Kia/Hyundia settle class-action lawsuit over security flaw in vehicles
Associated Press Hyundai Motor America and Kia America will resolve class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts with a settlement…
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Hawaii’s governor, who is also a doctor, stops to help at site of crashed vehicle
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava…
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A crucial deal aimed at averting a global food crisis has been extended. Here’s everything you need to know
A crucial deal aimed at averting a global food crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been extended for two…
Continue Reading Bezos-founded Blue Origin lands major NASA moon lander project
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, will join NASA’s lunar lander program — competing…
Continue Reading What mosquitoes are most attracted to in human body odor is revealed
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who has spent a summer evening swatting away mosquitoes, or a summer day scratching mosquito bites,…
Continue Reading Smoke from Canadian fires is pouring into the US and could linger for days
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into parts of the central US and could linger in the days ahead, health…
Continue Reading Novelist James Patterson, journalist Vicky Ward plan book on killing of Idaho college students
NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling novelist James Patterson is teaming up with investigative journalist Vicky Ward on a book about the 2022 killing of…
Continue Reading Kia, Hyundai settle class-action lawsuit after a rash of thefts due to security flaw
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hyundai Motor America and Kia America said Friday they have reached a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit prompted by a…
Continue Reading Obama, Colbert among 500 Americans banned from going to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia has announced that has banned 500 Americans from entering the country, including…
Continue Reading Erdogan hails ‘special relationship’ with Putin ahead of crucial Turkey runoff vote
By Tamara Qiblawi and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey has a “special” and growing relationship with Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,’ Justice Gorsuch says
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court got rid of a pandemic-related immigration case with a single sentence. Justice…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve Chair Powell hints at a pause in rate hikes when central bank meets next month
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the Federal Reserve will likely forgo an increase…
Continue Reading Attacks fly as contentious general election campaign for Kentucky governor begins
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The general election campaign for Kentucky governor is off to a feisty start. Democrats…
Continue Reading FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, racial justice protests, court says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of…
Continue Reading Jordan Neely, NYC subway rider choked to death, is mourned at Manhattan church
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the polarizing wake of Jordan Neely’s chokehold death at the hands of a fellow New York City…
Continue Reading Disney World’s “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel to close
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — No more premium stay in a galaxy far, far away: Disney World’s “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel is…
Continue Reading Judge blocks release of video, records in Tyre Nichols beating death investigation
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and…
Continue Reading Diplomatic tour by Ukraine’s Zelenskyy highlights Putin’s stark isolation
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — While the world awaits Ukraine’s spring battlefield offensive, its leader, Volodymyr…
Continue Reading 8-year-old who died in US Customs and Border Protection custody identified by the Honduran Foreign Ministry
By Rosa Flores and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Honduran Foreign Ministry has identified the 8-year-old girl who died in US Customs and Border…
Continue Reading The world’s largest lakes are shrinking dramatically, and scientists say they have figured out why
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — More than half of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the…
Continue Reading Millennials are America’s largest generation. But they’re one of the smallest groups that make up Congress.
