Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former mayor of Anaheim has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing an FBI corruption investigation into the $150…
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US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told…
Continue Reading Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault of girl during remote-learning class
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female relative in an act witnessed…
Continue Reading Inmates at California women’s prison sue federal government over sexual abuse
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eight inmates of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison have filed a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Police who fatally shot a pregnant woman are sued by her family in Colorado
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in…
Continue Reading Woman charged with murder in case of Kansas officer killed in shootout with car chase suspect
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A Tennessee woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with =the killing of a police officer in suburban…
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Shot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history
CNN Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of families gathered in the West…
Continue Reading Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74
By SUSANA HAYWARD Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in…
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Newly discovered snake species found in remote Peruvian land is named for Harrison Ford
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four researchers navigated treacherous terrain and feared for their lives during a harrowing brush with…
Continue Reading Tennessee hostage situation ends with brothers killed, 4 officers and victim wounded
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A hostage situation at a Tennessee apartment complex erupted into gunfire when police entered the residence after an…
Continue Reading The world shed 3.5 million millionaires in 2022 as market losses drained wealth at the top
By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Last year, as interest rates rose and inflation stayed stubbornly high, total household wealth declined…
Continue Reading A Texas father was arrested after a gun was found inside a 3-year-old pre-K student’s backpack, police say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A San Antonio man was arrested Tuesday after a teacher found a handgun in the backpack of the man’s 3-year-old…
Continue Reading Election workers who face frequent harassment see accountability in the latest Georgia charges
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The pressure campaign and threats against two Georgia election workers figured…
Continue Reading Air Force awards a start-up company $235 million to build an example of a sleek new plane
By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body…
Continue Reading Common arthritis drug could boost effectiveness of morning-after pill, study finds
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Taking a common arthritis drug together with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the…
Continue Reading Arkansas school district says it will continue offering AP African American Studies course
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Little Rock School District says it will continue offering an Advanced Placement…
Continue Reading Death toll from Maui’s wildfires rises to 111 – with possibly 1,000 still missing – as tensions escalate over the cause and response
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Raja Razek and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The search for victims isn’t even halfway over, but the devastation wrought by…
Continue Reading Minnesota woman sentenced to 7 years in prison in $7M pandemic aid fraud scheme
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for fraudulently applying for roughly $7…
Continue Reading Florida art museum sues former director over forged Basquiat paintings scheme
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel…
Continue Reading US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers announced Wednesday that they will investigate whether a…
Continue Reading For Happ, vision of Wrigley Field comes to life through partnership with artist
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ had just been called up to the majors by the Chicago Cubs and was looking for pictures…
Continue Reading Haiti gang leader vows to fight any foreign armed force if it commits abuses
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader…
Continue Reading Frank LaRose, GOP Senate candidate in Ohio, fires a top staffer for tweets critical of Donald Trump
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most prominent Republican in the race to unseat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown next year…
Continue Reading Dominican investigation of Rays’ Wander Franco is being led by gender violence and minors division
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says the…
Continue Reading Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official says public threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering…
Continue Reading Illinois will provide burial for migrant toddler who died on bus
By JOHN O’CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Officials say Illinois will provide funeral and burial…
Continue Reading AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has issued guidelines for its journalists on use of artificial intelligence,…
Continue Reading Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and…
Continue Reading Off-duty LA County deputy fatally shot by police at golf course
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — An off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been fatally shot in an encounter with police officers at a Southern…
Continue Reading Nicaraguan government seizes highly regarded university from Jesuits
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run university alleging it was a “center of terrorism,” the…
Continue Reading Kentucky gubernatorial rivals Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron offer competing education plans
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has proposed awarding the largest pay raise in decades to…
Continue Reading Authorities investigating series of hoax calls and bomb threats targeting synagogues across 10 states
