Michigan’s U.S. Senate field set with candidates being certified for August primary ballot
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers voted on Friday to place top U.S. Senate…
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3 new arrests in shootings that injured 11 in downtown Savannah
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have made new arrests in connection with a shootout that injured 11 people in a…
Continue Reading Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Correctional Service Canada says convicted serial killer Robert Pickton has died after was…
Continue Reading Belarus starts proceedings in a trial in absentia of 20 prominent political analysts
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have started proceedings in a trial in absentia of 20 prominent…
Continue Reading Congressional leaders invite Israel’s Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Continue Reading How the media covered the aftermath of Trump’s conviction — and his remarks the following morning
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump’s live remarks Friday about…
Continue Reading Pato O’Ward looks to bounce back from Indy 500 heartbreaker with a winning run at Detroit Grand Prix
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Pato O’Ward had tears triggered following the Indianapolis 500 after pushing the No. 5 Honda to the…
Continue Reading New Jersey attorney general blames shore town for having too few police on boardwalk during melee
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general is blaming a Jersey Shore town for not having enough…
Continue Reading Romance Writers of America files for bankruptcy after tumultuous split spurred by racism allegations
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The Romance Writers of America has filed for bankruptcy protection following several years of infighting and…
Continue Reading Radovan Karadzic Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity…
Continue Reading UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three…
Continue Reading Incendiary device thrown at front doors of Vancouver synagogue, says Jewish federation
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says an “incendiary device” was thrown at the front doors of a…
Continue Reading Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah, defying international condemnation of operation in southern Gazan city
CNN By Tamar Michaelis and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a…
Continue Reading NBA’s Mavs and NHL’s Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and NHL’s Dallas Stars are deeper in the playoffs together…
Continue Reading Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah, defying international condemnation of operation in southern Gazan city
CNN By Tamar Michaelis and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a…
Continue Reading Family of Utah man held in Congo coup attempt has no proof he’s alive
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah family whose son was implicated in a thwarted coup in Congo said they’re…
Continue Reading Answers to your questions about Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial conviction
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about…
Continue Reading Oldest living National Spelling Bee champion reflects on his win 70 years later
By HOLLY RAMER and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — As contestants from the latest Scripps National Spelling Bee head…
Continue Reading 1 Malaysian climber dead, 1 rescued near the top of Denali, North America’s tallest mountain
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North…
Continue Reading Man who injured police officer during Capitol riot is sentenced to 5 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer’s hand during the Jan.…
Continue Reading Ohio Senate approves fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot has cleared the Ohio Senate as…
Continue Reading South Carolina man pleads guilty to first-degree murder in Virginia police officer’s shooting death
WISE, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in western Virginia in…
Continue Reading Thabo Mbeki Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Personal Birth date: June 18, 1942…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of musician Paul McCartney, former member of the Beatles. Personal Birth date: June…
Continue Reading Biden says Hamas is ‘no longer capable’ of carrying out another major attack against Israel
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying…
Continue Reading Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump’s guilty verdict
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump’s historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing…
Continue Reading School’s out: Birmingham-Southern begins play in D-III World Series on same day school shuts down
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — The last day of school has never been like this at Birmingham-Southern. The school officially…
Continue Reading Air National Guard unit that was suspended after classified documents leak will restart mission
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air National Guard intelligence unit involved in the massive classified documents leak…
Continue Reading Biden says questioning Trump’s guilty verdicts is ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’
By SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty and “it’s…
Continue Reading Chobani yogurt billionaire buys San Francisco’s 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. has been purchased by Chobani yogurt founder and billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya. The…
Continue Reading Trump carries the stain of conviction like a crown. Will the verdict matter to voters?
