Milwaukee school bus engulfed in flames after driver safely evacuates 37 students
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A school bus in Milwaukee was engulfed in flames moments after the pregnant driver safely evacuated 37 students. The bus was just…
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Religious leader linked to Kenya starvation cult says court hearing is a ‘matter of intimidation’
By David McKenzie, Bethlehem Feleke and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Mombasa, Kenya (CNN) — The leader of a Christian cult who has been accused of…
Continue Reading Abortion plays key role in closely watched Virginia primary involving Democratic ‘pro-life’ lawmaker
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — One of Virginia’s most closely watched nomination contests this…
Continue Reading Iran releases 1 Danish, 2 Austrian citizens in operation involving Oman, Belgium
By GEIR MOULSON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Iran has released one Danish and two Austrian citizens, according to the European…
Continue Reading Germany to look into report that ex-air force officers training Chinese pilots
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister says his country will look into a report that former German air force fighter plane pilots have been…
Continue Reading Long stretch of New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway reopens as firefighters battle 5,000-acre blaze
BASS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A long stretch of New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway reopened Friday morning as firefighters worked to contain a…
Continue Reading Rain forecast in Nova Scotia promises relief after week of wildfires
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded…
Continue Reading Andrew Tate claims he’s a force for good. Others say he spreads a ‘misogynistic rape culture’
By Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate has given his first interview with a major broadcaster since…
Continue Reading How Prince William’s eco-prize is already helping the planet
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — It’s all systems go for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize lately. It was only recently…
Continue Reading Cheerleader recalls being shot after friend opened the wrong car door
By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after another girl mistakenly opened the wrong car door says…
Continue Reading Why are people in Britain talking about Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages?
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Critics accuse the British administration of running “government by WhatsApp” due to the…
Continue Reading British government appoints new acting chair for BBC to ‘provide stability’
LONDON (AP) — The British government has appointed a new acting chair for the BBC five weeks after the resignation of Richard Sharp. Sharp resigned…
Continue Reading Ford urges owners of some Lincoln SUVs to park outdoors because they can catch fire with engines off
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is telling owners of more than 140,000 SUVs in the U.S. to park them outside because they can catch fire even when the engines…
Continue Reading Repair work had begun 4 days before Davenport, Iowa, apartment building collapsed, documents show
By Paul P. Murphy, Adrienne Broaddus and Holly Yan, CNN Davenport, Iowa (CNN) — Four days before a portion of an apartment building in…
Continue Reading From Jordan, Jill Biden arrives in Cairo as part of Mideast tour aiming to empower women, youth
CAIRO (AP) — Jill Biden has arrived in Cairo on the second leg of her six-day trip across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe that seeks to…
Continue Reading Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane,…
Continue Reading Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the…
Continue Reading America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal
BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and…
Continue Reading Spanish Catholic bishops find evidence of 728 sexual abusers, 927 victims since 1945
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s bishops’ conference says it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the…
Continue Reading Champions League final referee keeps job after apologizing for ties to far-right leader
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Polish soccer referee Szymon Marciniak has apologized for speaking at a business event tied to a…
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Black sea urchins have disappeared from the Gulf of Aqaba. Their loss could kill off an entire coral reef
By Hadas Gold, CNN Eilat, Israel (CNN) — Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral…
Continue Reading Black sea urchins have disappeared from the Gulf of Aqaba. Their loss could kill off an entire coral reef
By Hadas Gold, CNN Eilat, Israel (CNN) — Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral…
Continue Reading UN warns of aid shortage, looming food crisis in wake of devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations has warned that far too little aid is reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar and the country could face a major…
Continue Reading Young Kabuki actor’s debut breaks Japanese theater traditions
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ten-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia is breaking conventions as one of the biggest emerging stars…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 2: Debt limit, Hurricanes, Student loans, Harry, Colombia
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — You’ve seen images of Mars before, but you’ve never been able to see them live — until today. For the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 2: Debt limit, Hurricanes, Student loans, Harry, Colombia
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — You’ve seen images of Mars before, but you’ve never been able to see them live — until today. For the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 2: Debt limit, Hurricanes, Student loans, Harry, Colombia
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — You’ve seen images of Mars before, but you’ve never been able to see them live — until today. For the…
Continue Reading At least 9 killed in Senegal protests following opposition leader’s jail sentence
By Nimi Princewill and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people have been killed in protests in Senegal’s capital Dakar and other…
Continue Reading In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against wind farm
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists including Indigenous Sami are protesting outside the office of…
Continue Reading Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of…
Continue Reading Poland’s president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influence
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says he is proposing urgent amendments to a law on…
