German government wants ex-minister to foot $267 million bill for a failed highway toll plan
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Los Angeles police arrest suspect in apparent random shootings at 3 locations with 1 person wounded
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles have arrested a suspect following what appears to be a series of random shootings that wounded one victim.…
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25-year-old arrested in connection with Cleveland shooting that left 9 wounded over the weekend
By Sara Smart, Joe Sutton, Dakin Andone and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US marshals on Tuesday arrested a 25-year-old man in connection…
Continue Reading Snap presidential vote is underway in Uzbekistan and expected to extend incumbent’s rule
MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Uzbekistan are casting their ballots on Sunday in a snap presidential election which is widely expected to extend the…
Continue Reading Jordanian security forces kill 3, including 2 escaped prisoners, in a gunbattle
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian authorities say security forces have killed three men, including two escaped inmates, in a shootout in a remote part…
Continue Reading Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from…
Continue Reading France bans fireworks sales amid fears of renewed violence over Bastille Day weekend
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid…
Continue Reading France bans fireworks sales amid fears of renewed violence over Bastille Day weekend
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Continue Reading The BBC suspends presenter over claims he paid a teenager for explicit photos
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Continue Reading UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting
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Continue Reading Luis Suárez, only Spanish man to win Ballon d’Or, has died
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Continue Reading Family of woman shot and killed by San Antonio police file wrongful death lawsuit against city, 3 officers charged
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The family of Melissa Perez, who was fatally shot in her home by San Antonio police in June, is filing a…
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Continue Reading NATO unity will be tested at upcoming summit. Ukraine’s possible entry may be the biggest challenge
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Continue Reading North Korea calls on international community to stop Japan’s release of treated Fukushima wastewater
By Jake Kwon and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — North Korea has called upon the international community to stop Japan from releasing treated…
Continue Reading The huge blob of seaweed headed for Florida has shrunk by 75%
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Continue Reading Azovstal leaders freed in prisoner swap promise to return to the battlefield in Ukraine
By Mariya Knight, Heather Chen and Andrew Carey, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian commanders who were captured by Russia after leading the defense of…
Continue Reading Azovstal leaders freed in prisoner swap promise to return to the battlefield in Ukraine
By Mariya Knight, Heather Chen and Andrew Carey, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian commanders who were captured by Russia after leading the defense of…
Continue Reading Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
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Continue Reading From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details
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Continue Reading 9 missing in China landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures
BEIJING (AP) — Nine people are missing in central China after a landslide sparked by heavy rains amid flooding and searing temperatures across much…
Continue Reading Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago
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Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s investigation of a Texas sheriff’s history of alleged corruption and dysfunction
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Continue Reading Deputies accused a Texas sheriff of corruption and dysfunction. Then came the mass shooting
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Continue Reading Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground
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Continue Reading Authorities swoop on Chinese restaurant that challenged customers to eat 108 dumplings
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A restaurant in China that challenged its customers to eat more than 100 dumplings in return for a free…
Continue Reading No jackpot winners after Saturday’s Powerball drawing, prize jumps to an estimated $650 million
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Continue Reading Authorities swoop on Chinese restaurant that challenged customers to eat 108 dumplings
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A restaurant in China that challenged its customers to eat more than 100 dumplings in return for a free…
Continue Reading Protests across Israel ahead of vote on judicial overhaul bill vote
By Amir Tal and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Large crowds of protesters across Israel have come out in the 27th consecutive week of…
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Continue Reading Texas sued over plan to deploy floating barrier on Rio Grande to curb border crossings
By Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking…
Continue Reading At least 22 killed in airstrike in Sudan
By Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 people have been killed and dozens injured in an airstrike in the city of Omdurman,…
Continue Reading At New York’s Lincoln Center, love is definitely in the air with a post-pandemic mass wedding
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Continue Reading BBC suspends presenter following sexual misconduct allegations
By Mitchell McCluskey, Niamh Kennedy and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The BBC has suspended “a male member of staff” following allegations of…
Continue Reading BBC suspends presenter following sexual misconduct allegations
By Mitchell McCluskey, Niamh Kennedy and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The BBC has suspended “a male member of staff” following allegations of…
Continue Reading Uzbekistan’s leader poised for landslide victory in presidential election
MOSCOW (AP) — Uzbekistan is holding a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s…
Continue Reading Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and ex-conductor of the Philly Pops, dies at 89
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The national newspaper La Jornada in Mexico says its staff reporter in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit has been found dead.…
Continue Reading Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa race massacre reparations case filed by last known survivors
