Korean War Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war.…
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Cupkin children’s cups sold on Amazon recalled over newly-detected lead levels
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 345,000 children’s cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content…
Continue Reading Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist’s hiring at campus unravels
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout…
Continue Reading Inflation, interest rates and whales: Why offshore wind projects are on the rocks
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — For as much as offshore wind energy has become a hot-button issue, the United States only has seven turbines…
Continue Reading Miami Beach area under precautionary boil water alert after main break
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A water main break in Miami Beach caused pressure to drop and forced officials to issue a precautionary boil water alert…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi scores a sensational game-winning goal on a free kick in his Inter Miami debut
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Some people paid hundreds of dollars to be able to say they were in the stadium for…
Continue Reading Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay…
Continue Reading Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay…
Continue Reading Friends and admirers of Tony Bennett react to the news of his death
By The Associated Press The news of Tony Bennett’s death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music,…
Continue Reading Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case in Florida
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald…
Continue Reading French police investigate violent home robbery of Paris Saint-Germain ‘keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma
PARIS (AP) — French police are investigating a violent armed robbery that targeted Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at his home.…
Continue Reading Animal advocates call for changes to wild horse wrangling following deaths during roundup in Nevada
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An animal advocacy group is calling for changes to the federal government’s wild horse wrangling…
Continue Reading Environmental activists briefly disrupt British Open by dumping orange powder beside 17th green
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Environmental activists have briefly interrupted play at the British Open by throwing an…
Continue Reading Berlin authorities abandon hunt for ‘lioness,’ saying they found no evidence of a wild animal
By Chris Stern, Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Local authorities in Germany said Friday that they are ending a search…
Continue Reading Berlin authorities abandon hunt for ‘lioness,’ saying they found no evidence of a wild animal
By Chris Stern, Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Local authorities in Germany said Friday that they are ending a search…
Continue Reading Croatian police detain 9 people suspected of smuggling migrants over the Danube from Serbia
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police have detained nine people suspected of smuggling migrants into the European Union country from neighboring…
Continue Reading From Barbie to millennial pink, the cultural phenomenon behind the color that sells
By KARENA PHAN Associated Press The release of “Barbie” is upon us, and the color pink is nearly inescapable. It’s a color that has…
Continue Reading Opposition parties disrupt India’s Parliament for 2nd day to protest ethnic violence in northeast
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast have rocked the country’s Parliament for a second…
Continue Reading Russia arrests a hard-line nationalist who accused Putin of weakness in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent hard-line nationalist who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was arrested…
Continue Reading Rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India, bringing the death toll to 21
RAIGAD, India (AP) — Rescuers found five more bodies Friday in India’s western Maharashtra state, raising the death toll from a landslide…
Continue Reading Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
By CHARLES J. GANS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and…
Continue Reading Missed out on the $1 billion Powerball jackpot? $720 million is up for grabs in tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot drawing
By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Your dream of buying 654 castles or maybe 171 private islands could become reality after tonight’s $720 million…
Continue Reading Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading Pro-war Russian blogger who called Putin a ‘lowlife’ arrested in Moscow
By Mick Krever, Nathan Hodge, Olga Voitovych, Uliana Pavlova and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Russian pro-war blogger who has…
Continue Reading Pro-war Russian blogger who called Putin a ‘lowlife’ arrested in Moscow
By Mick Krever, Nathan Hodge, Olga Voitovych, Uliana Pavlova and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Russian pro-war blogger who has…
Continue Reading Nina Simone’s lost set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival released as an album
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the…
Continue Reading Amsterdam wants ships to moor less, votes to move terminal out of city in latest hit to tourism
By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city.…
Continue Reading He killed his ailing wife. A Cyprus court ruled it was manslaughter, not murder
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home…
Continue Reading Zelensky fires Ukrainian ambassador to the UK after ‘sarcasm’ comments
By Mick Krever, Sharon Braithwaite and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his ambassador to the…
Continue Reading Zelensky fires Ukrainian ambassador to the UK after ‘sarcasm’ comments
By Mick Krever, Sharon Braithwaite and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his ambassador to the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 21: Ukraine, Extreme heat, Strikes, AI, E-cigarettes
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The day that movie fans have been fervently anticipating is finally here. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 21: Ukraine, Extreme heat, Strikes, AI, E-cigarettes
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The day that movie fans have been fervently anticipating is finally here. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and…
Continue Reading Scientists identify which butterflies are most at risk as the climate warms
