Belarus to hold exercises with Wagner fighters near Polish border
By Olga Voitovych and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border…
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China’s Xi tells Kissinger that China-US ties are at a crossroads and stability is still possible
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger that relations between the two countries are at a…
Continue Reading Alabama to carry out first lethal injection after review of execution procedures
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu doubles down on judicial plan, rejects criticism and moves ahead toward key vote
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with his…
Continue Reading The UK’s governing Conservatives are braced for a drubbing from voters in 3 special elections
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters are going to the polls in three electoral districts of England, with the governing…
Continue Reading Yellen visits Vietnam, seeking to build US ties and supply chains, and offset tensions with China
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told top Vietnamese officials that Washington considers…
Continue Reading Pop star Shakira will face a second tax probe in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira is facing more trouble from Spain’s tax office after a court near Barcelona said Thursday that it had…
Continue Reading President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs
By JOSH BOAK and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden has paid a visit to Philadelphia’s shipyard to…
Continue Reading A Croatian firefighter has died in the storm that swept the Balkans, raising the toll to 6 dead
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian firefighter has died during a deadly storm that swept the Balkans after a heat wave, raising the death toll to…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the…
Continue Reading China doesn’t want a trade war with the US but will retaliate against further curbs, ambassador says
By The Associated Press China’s ambassador to the United States says it does not want a trade war but will retaliate against any further U.S.…
Continue Reading 1 man is dead and 48 are injured after a suspected gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg
By The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities say one man has been killed and at least 48 people are injured, some of them seriously,…
Continue Reading Japanese, US and South Korean officials condemn the North’s weapons plans but urge dialogue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese, U.S. and South Korean senior officials have condemned North Korea for its recent…
Continue Reading As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions…
Continue Reading Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Germany warns of suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin
By Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of German police officers are using helicopters, drones and infrared cameras to…
Continue Reading Fans of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fondly remember his life philosophy 50 years after his death
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who broke negative stereotypes around Asian men in…
Continue Reading India’s Modi breaks silence over ethnic violence in Manipur after video shows mob molesting women
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke more than two months of public silence over deadly ethnic…
Continue Reading 2 suicide bombers in Pakistan attack police and government compound, killing 2 and injuring 15
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say two suicide bombers attacked a sprawling compound housing a police station and…
Continue Reading Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for third night since end of grain deal
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern University athletes allege ‘toxic culture’ of hazing and sexual assault in the athletic department, attorneys say
By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing at least 15 former Northwestern University student athletes announced…
Continue Reading German police search for a lion suspected of being on the loose in Berlin’s suburbs
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have warned people in Berlin’s southern suburbs to watch out for a potentially dangerous animal, suspected to be…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as investors weigh weakness in the tech sector
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after the latest rally on Wall Street fizzled, with big…
Continue Reading Spain’s election Sunday pits 2 leftist vs. 2 rightist parties. Here’s a look at the leaders
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s elections Sunday will be a battle between two leftist and two rightist…
Continue Reading Flooded with sightseers, Europe’s iconic churches struggle to accommodate both worship and tourism
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A recent Saturday evening Mass at Sagrada Familia parish had all the hallmarks…
Continue Reading Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading Xi hails ‘old friend’ Kissinger during meeting that harks back to an era of warmer ties
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” during a meeting with the…
Continue Reading In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — One of the world’s largest refugee camps offers a stark example of the global food…
Continue Reading Wisconsin mother and her boyfriend are charged in child neglect case that prosecutor calls ‘like something out of a horror movie’
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Milwaukee mother and her boyfriend were charged with chronic neglect of a child and false imprisonment after…
Continue Reading Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 10 and traps many others in western India
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press RAIGAD, India (AP) — A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state has killed…
Continue Reading Turkey’s finance chief heralds $50.7 billion deals with UAE as Erdogan tours Gulf nations
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek says Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have signed deals worth $50.7 billion, as President…
Continue Reading They fled Syria’s shattering civil war. Now, Syrian refugees in Jordan fear being forced to return
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more…
Continue Reading A woman pleads guilty to fire that kept a Wyoming abortion clinic from opening for a year
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An abortion opponent pleaded guilty to a federal arson charge Thursday after telling…
Continue Reading New York considers ban on cash prize contests for hunting coyotes, squirrels, some other wildlife
