Hawaii volcano stops erupting, putting an end to stunning lava show
HONOLULU (AP) — The nearly two-week eruption of a Hawaii volcano, one of the most active in the world, has come to a pause, scientists said. After…
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U.S. Attorney Nick Brown announces resignation ahead of Washington AG race
SEATTLE (AP) — Nick Brown, U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down — a resignation that arrives amid…
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Former NYC police officer, 2 others convicted of stalking New Jersey family on behalf of Chinese government
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury in New York convicted three men Tuesday of stalking a New Jersey family on…
Continue Reading Canadian Dept. of National Defence confirms two Royal Canadian Air Force members were killed in helicopter crash
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The Canadian Department of National Defense has confirmed two Royal Canadian Air Force members who went missing in a…
Continue Reading What it’s like to get a Wes Anderson education, from ‘Rushmore’ to ‘Asteroid City’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Tony Revolori, then a 17-year-old with little Hollywood experience, was beginning to shoot Wes…
Continue Reading Hospital turns over transgender patient records to Tennessee attorney general in investigation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over transgender patient records to the Tennessee attorney general’s team…
Continue Reading World well short of pace needed to meet UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals…
Continue Reading Plan to discharge water into Hudson River from closed nuclear plant sparks uproar
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The Indian Point nuclear plant along the Hudson River is at the center of a controversy two years after it was shut…
Continue Reading Tornadoes clobber Mississippi. Hours later, its governor attends Republican fundraiser in Alabama
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event…
Continue Reading North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the…
Continue Reading Damaged portion of I-95 in Philadelphia will reopen this weekend, ahead of schedule, governor says
By Sara Smart and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The damaged portion of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia on June 11 will reopen…
Continue Reading Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall National Monument in New York
By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — The New York Police Department is investigating “a criminal mischief pattern” of vandalism against Pride and…
Continue Reading Outgoing CDC director says resignation spurred by sense of accomplishment and exhaustion
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said her reasons for stepping…
Continue Reading Booze, drugs, a pet snake and foreign dealings: Families can cause headaches for a White House
By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is by no means the first presidential relative whose…
Continue Reading DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s tempestuous views aside, Manhattan prosecutors say neither the former…
Continue Reading Judge rules Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violates US Constitution
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming…
Continue Reading Man with hit-and-run history jailed after crash kills 5 young women in Minneapolis
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man serving a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his…
Continue Reading Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it…
Continue Reading Dozens die in single district in northern India amid severe heatwave
By Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Anil Kumar, CNN (CNN) — Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating the deaths…
Continue Reading Sweltering heat tests Texas’ power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ power grid operator asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily cut back on…
Continue Reading Former Oklahoma and MLB pitcher George Frazier dies at age 68
By The Associated Press Oklahoma has announced that former pitcher George Frazier, a World Series champion who had a nearly three-decade run as a…
Continue Reading 2nd person arrested in Milwaukee Juneteenth shooting that wounded 6, including alleged shooters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Milwaukee have arrested a second person in a shooting in which six people, including the two alleged shooters, were…
Continue Reading 41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on ‘mara’ gangs
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women…
Continue Reading Trump’s penchant for talking could pose problems as Mar-a-Lago criminal case moves ahead
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal defendants are routinely advised to avoid commenting on pending charges against them.…
Continue Reading Women pushed into ravine at German castle were recent Illinois college graduates
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A U.S. hiker who fell to her death during a savage attack in Germany and a friend who tried…
Continue Reading New York State Education Department revamps guidance to offer transgender and gender-expansive students more support
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — New York state’s Education Department has updated guidance for its schools to support the rights of…
Continue Reading Atlanta police training center opponents sue over delays in approving referendum
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center are suing the city. In a…
Continue Reading YNW Melly double murder trial continues after judge denies mistrial
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The second week of the double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly began with the judge denying a motion from the defense…
Continue Reading Young plaintiffs’ attorney closes Montana climate change trial with call for action
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs has urged a judge to strike down as…
Continue Reading The vessel missing near the Titanic wreck is a submersible, not a submarine: Here’s the difference
By The Associated Press The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic’s wreckage is a submersible not a…
Continue Reading About 100 letters containing a white powder were sent to public officials across Kansas, officials say
By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 100 letters containing a white powder have been received by state legislators and…
Continue Reading A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a CEO, and a father and son are on the missing submersible
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s…
Continue Reading Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon’s safety practices and asks workers to share stories
By Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety…
Continue Reading Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows
By RIO YAMAT and RICK BOWMER Associated Press ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had…