By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Challenging times are ahead for smaller, lighter-colored butterflies as Earth’s climate continues to warm, a…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan president’s visit to India signals growing economic and energy ties
By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka and India have signed a slew of energy, development and…
Continue Reading Swiss order hang gliders to stay away, closing air space as firefighters battle forest inferno
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders in…
Continue Reading Some top US sports leagues have specific anti-hazing policies, others do not
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with hazing issues over the past decade.…
Continue Reading US navy secretary says Australian multination military exercise demonstrates unity to China
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training…
Continue Reading A US military drone crashes in Polish woodland during training
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says a U.S. military drone crashed in the woods in the southwest of the country after contact…
Continue Reading American freestyler Katie Ledecky faces youth as the world championships open in Japan
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — American freestyler Katie Ledecky has almost never gone home with anything other than a gold…
Continue Reading 1 person killed, 3 others wounded in knife attack in South Korea’s capital
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A knife-wielding man has stabbed at least four pedestrians on a street in the South Korean capital, Seoul. One person has…
Continue Reading German court rejects collector’s complaint against listing in Nazi-era lost art database
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court has rejected a collector’s complaint against the inclusion of a painting he bought at auction in a database…
Continue Reading House aims to ease air travel delays with more money for air traffic controllers
By KEVIN FREKING and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give the Federal…
Continue Reading Rapinoe’s farewell begins with the U.S. team’s opening Women’s World Cup match against Vietnam
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Megan Rapinoe’s final run on the global stage begins Saturday when the United…
Continue Reading Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House
By MATT O’BRIEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google,…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court to decide whether to ban broadcast and distribution of protest song
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will hand down a closely-watched decision over whether to ban the broadcast and…
Continue Reading Russia targets Ukraine’s farm storage sites after days of hitting Black Sea port facilities
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian cruise missiles have destroyed farm storage buildings in the Odesa region. Ukrainian…
Continue Reading China is drilling some of the world’s deepest holes in hunt for natural resources
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the…
Continue Reading China is drilling some of the world’s deepest holes in hunt for natural resources
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese engineers on Thursday broke ground on a new super deep borehole that will burrow far into the…
Continue Reading Thousands march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to protest Israeli government’s judicial overhaul plan
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A protest march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is growing as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to…
Continue Reading Authorities call off Berlin lioness alarm, saying they’ve found no evidence of a predator
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities have determined that there is “no acute danger” to people in an area on the edge of Berlin where a potentially…
Continue Reading Suspect identified in 1981 killing of a New Hampshire woman with help of genetic genealogy, attorney general says
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy…
Continue Reading 2 men killed in New Zealand shooting were co-workers of gunman, who had violent past
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police say the two men gunned down at a New Zealand construction site had worked…
Continue Reading Thousands of Muslims took to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries to express their…
Continue Reading U.S. second gentleman Emhoff meets New Zealand’s Ardern to discuss online hate as World Cup begins
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, met with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda…
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 Suspect identified in 1981 killing of a New Hampshire woman with help of genetic genealogy, attorney general says
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy…
Continue Reading Spain’s conservatives put trust in Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn’t enter a…
Continue Reading After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press DIMONA, Israel (AP) — The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States…
Continue Reading Alabama executes man for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after review
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed a man for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumes lethal…
Continue Reading Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street closes another winning week by barely moving
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out another winning week with a quiet Friday, as stocks found some stability…
Continue Reading Lake Tahoe officials tackle overtourism with focus on management, not marketing; new fees may loom
By SCOTT SONNER and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe were surprised when a respected…
Continue Reading Sunak’s Conservatives suffer 2 big defeats but avoid a wipeout in trio of UK special elections
By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain’s governing…
Continue Reading Propaganda tool? Bargaining chip? What North Korea may have in mind for Travis King
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — What will North Korea do about the first U.S. soldier in decades to flee into its…
Continue Reading Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district
By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional…
Continue Reading Man who ambushed Fargo officers likely had bigger and bloodier attack in mind, attorney general says