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The contests have names such as Predator Slam, Squirrel Scramble and Final Fling for Fox. And…
Continue Reading Tiny downtown LA store near Skid Row sells winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth over $1 billion
By MARCIO SANCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball…
Continue Reading A single Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles matched all 6 numbers for the $1.08 billion jackpot
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The owner or owners of the $1.08 billion winning ticket in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, sold at a…
Continue Reading Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the ‘Barbie’ movie marketing mania
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pink sauce on that Burger King burger? What about “Barbie-fying” your pet with…
Continue Reading The Gilgo Beach killings suspect’s wife unknowingly helped in his arrest. She’s now filed for divorce
By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome…
Continue Reading RFK Jr. defends himself against complaints of racist and antisemitic online misinformation
By LISA MASCARO and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. worked to defend himself Thursday against accusations that…
Continue Reading Hiker’s parents are retracing her final steps to raise money for safety education programs
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRETTON WOODS, N.H. (AP) — The parents of a young woman who died while hiking in New Hampshire’s White…
Continue Reading US worried about well-being of American soldier who ran across border as North Korea remains silent
By AAMER MADHANI and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is deeply concerned about the well-being of a U.S. soldier…
Continue Reading Senate Judiciary panel considering ethics rules for the Supreme Court
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering a new ethics code for the Supreme Court, an…
Continue Reading Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife…
Continue Reading IRS steps toward a new free-file tax return system have both supporters and critics mobilizing
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans by the IRS to test a new electronic free-file tax return system next year have got…
Continue Reading Video appears to show Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin for first time since short-lived mutiny
MOSCOW (AP) — A video released Wednesday appears to show Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin for the first time since he led a short-lived…
Continue Reading New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class action
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought…
Continue Reading Dingo pack leader killed after attacking a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on…
Continue Reading Wrexham opens US tour with 5-0 loss to Chelsea before 50,596 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Sue Martin had the summer mapped out for her family from St. Augustine, Florida. Then along…
Continue Reading Trimmed trees outside LA studio become flashpoint for striking Hollywood writers and actors
By JEFF TURNER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A row of tightly trimmed ficus trees along a stretch of sidewalk outside Universal Studios has…
Continue Reading Israeli doctors hold ‘warning strike,’ caution that judicial overhaul threatens health care system
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Celine Alkhaldi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — Iraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning plan
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Celine Alkhaldi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — Iraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main…
Continue Reading Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings files for divorce
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The wife of the man charged in the deaths of three women whose remains were found along a Long Island beach roadway…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm
By ALI JABAR, ABBY SEWELL and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a…
Continue Reading Southern California man convicted in 2018 spa bombing that killed ex-girlfriend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man has been convicted of blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s spa business with a package bomb in 2018,…
Continue Reading Alabama’s first execution since they were paused last November may proceed on Thursday, court says
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to stop an upcoming execution in Alabama. Sixty-four-year-old James Barber is scheduled…
Continue Reading White House says Russia is preparing for attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning that the Russian military is preparing for possible attacks on civilian shipping vessels in the Black…
Continue Reading Russian gymnasts allowed as ‘individual neutral athletes’ from 2024, no decision on Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Gymnasts from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to take part in sanctioned competitions as “individual neutral…
Continue Reading Judge orders man charged with killing 2 teenage girls to remain at northern Indiana prison
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls will remain in prison after a judge concluded he’s being treated better…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup security heightened ahead of opening match following deadly shooting in Auckland
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Security was heightened ahead of Thursday night’s opening Women’s World Cup game…
Continue Reading State Department sanctions 2 former Salvadoran leaders, dozens of officials in Central America
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The State Department says it’s imposing sanctions on two former Salvadoran presidents and dozens of other officials and…
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 this summer can be deadly for the elderly, putting a premium on volunteers who…
Continue Reading Union in Canadian province of British Columbia rescinds port strike notice after Trudeau meeting
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with top officials after the longshore union renewed a 72-hour strike…
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Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue attack survivors testify about overcoming physical and emotional wounds
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Continue Reading Police cast doubt on Carlee Russell’s kidnapping claim after reporting toddler on an Alabama highway
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Police are casting doubt on a 25-year-old Alabama woman’s claim that she was kidnapped from the side of an…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin to appeal to the US Supreme Court after Minnesota’s high court declines to review his state murder conviction
