Federal regulators promise safety review at all the major freight railroads
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration recently completed a review of Norfolk Southern’s…
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Cities across the Northeast experience better air quality indexes as hazardous wildfire smoke subsides
Courtesy: CNN (CNN) — Sorely missed blue skies are returning and cities across the northeastern US are experiencing better air quality indexes…
Continue Reading US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by…
Continue Reading 16 soldiers face military charges in killing of five men in Mexican border city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Defense Department says 16 soldiers will be tried on military charges in the killing five men in the Mexican…
Continue Reading Mission completed: Man City beats Inter Milan to end wait for first Champions League title
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer ISTANBUL (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent and many tears shed on Manchester City’s journey to the…
Continue Reading American musician arrested in Moscow on drugs suspicion
Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news media are reporting that an American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been…
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Ohtani struggles on mound, with 4.88 ERA in last 8 starts
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dominant on the mound for much of the past three seasons, Shohei Ohtani has struggled over the…
Continue Reading North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner, Mercury teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says
DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The…
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Missing Stanford professor located with help of hikers in Olympic National Park
Courtesy: Clallam County Sheriff’s Office STANFORD, Calif. – UPDATE ON JUNE 11, 2023 AT 11:49 AM- The Stanford professor who went missing last…
Continue Reading Rare pony express envelope bound for Vermont to be auctioned in New York City
By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A rare envelope from the 1860s, the only one ever sent to Vermont via the fabled Pony Express, is going up for…
Continue Reading North Dakota tribe buys idle oil pipeline from Enbridge
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota bought an idle pipeline from the energy company Enbridge to help deliver oil from…
Continue Reading Israelis march against government’s contentious plan to overhaul judiciary
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis are protesting for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to…
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Europe’s ‘crazy’ tourism summer has already started. And it’s going to get much worse
Courtesy: CNN (CNN) — Not since the 1970s has Steve Perillo, CEO and third-generation owner of New Jersey-based tour operator Perillo…
Continue Reading Man arrested after breaking into Florida theme park, hopping into alligator enclosure and filming video for social media, authorities say
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A man is accused of breaking into a Florida theme park, jumping into an alligator enclosure and filming a…
Continue Reading Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month…
Continue Reading Mass slated in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics canceled after protests
DUQUESNE Officials say a Roman Catholic Mass to be held in western Pennsylvania this weekend in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics has been canceled at…
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At least 9 are shot in a ‘targeted and isolated incident’ in San Francisco’s Mission District, police say
Courtesy: KPIX (CNN) — At least nine people were shot Friday in what police believe was a “targeted and isolated incident” in San…
Continue Reading James Cameron feels he ‘walked into an ambush’ in Argentine lithium dispute
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this…
Continue Reading Ted Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ is believed to have died by suicide, source says
By Ray Sanchez, Evan Perez, and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a…
Continue Reading Juilliard fires professor after independent investigation finds credible evidence of misconduct
By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Robert Beaser, the former chair of The Juilliard School’s composition department, was fired after an…
Continue Reading Extremely rare orange lobster caught in Maine’s Casco Bay has new home
By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — An extremely rare, bright orange American lobster caught earlier this month in Maine’s Casco Bay by a lobstering…
Continue Reading Randy Cox, paralyzed in police van, reaches $45 million settlement with New Haven, Connecticut
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being…
Continue Reading Heavy rains in northwest Pakistan leave 25 dead, 145 injured
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least…
Continue Reading Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for years of attacks that killed 3, dies in prison at 81
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who…
Continue Reading Rome holds LGBTQ+ Pride parade amid backdrop of Meloni government crackdown on surrogate births
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rome’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade is winding its way through the Italian capital. This…
Continue Reading Canadians fighting wildfires see hope in improving weather conditions
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadians fighting the wildfires that have sent a hazardous haze over the country’s northeast and much of northeastern United…
Continue Reading 2 dead, another injured, in shooting involving Kansas City officer, authorities say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two people are dead and a third person is injured after a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer Friday night, but…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s central bank chief arrested after being suspended by president
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s central bank chief has been arrested hours after he was suspended by the…
Continue Reading Syria’s Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them
By HOGIR AL ABDO and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters…
Continue Reading US OPEN ’23: 10 players expected to contend at Los Angeles CC
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A capsule look at 10 players expected to contend in the U.S. Open, which starts Thursday at Los…
Continue Reading Cities across the Northeast experience better air quality indexes as hazardous wildfire smoke subsides
By Alaa Elassar and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Sorely missed blue skies are returning and cities across the northeastern US are experiencing…
Continue Reading US Open in LA nearly afterthought with Saudi, PGA Tour deal
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The toughest test in golf takes on several meanings for this U.S. Open. Tough usually starts…
Continue Reading US OPEN ’23: A brief summation of first US Open in LA in 75 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A brief look at the 123rd U.S. Open, the first time in 75 years it goes to Los Angeles: Dates: June 15-18. Site: The Los Angeles…
Continue Reading Troops feel the heat, and several faint, as Prince William reviews military parade
LONDON (AP) — Several British soldiers were overcome by the heat on Saturday as they turned out in woolen tunics and bearskin hats to salute Prince…
Continue Reading A real estate agent, a 2-year-old and an experienced pilot. These are the victims of the Virginia plane crash
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A pilot and three passengers were killed Sunday after the unresponsive private jet they were on board crashed…
Continue Reading One of the most dangerous hours in America is now 11 o’clock on Sunday morning
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Jeanne Assam had a gut feeling that something terrible was about to happen as she watched parishioners leave a…
Continue Reading 49ers to complete Leeds takeover with NBA players Nance, McConnell as minority investors
LEEDS, England (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers ownership group has reached an agreement to take over English soccer club Leeds with NBA players…
Continue Reading Iran police shooting at car to stop thief killed his 9-year-old son, authorities say
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say a boy was shot and killed by police after his father stole a car in the southwestern…
Continue Reading One of 2 giant ducks in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflates
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — One of the two giant inflatable ducks floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflated on…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson’s bombshell exit from Parliament leaves UK politics reeling
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament…
Continue Reading Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press FUERTH, Germany (AP) — The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St.…
Continue Reading US OPEN ’23: Hole by hole look at Los Angeles Country Club
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hole-by-hole look at the North course at Los Angeles Country Club, site of the 123rd U.S. Open…
Continue Reading Beverly Hills-adjacent golf club opens doors to world with U.S. Open
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For much of the past century, the Los Angeles Country Club was quite literally a hidden gem.…
Continue Reading Beverly Hills-adjacent golf club opens doors to world with U.S. Open
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For much of the past century, the Los Angeles Country Club was quite literally a hidden gem.…
Continue Reading US OPEN ’23: Capsules of previous 14 US Opens in California
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A capsule look at the previous 14 times the U.S. Open was held in California. The U.S. Open…
Continue Reading Pope Francis takes doctors’ advice to skip Sunday public blessing as he recovers from major surgery
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, “wisely” following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano spews ash, lava in new eruption
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 3 kilometers (2 miles) into the air, officials…
Continue Reading Children who were stabbed in France no longer in life-threatening condition as suspect is charged
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Four young children stabbed in a playground in the French Alps are no…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy says ‘counteroffensive, defensive actions’ taking place in Ukraine
By SAMYA KULLAB and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive…
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