‘Fast X’ speeds to No. 1; knocks ‘Guardians 3’ to 2nd
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 10th installment of the “Fast and Furious” franchise was off to the races this weekend, knocking “Guardians…
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Two people killed, two injured in New Orleans shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police are investigating after apparently related shootings left two people dead and two injured. Police said in a…
Continue Reading Angry fans crash through gate at El Salvador soccer match in stampede that kills 12, injures dozens
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match…
Continue Reading Shark bites Florida angler on dock, in second incident of the week
By Lauren Mascarenhas and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A shark bit a Florida angler on the foot Friday, in the second shark bite incident of the…
Continue Reading South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Germany have pledged more cooperation in building…
Continue Reading ‘Beware, your life is not valued’: NAACP travel advisory warns Florida is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’
By Holly Yan, Melissa Alonso and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Another advocacy group is warning people of color about traveling to Florida.…
Continue Reading In Cannes, Scorsese and DiCaprio turn spotlight toward Osage Nation
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — It was well into the process of making “Killers of the Flower Moon” that Martin Scorsese…
Continue Reading Mount Etna volcano erupts, raining ash on Catania, forcing flight suspension at local airport
ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, is erupting, spewing ash on Catania, eastern Sicily’s largest city, and forcing…
Continue Reading Hezbollah stages wargames for media, asserts readiness to confront Israel
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press AARAMTA, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has extended a rare media invitation to one of its…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: G7 summit, debt limit deadline, Nebraska abortion ban
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — What does the future of clean energy look like in the US? Picture a massive floating offshore…
Continue Reading East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse
By GANTRY MEILANA Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting is underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election with two former…
Continue Reading Estonia, Latvia plan joint purchase of German medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia and Latvia are jointly planning to acquire German air defense systems for the protection of the airspace of the two NATO…
Continue Reading Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Animal rights activists have gathered in Madrid to protest plans for the construction of a large-scale octopus farm. They said Sunday…
Continue Reading ‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and…
Continue Reading ‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County…
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Stepping into Spielberg’s shoes, James Mangold takes Indiana Jones on one last adventure
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — When the lights came up after a screening on the Walt Disney lot of “Indiana Jones and the…
Continue Reading Stepping into Spielberg’s shoes, James Mangold takes Indiana Jones on one last adventure
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — When the lights came up after a screening on the Walt Disney lot of “Indiana Jones and the…
Continue Reading Chinese investigators blame building collapse that killed 54 on shoddy, illegal construction
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese government report says a building collapse that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal construction and…
Continue Reading Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after depression treatment
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman checked himself in to the hospital…
Continue Reading Afghan ministry says helicopter crash kills 2 crewmembers during patrol in country’s north
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Ministry of Defense says an Afghan military helicopter crashed in the country’s north after hitting a power line base,…
Continue Reading On debt ceiling, Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators ‘keep working’ to resolve standoff
By STEPHEN GROVES, ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round of…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
By ZEKE MILLER, ELISE MORTON and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces…
Continue Reading 1,200-pound great white shark is swimming off the coast of South Carolina
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A 12-foot great white shark was spotted off the coast of South Carolina this week, about a year after it was…
Continue Reading Police: 3 dead, 2 wounded in early morning shooting at Kansas City bar
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A security guard was one of the three people killed in a shooting at a Kansas City bar early Sunday that also wounded two…
Continue Reading Sinn Fein wins in Northern Ireland local elections, urges return of government
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections. The…
Continue Reading Alabama police: 4 people wounded in exchange of gunfire outside Birmingham bar
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were shot and wounded outside an Alabama bar early Sunday in what police described as an exchange of gunfire.…
Continue Reading How Pacific Islanders in the US are keeping their culture alive through dance
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN New York (CNN) — In a dance studio nestled inside a building next to New York City Hall, Tamara Bejar Hernandez counts…
Continue Reading Mothers wanted to watch horrific footage of their children escaping the Robb Elementary massacre. Here’s why we showed them. And why they want others to see
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story contains graphic images and…
Continue Reading State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country…
Continue Reading Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
By TIA GOLDENBERG and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right Israeli Cabinet minister has visited Jerusalem’s most…
Continue Reading G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders and Russia claims disputed gains
By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of…
Continue Reading Boston debuts a digital pop-up libraries pilot program at 20 bus stops
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Boston is making reading on-the-go more accessible through a pilot program that will allow riders to access…
Continue Reading Gallo homers for 4th time in 7 games, Twins beat Angels 6-2
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Joey Gallo homered for the fourth time in seven games, Trevor Larnach hit an RBI triple…
Continue Reading Vela’s stoppage-time PK goal lifts LAFC over Earthquakes 2-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Vela scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time and Los Angeles FC rallied for a 2-1…
Continue Reading Haney retains lightweight titles with unanimous decision over Lomachenko
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney retained his titles Saturday night at the MGM Grand…
Continue Reading Valdez’s 3-run homer, Sale’s 7 strong innings carry Red Sox over Padres 4-2
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chris Sale is close to being back to his old self. Backed by Emmanuel Valdez’s three-run…
Continue Reading An engaged North Carolina couple is planning their dream wedding after fiancé wins $150,000 lottery prize
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — One couple’s dream wedding will become reality after a North Carolina man won the first top prize of $150,000…
Continue Reading A missing Texas woman has been found dead and a man is in custody on suspicion of murder, police say
By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A 20-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week in western Texas was found dead…
Continue Reading What should I do on the death anniversary? More are asking as US mass killings rise
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As the number of people who die in mass killings in the U.S. continues…
Continue Reading Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in…
Continue Reading Kinsey Institute experts study sex, gender as misconceptions block state dollars
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Unfounded claims about Indiana University’s sex research…
Continue Reading Mexico prosecutors withdraw case against woman sentenced to prison for killing man raping her
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman…
Continue Reading New York City has a right to shelter, but will it establish a right to sleep outside?
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city’s right to shelter as…
Continue Reading New York City has a right to shelter, but will it establish a right to sleep outside?
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city’s right to shelter as…
Continue Reading Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority
By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The conservative party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
Continue Reading Japanese atomic bomb survivors worry Zelenskyy’s G7 visit overshadows nuke disarmament message
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Assocaited Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s participation in the Group of Seven summit…
Continue Reading At least 9 dead in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer…
Continue Reading Orlando Pride hands Washington Spirit 1st NWSL loss, 2-1
By SUSIE RANTZ Associated Press Marta had a goal and an assist and the Orlando Pride handed the Washington Spirit their first loss of the regular…
Continue Reading Nuggets on brink of NBA Finals with 119-108 win over Lakers in Game 3
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic was far from his usual dominant self while mired in foul trouble, and Jamal Murray…
Continue Reading Japan, South Korea leaders pray at memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have…
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