Morocco, Benzina set to make Women’s World Cup history in a game against Germany
By CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Nouhaila Benzina will make history when she steps onto the field for…
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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press Extreme weather has forced people to flee their homes in Greece and China. Wildfires raged in Greece for a sixth day amid…
Continue Reading A salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of rusting tanker moored off Yemen, UN says
BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior United Nations official says a salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the decaying…
Continue Reading Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual…
Continue Reading Myanmar Central Bank will issue its highest denomination banknote as the economy suffers
BANGKOK (AP) — The Central Bank of army-ruled Myanmar will issue a new banknote worth twice as much as the current highest denomination. It took…
Continue Reading Next year’s Olympics are pushing Paris to confront crack cocaine use on city streets
By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Neighborhoods in northeast Paris have struggled for years with the scourge of crack cocaine and its…
Continue Reading Italy’s Meloni seeks broad cooperation to stanch flows of migrants to Europe with aid to Africa
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and…
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Start your week smart: ‘Barbenheimer,’ Alabama congressional map, Mexican bar fire, Greece evacuations, Tony Bennett
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Have any big plans for the upcoming week? If not, we suggest volunteering in your community. New…
Continue Reading One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar…
Continue Reading Musk says Twitter to change logo to “X” from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from…
Continue Reading Militants kill 4 highway policemen in southeast Iran, state TV says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say militants shot and killed four highway policemen Sunday in the country’s southeast. The…
Continue Reading ‘Mama bears’ may be the 2024 race’s soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism
By SARA BURNETT Asociated Press In many election cycles, there’s a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide the…
Continue Reading ‘Mama bears’ may be the 2024 race’s soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press In many election cycles, there’s a snappy shorthand used to describe the type of voters who may help decide…
Continue Reading The collapse of a building in Cameroon has killed 16 people and authorities say the toll could rise
By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities say at least 16 people were killed and nearly three dozen injured…
Continue Reading UK political parties are getting the jitters over green policies after a special election verdict
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Environmentalists are cautioning Britain’s main political parties not to water down their climate…
Continue Reading Indian rescuers recover 27 dead but no sign of dozens of missing villagers swamped by a landslide
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers ended a four-day search for scores of people still missing after heavy…
Continue Reading Medical professionals describe a world of uncertainty a year after the Roe v. Wade reversal
By Maureen Chowdhury, CNN (CNN) — It’s been over a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court, eliminating the…
Continue Reading Fire still blazing on the Greek island of Rhodes as dozens more erupt across the country
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters are struggling through the night to contain 82 wildfires across Greece, 64…
Continue Reading Flooding and a landslide in eastern China leave 5 dead and 3 missing
BEIJING (AP) — Five people have died and three are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and a landslide in eastern China. State media reported…
Continue Reading Russia’s Zvonareva banned from entering Poland for WTA 250 tournament
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva has been banned from entering Poland, the country’s Ministry of the Interior says.…
Continue Reading Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the…
Continue Reading Deadly extreme heat is on the rise in national parks – a growing risk for America’s great outdoors
By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Extreme heat appears to be killing people in America’s national parks at an alarming pace this year, highlighting…
Continue Reading The 1975 cancels its shows in Jakarta and Taipei after band’s same-sex kiss controversy in Malaysia
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday it was canceling its shows in Jakarta…
Continue Reading Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa badly damages landmark Orthodox cathedral; 1 dead, many wounded
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ELISE MORTON Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa on Sunday, keeping up…
Continue Reading There are thousands of unsolved cases of missing Black people. Carlee Russell’s unverified report is rare, advocates say
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The doubt surrounding the alleged kidnapping of Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, which Alabama…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu released from hospital ahead of key vote on legal overhaul
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from the hospital on Monday after an…
Continue Reading Far-right could enter government as Spain goes to the polls
By Al Goodman and Jack Guy, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Spaniards are voting in Sunday’s snap general election that could see a far-right party enter…
Continue Reading Far-right could enter government as Spain goes to the polls
By Al Goodman and Jack Guy, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Spaniards are voting in Sunday’s snap general election that could see a far-right party enter…
Continue Reading Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves more than 30 injured during popular golf tournament
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a weekend golf tournament, police…
Continue Reading Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections…
Continue Reading Historic Ukrainian cathedral badly damaged in Russian strikes
By Heather Chen, Josh Pennington, Maria Kostenko and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russian missiles badly damaged dozens of Ukrainian…
Continue Reading ‘Biblical proportions’: 3 months’ worth of rainfall floods Nova Scotia, forcing evacuations as crews search for missing people
By Zenebou Sylla and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Three months’ worth of rain over the course of one day has flooded the Canadian province of…
Continue Reading Spain at risk of political gridlock after conservative win falls short of toppling PM Sánchez
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain appears headed for political gridlock after Sunday’s inconclusive…