By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The heavily armed man who ambushed Fargo police officers investigating a…
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Tourists fined for dingo selfies as rangers warn of rising wild dog attacks
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Two tourists who snapped selfies with dingoes have been fined more than $1,500 each for taking the…
Continue Reading What we know about the women known as the ‘Gilgo Four’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann has been charged with killing three women whose bodies were discovered along a stretch of Long…
Continue Reading New Jersey student with special needs dies after school bus ride, leading bus monitor to be charged with manslaughter
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl with special needs died in New Jersey this week after her wheelchair harness constricted her…
Continue Reading New Jersey student with special needs dies after school bus ride, leading bus monitor to be charged with manslaughter
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl with special needs died in New Jersey this week after her wheelchair harness constricted her…
Continue Reading Mother and 3 children dead in possible Oklahoma murder-suicide
VERDIGRIS, Okla. (AP) — A woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening in what may be a murder-suicide…
Continue Reading 2 pregnant migrants claim Texas National Guard soldiers denied them water
By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Two pregnant migrant women who were looking to turn themselves in to US immigration authorities…
Continue Reading Northeast floods devastate ‘heartbroken’ farmers as months of labor and crops are swept away
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like…
Continue Reading Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s far-right Vox party looks set to continue its meteoric rise in Sunday’s general election, and it aims to…
Continue Reading Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s far-right Vox party looks set to continue its meteoric rise in Sunday’s general election, and it aims to…
Continue Reading DeSantis, in deeply conservative Utah, says he’s driven more by faith in God than by politics
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ron DeSantis boasted Friday about his lengthy list of endorsements and…
Continue Reading Actors and writers strikes enter second week with no signs of a deal to get Hollywood working again
By KRYSTA FAURIA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters entered its second…
Continue Reading Biden is building his reelection bid around an organization Obama shunned
By WILL WEISSERT Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the…
Continue Reading Former Israeli principal will be sentenced in Australia next month for abusing 2 students
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former principal of an Australian Jewish school will be sentenced on Aug. 24 after…
Continue Reading Music Review: ‘Barbie’ soundtrack delivers a dreamhouse of Kenergy and ballads alike
By JIM POLLOCK Associated Press “Barbie The Album” by Various Artists (Atlantic/Warner/Mattel) The Barbie industrial complex has detonated,…
Continue Reading A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities on Friday announced the end of the “brutally cruel” dog and cat meat…
Continue Reading Rishi Sunak suffers two election losses as British voters reject ailing Conservative government
By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a damaging political blow on Friday as voters…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school…
Continue Reading Idaho jury finds 5 from white nationalist group guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of…
Continue Reading Judge tentatively OKs live ammunition for Parkland school shooting reenactment in civil case
By Roxanne Garcia and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Florida judge tentatively agreed Thursday that live ammunition could be used in a…
Continue Reading California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A highly technical process is underway in Los Angeles to put NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on display in the…
Continue Reading Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President…
Continue Reading The US and North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to talk about US soldier
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still…
Continue Reading UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world…
Continue Reading Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest begins in Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway converged on Key West, the late author’s home during the 1930s, to…
Continue Reading New York police officer indicted, accused of using stun gun 7 times on handcuffed man
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against a police officer in a suburban New York community, accusing him…
Continue Reading Doctor emotionally describes terminating pregnancy out of state during hearing over Texas abortion bans
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — On the second day of hearings addressing the emergency medical exception for abortion…
Continue Reading Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A private foundation launched in 2020 to help raise funds for the World Health Organization has reported that nearly…
Continue Reading The Gaslight Anthem were labeled ‘Bruce Springsteen copycats.’ Now the Boss is on their new single
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For years, a common critique of the beloved New Jersey rock band The Gaslight Anthem was to…
Continue Reading Jaguars associate strength coach Kevin Maxen comes out as gay in a first for US-based pro leagues
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major…
Continue Reading Nebraska woman charged with disposing of fetus following illegal abortion sentenced to 90 days in jail
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused of having an illegal abortion in Nebraska when she was 17 and disposing of the fetus was sentenced…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Miami woman arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to go after her 3-year-old son
By Eli Masket (CNN) — Police arrested an 18-year-old mother Tuesday after she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, according…
Continue Reading Actors and writers on strike rally in Philadelphia and Chicago as union action spreads
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Striking screenwriters and actors held rallies in Philadelphia and Chicago on Thursday as the labor dispute…
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