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The job market held up in May. But the Fed may have already decided to pause
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US labor market picked up momentum in May, once again defying expectations of a slowdown. But…
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 Man charged with first-degree murder in death of New Jersey councilwoman denied bond, awaiting extradition warrant
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — The 28-year-old man charged in the death of New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was denied bond and is…
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Donald Trump’s lawyers ask judge to exit criminal case, echoing claims of political bias
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that the judge in his New York City criminal case step…
Continue Reading YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections
By The Associated Press YouTube said Friday it will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential…
Continue Reading Connecticut lawmakers vote to bar anyone under 18 from getting married
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers have voted to tighten the state’s marriage laws, prohibiting anyone under age 18 from being issued a…
Continue Reading Poland, Lithuania fear new migrant crisis due to Belarus’ offer of visa-free travel
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus is introducing a visa-free travel arrangement with dozens of countries for a month, raising fears that neighboring…
Continue Reading Oath Keepers convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot get prison in latest extremist sentencings
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath…
Continue Reading Bolivian Catholics unfazed by sex scandals as they gear up for massive festival
By CARLOS VALDEZ and PAOLA FLORES Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Catholic devotees in Bolivia are preparing for one of the country’s…
Continue Reading Field Museum debuts Spinosaurus exhibit featuring largest predatory dinosaur
By TERESA CRAWFORD and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The newest addition to the Field Museum on Chicago’s lakefront will give…
Continue Reading Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to…
Continue Reading Virginia Military Institute’s chief diversity officer resigns as some alumni push back against DEI initiatives
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Jamica Love, the first chief diversity officer at the Virginia Military Institute, has resigned, the college’s…
Continue Reading About 9% of adults in 30 countries identify as LGBTQ, survey says
By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — About 9% of adults across 30 countries around the world identify as LGBTQ, according to a new Ipsos poll. The…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s president declines to run in snap elections after he disbands National Assembly
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso says he will not run for presidential reelection in the early elections that were…
Continue Reading Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims…
Continue Reading US judge condemns Mississippi city’s ‘crime cancer’ as he removes state justice from lawsuit
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over a state law that…
Continue Reading FBI offers to show GOP chairman document that purports to relate to Biden, his family
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has offered to show top lawmakers next week a bureau document that purports to relate to…
Continue Reading Republicans schedule 1st presidential debate for Aug. 23, but there’s no guarantee Trump will attend
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle will be held Aug. 23, and…
Continue Reading Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from ‘forever chemicals’ water contamination
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to…
Continue Reading 4 construction workers remain hospitalized after building collapse in New Haven, Connecticut
By Celina Tebor and Jeremy Ryan, CNN (CNN) — Four construction workers remain hospitalized, including one in serious condition, after a…
Continue Reading The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here’s what to know.
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastline to get plans in place as the 2023…
Continue Reading Biden celebrates a ‘crisis averted’ in Oval Office address on bipartisan debt ceiling deal
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his first speech…
Continue Reading Boxer Gervonta Davis jailed after moving without permission while on home detention
BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say a Baltimore judge has ordered boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run sentence behind bars…
Continue Reading French Open lets Belarus’ Sabalenka skip standard news conference after questions about Ukraine war
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Two years after Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open when she was fined, then threatened with…
Continue Reading Community mourns teenager’s death after gas station owner charged with murder
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a…
Continue Reading More than 230 killed, 900 injured in three-train crash in India
By Sahar Akbarzai, Deepak Rao and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a collision involving…
Continue Reading At least 8 people injured after building collapses in New Haven, Connecticut
By Jeremy Ryan, Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people were injured when a building they were working on partially…
Continue Reading Wolverine spotted in California for only the second time in a century
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A trio of rare wolverine sightings in California has been verified by scientists, marking just the second time…
Continue Reading Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused of cutting Native American student’s hair
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An appeals court says an anti-discrimination lawsuit involving Native American hair can go to…
Continue Reading 8 construction workers injured as building partially collapses during concrete mishap in New Haven
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A building under construction partially collapsed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, when a concrete pour went awry,…
Continue Reading Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime and migrant smugglers
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama has launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia to combat…
Continue Reading India train crash death toll rises above 230 with 900 injured as rescuers comb through debris
By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Arlene, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say the…
Continue Reading See images from the first Mars live stream
By Madeline Holcombe and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — In a first, viewers on Earth got a chance to see Mars nearly in real time. The European…
Continue Reading Lies, complaints and Larry Nassar: Takeaways from the records detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s final days
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death, thousands of pages…
Continue Reading Kremlin foe Navalny’s demands in prison: moonshine, a balalaika and a pet kangaroo — all denied
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny released excerpts of his correspondence with prison administrators Friday,…
Continue Reading British teen reported to anti-terror police by mother gets life sentence with minimum 6-year term
LONDON (AP) — A teenage man who was reported to British anti-terror authorities by his mother was jailed for life on Friday. Matthew King, 19, will…
Continue Reading CIA Director William Burns met Chinese leaders in Beijing as Washington tries to thaw tensions
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says CIA Director William Burns went to Beijing in May to meet with Chinese…
Continue Reading ‘I did this myself’: Officers describe confrontation with Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting defendant
By Sabrina Souza and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — When the rifle-toting suspect surrendered after gunning down 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh…
Continue Reading Justice Department says it won’t charge Pence over handling of classified documents
By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s…
Continue Reading For the first time, you can see Mars as it is right now
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mars is making its live streaming debut, and the show will reveal the red planet in a whole new light. On…
Continue Reading Webb telescope spies massive plume erupting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking water plume erupted from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and the James Webb Space Telescope was…
Continue Reading Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against…
Continue Reading Haitian businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his…
Continue Reading The US economy added 339,000 jobs last month, soaring past expectations — again
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The US labor market isn’t ready to slow down just yet. Employers added 339,000 jobs in May,…
Continue Reading Cynthia Weil, Grammy winning lyricist who had hits with husband Barry Mann, dead at 82
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long…
Continue Reading State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access…
Continue Reading US sanctions Iranian firm for helping government censor internet
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an Iran-based technology firm for its role in facilitating…
Continue Reading Chase says online banking issue now resolved after bug causes double transactions and fees
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Chase’s online banking services have seen double transactions, fees and payments in…
Continue Reading Support brace seen bending as brick façade began to crumble prior to Davenport building collapse, new surveillance video shows
By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — In the 10 minutes before a Davenport, Iowa, apartment building collapsed Sunday, new surveillance…
Continue Reading Support brace seen bending as brick façade began to crumble prior to Davenport building collapse, new surveillance video shows
By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — In the 10 minutes before a Davenport, Iowa, apartment building collapsed Sunday, new surveillance…
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 Wegmans is closing one of its largest grocery stores. Its unusual location hurt business
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — The Wegmans supermarket chain is closing one of its largest and most unusual stores because it has not attracted enough…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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…
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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 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…
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