At least 25 dead after wedding party bus bursts into flames in India
By Sandi Sidhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — At least 25 people have been killed after a bus carrying a wedding party burst into flames after crashing…
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At least 25 dead after wedding party bus bursts into flames in India
By Sandi Sidhu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — At least 25 people have been killed after a bus carrying a wedding party burst into flames after crashing…
Continue Reading These trans women would have to reverse their gender identity on ID documents under a new Kansas law
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Suzanne Wheeler doesn’t want to symbolize a movement. She just wants to live as a trans woman in Kansas as…
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Cambodia ruling party victory a sure bet as campaigning begins for general election
By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Campaigning for Cambodia’s general election has officially begun.…
Continue Reading Mourners bury slain teen in France as 45,000 police are deployed and 5th night of unrest is quieter
By CARA ANNA, ANGELA CHARLTON and CHRISTOPHE ENA Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hushed and visibly anguished, hundreds of mourners from…
Continue Reading Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the ‘new abnormal’
By SETH BORENSTEIN and MELINA WALLING Associated Press It was a smell that invoked a memory. Both for Emily Kuchlbauer in North Carolina and Ryan…
Continue Reading A record-high number of 40-year-olds in the US have never been married, study finds
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve made it to your 40th birthday without tying the knot, you’re not alone, according to a recent…
Continue Reading Japanese journalist barred from entering Hong Kong without clear reason, newspaper says
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Japanese newspaper has reported that a Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong…
Continue Reading CIA director met Zelensky on trip to Ukraine, US official says
By Jim Sciutto and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr…
Continue Reading Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
By ED KOMENDA and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a…
Continue Reading Violent protests challenge French view on race
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — What does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French…
Continue Reading Violent protests challenge French view on race
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — What does it mean to be French? It’s been more than 1,500 years since the first French…
Continue Reading A Maryland woman played her lottery numbers for over a year. A simple switch turned her into a $50,000 winner
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland woman who’d played the same lottery numbers for a year won big after getting some inspiration…
Continue Reading Iowa auditor says new law will restrict his office’s access to information
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s auditor may face new challenges in tracking taxpayer dollars after a new law…
Continue Reading Funeral held for French teenager as arrests mount on fifth night of protests
By Xiaofei Xu, Eve Brennan, Claudia Otto, Inke Kappeler and Sophie Tanno, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A tense atmosphere lingered in Nanterre on…
Continue Reading After several turbulent days, flight disruptions ease despite worries about 5G signals
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airline passengers who have endured tens of thousands of weather-related flight delays this week got a welcome…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know.
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term, killing President…
Continue Reading Battle over Wisconsin’s top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her…
Continue Reading Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The next big fight over college admissions already has taken hold, and it centers on a…
Continue Reading New state laws target contentious topics of gender, guns and abortion
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New state laws are tackling some of the most divisive issues in the U.S., including abortion,…
Continue Reading Belarusian leader asks Wagner mercenaries to train his military
By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN Atlanta/Hong Kong (CNN) — Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited Wagner Group mercenaries to…
Continue Reading Belarusian leader asks Wagner mercenaries to train his military
By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN Atlanta/Hong Kong (CNN) — Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has invited Wagner Group mercenaries to…
Continue Reading Correction: France-Police Shooting-US story
In a story published July 1, 2023, about similarities between a fatal police shooting in France and the racial reckoning in the U.S., The Associated…
Continue Reading 25 dead after bus crashes and catches fire in western India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in western India say a tire blowout caused a bus to lose control and crash into a road divider and burst into flames,…
Continue Reading Migrant who died in ICE custody was held for months, despite recommendation for release, SPLC says
By Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — A Nicaraguan national who died last week in federal immigration custody had spent more than…
Continue Reading Two dead in Moldova airport shooting and gunman detained
By Radina Gigova, Ivana Kottasová and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday…
Continue Reading Two dead in Moldova airport shooting and gunman detained
By Radina Gigova, Ivana Kottasová and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday…
Continue Reading Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in Washington, D.C. that sued the far-right Proud Boys for stealing…
Continue Reading 16 kidnapped police employees released in southern Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico have been released…
Continue Reading Passengers were stuck because United Airlines canceled their flights. The CEO took a private plane
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby apologized Friday for hopping on a private plane to get out of the New York area…
Continue Reading Shocking cases of domestic violence are leading young Chinese to question marriage
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad…
Continue Reading Shocking cases of domestic violence are leading young Chinese to question marriage
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad…
Continue Reading Yellen addresses Essence Festival crowd, discusses economy, efforts to enfold minority communities
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday says the Biden administration’s…