Continue Reading Australian decorated hero quits corporate job after Afghanistan war crime revelations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his corporate…
Continue Reading 14-year-old Dev Shah of Florida wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with final word ‘psammophile’
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night,…
Continue Reading Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong…
Continue Reading China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s Ukraine envoy has appealed to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the…
Continue Reading White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear…
Continue Reading Rally demands release of Pakistani human rights lawyer taken by armed men in Karachi
By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of protesters are holding a rally in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi to…
Continue Reading Erykah Badu basks in her new era of reinvention and expansion
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Erykah Badu has unintentionally occupied the role of culture shifter and influencer for 20…
Continue Reading Report: Jury in the case against Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson will not visit crime scene, judge rules
By Jamiel Lynch and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of the former school resource officer who remained outside a Parkland,…
Continue Reading US lawyer named chief prosecutor at office linked to Kosovo war crimes court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — American lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor linked to a European Union-backed court…
Continue Reading UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia’s Golden Triangle
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in…
Continue Reading Blinken warns Ukraine cease-fire now would result in ‘Potemkin peace,’ legitimizing Russian invasion
By SUSIE BLANN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States and…
Continue Reading How Turkey’s president Erdogan has maintained a tight grip on power in the country
By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly…
Continue Reading Ukraine war hasn’t changed China’s thinking around possible attack on Taiwan, report says
By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China remains the “leading long-term challenge” to the existing international order and there is no…
Continue Reading Mexico police find 45 bags containing body parts ‘matching characteristics’ of missing call center staff
By Juan Carlos Paz, Karol Suarez, Florencia Trucco, Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Forty-five bags containing human remains with characteristics…
Continue Reading Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university
By BABACAR DIONE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government says that at least nine people have been killed…
Continue Reading Restoration lags for Syria’s famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites
By ABBY SEWELL and ALBERT AJI Associated Press PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — At the height of the Islamic State group’s rampage across Syria, the…
Continue Reading US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has reopened its embassy in the Seychelles after a 27-year absence during which China and other U.S. rivals…
Continue Reading US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday expanded slots to seek asylum at land…
Continue Reading Australian PM Albanese stresses need for diplomacy, guardrails in dealing with China
By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — As tensions grow between the United States and China in the Asia-Pacific, Australian Prime…
Continue Reading Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in US immigration custody asked several times for an ambulance but was denied, authorities say
By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a girl who died in the custody of US immigration authorities in Texas last…
Continue Reading Family’s Alaska fishing trip becomes nightmare with 3 dead and search over for 2 more
By STEFANIE DAZIO and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street leaps after strong jobs report, Dow rallies 701
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher after a strong report on the U.S. job market eased Wall Street’s worries…
Continue Reading Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of transgender people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them…
Continue Reading Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort…
Continue Reading In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ’round up mentally ill people’
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration accused the…
Continue Reading As legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a high school senior, Nick was blessed with a deadly accurate jump shot from the…
Continue Reading El Salvador president wants to cut the number of municipalities from 262 to 44
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says he wants to cut the number of municipalities in the country from 262 to 44…
Continue Reading US, Taiwan sign trade deal over China’s opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has signed a trade agreement with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island…
Continue Reading IMF says Sri Lanka’s economic recovery shows signs of improvement but challenges remain
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka, which declared bankruptcy last year, is showing signs…
Continue Reading Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims defy Chinese authorities in defense of mosque
By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a…
Continue Reading Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims defy Chinese authorities in defense of mosque
By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a…
Continue Reading ‘The Office’ gets an Australian reboot with a female boss
By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 years after British comedian Ricky Gervais gave insufferable middle-manager David Brent global fame, an…
Continue Reading Despite flags, Border Patrol staff didn’t review fragile 8-year-old girl’s file before she died
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a…
Continue Reading College student accused of setting fire to Wyoming’s only abortion clinic pleads not guilty
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building slated to become…
Continue Reading Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa task force has completed a search for…
Continue Reading US hiring jumped last month. So did unemployment. Here’s what that says about the economy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs,…
Continue Reading With no more Covid restrictions, Asia’s drug cartels are thriving, UN report warns
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The synthetic drug trade in Asia is roaring to “extreme levels,” with crime groups establishing new…