Continue Reading Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion
By MATT YORK Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Associated Press photographer Matt York, who has covered Arizona for 23 years, recently was caught off…
Continue Reading School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution
By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years…
Continue Reading Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control in…
Continue Reading Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept back into power two years ago included university…
Continue Reading Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her…
Continue Reading Oregon hospital security guard dies after being shot in hospital; police later kill suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon say a security guard at a Portland hospital died after being shot by an armed person Saturday. The…
Continue Reading First U.S. Women’s World Cup match draws combined audience of 6.26 million on Fox, Telemundo
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States’ 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the Women’s World Cup drew 6.26 million viewers, making it the most-watched…
Continue Reading Texas A&M University president resigns following controversy over failed plans to hire journalism professor
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Texas A&M University president M. Katherine Banks resigned Thursday amid controversy over the school’s failed…
Continue Reading Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black…
Continue Reading New Zealand Women’s World Cup team evacuated because of hotel fire in second security incident
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — A man has been charged with arson after several small fires broke out Saturday…
Continue Reading ‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert…
Continue Reading ‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert…
Continue Reading Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu fitted with a pacemaker
By Oren Liebermann, Hadas Gold, Amir Tal, Richard Allen Greene and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu taken to hospital for heart procedure, placed under sedation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is undergoing a procedure to receive a pacemaker. In a short video statement released at 2 a.m.…
Continue Reading Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the…
Continue Reading Southern California school board OKs curriculum after Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened a $1.5M fine
Associated Press TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school board has resolved a dispute with Gov. Gavin Newsom over a social studies…
Continue Reading Cambodian leader’s son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power — but will he bring change?
By DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades,…
Continue Reading Hun Sen’s ruling party claims landslide win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ruling party of Cambodia’s longtime Prime Minister Hun…
Continue Reading Suspect killed after Portland hospital shooting leaves security guard dead, police say
By Andy Rose and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Oregon say a suspect is dead after opening fire in a hospital in downtown Portland…
Continue Reading The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
BY KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fight over Alabama’s congressional map is shifting back to federal…
Continue Reading Jets fans flock to training camp to get their first look at Aaron Rodgers
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets’ third practice of training camp marked the first session…
Continue Reading Mountain climber, cliff diver die in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the West
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mountain climber and a cliff diver have died in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the West, officials…
Continue Reading Four people stabbed in ‘random’ attack in Montgomery County, Maryland
By Raja Razek and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A man stabbed four people Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland, before a police officer…
Continue Reading Suspect in unprovoked stabbing shot to death by police in DC suburb, police say
Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A police officer in a Washington, D.C., suburb shot and killed a man after reports he had committed an…
Continue Reading Remains of employees and pilot recovered after helicopter crash in Alaska, officials say
By Macie Goldfarb and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that…
Continue Reading Man convicted in stray-bullet killing of Puerto Rican Olympian’s mom in her Connecticut home
A Connecticut man has been convicted of murder in the stray-bullet killing of the mother of a two-time Olympian rifle shooter from Puerto Rico. A…
Continue Reading 4 missing after record-breaking downpours along Canada’s Atlantic coast cause flooding
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Four people are missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Canada’s…
Continue Reading Hot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping center, killing four
By Uliana Pavlova and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Four people died and dozens were injured after a hot water pipe burst in a shopping center in…
Continue Reading Hot water pipe bursts in Moscow shopping center, killing four
By Uliana Pavlova and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Four people died and dozens were injured after a hot water pipe burst in a shopping center in…
Continue Reading Wisconsin woman’s killing, dismemberment trial to begin Monday after jury chosen, judge’s ruling
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The trial of a woman charged with killing and dismembering a Green Bay man last year is set to begin Monday after a judge…
Continue Reading Dive team deployed after helicopter crashes into Alaska lake; all 4 on board presumed dead
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rescue and recovery dive team was deployed Saturday after a helicopter with a pilot…
Continue Reading Florida A&M coach suspends football activities after unauthorized music video shot inside locker room
By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Florida A&M University football coach Willie Simmons has suspended “all football related activities”…
Continue Reading Cape Cod boat crash leaves 1 dead and others injured, officials say
By Zenebou Sylla and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old girl has died after a boat crashed into a jetty in Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod Friday…
Continue Reading Murder trial of rapper YNW Melly ends in mistrial after jury deadlocks; retrial likely
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A deadlocked jury prompted a mistrial Saturday in the South Florida trial of rapper YNW Melly on charges that he…
Continue Reading Authorities arrest suspect in deadly bar fire in Mexico border city that killed 11