By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating a series of hoax phone calls and fake bomb threats targeting synagogues across the…
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Fed officials fretted US inflation might not cool further unless economy slows down
Federal Reserve officials were wary that inflation would slow further unless the US economy and labor markets also cool down, according to minutes…
Continue Reading Shot at while they drowned. Executed in the desert. Those who collected the bodies recount ‘one of the worst days’ in Darfur’s genocide-scarred history
Exclusive by Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of families gathered in the West Darfur…
Continue Reading New Jersey’s gambling revenue was up by 5.3% in July. The Borgata casino set a new monthly record
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos, New Jersey horse tracks that take sports bets, and their…
Continue Reading Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Aldi to buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys groceries in Southern US
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Discount grocer Aldi said Wednesday it’s acquiring 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in the Southern…
Continue Reading ‘My husband is broken,’ Maui resident says, after he gave DNA in search for missing mom
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Waiehu, Hawaii (CNN) — Two days before the Maui inferno, Brenda Keau’s husband Tony called his…
Continue Reading House Oversight Committee member asks chairman to refer Dan Snyder to the DOJ for investigation
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is asking the…
Continue Reading Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Plea agreements under consideration may mean that the suspected architect…
Continue Reading Massachusetts trying to jump-start effort to replace Cape Cod bridges
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is hoping to jump-start the replacement of the two bridges…
Continue Reading Georgia prosecutor seeks March trial date for Trump and 18 others in election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor in Atlanta who obtained an indictment this week against former President Donald…
Continue Reading An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mail-order access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would end…
Continue Reading 14 more members of Minneapolis gangs are charged in federal violent crime initiative
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials have announced that 14 members of Minneapolis-based gangs have…
Continue Reading Gilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing…
Continue Reading Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), a religious sect that…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944…
Continue Reading Court watchdog files complaint against a judge who ordered ‘religious-liberty training’ for lawyers
Associated Press A court watchdog has filed a complaint against the federal judge who ordered “religious-liberty training” for a trio of…
Continue Reading NFL Concussions Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at concussions in the National Football League. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury…
Continue Reading Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Personal…
Continue Reading A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Olympic and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. Personal Birth date:…
Continue Reading Devastated Tuohys ready to end conservatorship for Michael Oher, lawyers say
By ADRIAN SAINZ and TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A prominent Memphis couple with a longstanding relationship to former…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Personal Birth date: August 20, 1966…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Personal: Birth date: August 21, 1973 Birth place:…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Tour de France. July 1-23, 2023 – The 110th Tour de France takes place. Danish…
Continue Reading Video shows tourist climbing into Rome’s Trevi Fountain to fill up water bottle
By Caolán Magee and Hannah Holland, CNN (CNN) — A video of a tourist climbing into Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain to fill her water bottle has…
Continue Reading New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally…
Continue Reading Tennessee man who killed 8 gets life in prison in surprise plea deal after new evidence surfaces
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who had been facing a death penalty trial in the killings of eight people…
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Homeowners are tapping into their home equity to get cash
With home values remaining strong across the country, Americans are tapping into their home equity to pay for renovations and…
Continue Reading Armed Utah man shot by FBI last week carried AR-15 in 2018 police encounter, records show
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 75-year-old man shot by officers trying to arrest him for social media threats he made against…
Continue Reading New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve minutes: Too-high inflation, still a threat, could require more rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials last month still regarded high inflation as an ongoing…
Continue Reading Items seized in a police raid at the Marion County Record newspaper in Kansas returned and headed for forensic analysis, publisher says
By Whitney Wild, Sarah Moon and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — After days of national controversy over the raid of a small town’s newspaper office…
Continue Reading Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gruesome video circulated Wednesday on social media may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men, and has…
Continue Reading Kansas prosecutor says police should return computers and cellphones seized in raid on newspaper
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kansas (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor says a police raid on a small weekly newspaper wasn’t…
Continue Reading Former Brazilian military police officer convicted in 2015 deaths arrested in New Hampshire
BOSTON (AP) — Immigration officials say a former Brazilian military police officer who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to more than…
Continue Reading Little warning, few escape routes, phones knocked out: The chilling similarities between the Maui and Paradise fires