Continue Reading 6 miles of Chattahoochee River closed ahead of holiday weekend due to E. coli contamination
By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — E. coli contamination from a sewage discharge has prompted the closure of a six-mile stretch of the…
Continue Reading Judge allows nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Friday that nearly all of North Carolina’s revised…
Continue Reading Astronaut’s history-making mission is the latest step for a nation with grand space ambitions
By Eoin McSweeney and Brooke Jenner, CNN (CNN) — Floating upside down, while excitedly moving a microphone about in mid-air, astronaut Sultan…
Continue Reading Georgia school district intends to fire teacher after she read book about gender identity to fifth grade class, document shows
By Maxime Tamsett, Alta Spells, Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia teacher is facing termination after reading a book…
Continue Reading Oklahoma sheriff connected to audio with racist comments can’t be removed from office, AG says
By Andy Rose and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An Oklahoma sheriff who allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included…
Continue Reading A California woman has been sentenced to jail after lying to police that a couple tried to kidnap her children
By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A California woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after lying to authorities that a couple was…
Continue Reading Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ bills from…
Continue Reading As climate warms, US allows moving species threatened with extinction as a last resort
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials on Friday said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants…
Continue Reading Van Gundy, Kolber, Rose and Young are among roughly 20 ESPN personalities laid off
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose and Steve Young are among roughly 20 ESPN commentators and reporters who were…
Continue Reading Arizona city holds 10-year remembrance for 19 firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire
By WALTER BERRY Associated Press Friday marks 10 years since one of the deadliest wildland fires in the U.S. killed 19 members of an elite central…
Continue Reading Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday…
Continue Reading Jill Biden hosts military chefs crowned ‘Chopped’ champs for guest stint in White House Navy Mess
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force chef and a Marine Corps chef, both crowned “Chopped”…
Continue Reading How the Supreme Court student loan decision affects you
By ADRIANA MORGA, CORA LEWIS and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped…
Continue Reading 6 miles of Chattahoochee River closed ahead of holiday weekend due to E. coli contamination
By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — E. coli contamination from a sewage discharge has prompted the closure of a six-mile stretch of the…
Continue Reading Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work with same-sex…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Vice President Mike Pence, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. __…
Continue Reading Coast Guard apologizes for mishandling of sexual assaults at academy following revelation of probe
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard is apologizing for not taking “appropriate action” years ago when it failed to adequately…
Continue Reading Minnesota saw 20% jump in abortions last year, partly due to patients from restrictive states
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota recorded a 20% jump in abortions in 2022. That’s partly because more patients are traveling from states that…
Continue Reading Witness fears industry retaliation for testimony in fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin production
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Special prosecutors in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are asking to…
Continue Reading Suspected gunman in Texas shooting that killed 5 neighbors indicted on capital murder charge
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that…
Continue Reading Delaware House approves bill allowing business entities to vote in town’s municipal elections
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — State House lawmakers have approved legislation authorizing a small town in southern Delaware…
Continue Reading DC promises a ‘very, very robust’ police presence to maintain public safety over July 4 holiday
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With a flood of visitors and tourists expected, officials in the nation’s capital are…
Continue Reading New California Assembly speaker pledges to tackle the state’s biggest issues
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Assemblymember Robert Rivas has been sworn in as the next speaker of…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 suspect arrested near Obama’s Washington home had guns, machete in his van, feds say
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home on charges in the U.S. Capitol riot…
Continue Reading Multimillion dollar catalytic converter theft ring operated out of Philadelphia towing business, prosecutors say
By Nic F. Anderson and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia towing company has been accused of running an organized criminal enterprise…
Continue Reading Prince Harry seeks over $550,000 in phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is seeking 440,000 pounds ($558,000) in his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher…
Continue Reading First smoky air, now clouds of bugs. Winged aphids invade New York City
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As if the smoke and haze sweeping in from fires in Canada weren’t enough, some parts of…
Continue Reading Biden offers new student debt relief plan, lashes out at GOP after Supreme Court ruling
By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan providing…
Continue Reading Recovering the Titan 12,500 feet underwater was dangerous, complex, emotional
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press EAST AURORA, N.Y. (AP) — The operators of the underwater robot that located the missing…
Continue Reading Fox News reaches $12M settlement with former Tucker Carlson producer who testified in Dominion case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News will pay one of its former producers $12 million to settle her claims that she faced…
Continue Reading Congress demands info on security clearance suspension of Iran envoy
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is demanding that the State Department…
Continue Reading More people of color support stricter gun laws than White Americans, report says
By Nicole Chavez and Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — While most Americans support stricter gun measures, people of color are more likely to favor them…
Continue Reading From human ashes to cellphones, what’s going on with concert fans lately?
