Month: June 2023

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Summer hasn’t officially started, but extreme heat is already making itself right at home…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany welcomed a deal Friday among European Union countries to increase by more than a third the bloc’s renewable energy target…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge says the trial of a lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group will be…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Two men facing federal charges connected to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man are scheduled to go on trial in…

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three small-town Pennsylvania police officers collectively “kicked, punched, choked and…

BY WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may…

By ADAM BEAM and JOSH FUNK Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The railroad industry on Friday sued to block new environmental rules in…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after he was deemed responsible for the…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police sergeant has been fired for his role in a botched 2019 raid at the home of a Black woman who was handcuffed while…

SEQUATCHIE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say six people including three children have been found dead in a Tennessee home where police responded to a…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A new federal lawsuit alleges that the eight police officers who…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Treasury has announced sanctions on a Mexico-based migrant-trafficking gang that supplied asylum seekers with…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money…

By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to authorize a strike,…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested six people for their alleged roles in a human smuggling ring that brought migrants from…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The cries of adoring fans filled the air as stars like actor Jacob Elordi and Italian singer Elodie…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” who have heart disease or are at high risk for it,…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian prosecutors have opened legal proceedings against three Kosovo police officers…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended 25 games by the NBA — his second ban in four months — and…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Devout baseball fans might view their teams’ performance as heavenly or hellish, depending on the quality of…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The global soccer players’ union says is working with FIFA to make sure that payments promised to all players…

By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Local authorities in northeast Nigeria say Islamic extremist rebels have killed at least…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has launched a new center to help protect vulnerable undersea pipelines and cables. The…