By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — The flames took so much in Lahaina. More than 2,200 homes and businesses – structures reduced to ashen piles in…
Continue Reading US sanctions Lebanese environmental group accused of being an arm of Hezbollah
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on a Lebanese environmental…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Hilary forms off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, and is expected to strengthen and move north towards the…
Continue Reading British Museum says staff member dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating…
Continue Reading Florida’s costs for protecting Gov. Ron DeSantis rise as he became GOP presidential hopeful
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The cost of protecting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his family and visiting officials has…
Continue Reading Temporary shelter for asylum seekers closes in Maine’s largest city
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — City officials in Portland, Maine say about 190 asylum seekers from African countries are being relocated after a basketball…
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‘Ho-hum holiday’ spending expected as shoppers deal with economic cross-currents
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop, might be forced to spend…
Continue Reading Eight churches set ablaze in Pakistan’s Punjab province after accusations of blasphemy
By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN (CNN) — A crowd vandalized eight churches and several homes following accusations of blasphemy against Islam…
Continue Reading Ötzi the Iceman’s true appearance revealed by new DNA analysis
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps…
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A quarter of humanity faces extreme water stress – and it’s poised to get worse, new report finds
The world is facing an “unprecedented water crisis” driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new…
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The US eliminated malaria in 1951. How can it keep it under control now?
By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical…
Continue Reading US home builders ramped up construction in July, beating expectations
US home building increased in July, rising 3.9% from June, as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new…
Continue Reading Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to…
Continue Reading US military’s aerial reconnaissance pictures of England during WWII go online for the first time
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Way before Google Earth, there was photo reconnaissance by the U.S. Army Air Forces. During World War…
Continue Reading Dutch journalist leaves Russia after her visa was not renewed
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Dutch journalist Eva Hartog says Russian authorities refused to renew the visa and gave…
Continue Reading Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album ‘World Music Radio’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich…
Continue Reading Renata Scotto, soprano of uncommon intensity, dies at 89
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Soprano Renata Scott has died at age 89, Scotto’s New York-based manager, Robert Lombardo, said she died Wednesday…
Continue Reading Bank of Ireland glitch allowed customers to withdraw money they didn’t have
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some Bank of Ireland customers were able to withdraw money they did not have Tuesday…
Continue Reading Akram criticizes Pakistan Cricket Board for leaving Imran Khan out of Independence Day video
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has received severe backlash for leaving World Cup-winning captain and former prime minister Imran Khan…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed an American citizen convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified…
Continue Reading Bolt was missing on police helicopter that crashed in South Carolina, report says
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A report says a police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have…
Continue Reading Sudan civil war ‘spiraling out of control,’ UN says, as more than 1 million flee
By Ruba Alhenawi, Hamdi Alkhshali and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since…
Continue Reading Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the…
Continue Reading A 9-year-old found a gun and fatally shot a 6-year-old in Florida, authorities say
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head this week by a 9-year-old boy who got a hold of…
Continue Reading Militia clashes in Libyan capital have killed 45, in city’s most intense bout of violence this year
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll in this week’s clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital rose to…
Continue Reading Former West Virginia coach Bob Huggins enters diversion program after drunken driving arrest
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer Former West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has entered a 12-month diversion program to resolve a drunken…
Continue Reading Biden marks 1-year anniversary of climate, health law, says ‘we’re investing in all of America’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden proclaims that his administration is “turning things around” for…
Continue Reading US state secretary says 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in Poland was an act of bravery and dignity
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken has sent a message marking the anniversary of the 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in…
Continue Reading A Bulgarian businessman was shot dead in broad daylight in a suburb of Sofia
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Police say a prominent Bulgarian businessman whose rollercoaster career reflected his country’s transition from communism…
Continue Reading Swiss government lines up behind EU’s 11th round of sanctions against Russia
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government has lined up with the European Union’s 11th round of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.…
Continue Reading Michigan State University plans to sell alcohol at four home football games
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday authorized the school to…
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