By Christopher Hickey, Alex Matthews and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — A younger Congress may be a thing of the past. It’s taking five to 10…
Continue Reading The beautiful collaboration of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nicole Holofcener found a fast friend in Julia Louis-Dreyfus a decade ago, when she cast her as a kind of alter-ego in…
Continue Reading Debt limit talks start, stop as Republicans, White House face ‘serious differences’
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans…
Continue Reading Parents of transgender kids seek to block DeSantis ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal…
Continue Reading ‘A day of joy’: Brittney Griner makes WNBA season debut after being jailed in Russia
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner stood for the national anthem before her first regular-season WNBA game since…
Continue Reading Michigan teen who used slingshot to protect his sister says he ‘grabbed anything’ to fend off kidnapper
By Sabrina Souza and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan teen who used a slingshot to ward off a kidnapper from his sister told CNN he…
Continue Reading Magnitude 2.2 earthquake rattles parts of New York and New Jersey early Friday morning, USGS says
By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was felt in parts of New York and New Jersey early Friday morning, the U.S. Geological…
Continue Reading Italy’s ‘once in a century’ deadly floods are linked to climate crisis, researchers say
By Sharon Braithwaite and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Deadly floods that have engulfed the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, killing at…
Continue Reading ‘A problem in the political culture:’ Serbians call for more than disarmament to end violence after mass shootings
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after mass shootings shook their country, Serbians have surrendered more than 15,000 weapons, more…
Continue Reading Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Washington, D.C. police officer was arrested Friday on charges…
Continue Reading US, British and French naval chiefs in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz after Iran tanker seizures
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and…
Continue Reading Dave Matthews Band has new album ‘Walk Around the Moon’ and perspective: ‘Everything is kind of new’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten studio albums done, the Dave Matthews Band finds itself in a good place, maybe even at…
Continue Reading Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist
PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an…
Continue Reading In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford…
Continue Reading Polish official says object that entered airspace was Russian-made rocket
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in…
Continue Reading Russia-Georgia flights resume despite protests, strained ties
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus…
Continue Reading Russia targets Greenpeace in crackdown on dissent but Kremlin critic Roizman avoids prison
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace on Friday says it is closing after authorities declared Greenpeace…
Continue Reading Man who drove off cliff says he was pulling over to check tire pressure; wife claims he drove off purposefully, San Francisco Chronicle reports, citing court documents
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A California man accused of purposefully driving himself, his wife and two children off a cliff on a coastal…
Continue Reading More protests against violence in Serbia as authorities reject opposition criticism and demands
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia on Friday for a third…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for suspects
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance,…
Continue Reading Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney,…
Continue Reading Most favor pairing debt limit rise with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that most U.S. adults say they are highly concerned…
Continue Reading Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law…
Continue Reading Kosovo’s new mayor takes up post peacefully in minority area as West warns against ethnic violence
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a vote that…
Continue Reading Man fatally shot engine factory coworker in feud over woman, police say
MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a feud over a woman led a man to fatally shoot his coworker at a General Motors engine factory in Ohio.…
Continue Reading Father of 4 who pleaded for help before dying in construction fire is among the 2 bodies recovered, officials say
By Jay Croft and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A construction worker whose family says he pleaded for help on Facebook Live before he died in a…
Continue Reading Lebanon receives Interpol notice for its central bank governor who was no-show at Paris questioning
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has received an Interpol notice for the country’s embattled central bank governor who…
Continue Reading The future of wind energy in the US is floating turbines as tall as 30 Rock
By Ella Nilsen, CNN Orono, Maine (CNN) — The first, full-sized floating offshore wind turbine in the United States will tower 850 feet above…
Continue Reading Former Italian Premier Berlusconi leaves hospital after 45 days
MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung…
Continue Reading Sudan’s top army general formally fires rival paramilitary leader as his deputy in symbolic gesture
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top army general has fired the country’s paramilitary leader, his former ally turned rival, as the deputy of the…
Continue Reading Russian PM to visit Beijing as China renews criticism of Western arms sales to Ukraine
BEIJING (AP) — China says Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Beijing next week for talks, marking the latest exchange in a…
Continue Reading First Mission scratched from Preakness by vet 36 hours before Triple Crown race
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 19: Ukraine, Tsunami warning, Senate, Debt limit, Disney
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 19: Ukraine, Tsunami warning, Senate, Debt limit, Disney
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 19: Ukraine, Tsunami warning, Senate, Debt limit, Disney
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a…
Continue Reading Pay Transparency Laws: What Small Businesses Need to Know
By OLIVIA CHEN of NerdWallet As more states adopt pay transparency laws, many small businesses will need to comply with legislation if they or the…
Continue Reading Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, calls Producers Guild the ‘Bankers Guild’ at Cannes Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn has strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the…
Continue Reading Canadian airline WestJet, pilots reach 11th-hour deal as strike averted
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Canada’s second-largest airline WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal to avert a strike…
Continue Reading Bass guitarist Andy Rourke of The Smiths, one of Britain’s most influential bands, dies at 59
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has…
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Erdogan hails ‘special relationship’ with Putin ahead of crucial Turkey runoff vote