Continue Reading Police say Harmony Montgomery’s father hid and moved her body for months after murder
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire police affidavit alleges that Harmony Montgomery’s father spent months…
Continue Reading Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials have agreed, for now, not to enforce a new restriction on medication…
Continue Reading Georgia officials won’t take over elections in state’s largest county, debunk conspiracies
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board won’t take over running elections in the state’s most populous…
Continue Reading Captain of fishing boat disqualified for ‘mutilated’ marlin says the win was ‘taken away from us’
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The captain of Sensation, the fishing boat that lost out on over $3 million in earnings when tournament officials…
Continue Reading Captain of fishing boat disqualified for ‘mutilated’ marlin says the win was ‘taken away from us’
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The captain of Sensation, the fishing boat that lost out on over $3 million in earnings when tournament officials…
Continue Reading Fishing tournament defends disqualifying blue marlin worth $3.5 million: ‘The rule is there to protect the fish’
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament on Wednesday defended its controversial decision to…
Continue Reading 3 men convicted in US trial that scrutinized China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation campaign
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three men have been convicted of various charges in a trial showcasing U.S. claims that China…
Continue Reading Florida deputy and motorist survive being swept through storm drain amid huge rainstorm
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy and a motorist are lucky to be alive after they were sucked into a storm drain during a…
Continue Reading Missouri judge orders end to GOP officials’ standoff over proposed abortion rights ballot measure
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move…
Continue Reading New NATO member Finland swears in government regarded as country’s most right-wing in decades
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland, which recently became NATO’s 31st member, swore in a new coalition government…
Continue Reading Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab slashes 1000 jobs in biggest layoff since pandemic
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings said it is cutting over 1,000 jobs or 11% of its workforce…
Continue Reading 7-year-old fatally shoots 5-year-old child in eastern Kentucky
MCKEE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 7-year-old child fatally shot a 5-year-old child inside a home in Kentucky. State police say an initial…
Continue Reading The North Atlantic is experiencing a ‘totally unprecedented’ marine heat wave
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean are soaring off the charts, with an “exceptional” marine…
Continue Reading US home construction surged in May by the fastest pace in more than a year
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home building surged in May, climbing 21.7% from April, as low inventory in the existing home…
Continue Reading NASA spacecraft captures image of ghostly lightning on Jupiter
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A NASA spacecraft captured the eerie glow of lightning inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. The green…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor signs bipartisan bill designed to prevent Milwaukee bankruptcy
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bipartisan bill that sends more money to…
Continue Reading Fire that killed 4 at NYC e-bike store was caused by lithium ion batteries, fire commissioner says
By Laura Ly and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — The early-morning fire at an e-bike store in lower Manhattan that left four dead was caused…
Continue Reading Parents of Nashville shooting victims urge court to deny release of shooter’s writings in new declarations
By Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Parents of two of the three children killed during the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville expressed their…
Continue Reading Actor Jonathan Majors domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case will go to trial Aug. 3, a Manhattan judge…
Continue Reading FIFPRO releases report on disparities in Women’s World Cup qualifying
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand…
Continue Reading At least four Israelis killed in West Bank shootings, authorities say
By Elliott Gotkine and CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Amir Tal Jerusalem (CNN) — Four people were killed and four more were wounded in…
Continue Reading UN official praises Kenya’s refugee integration program, says $200 million pledged, more needed
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to…
Continue Reading Turkish drone strike kills 2 Kurdish local officials and their driver in north Syria, officials say
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Officials say a Turkish drone attack has killed two Kurdish local officials and…
Continue Reading Tesla technology inches closer to becoming industry standard as Rivian joins its charging network
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging…
Continue Reading US and China are talking at a high level again, but their rivalry remains unchecked
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global…
Continue Reading Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award from music industry group ASCAP
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award.…
Continue Reading Slovakia’s first female president won’t seek reelection next year
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president says she will not seek re-election in next year’s presidential vote. Zuzana Čaputová says…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid a…
Continue Reading Italy’s Meloni and France’s Macron express agreement on migration following policy dispute
By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron have buried…
Continue Reading Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Gannett is suing Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully acquired and maintain…
Continue Reading Andrew Tate indicted on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania
By Cristiana Moisescu, Amy Croffey and Vicky Bennett, CNN, and Reuters (CNN) — Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed “misogynist” online…
Continue Reading Author of children’s book about grief who is accused of killing her husband files suit against his estate
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Utah woman accused of killing her husband before she authored a children’s book about grieving a loved one,…
Continue Reading Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, ‘radical inclusion’ of LGBTQ+
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — An unprecedented global canvassing of Catholics has called for the church to take concrete…
Continue Reading How a Mexican spiritual leader preserves the sacred knowledge of the volcano known as El Popo