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bravado behind Donald Trump’ s boastful hypothesis in 2016 — “I could stand in…
Continue Reading A heroic officer was ambushed and killed by a gunman he tried to help. Another victim is dead, and several others are wounded
CNN By Emma Tucker, Holly Yan, Dalia Faheid, Jillian Sykes and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Minneapolis officer hailed as a hero last year was…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police chief shares anger with fellow officers over ambush death of one of their own
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis’ police chief has shared his anger with grieving officers over the ambush…
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing ‘partisan extremism’
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he has…
Continue Reading Biden is hosting the Kansas City Chiefs minus Taylor Swift to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl title
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting the Kansas City Chiefs at the White House to celebrate the…
Continue Reading Discrimination and negligence at Seattle Children’s hospital led to teen’s death, family alleges in lawsuit
CNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old in Bothell, Washington, suffered from a severe allergic reaction to medication for months…
Continue Reading Federal officials are investigating another close call between planes at Reagan National Airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are looking into yet another close call between planes, this one at Reagan National Airport near Washington,…
Continue Reading Evers appoints replacement for University of Wisconsin regent who refuses to step down
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed a replacement for a conservative-leaning Universities of Wisconsin regent who is…
Continue Reading Running for U.S. president from prison? Eugene V. Debs did it, a century ago
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican…
Continue Reading Not guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia…
Continue Reading UK’s first Black female lawmaker ‘free’ to stand for Labour at election after row over her future
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in…
Continue Reading Mississippi man files lawsuit alleging he was beaten by a member of the ‘Goon Squad’ and others
By Devon M. Sayers and Jade Gordon, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi man has come forward saying he was beaten by a known member of the “Goon…
Continue Reading Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viral
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial…
Continue Reading Ledecky says faith in Olympic anti-doping system at ‘all-time low’ after Chinese swimming case
NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global…
Continue Reading Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say a woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis after surgeons…
Continue Reading El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele’s inauguration
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador says it has foiled a plot to plant bombs around the country to coincide with President Nayib…
Continue Reading Elon Musk sees another big advisory firm come out against his multibillion dollar pay package
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A second shareholder advisory firm has come out against reinstating a pay package for Tesla CEO Elon…
Continue Reading US plans to impose new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials after security verdicts
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy…
Continue Reading South Sudan receives its first batch of a new vaccine for malaria from the WHO
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan has received its first batch of a new malaria vaccine from the World Health…
Continue Reading Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in three months
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war, each sending back 75 POWs in the…
Continue Reading A pregnant stingray with no male companion now has a ‘reproductive disease,’ aquarium says
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina aquarium said in February that a stingray became pregnant with no male companion in its tank and now…
Continue Reading Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate…
Continue Reading Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Montana presidential and state primaries
By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after…
Continue Reading Poland says a fake news report on mobilizing 200,000 men was likely the work of Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say that a fake news report saying that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was mobilizing 200,000 men starting on…
Continue Reading Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are set to review the first request to approve the mind-altering…
Continue Reading AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to…
Continue Reading French security authorities foil a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — The French interior minister says security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics. Gerald…
Continue Reading Severe weather continues in Texas with 243,000-plus still without power after recent storms
By KEN MILLER Associated Press While more than 243,000 people in Texas remain without power following severe storms this week, another round of…
Continue Reading Imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder pleads not guilty to new charges
By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has pleaded not…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the South Dakota presidential and state primaries
By LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Republicans’ tug-of-war over their party identity continues in Tuesday’s…
Continue Reading Trump’s European allies rally around him after historic conviction
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Sharon Braithwaite, Inke Kappeler and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — European allies of former US President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters want you to remember how she lived, not how she died
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer In the familiar images that circulated after her June 1994 death, Nicole Brown Simpson appears frozen in…
Continue Reading Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial…
Continue Reading Death of a Filipino in South China Sea clashes would be ‘very close’ to act of war, Philippines leader warns
By Brad Lendon and Jerome Taylor, CNN Singapore (CNN) — The death of any Filipino citizen at the hands of another country in the South China…
Continue Reading China says ‘hard to meet’ discussions on Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will be “‘hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war because of problems with arrangements.…