By Tamara Qiblawi and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey has a “special” and growing relationship with Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading What we know about the complex court fight over the Nashville school shooter’s writings
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge soon could decide if the writings of a shooter who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in March at a…
Continue Reading Smoke from Canadian fires is pouring into the US and could linger for days
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into parts of the central US and could linger in the days ahead, health…
Continue Reading Erdogan hails ‘special relationship’ with Putin ahead of crucial Turkey runoff vote
By Tamara Qiblawi and Isil Sariyuce, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey has a “special” and growing relationship with Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading 1 killed at an Ohio auto plant in the second workplace shooting in a day
By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One person was fatally wounded and another hurt in a shooting at an Ohio automotive…
Continue Reading China warns against ‘geopolitical games’ as US announces Blinken trip to Papua New Guinea
BEIJING (AP) — China is warning against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the South Pacific following the announcement that U.S.…
Continue Reading Britain unveils $1.2B strategy to boost computer chip industry
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has unveiled its long-awaited semiconductor strategy. It’s catching up with similar efforts by Western…
Continue Reading Iran condemned after executing three men over recent protests
By Rob Picheta and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Iran has been condemned by international watchdogs after it executed three more men over recent…
Continue Reading Saudi surge of diplomacy brings Assad, Zelenskyy to Arab summit
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting an Arab League summit that is welcoming back Syrian President…
Continue Reading Italy’s deadly floods just latest example of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, SETH BORENSTEIN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in…
Continue Reading Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who held steak knife
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker…
Continue Reading Sen. Tim Scott makes it official: He’s a Republican candidate for president
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made it official Friday: He’s running for president.…
Continue Reading Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145,…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie says ‘attack on books’ in Florida ‘has never been more dangerous’
By Melissa Alonso and Jackson Grigsby, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after an attempt on his life, author Salman Rushdie made a rare public…
Continue Reading Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a ‘sliver of hope’ for nuclear disarmament
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Holding this week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street’s best week since March stalls amid debt worries
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s best week since March ran out of steam Friday as worries rose about the U.S.…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelensky caps frenetic week of diplomacy with plans to appear in person at Japan’s G7 summit
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Volodymyr Zelensky will travel in person to Japan for the Group of Seven (G7) summit, according to…
Continue Reading Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will…
Continue Reading Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law
BEIJING (AP) — Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to…
Continue Reading Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite…
Continue Reading China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s legal bid to fight for UK lawyer
BY KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has rejected an activist publisher’s latest effort to use a British lawyer to…
Continue Reading Dubai’s next big thing? Perhaps a $5 billion man-made ‘moon’ as the city’s real estate market booms
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A proposed $5 billion real estate project wants to take skyscraper-studded…
Continue Reading Detroit enclave built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of…
Continue Reading New Zealand police lower hostel fire death toll to 5; man held in jail on arson charges
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police have lowered the confirmed death toll from a Wellington hostel…
Continue Reading At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native…
Continue Reading Great-grandmother, 95, tasered by officer in Australia had walking frame and knife, police say
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Homicide detectives in Australia are investigating why a police officer felt so threatened…
Continue Reading Threatening 22 million people, Mexico’s Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering…
Continue Reading Millions ditched cars for bikes during the pandemic. These cities want the habit to stick
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to…
Continue Reading Awash in social media, how are police learning to inform the public better after shootings?
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Social media has law enforcement facing increasing pressure to release information fast amid a surge of…
Continue Reading 7.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami on South Pacific islands
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been…
Continue Reading Why Ukraine’s spring offensive still hasn’t begun — with summer just weeks away
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition…
Continue Reading Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with…
Continue Reading Guardsman Jack Teixeira, Pentagon leak suspect, to remain jailed as he awaits trial
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military…
Continue Reading Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US
By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same…
Continue Reading US warning center lifts tsunami alert after 7.7 magnitude quake in South Pacific
By Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The United States Tsunami Warning Center lifted an alert over the South Pacific on…
Continue Reading ‘No one feels safe’: The Taliban promised to provide security to Afghans. New data shows threat from ISIS is growing
By Eliza Mackintosh, Ehsan Popalzai, Antonio Jarne and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Qasim received a call in late March that his brother, an…
Continue Reading Murray’s big fourth quarter propels Nuggets past Lakers 108-103 for 2-0 lead in West finals
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, propelling the Denver Nuggets to a…
Continue Reading Debt ceiling negotiators pushing for weekend deal, but much work remains
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Top negotiators from the White House have met over the debt limit with House…
Continue Reading Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State media in Myanmar say at least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged by…
Continue Reading Widowed husband sues driver, bars after DUI crash killed bride on wedding night
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit accuses several establishments of overserving the alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into…
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