NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to…
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Mexico seizes 10 tigers, 5 lions in cartel-dominated area
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico say they have seized a huge collection of exotic animals including 10 tigers, five lions and other species…
Continue Reading Drug suspect takes off with sheriff’s meth after sting fails
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a suspected drug trafficker is on the run with nearly 60 pounds of methamphetamine belonging to a…
Continue Reading Cruise line let passenger’s body decompose, lawsuit says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband’s body after he died…
Continue Reading Seeking a rebound, CNN turns to Charles Barkley, Gayle King
NEW YORK (AP) — TV personalities Gayle King and Charles Barkley will headline a new prime-time weekly CNN show, “King Charles,” debuting in the…
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A nation rocked by mass shootings goes on an extended gun-buying run
By Ray Sanchez, Miguel Marquez and Sarah Boxer, CNN The two professionals and colleagues, still in work attire, were part of the afternoon rush at…
Continue Reading A nation rocked by mass shootings goes on an extended gun-buying run
By Ray Sanchez, Miguel Marquez and Sarah Boxer, CNN The two professionals and colleagues, still in work attire, were part of the afternoon rush at…
Continue Reading Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ryan Reynolds held his head in his hands. Rob McElhenney leaned forward, took a deep breath and was soon wiping…
Continue Reading Two Utah homes slide off cliff, prompting evacuation
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Two empty homes overlooking a canyon slid off their foundations Saturday in Draper, Utah, prompting the evacuations of two…
Continue Reading Indiana residents thought there was an explosion. It turned out to be a meteor
By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … meteor flashing through the Indiana night sky.…
Continue Reading Residents in South Florida condo building have until Tuesday to evacuate after building deemed unsafe
By Rebekah Riess, Jamiel Lynch and Melissa Alonso, CNN Residents of a South Florida condo building have been ordered to evacuate by Tuesday after the…
Continue Reading DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that he will ask the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster…
Continue Reading Israelis protest legal changes before nation’s 75th birthday
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters have flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to vent their opposition to Prime…
Continue Reading Flambéed pizza thought to have sparked deadly Madrid restaurant fire
By Al Goodman, CNN A fire believed to have been started by a flambéed pizza has killed two people and injured 12 others at a restaurant in the…
Continue Reading Alabama early education secretary resigns as Gov. Ivey decries ‘woke’ resource book
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The head of early childhood education in Alabama has been ousted after Gov. Kay Ivey learned of “woke concepts” in a…
Continue Reading Shannen Doherty files for divorce after 11-year marriage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Shannen Doherty of hit shows “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” has filed for divorce from her husband, Kurt…
Continue Reading ‘Park outside’: GM recalls 40,000 pickups to fix fire risk
NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors is recalling certain Chevrolet Silverado medium-duty trucks for model year 2019 or later, following the discovery of…
Continue Reading Critically ill elephant Noor Jehan dies at Pakistan zoo
By Alex Hardie, Sugam Pokharel and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A 17-year-old critically ill elephant called Noor Jehan has died at Pakistan’s Karachi…
Continue Reading Akron temporarily bans use of nonlethal force on protesters
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in an Ohio city have agreed to temporarily bar the use of tear gas, pepper spray and other types of nonlethal force…
Continue Reading Longtime Trump ally Laxalt joins PAC supporting DeSantis
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help…
Continue Reading Another bomb found in Belgorod just days after Russia accidentally struck the city
By Darya Tarasova More than 3,000 people were evacuated on Saturday from residential buildings in the Russian city of Belgorod after a bomb was found…
Continue Reading Trump defends push to restrict abortion rights after rebuke
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump, stinging from a rebuke by the nation’s leading…
Continue Reading 250,000 gallons of sewage spill into Los Angeles River, prompting beach closures
By Laura Studley and Zoe Sottile, CNN Around 250,000 gallons of sewage was spilled into the Los Angeles River on Thursday, causing the closure of…
Continue Reading SpaceX Starship’s explosion is not the failure it appears to be, experts say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Rocket launches are like opening a box of chocolates, only riskier — you never know what you’re going to get. And…
Continue Reading Hawaiian officials block beach to protect adorable endangered monk seal pup
By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN There’s an adorable new monk seal pup on Hawaii’s Kaimana Beach — and authorities are…
Continue Reading Utah state senator’s home vandalized in possible retaliation for transgender bill, police say
By Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN The home of a Utah state senator was vandalized in possible retaliation for a bill to ban gender-affirming…
Continue Reading Heat wave in Thailand prompts warning to stay indoors
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Extreme heat has sent temperatures soaring in Thailand as authorities warned people to stay…
Continue Reading Rape lawsuit trial puts spotlight back on Trump and women
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his…
Continue Reading Oklahoma county worried about fallout from racist recording
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — So many residents of northern Texas cross the border into McCurtain County in far southeast…
Continue Reading Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the…
Continue Reading 5 charged in youth game brawl; man later died of heart event
ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say five adults have been charged with misdemeanor assault for a brawl that erupted at a middle school…
Continue Reading Serbian, Hungarian leaders attend military display in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The populist leaders of Serbia and Hungary are observing a Serbian military exercise. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban…
Continue Reading After Russia bombs own city, explosive found at same site
By The Associated Press Seventeen apartment buildings were evacuated Saturday in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border after an explosive device…
