Continue Reading An unusual object has been releasing pulses of radio waves in space for decades. Astronomers just discovered it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme…
Continue Reading Florida 10-month-old dies after being left in hot car that reached 133 degrees
By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old…
Continue Reading Homes become ‘air fryers’ in Phoenix heat, people ration AC due to cost
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix. Air…
Continue Reading Blinken heads to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia as US shifts Indo-Pacific strategy into overdrive
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Tonga, New Zealand and Australia next week as…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott’s $250 million open call for donations yields applications from 6,353 nonprofits
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s first open call for grants yielded 6,353…
Continue Reading Hazing remains ingrained in team sports and experts say they see increase in sexualized attacks
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer From high school to the professional leagues, hazing is ingrained in teams sports in the United States.…
Continue Reading Q&A: ‘Barbie’ filmmaker Greta Gerwig on art, commerce and embracing the mess
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker…
Continue Reading UConn settles 9-year legal battle with soccer player who flipped off camera and lost her scholarship
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UConn has settled a lawsuit filed by a former women’s soccer player who lost her scholarship for flashing…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Jason Momoa hosts Discovery’s ‘Shark Week,’ featuring feeding frenzies and junkie sharks
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other…
Continue Reading Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by…
Continue Reading Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern…
Continue Reading Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern…
Continue Reading How killer whale grannies spend their time postmenopause
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Female orcas, like their human counterparts, live decades beyond their reproductive years. Scientists are trying to…
Continue Reading Public funding for King Charles III and royals has been recalculated due to windfarm deal profits
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Treasury says the amount of public funding for King Charles III and the royal family’s…
Continue Reading Russia seeks a 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, ally says
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a Russian court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei…
Continue Reading Mexican volunteer searchers find 27 hacked-up bodies in northern border city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they have found 27 corpses in clandestine graves in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen,…
Continue Reading Bosnian Serb lawmakers pass law recriminalizing libel which critics say threatens free speech
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb parliament has passed a law recriminalizing libel which critics say will restrict freedom of…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading As a child, she sold street tamales. A senator now, she’s shaking up Mexico’s presidential race.
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A street-food salesgirl who became a tech entrepreneur and senator is shaking up the…
Continue Reading Anger boils over as Kenya’s cost of living protests shake the nation
By Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A wave of deadly protests has hit Kenya as anger over tax hikes and the cost…
Continue Reading Anger boils over as Kenya’s cost of living protests shake the nation
By Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A wave of deadly protests has hit Kenya as anger over tax hikes and the cost…
Continue Reading Convicted fraudster who had sentence commuted by Trump is now facing new charges
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was…
Continue Reading National Park Service warns about agitated bison during mating after women injured at 2 parks
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman was severely injured by a bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota,…
Continue Reading US jobless claims fall again as labor market continues to flash strength
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to show fortitude in the…
Continue Reading Britain says it was ‘regrettable’ that the EU called the Falklands by Argentina’s preferred name
LONDON (AP) — The British government says the European Union made a “regrettable choice of words” when it referred to the U.K.-run Falkland…
Continue Reading Tesla recalling nearly 16,000 of its 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles due to seat belt issue
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Tesla is recalling nearly 16,000 of its 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles because some front-row seat…
Continue Reading Beach closures because of contamination prevent sunbathers from taking a dip to beat the heat
By The Associated Press Many sunbathers who want to take a dip in the cool water to escape the summer heat are being thwarted by high bacteria levels…
Continue Reading Kenya police are told not to report deaths during protests. A watchdog says they killed 6 this week
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the…
Continue Reading Turkey hikes interest rates in another sign of economic normalcy. But markets expected more
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate in another sign of commitment to a…
Continue Reading EU climate chief Frans Timmermans says he wants to lead combined center-left bloc in Dutch elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans says he wants to lead a combined campaign by two left-leaning parties…
Continue Reading Thousands of UK hospital doctors walk out in latest pay dispute, crippling health services
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of senior doctors in England are staging a 48-hour walkout to demand better pay and…
Continue Reading Major fire near Athens contained but Europe’s heat wave keeps authorities on alert
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Fire Service has intensified water drops west of Athens where a huge blaze was contained overnight, as authorities…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 20: Auckland shooting, Trump, Tornado, UPS, Netflix
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Many people in the German capital of Berlin woke up to some bizarre news this morning. A suspected lioness is…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 20: Auckland shooting, Trump, Tornado, UPS, Netflix
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Many people in the German capital of Berlin woke up to some bizarre news this morning. A suspected lioness is…
Continue Reading Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about child, says through attorney she wasn’t kidnapped. Authorities are mulling charges
By Alta Spells and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who earlier this month went missing for 49 hours after making a…
Continue Reading Two prominent Egyptian rights figures released from prison following pardons