Continue Reading Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Jersey presidential and state primaries
By MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey will choose candidates vying to replace Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who…
Continue Reading US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over death sentence for rapper Toomaj Salehi
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation targeting Iranian officials…
Continue Reading Chinese online retailer Temu latest to face EU’s strictest level of digital scrutiny
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is adding Chinese online retailer Temu to its list of platforms facing the…
Continue Reading EU slaps new sanctions on North Korea in response to its missile program and support for Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has slapped more sanctions on North Korea over its continued efforts to develop ballistic and nuclear missiles…
Continue Reading Tesla recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt warning system
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of…
Continue Reading An inflation gauge closely tracked by Federal Reserve rises at slowest pace this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a…
Continue Reading Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says
By MUIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A new study by the United Nations children’s agency says developing resilient energy systems to…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Washington, DC, primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in the nation’s capital will get their chance to weigh in on the race for the White…
Continue Reading Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by…
Continue Reading Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah, defying international condemnation of operation in southern Gazan city
By Tamar Michaelis and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a…
Continue Reading Rare drone video shows scale of destruction in embattled northeast front line town
VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The Associated Press has obtained rare drone footage of the destroyed ruins of the embattled town of Vovchansk in…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Mexico presidential and state primaries
By MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Mexico voters will be among the last to cast ballots for presidential nominees when the…
Continue Reading Idaho jury begins deliberations in sentencing of Chad Daybell, who faces possible death penalty for 3 murders
By Ray Sanchez, Steve Almasy and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A day after delivering a guilty verdict in Chad Daybell’s murder trial, an…
Continue Reading Trump Media shares recover after post conviction sell-off
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, rebounded…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa voters will cast ballots in primaries for the narrowly divided U.S. House as well as the…
Continue Reading Police with batons approach Israel-Hamas war protesters at UC Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Police with batons have approached protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It isn’t immediately…
Continue Reading Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim
BERLIN (AP) — Police say an assailant with a knife has attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim.…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the final presidential primaries and caucuses of 2024
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2024 presidential primary calendar is drawing to a close with a handful of primaries on…
Continue Reading Trump will try to turn his guilty verdict into campaign fuel
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Being convicted of a felony — let alone 34 of them – is the kind of blow…
Continue Reading The history behind the controversial ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been criticized for a flag flown at his New Jersey vacation house that…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 31: Trump verdict, Plane safety, Gun violence, Ukraine, Hawaii power cuts
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Likely created using artificial intelligence, a viral image of Gaza with the text “All Eyes on Rafah” has…
Continue Reading Russian court extends the detention of a Russian-US journalist
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered a detained Russian American journalist to be held in jail until Aug. 5 pending her trial on charges of…
Continue Reading The Latest | Following Trump’s conviction in hush money case, he is set to hold news conference
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the presumptive…
Continue Reading ABBA will get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love…
Continue Reading Police break up a network that illegally helped foreigners stay in Thailand, arresting dozens
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say they have broken up a large network that illegally helped foreigners, mostly Russians, to stay in Thailand long-term…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea prime minister visits site of massive landslide estimated to have killed hundreds
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a massive landslide that is…
Continue Reading A manhunt is on after suspect shot at officers and took a hostage in Nebraska, authorities say
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A manhunt is on for a suspect who took a woman hostage and fled after opening fire on officers trying to serve…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orbán pushes back on EU and NATO proposals to further assist Ukraine
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is pushing back against some NATO proposals that…
Continue Reading French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia’s capital after days of deadly unrest
By The Associated Press The French interior minister says French authorities in New Caledonia have regained full control of their Pacific…
Continue Reading Inflation ticked up in Europe in May. That likely won’t stop a central bank rate cut next week
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation ticked up to an annual 2.6% in Europe in May. The new figure released on…
Continue Reading Slovak prime minister who was shot in assassination attempt is released from the hospital
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from hospital where he was treated after an…
Continue Reading South Africa heading for ‘coalition country’ as partial election results have ANC falling under 50%
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time as partial election results…
Continue Reading Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian ballistic missiles have slammed into an apartment block in…
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