By Brad Parks and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Derek Chauvin, the man who killed George Floyd, will take the appeal of his state murder conviction…
Continue Reading Police say they cannot verify most of the information Carlee Russell, who went missing in Alabama after 911 call about a child on an interstate, gave to detectives
By Emma Tucker, Steve Almasy, Nouran Salahieh and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Police shared new details Wednesday on the case of Carlethia…
Continue Reading Jason Aldean’s new music video was filmed at a lynching site. A big country music network pulled it
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Country music star Jason Aldean ‘s latest music video for “Try That In A Small Town,” lasted just one…
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Continue Reading Gunman kills two in Auckland hours before Women’s World Cup opening ceremony
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Auckland, New Zealand (CNN) — A rare multiple shooting in the center of Auckland just hours before the opening of the…
Continue Reading Gunman kills two in Auckland hours before Women’s World Cup opening ceremony
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Auckland, New Zealand (CNN) — A rare multiple shooting in the center of Auckland just hours before the opening of the…
Continue Reading Fatal shooting hours before the Women’s World Cup began in New Zealand appears to be an isolated act
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Continue Reading Shooting at a South Florida Walmart kills 1 and wounds another
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say a shooting at a South Florida Walmart killed one person and wounded another.…
Continue Reading American soldier’s dash into North Korea leaves family members wondering why
By SCOTT BAUER and MELISSA WINDER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Family members of the U.S. Army private who sprinted across the border into…
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada,…
Continue Reading Federal judge appoints expert to oversee Oregon agency that has been housing foster kids in hotels
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week appointed an outside expert to help Oregon end its practice of housing kids in foster care in…
Continue Reading Gunman had 1,800 rounds of ammo as he launched ‘murderous barrage of fire’ on Fargo police officers
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press Authorities in North Dakota say a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition and explosives…
Continue Reading British Open goes from brown grass to green. Silver is the color that matters.
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Continue Reading Pot sales approved for events in New York after farmers complain there are too few dispensaries
NEW YORK (AP) — Marijuana can legally be sold at festivals and other events in New York under a measure approved by state regulators. The…
Continue Reading Israel to allow Palestinian-Americans entry in bid to qualify for U.S. visa waiver program
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has announced that it would be allowing all American citizens, including dual-nationality Palestinians from the West Bank…
Continue Reading No drug test for ‘Rust’ movie armorer as her trail looms in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
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Continue Reading Ho-Chunk Nation elders record their language to help keep it going
By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Elder members of the Ho-Chunk Nation gathered Tuesday in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, to record the tribe’s…
Continue Reading Black lawmakers say Alabama GOP’s proposed new congressional map insults the Supreme Court
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Continue Reading Stanford University president announces resignation over concerns about his research
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent…
Continue Reading Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US
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Continue Reading Structural racism may contribute to mass shootings, study says
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings in major metropolitan areas in the United States disproportionately affect Black people, and…
Continue Reading Just 1% of all US homes changed hands so far this year
Just 1% of all US homes changed hands in the first half of this year, the lowest share in at least a decade, according to data from…
Continue Reading Israeli president tells Congress his country is committed to democracy but concedes ‘painful debate’
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure Congress on Wednesday about the state of…
Continue Reading US approves $1.3 billion package of long-term military aid for Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is announcing a new $1.3 billion package of long-term military aid to Ukraine…
Continue Reading Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 charges against Trump would add to his mounting legal peril as he campaigns for 2024
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hush-money payments. Classified records. And now, his efforts to…
Continue Reading Ex-officer Derek Chauvin to ask US Supreme Court to review his conviction in murder of George Floyd
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin says they’ll ask the…
Continue Reading Stanford president to resign following findings of manipulation in academic research
By Nadia Bidarian, CNN (CNN) — Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign from his post after a…
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Continue Reading Louisiana juveniles are suffering dangerous heat and isolation in an old death row facility built for adults, a lawsuit states. Experts say the harm could be irreversible
By Amy Simonson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former…
Continue Reading Wesleyan University joins other schools in nixing legacy admissions after Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling
By Laura Dolan and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wesleyan University will stop giving preferential treatment to applicants who are the children of…
Continue Reading New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu won’t seek reelection in 2024
By KATHY McCORMACK and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday that he will not…
Continue Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates attends school board meeting to back teacher told to stop using his book on racism
IRMO, S.C. (AP) — Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher told to…
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