By Karol Suarez, Marlon Sorto, Philip Wang and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a man suspected of…
Continue Reading Train derailment in northern Montana spills freight, but hazmat car safe
HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but…
Continue Reading Russian special forces kill a gunman who broke into a private house near Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow’s suburbs…
Continue Reading Human remains discovered inside luggage found on property outside of San Antonio
By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Local sheriffs are investigating after they discovered human remains inside luggage on a property…
Continue Reading Mississippi senator says tutu photo is misused in campaign. He’s raising money for cancer research
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican state Sen. Jeremy England says he intentionally wore a…
Continue Reading Court strikes down limits on filming of police in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional,…
Continue Reading Austin Peay State freshman football player dies in single-car crash
Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A freshman football player at Austin Peay State University has died after a single-car crash near the…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu goes to hospital for pacemaker. He says he will push ahead with judicial overhaul
By JULIA FRANKEL and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for…
Continue Reading Muscogee Nation renews lawsuit over Alabama casino they say desecrated a sacred site
ATLANTA (AP) — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has asked a federal appellate court in Atlanta to reinstate its case against the Poarch Creek Band of…
Continue Reading Ukraine hits Crimea ammunition dump, sparking evacuations and disrupting transport
By Kostan Nechyporenko and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian forces hit an ammunition dump in Crimea, forcing an evacuation of the area…
Continue Reading Ukraine hits Crimea ammunition dump, sparking evacuations and disrupting transport
By Kostan Nechyporenko and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian forces hit an ammunition dump in Crimea, forcing an evacuation of the area…
Continue Reading Crisis-hit Sri Lanka may allow Indian rupee to be used in local transactions
BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the use of the Indian rupee…
Continue Reading Family expresses gratitude after body believed to be missing girl found; search for boy continues
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on…
Continue Reading Israelis rally ahead of critical vote to weaken power of courts
By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of marchers arrived in Jerusalem Saturday, the…
Continue Reading Israelis rally ahead of critical vote to weaken power of courts
By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of marchers arrived in Jerusalem Saturday, the…
Continue Reading Charges dismissed against white woman who spat on Black woman during protests in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed hate crime and other charges against a white woman who spat on a Black woman during competing protests…
Continue Reading 2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba likely contracted at natural hot spring
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public…
Continue Reading Michigan man charged with murder and other crimes in case involving ex-girlfriend and her toddler
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder…
Continue Reading Tourists flee Rhodes wildfires in Greece’s largest-ever evacuation
By Duarte Mendonca, Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A large wildfire tearing through the Greek island of Rhodes…
Continue Reading Tourists flee Rhodes wildfires in Greece’s largest-ever evacuation
By Duarte Mendonca, Chris Liakos, Elinda Labropoulou and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A large wildfire tearing through the Greek island of Rhodes…
Continue Reading 2,000 people including tourists evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced…
Continue Reading After 2 firemen are shot, 1 fatally, authorities offer reward for information on suspect
By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Authorities investigating the shootings of two Alabama firemen, one fatally, are offering a $45,000 reward for help…
Continue Reading Jamie Foxx tells fans in an Instagram message that he is recovering from an illness
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Academy Award winning actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx said in an Instagram video that he is recovering from an…
Continue Reading Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by The 1975 singer
By Heather Chen, Teele Rebane and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A music festival in Malaysia has been canceled after the lead singer of British band…
Continue Reading Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by The 1975 singer
By Heather Chen, Teele Rebane and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A music festival in Malaysia has been canceled after the lead singer of British band…
Continue Reading Malaysia cuts short music fest after British band slams anti-gay laws, singer kisses male bandmate
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government Saturday cut short a music festival after the lead singer of British band The 1975…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press The intense heat hitting much of the globe keeps on coming. Greece is baking under yet another heat wave, farmers in Vermont…
Continue Reading California school board adopts social studies textbooks that include gay rights after warnings from governor
By Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studies curriculum that includes…
Continue Reading Yemeni police say they’ve arrested 2 suspects in the killing of a senior World Food Program official
CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni police say they have arrested two suspects in the killing of a senior World Food Program official the previous day. They said…
Continue Reading Black deaf students who attended 1950s segregated school will finally get their high school diplomas
By Nicole Chavez and Isabel Yip, CNN (CNN) — At least 24 Black deaf students who attended a segregated school on the grounds of Gallaudet…
Continue Reading Thousands protest mob assault of women who were paraded naked in remote Indian border state
By ASHOK SHARMA and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people, mostly women, have held a massive sit-in in India’s…
Continue Reading Bulgaria agrees to send heavy military equipment to Ukraine for the first time since the invasion
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has agreed to provide the Ukrainian army with some 100 armored personnel carriers, marking a turnaround in its…
Continue Reading Drone hits Crimean ammunition depot as strikes kill, wound civilians and journalists in Ukraine
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike Saturday caused a massive explosion at an ammunition depot in…
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