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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of…
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of…
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD. Drugmaker…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey has announced that he will…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Gabby Williams scored nine of her 18 points in overtime as France advanced to the gold medal game of the Paris Games…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian man is being held without bail in the United States on charges that he conspired to smuggle American…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Emma Tucker and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — Less than a month after one of his deputies was indicted by a grand jury on…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Major League Baseball is coming to Bristol Motor Speedway with the Braves and the Reds taking part in the Speedway Classic in August…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader is over. A judge dismissed a murder charge…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer…
Continue ReadingReport for America/Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An investigation funded by the state of Alabama says the last known U.S. slave ship is too…
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko, Allegra Goodwin, Christian Edwards and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A video that surfaced online…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh is accused of driving under the influence. Authorities say he ran into a bicyclist who was riding…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any other year since reliable records…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift aquarium established by two longtime Brooklyn residents in a sidewalk tree pit often flooded by a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in the killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death…
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a group of militants have attacked three Pakistan army posts in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it’s opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man with a history of political violence has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — All Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin had with him when he was released from his penal colony in a swap was…
Continue ReadingCNN By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John, Duarte Mendonça, Paul P. Murphy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Vinhedo, Brazil (CNN) — A…
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer During Kamala Harris’ thrill ride that has upended the 2024 presidential campaign, journalists for the most part have been on…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have identified the dead woman who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is imposing the rule of law on cyberspace with a new global deal requiring a crackdown on…
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Families of three students murdered at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A man who used social media to stoke racial hatred during far-right violence in Britain and encouraged people to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Republican Bernie Moreno is accusing Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown of trying to distance himself from Vice…
Continue ReadingGRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A swimmer who crossed Lake Michigan in 1998 has apparently ended his effort to repeat the feat. An online tracking device…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she is “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles’…
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer U.S. health officials have approved the first nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, offering an alternative to injectable…
Continue ReadingBy AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John, Duarte Mendonça, Paul P. Murphy, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Vinhedo, Brazil (CNN) — A…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox’s hand-written memo at the center of her latest retrial for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to fight for an Olympic title when IOC president Thomas Bach again defended…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Police in the Nigerian capital Abuja are investigating the killing of a trans TikToker known as…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the chaotic aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last month, a…
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who tested…
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama tennis coach was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for taking a minor across state lines with the intent…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government says Sweden’s ambassador was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours following…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on…
Continue ReadingBy Antoinette Radford and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — On Tuesday morning, as Abdallah stood on a dusty street in northern Gaza amid the debris…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The series opener Friday between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers was postponed due to rain. With the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Water quality data used by Paris Olympics organizers shows that bacteria levels in the Seine River were within…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched one of its deepest strikes into Israel in mid-May, using an explosive…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus have rounded up…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior prosecutor in Norway says that a Russian citizen who was arrested in the Scandinavian country…
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — All four hotel workers charged in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death are now in custody, more than five weeks after…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal indictment has charged three current and former executives of Smartmatic in a scheme to pay more than $1…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has voted to approve the nomination of Lee Roberts as the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week. The U.N.…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian beach establishments mounted a symbolic two-hour strike early Friday aimed at pressuring the government not to enact a…
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — H.E.R. will perform during the closing ceremony at the Paris Olympics. The five-time Grammy winner is expected…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Japan’s b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics’ first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a…
Continue ReadingNORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An Amtrak train carrying nearly 100 passengers has crashed into the rear of a tractor trailer in Connecticut. Amtrak says…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says flood conditions in Sudan are hindering the delivery of aid to areas where…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers players, coaches and staff members were unharmed after their Delta Airlines flight veered…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has canceled a planned trip to Central Asia to lead the government’s response…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The journey of Olympic breaking was a long one that began with a vision — one that early pioneers of the art form…
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory. The…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Wrexham is at the halfway stage of its unlikely journey to the Premier League. The next stop is League One. The Welsh club owned by…
Continue ReadingROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Zoo says the birth of a gorilla at the zoo in suburban Detroit is the first in its 96-year history. The gorilla…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s army has in recent months made an unrelenting effort to punch through Ukrainian defenses at…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish diplomats are working to try to free seven Polish citizens who were detained in Nigeria in what…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ first campaign stop in Wisconsin with her new running mate this week put…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Republicans will pick nominees in state primaries on Tuesday to challenge two longtime Democratic…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will select candidates Tuesday who will compete in some of the fall’s most closely watched…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a tough summer of primaries, the progressive House members who call themselves “the Squad” are facing…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democrats will compete in Vermont’s state primary for the right to challenge four-term Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Klairmont, CNN (CNN) — Three of the four siblings in Lea Kilenga’s family were born with sickle cell, including Lea. Her eldest…
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Klairmont, CNN (CNN) — Three of the four siblings in Lea Kilenga’s family were born with sickle cell, including Lea. Her eldest…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are under tornado watches in the Northeast where post-tropical cyclone Debby is rapidly…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from…
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Austrian authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Iraqi national in connection with an inquiry into an alleged…
Continue ReadingGABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana have been given the afternoon off work Friday through a…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous…
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — When Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Missouri police officer on August 9, 2014, officers left the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — AP photographer Francisco Seco explains how he took the photo of Bulgarian Stiliana Nikolova performing in the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have filed legal arguments either rejecting or…
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — When Anderson .Paak was tapped for an Olympic-themed song, the Grammy winner felt eager to record the track…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops have launched a new assault into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Auto sales in China faltered in July, falling 5% from a year earlier, although exports jumped about 20% from a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It’s 15 years ago this month that a teenage runner from South Africa was publicly scrutinized over her sex at a major sports…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say rapper Travis Scott has been arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s state media and authorities say a powerful explosion set off a fireball on a container ship loaded with hazardous…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki has marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony eclipsed by…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — When they compete at the Paris Games, they’re just athletes at their peak, and the emphasis isn’t that they…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will make their first trip together since Biden ended…
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko, Radina Gigova, Allegra Goodwin, Christian Edwards and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A video that surfaced…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Just two days after being disbanded by court order, Thailand’s main progressive political party has regrouped…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Since the start of the Olympics, Ndieme Lame has been commuting every day to the Stade de France where she works as a…
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