Continue Reading Brazil’s school violence mirrors US. Its reaction doesn’t
By LAÍS MARTINS and COLLIN BINKLEY SAO PAULO Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks. As the…
Continue Reading Faith lifted Pittsburgh Jews in long wait for massacre trial
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three Jewish congregations, resolute in their defiance of the hatred that tried to destroy them,…
Continue Reading Will Fox settlement alter conservative media? Apparently not
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million…
Continue Reading Lawmakers war-game conflict with China, hoping to deter one
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s April 22, 2027, and 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack on Taiwan and the…
Continue Reading Elephant dies at Pakistani zoo days after procedure
By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An ailing elephant who underwent a critical medical procedure by a team of international…
Continue Reading Rare big tornado near Myanmar capital kills 8
BANGKOK (AP) — A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw has killed eight people and destroyed more…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula kicks off visit to European ally Portugal
By HELENA ALVES Associated Press LISBON (AP) — Portugal’s president has welcomed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on an official…
Continue Reading Arrests made in online threats against Florida sheriff who took a stand against antisemitism in his county
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Three people have been arrested after allegedly making online threats against the Volusia County Sheriff over comments he made…
Continue Reading Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off…
Continue Reading Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish…
Continue Reading For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans
By SAM METZ and AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud…
Continue Reading China’s FM holds talks in Philippines amid strained ties
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China’s foreign minister says his country is willing to work with the Philippines to resolve their differences, as…
Continue Reading Gas prices rise again in New Jersey and around the nation
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices continued to rise in New Jersey and around the nation at large this past week. But analysts say a drop in demand…
Continue Reading First evacuations of foreign nationals stuck in Sudan announced
By Allegra Goodwin, Niamh Kennedy, Sugam Pokharel, Ivana Kottasová, Eyad Kourdi, Jennifer Hansler and a CNN journalist in Sudan Saudi Arabia has…
Continue Reading Family of man shot and killed by US Park Police officers reaches $5 million settlement with US government
By Rebekah Riess and Jennifer Feldman, CNN The federal government has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died after he left the…
Continue Reading At least 21 killed as Somalia battles jihadis in remote area
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A top army official says Somalia’s military repulsed an attack by jihadi fighters in…
Continue Reading 13-year-old boy banned from theme park for a year after getting stuck in the claw machine
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A teenage boy provided a cautionary tale for anyone who has ever wanted to sneak their way into some free prizes. The unnamed…
Continue Reading Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, US diplomats airlifted
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early Sunday, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of…
Continue Reading ‘I’m tired. I’m just really, really tired.’ One woman describes living through Sudan’s crisis
By Celine Alkhaldi Two men are battling for control in Sudan, but stuck in the middle are the country’s people. Hundreds have died, tens of…
Continue Reading Japan gets ready to shoot down N. Korea spy satellite debris
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief has ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot…
Continue Reading NYC woman sentenced to 21 years for attempting to murder a friend with drug-laced cheesecake
By Zoe Sottile and Laura Ly, CNN A New York woman who was convicted of using a drug-laced cheesecake in an attempt to murder a friend and steal her…
Continue Reading A Black teen’s murder sparked a crisis over racism in British policing. Thirty years on, little has changed
By Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence…
Continue Reading A Black teen’s murder sparked a crisis over racism in British policing. Thirty years on, little has changed
By Katie Polglase, Sarah El Sirgany and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Video by Matthew Brealey, Martin Bourke and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Neville Lawrence…
Continue Reading Police: 8 people, including girl, wounded in 2 DC shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two shootings in Washington, D.C., on Friday night resulted in eight people, including a young girl, suffering injuries, the…
Continue Reading Japan prepared to shoot down North Korean spy satellite rocket if necessary, minister says
By Junko Ogura Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the…
Continue Reading A Maryland man won the lottery three times with the same numbers
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland man has found his lucky numbers — and used them to win the lottery not just once but three times. The anonymous…
Continue Reading 8 people, including 12-year-old girl, wounded in back-to-back shootings in Washington, DC, authorities say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Eight people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured in two back-to-back shootings in Washington, DC on Friday night…
Continue Reading Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Witnesses say makeshift tents were deliberately set ablaze in a large camp of…
Continue Reading Attorneys for slain New Mexico homeowner’s family and police who went to the wrong address and shot him give dueling accounts
By Paradise Afshar, Travis Caldwell and Holly Yan, CNN Depending on who you ask, the late-night shooting that killed Robert Dotson was either a…
Continue Reading Belgium destroys shipment of American beer after taking issue with ‘Champagne of Beer’ slogan
By Mitchell McCluskey Belgium has destroyed a shipment of American beer after taking exception to its maker’s slogan that it was “The…
Continue Reading What’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday…
Continue Reading Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced…
Continue Reading New wave of GOP candidates poised to join 2024 campaign
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The opening phase of the Republican presidential primary has largely centered on the escalating…
Continue Reading World War II shipwreck of SS Montevideo Maru, which sank with over 1,000 POWs, found in South China Sea
