Why judges use gag orders in high-profile cases like the Idaho student killings
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of media organizations and the family of a murder victim came to an Idaho court on Friday with the…
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Putin asserts Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun, while drones strike within Russia
By JAMEY KEATEN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian troops have started…
Continue Reading South Korea summons China’s envoy over comments accusing Seoul of tilting excessively toward US
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned China’s ambassador to protest comments…
Continue Reading Why Turkey’s currency is crashing after Erdogan got reelected
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy…
Continue Reading As Biden visits renamed N.C. military base, DeSantis slams ‘political correctness run amok’
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina on…
Continue Reading Giant inflatable ducks make a splash in Hong Kong as pop-art project returns after 10 years
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Two giant inflatable ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on Friday, marking…
Continue Reading In Zimbabwe, announcement of election date triggers both hope and despair
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president recently announced that national elections will take place on Aug.…
Continue Reading Vatican: Pope sitting up, working from an armchair after abdominal surgery
ROME (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis is “progressively improving” and sitting in an armchair working. That follows surgery this week to…
Continue Reading Sudan’s government declares UN envoy no longer welcome; warring sides agree to 24-hour cease-fire
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s government says the U.N. envoy to the country, a key negotiator in its brutal conflict,…
Continue Reading A dam collapses and thousands face the deluge — often with no help — in Russian-occupied Ukraine
By ILLIA NOVIKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For days, the Ukrainian teenager has waited in the attic,…
Continue Reading France hails ‘hero with a backpack’ who intervened in knife attack on very young children
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab…
Continue Reading Philippines evacuates people near Mayon Volcano, where more unrest indicates eruption may be coming
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops, police and rescue workers began forcibly evacuating residents near Mayon Volcano on Friday as its…
Continue Reading Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Honduran President Xiomara Castro has arrived in Shanghai, kicking off her first visit…
Continue Reading Cyprus labors to shield reputation amid new US, UK action on Russian ‘sanctions evasion network’
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — For Cypriots, it was a collective “here we go again” moment: In April,…
Continue Reading How Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks about his own Catholic faith on the presidential campaign trail
By TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical…
Continue Reading Stock market today: European shares slip, Asian shares higher after Wall St’s return to bull market
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — European shares declined Friday after a day of gains in Asia following Wall Street’s return to…
Continue Reading A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria’s Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A little white pill has given Syrian President Bashar Assad powerful leverage with his Arab…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis woos GOP Christian voters but stays tight-lipped on his own Catholic faith
By TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As Ron DeSantis wrapped up a 12-stop campaign tour that began in an Iowa evangelical…
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Oregon, mecca of weed, to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come…
Continue Reading Pat Robertson united evangelical Christians and pushed them into conservative politics
By BEN FINLEY, PETER SMITH and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians…
Continue Reading Drake, GloRilla, Lizzo, 21 Savage enter BET Awards as top nominees
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake could make an impactful mark at the BET Awards later this month. The…
Continue Reading Car-dependent California seeks to follow New York’s lead and save public transit
By JEFF McMURRAY and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sadaf Zahoor has bucked California’s car culture by never owning one,…
Continue Reading Car-obsessed California seeks to follow New York’s lead and save public transit
By JEFF McMURRAY and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sadaf Zahoor has bucked California’s car culture by never owning one,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts…
Continue Reading Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest…
Continue Reading Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press A judge overseeing the case against a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students is considering…
Continue Reading Adell homers in return to majors as Angels beat Cubs 3-1 to complete series sweep
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — This night was definitely a long time coming for Jo Adell and Reid Detmers. Adell homered in…
Continue Reading Joran van der Sloot pleads not guilty to extorting and defrauding Natalee Holloway’s mom
By Jean Casarez, Aaron Cooper and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A not guilty plea was entered in US federal court on Friday on behalf of Joran van…
Continue Reading In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselves
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says
By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump improperly stored in his…
Continue Reading Japan aims to refocus its foreign aid on maritime and economic security and national interests
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan approved a major revision to its development aid policy Friday to focus on maritime and…
Continue Reading To restore reefs dying in warming seas, UAE turns to coral nurseries
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Restoration efforts are underway in the United Arab Emirates as coral reefs…
Continue Reading Brother of gay American who was fatally attacked in Sydney in 1988 says police demonized family
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The brother of a gay American who was attacked and fell from a Sydney cliff top in 1988 said elements within local…
Continue Reading Brother of gay American who was fatally attacked in Sydney in 1988 says police demonized family
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The brother of a gay American who was attacked and fell from a Sydney cliff top in 1988 said elements within local…
Continue Reading Louisiana governor says he intends to veto anti-LGBTQ+ bills including ban on gender-affirming care
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said Thursday he intends to veto a package of…
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Alert level lowered for Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano as thousands watch the dazzling display
Originally Published: 08 JUN 23 00:56 ET Updated: 08 JUN 23 19:07 ET By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — US officials lowered…
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Making their mark, keeping the Filipino American history alive on the Central Coast
Courtesy: Dan Fallorina SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- While AAPI month is over, the fight and work to get Filipino American history in the…
Continue Reading FBI arrests Texas businessman linked to impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton
By JAKE BLEIBERG and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The FBI on Thursday arrested a businessman at the center of the scandal…
Continue Reading ‘Dollarization’ of North Korean economy, once vital, now potential threat to Kim’s rule
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Before fleeing North Korea in 2014, Jeon Jae-hyun kept U.S. dollars as a store of value…
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Santa Cruz County Fair gets new manager
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Fair has announced that Zeke Fraser has become the new manager of the Santa Cruz Fair and Santa…
Continue Reading New York lawmakers pass bill that considers reparations for slavery
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the…
Continue Reading Social media and duct tape are helping people make DIY air purifiers that filter out wildfire smoke
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the…
Continue Reading Trump indicted: What to know about the documents case and what’s next
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump’s indictment on federal charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate…
Continue Reading Nevada Senate vote on proposed A’s stadium in Las Vegas extended until next week
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Senate adjourned Thursday without voting on a financing bill…
Continue Reading Nevada Senate vote on proposed A’s stadium in Las Vegas extended until next week
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Senate adjourned Thursday without voting on a financing bill…
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California announces $288 million for drought and flood projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that $288 million will fund multiple drought and flood projects…
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Men who defaced BLM mural at Santa Cruz City Hall to help with repainting
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Two men found guilty of defacing a Black Lives Matter mural in front of Santa Cruz City Hall back in 2021 are expected…
Continue Reading Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge in Manhattan federal court blamed ChatGPT…
Continue Reading Casey White sentenced to life for 2022 escape from Alabama jail with female corrections officer
By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Casey White was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his escape from the…
Continue Reading Social media and duct tape are helping people make DIY air purifiers that filter out wildfire smoke
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the…
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