By Omar Jimenez and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma judge dismissed the reparations lawsuit filed by the last three known survivors of…
Continue Reading Condemned building used by homeless people falls in Brazil, killing 14 people
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Continue Reading Crews continue to battle cargo ship blaze that killed 2 New Jersey firefighters
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest…
Continue Reading Underwater music show in the Florida Keys promotes awareness of coral reef protection
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection in the Florida…
Continue Reading Police link man to two women whose bodies were found in different Minnesota storage units
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The body of a Minnesota woman who had been missing for two years was found in a storage unit, and St. Paul police said…
Continue Reading Greece’s government wins vote of confidence in Parliament to begin a second 4-year term
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s conservative government has won a vote of confidence in Parliament to start…
Continue Reading Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for…
Continue Reading The presidents of Brazil and Colombia meet to boost cooperation ahead of Amazon summit
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with his Colombian counterpart…
Continue Reading Gunman on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, police say, killing an 87-year-old and wounding 3 others
NEW YORK (AP) — A scooter-riding gunman killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a string of random shootings that stretched across…
Continue Reading Police charge Brooklyn man with murder in string of back-to-back ‘random’ NYC shootings
By Nic F. Anderson, Artemis Moshtaghian and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with murder after…
Continue Reading Protests grow as Israel’s far-right government advances with its judicial overhaul
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By Claudia Dominguez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people ages 15 to 18 were injured in a shooting after an argument broke…
Continue Reading Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It’s on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Continue Reading At least 22 officers injured in the German town of Giessen following unrest – police
By AJ Davis and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 police officers were injured Saturday in unrest in the western German town of Giessen…
Continue Reading At least 22 officers injured in the German town of Giessen following unrest – police
By AJ Davis and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 police officers were injured Saturday in unrest in the western German town of Giessen…
Continue Reading A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site, forcing the event’s cancellation
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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities…
Continue Reading Tbilisi Pride festival canceled after violent anti-LGBTQ protests
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities…
Continue Reading Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country’s dairy…
Continue Reading Minnesota officials say error in tax cut bill could cost taxpayers $352 million, but promised a fix
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials discovered an error in a tax cut bill lawmakers passed this spring that could cost taxpayers $352 million…
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NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before…
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one…
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MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames during the second of two landing…
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Continue Reading Crystal dagger, other items buried with ‘Ivory Lady’ 5,000 years ago
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Some of the injured players on England’s national soccer team were treated like royalty at Wimbledon with the Women’s…
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Continue Reading Police say 22 officers have been injured during unrest at Eritrean festival in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German police say 22 officers were injured and dozens of people were detained Saturday during unrest at an Eritrean cultural event in…
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said his country is looking forward to cooperating with Switzerland on managing the…
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to…
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Continue Reading South Koreans protest the planned release of Fukushima wastewater during a visit by the head of IAEA
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CAIRO (AP) — A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking. It’s a first…
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Duarte Mendonca and Marcelo Medeiros, CNN (CNN) — At least 11 people, including four children, were killed after a…
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the…
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By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A solemn peace march has started through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of…
Continue Reading Seven people including two children are killed by a gas explosion in a van in eastern Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a fire in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan killed seven people, including two children. The…
Continue Reading Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, US military says
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the…
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Continue Reading Zelenskyy hails Ukraine’s soldiers from a symbolic Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing…
Continue Reading Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the…
Continue Reading The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has visited the king to hand in the resignation of…
Continue Reading Texas police find 6 people injured after shooting at El Paso party, updated news report says
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An updated news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded six people, fewer than previously reported. KVIA-TV…
Continue Reading Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’ as scientists warn 2023 could be the hottest year on record
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world is blasting through climate records as scientists sound the alarm: The likelihood is growing that 2023…
Continue Reading Japanese leaders mark 1 year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former…
Continue Reading ‘No danger to the transgender community’ after missing South Carolina teen found dead, sheriff says
By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina law enforcement officials say there is “no danger to the transgender…
Continue Reading NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle…
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