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press AMECAMECA, Mexico (AP) — Moisés Vega has a distinctive job: The 64-year-old Mexican says he can speak…
Continue Reading Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating brutal…
Continue Reading Estonia becomes first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Estonia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a law legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first ex-Soviet…
Continue Reading Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Portrait photographer Anne Brande shoots graduation and wedding engagement photos at scenic…
Continue Reading Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns of service cuts without more funding
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that without a new injection of funding, it…
Continue Reading Sub passengers included CEO of expedition company, experienced explorers and Pakistani father and son from prominent family
By Steve Almasy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire father and son duo, a wealthy explorer, a diver with decades of experience and…
Continue Reading 4 dead after battery causes fire at New York City e-bike shop that spreads to apartments
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire at a New York City e-bike shop quickly spread to upper-floor apartments and killed four people early Tuesday in the latest…
Continue Reading Convalescing Pope Francis holds talks with Cuba’s president at Vatican
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, in his first full week back at the Vatican following abdominal…
Continue Reading Social media star Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, a social media personality known for expressing misogynistic views online, was charged in Romania with rape,…
Continue Reading 9 Egyptians appear in Greek court over deadly migrant shipwreck
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a migrant smuggling…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Bret grows stronger as eastern Caribbean islands prepare for heavy flooding
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret grew stronger on Wednesday as it took aim at islands in the…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Should you financially support adult kids?
By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Parenting comes with many responsibilities, and one is raising financially independent kids. But adult kids…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 20: Missing sub, Hurricane watch, Refugees, Reddit, Meat recall
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Major insurance companies are pulling out of some states entirely to limit their risks where natural disasters…
Continue Reading What Juneteenth and ‘freedom’ mean to an 109-year-old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre
By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Juneteenth has become a day to celebrate freedom in the United States, but the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race…
Continue Reading Auto tycoon Ghosn files $1 billion lawsuit in Lebanon against Nissan over his imprisonment in Japan
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Nissan and about a dozen individuals…
Continue Reading Norwegian citizen arrested in Hungary for alleged extremist plot
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police have arrested a Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion that he was planning an extremist attack modeled after a…
Continue Reading Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women’s tennis tour 50 years ago
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer A half-century later, Billie Jean King thinks back on the landmark gathering of female tennis players at a London…
Continue Reading Southeast Asian nations move ahead with plan for navy drills near disputed area of South China Sea
By EDNA TARIGAN and DAVID RISING Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is moving ahead with plans…
Continue Reading Sudanese official urges international probe into violence against residents in Darfur
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The governor of Darfur called for an international investigation into alleged atrocities against…
Continue Reading Germany’s intelligence agency says there’s been a rise in the number of far-right extremists in 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says it has recorded a new high in crimes by political extremists in 2022, with the far…
Continue Reading Ukrainian refugees helped push German population up 1.3% last year
BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics in Germany show that large numbers of refugees from Ukraine fleeing Russia’s war fueled a 1.3% rise in the…
Continue Reading A search and rescue operation is underway for a submersible touring the wreckage of the Titanic
By Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Officials are in a race against time to find a civilian submersible that had five people aboard…
Continue Reading Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal US government memo
By Nouran Salahieh, Eric Levenson, Priscilla Alvarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the…
Continue Reading French investigators search the offices of Paris Olympic organizers in corruption probe
PARIS (AP) — French investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers on Tuesday in a probe into suspected corruption, according…
Continue Reading In San Francisco, Biden talks with tech leaders about risks and promises of artificial intelligence
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden has convened a group of technology leaders in San Francisco to debate the…
Continue Reading Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say the country’s air defenses have downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding…
Continue Reading Australian senator invites International Criminal Court to probe officers in war crime allegations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A senator has invited the International Criminal Court to investigate what Australian…
Continue Reading Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Alibaba Group has announced a major management reshuffle as the e-commerce giant…
Continue Reading Germany prods China on Ukraine war as leaders pledge to work together on climate
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s chancellor has pressed China to lean harder on Russia over its war in Ukraine, while…
Continue Reading The family of Keenan Anderson, who died after being tased by LAPD officers, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city…
Continue Reading The family of Keenan Anderson, who died after being tased by LAPD officers, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly lower, tracking Wall Street retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Wednesday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks retreated following…
Continue Reading New study says high housing costs, low income push Californians into homelessness
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new study by the University of California, San Francisco shows that homeless people in…
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