By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Families and a rights defender say two prominent figures from Egypt’s human rights…
Continue Reading German police find melted-down gold after theft of Celtic coins, seek rest of treasure
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Investigators looking into the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum have…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup team from Philippines has American flavor
By ELLEN McINTYRE Associated Press DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — For a nation more than 7,000 miles from the United States, the Philippines boasts a…
Continue Reading Russia’s Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Poland’s border
MOSCOW (AP) — Mercenaries from Russia’s military company Wagner have launched joint drills with the Belarusian military almost a month after…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
Continue Reading China’s Xi tells Kissinger that China-US ties are at a crossroads and stability is still possible
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger that relations between the two countries are at a…
Continue Reading Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu doubles down on judicial plan, rejects criticism and moves ahead toward key vote
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with his…
Continue Reading The UK’s governing Conservatives are braced for a drubbing from voters in 3 special elections
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters are going to the polls in three electoral districts of England, with the governing…
Continue Reading Yellen visits Vietnam, seeking to build US ties and supply chains, and offset tensions with China
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told top Vietnamese officials that Washington considers…
Continue Reading Pop star Shakira will face a second tax probe in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira is facing more trouble from Spain’s tax office after a court near Barcelona said Thursday that it had…
Continue Reading President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs
By JOSH BOAK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden has paid a visit to Philadelphia’s shipyard to…
Continue Reading A Croatian firefighter has died in the storm that swept the Balkans, raising the toll to 6 dead
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian firefighter has died during a deadly storm that swept the Balkans after a heat wave, raising the death toll to…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the…
Continue Reading China doesn’t want a trade war with the US but will retaliate against further curbs, ambassador says
By The Associated Press China’s ambassador to the United States says it does not want a trade war but will retaliate against any further U.S.…
Continue Reading 1 man is dead and 48 are injured after a suspected gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg
By The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities say one man has been killed and at least 48 people are injured, some of them seriously,…
Continue Reading Japanese, US and South Korean officials condemn the North’s weapons plans but urge dialogue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese, U.S. and South Korean senior officials have condemned North Korea for its recent…
Continue Reading As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions…
Continue Reading Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Fans of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fondly remember his life philosophy 50 years after his death
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who broke negative stereotypes around Asian men in…
Continue Reading India’s Modi breaks silence over ethnic violence in Manipur after video shows mob molesting women
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic…
Continue Reading 2 suicide bombers in Pakistan attack police and government compound, killing 2 and injuring 15
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say two suicide bombers attacked a sprawling compound housing a police station and…
Continue Reading Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for third night since end of grain deal
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading German police search for a lion suspected of being on the loose in Berlin’s suburbs
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have warned people in Berlin’s southern suburbs to watch out for a potentially dangerous animal, suspected to be…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as investors weigh weakness in the tech sector
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after the latest rally on Wall Street fizzled, with big…
Continue Reading Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist…
Continue Reading Flooded with sightseers, Europe’s iconic churches struggle to accommodate both worship and tourism
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A recent Saturday evening Mass at Sagrada Familia parish had all the hallmarks…
Continue Reading Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — One of the world’s largest refugee camps offers a stark example of the global food…
Continue Reading Wisconsin mother and her boyfriend are charged in child neglect case that prosecutor calls ‘like something out of a horror movie’
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Milwaukee mother and her boyfriend were charged with chronic neglect of a child and false imprisonment after…
Continue Reading Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 10 and traps many others in western India
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press RAIGAD, India (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state has killed…
Continue Reading Turkey’s finance chief heralds $50.7 billion deals with UAE as Erdogan tours Gulf nations
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek says Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have signed deals worth $50.7 billion, as President…
Continue Reading They fled Syria’s shattering civil war. Now, Syrian refugees in Jordan fear being forced to return
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more…
Continue Reading A woman pleads guilty to fire that kept a Wyoming abortion clinic from opening for a year
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An abortion opponent pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge Thursday after telling…
Continue Reading New York considers ban on cash prize contests for hunting coyotes, squirrels, some other wildlife
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The contests have names such as Predator Slam, Squirrel Scramble and Final Fling for Fox. And…
Continue Reading Tiny downtown LA store near Skid Row sells winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth over $1 billion
By MARCIO SANCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball…
Continue Reading A single Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles matched all 6 numbers for the $1.08 billion jackpot
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The owner or owners of the $1.08 billion winning ticket in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, sold at a…
Continue Reading Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the ‘Barbie’ movie marketing mania
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pink sauce on that Burger King burger? What about “Barbie-fying” your pet with…
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