Continue Reading How could four children survive a plane crash in the Amazon? A new report offers clues
By Caitlin Hu and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — One month after four children vanished into the Colombian Amazon, a preliminary report by the…
Continue Reading Tropical depression forms in Gulf of Mexico on 1st day of hurricane season
MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. National Hurricane Center forecasters said late Thursday that the storm had…
Continue Reading Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor.…
Continue Reading Jokic gets triple-double, Nuggets roll past Heat 104-93 in Game 1 of NBA Finals
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the…
Continue Reading Meta tests blocking news content on Instagram, Facebook for some Canadians
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Meta is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram as part of a…
Continue Reading A personal drone helped police arrest a teenager accused of stealing $30,000 from a San Francisco Bay Area home, authorities say
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A man flying his personal drone helped authorities arrest a teenager accused of stealing about $30,000 from a…
Continue Reading 14-year-old Dev Shah of Florida wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with final word ‘psammophile’
By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night,…
Continue Reading Japan police say flaws in basic security allowed attacker to throw pipe bomb at prime minister
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s National Police Agency says flaws in basic security such as an absence of metal detectors…
Continue Reading Judge delays first criminal trial in Elijah McClain’s death over objections of prosecutors
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A judge agreed Thursday to delay the first criminal trial in the death of Elijah McClain, a…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Mawar intensifies rains for Japan, threatens floods and mudslides in some regions
By JOHNSON LAI and HIROYUKI KOMAE Associated Press NAHA, Japan (AP) — Heavy rains intensified by Tropical Storm Mawar are falling on Japan’s main…
Continue Reading 125,000 New York high school seniors will be automatically accepted to SUNY community colleges this fall, governor announces
By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — About 125,000 New York high school students will receive a letter notifying them they’ve been automatically…
Continue Reading Oregon Democrats vote to fine absent senators amid GOP walkout
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will…
Continue Reading Journalists to strike June 5 at the largest US newspaper chain
Associated Press Journalists across the U.S. will walk off their jobs next week at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest newspaper…
Continue Reading Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Montana’s new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a…
Continue Reading Judge seals evidence in criminal case of White homeowner accused of shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house
By Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge granted a motion Thursday to seal evidence in the criminal case against…
Continue Reading Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against US government can proceed to trial, judge rules
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years…
Continue Reading Judge: Diamond Sports must pay full value of contracts to Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins, Rangers
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona…
Continue Reading Drought, water overuse prompt Arizona to limit construction in some fast-growing parts of Phoenix
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing…
Continue Reading Audit finds National Highway Traffic Safety Administration auto safety defect probes take too long
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile…
Continue Reading How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastrophe
By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was advice that Mitch McConnell had offered to Joe Biden…
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Unintentional deaths are on the rise: Here's what that could mean for you
MoneyGeek analyzed data from the Center for Disease Control’s Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database from 2019 to…
Continue Reading New Mexico sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’ amid health concerns
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general and its Environment Department have filed suit against the…
Continue Reading Louisiana ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill for public school classrooms advances in the legislature
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bill that would broadly ban K-12 public school employees in Louisiana from discussing…
Continue Reading As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the annual celebration of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen uprising approaches, a new exhibit…
Continue Reading A gynecologist accused of secretly being a ‘serial sperm donor’ died in an aircraft crash. A lawsuit against him is still pending
By Celina Tebor and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A New York gynecologist who was accused by a woman of secretly using his own sperm to…
Continue Reading 32 Mississippi school districts still under federal desegregation orders
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal…
Continue Reading New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his…
Continue Reading Austin police say suspect in 2 killings may be involved in nearly a dozen more
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austin, Texas, said a man contacted them and admitted to killing two people, which led authorities to…
Continue Reading Austin police say suspect in 2 killings may be involved in nearly a dozen more
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Police in Austin, Texas, said a man contacted them and admitted to killing two people, which led authorities to…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to assaulting Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in DC apartment building
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment…
Continue Reading Family mourns 2 young boys killed by gunfire as they played in Pennsylvania yard
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press Relatives of two young boys killed by gunfire as they played with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home…
Continue Reading Alabama deputies fatally shoot man who fired at utility worker, sheriff says
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Alabama have fatally shot a man who earlier fired a gun at a utility worker trying to shut off his…
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