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From flinging bras to tossing flowers, concertgoers have long been a bit extra in showing…
Continue Reading Semi-truck driver was ‘actively using’ TikTok during fatal collision, charged with manslaughter, officials say
By Eli Masket and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A commercial truck driver who caused a fiery six-vehicle crash in January in Arizona was “actively…
Continue Reading Tax break for offshore wind energy developer Orsted narrowly approved in New Jersey Legislature
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill to let Danish offshore wind energy developer Orsted keep tax credits that it otherwise…
Continue Reading Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In a forest community where people forage to survive, hunters return from a successful outing with fresh kills…
Continue Reading Deputy’s acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school…
Continue Reading Prison nurse sentenced to 6 years for smuggling drugs into Miami federal detention center
MIAMI (AP) — A former prison nurse has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for smuggling drugs and other contraband into a federal…
Continue Reading Alaska’s slow start to wildfire season a relief after Connecticut-sized area burned last year
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is off to the slowest start of a wildfire season in three decades — an…
Continue Reading Supreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness
By SHARON LURYE and ANNIE MA Associated Press Whitney Jean Alim, a 27-year-old educator in Chicago, dreamed of buying a house sooner with the room in…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia is being considered by the women’s tennis tour for possible business
LONDON (AP) — Women’s tennis is looking into the possibility of getting into business with Saudi Arabia. And while there’s nothing imminent,…
Continue Reading State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds
By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Jim Crow-era Mississippi bans blocking some felons from voting
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not stop Mississippi from removing voting rights…
Continue Reading Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is now the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $3…
Continue Reading The US is considering providing cluster munitions to Ukraine, says America’s top military officer
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top American military officer says the U.S. is considering providing…
Continue Reading Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite…
Continue Reading Astronaut’s history-making mission is the latest step for a nation with grand space ambitions
By Eoin McSweeney and Brooke Jenner, CNN (CNN) — Floating upside down, while excitedly moving a microphone about in mid-air, astronaut Sultan…
Continue Reading California bacon law takes effect but pork from farms using cages will still be on shelves
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A California law approved by voters that promises to get breeding pigs out of narrow…
Continue Reading Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was rejected by the Supreme Court. Here’s what borrowers need to know
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program Friday,…
Continue Reading An observatory in Antarctica reveals ‘ghostly’ new portrait of the Milky Way
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, astronomers have assembled a glowing portrait of the Milky Way galaxy using cosmic…
Continue Reading Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness program
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In a stinging defeat for President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court blocked the…
Continue Reading The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge shows prices rose just 0.1% last month
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled off last month, and consumers reined in…
Continue Reading Thousands protest in Iraq for a second day over burning of Quran in Sweden
By ALI JABAR and NABIL AL-JURANI Associated Press BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of followers of the Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada…
Continue Reading Americans are growing optimistic about inflation
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — With inflation continuing to slow, US consumers are taking notice — and they’re feeling more…
Continue Reading Inflation in Europe falls again in June
By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Inflation in Europe slowed for the second straight month in June. Consumer prices in the 20 countries that…
Continue Reading Rare octopus discovery made 2 miles below the ocean surface
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — On a rocky outcrop almost 2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, researchers have…
Continue Reading Ex-Ohio GOP chair, lobbyist Matt Borges gets 5 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; vows appeal
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio lobbyist Matt Borges has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of…
Continue Reading Image captured by Mars rover shows a mysterious ‘doughnut’ on the planet’s surface
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An image captured by the Mars rover Perseverance shows a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the red planet’s…
Continue Reading Maine governor vetoes proposal sought by tribes to ensure they benefit from federal laws
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has delivered a setback to Native American tribes in Maine…
Continue Reading Mourning begins for anti-gang community defense activist slain in Mexico
By EDUARDO VERDUGO Associated Press LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — Family and acquaintances of anti-gang community defense activist Hipólito Mora are…
Continue Reading 50 shades of ballet? Melanie Hamrick on her steamy novel that makes ‘Black Swan’ seem tame
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Melanie Hamrick recently had to wrest a copy of her steamy new novel out of the hands of the…
Continue Reading Why Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote about babysitters in her student loan opinion
By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a concurrence to Friday’s ruling striking down President Joe Biden’s student debt…
Continue Reading Protests are sweeping France. Here’s what you need to know
By Sana Noor Haq, Joshua Berlinger, Tara John, Barry Neild and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a…
Continue Reading Protests are sweeping France. Here’s what you need to know
By Sana Noor Haq, Joshua Berlinger, Tara John, Barry Neild and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in Rep. George Santos’ case say they have given his defense over 80K pages of material
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors U.S. Rep. George Santos’ case say they’ve turned over more than…
Continue Reading Tajik man fatally shoots two officers at a Moldova airport after he was denied entry, officials say
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Authorities in Moldova say a Tajikistan national who was denied entry into the country at its main international airport…
Continue Reading Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning actor, dead at 89
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Alan Arkin, the Oscar-winning star of “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died, his family announced Friday. He…
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