By Heather Law A Japanese merchant ship that sank during World War II while carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war in Australia’s largest loss of…
Continue Reading Sculptures, artifacts returned to Peru in LA ceremony
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States has returned several Peruvian antiquities, including the intricate…
Continue Reading House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to let Republicans…
Continue Reading Guns belonging to Las Vegas massacre shooter destroyed, property sold with proceeds to be divided among victims’ families
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The estate of Stephen Paddock, the gambler who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, has been sold off…
Continue Reading Ohio’s governor wants Norfolk Southern to pay for toxic derailment’s long-term impacts, including lowered home values and potential health issues
By Christina Maxouris and Liam Reilly, CNN Ohio’s govenor said Friday evening that he wants Norfolk Southern to pay East Palestine residents…
Continue Reading Illinois correctional officer charged after surveillance footage shows him repeatedly hitting a man in custody
By Andy Rose and Treasure Welle, CNN An Illinois correctional officer accused of beating a man in custody has been charged with aggravated battery…
Continue Reading U.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Marine who for years helped smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States and even tried to get a song written to…
Continue Reading Haaland defends Willow, says US won’t end oil drilling
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious…
Continue Reading Texas man indicted for alleged threat to kill US Rep. Waters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Houston man for allegedly calling the office of California U.S. Rep. Maxine…
Continue Reading Man with gun in custody after standoff near Mall of America
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Police say a man with a shotgun was taken into custody after a standoff in a parking lot at the Mall of America. The…
Continue Reading Atlanta trans woman Koko Da Doll, documentary subject, slain
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the…
Continue Reading Alabama education director ousted over book’s stance on race
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood…
Continue Reading Acting head of Federal Aviation Administration is leaving
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration is leaving this summer, putting pressure on the White House…
Continue Reading Chile’s plan for state control in lithium dismays business
By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a…
Continue Reading Rescued alligator that was recovering at NYC zoo has died
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An abandoned and emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent to the Bronx Zoo for recovery…
Continue Reading New this week: ‘Judy Blume,’ Rodrigo y Gabriela, Minecraft
By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
Continue Reading Tennessee Legislature wraps up; will reconvene on gun reform
By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers finished their annual legislative session…
Continue Reading Texas man gets 2nd life sentence for pregnant wife’s killing
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston-area high school football coach on Friday was sentenced for a second time to life in prison in his pregnant…
Continue Reading Rural Maine town shaken by violence remembers slain friends
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Tireless. Helpful. Deeply religious. Those were some of the ways Patti Eger’s friends…
Continue Reading In Florida, Harris announces $562M for climate resilience
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Returning to Florida to discuss climate change, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Friday that $562 million…
Continue Reading Lyft gears up to make ‘significant’ layoffs under new CEO
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lyft is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees just days after new CEO David…
Continue Reading Minn. Senate protects gender-affirming care, abortion rights
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate has waded into the culture wars. It has passed bills Friday to make…
Continue Reading Kansas governor nixes abortion, anti-diversity budget items
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed anti-diversity and anti-abortion provisions in…
Continue Reading Residents in South Florida condo building have until Tuesday to evacuate after building deemed unsafe
By Rebekah Riess, Jamiel Lynch and Melissa Alonso, CNN Residents of a South Florida condo building have been ordered to evacuate by Tuesday after the…
Continue Reading Family, feds reach $5M settlement of Park Police shooting
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The family of a northern Virginia man fatally shot by U.S. Park Police officers has…
Continue Reading Q&A: Benjamin Millepied on directing a reimagined ‘Carmen’
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Benjamin Millepied’s “Carmen” has little to do with the familiar story from the 1875 Bizet opera about…
Continue Reading Montana transgender lawmaker silenced: What to know
By MATTHEW BROWN, AMY BETH HANSON, and SAM METZ Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana transgender lawmaker has sued to get back onto the…
Continue Reading 8 years later, Florida man charged in Alabama cold case
BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama law enforcement officials said Friday they’ve arrested a man accused of murder, eight years after the victim…
Continue Reading MyPillow founder ordered to pay $5M in election data dispute
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An arbitration panel has ordered MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell to pay $5 million…
Continue Reading Was the SpaceX launch really a ‘success’?
By Jackie Wattles, CNN After the first test launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — ended in an…
Continue Reading Jill Biden uses art display to teach about military children
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden hopes a temporary art exhibit at the White House helps educate visitors about…
Continue Reading Kentucky law allows guns used in shootings to be auctioned. The family of the Louisville bank shooter wants to stop that
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The firearm a 25-year-old man used this month to shoot and kill five of his colleagues at a bank in Kentucky is expected at…
Continue Reading Colorado says it won’t enforce ‘abortion reversal’ ban
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado is promising not to enforce its new ban on unproven treatments to reverse medication…
Continue Reading Judge stops Texas execution after questions raised in case
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has stopped next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate who has long…
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