US announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five Honduran migrants are dead and another 18 are injured following the crash of the van they were riding in on Mexico’s…
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Continue Reading1 year prison for architect who paid $100K in bribes to Honolulu building permit officials
HONOLULU (AP) — An architect has been sentenced to a year in prison for paying more than $100,000 in bribes to Honolulu city employees in exchange…
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Continue ReadingRioter who stole badge, radio from beaten officer on Jan. 6 gets more than 4 years in prison
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A New York man who stole a badge and radio from a police officer brutally beaten by other rioters during the…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden to host the leaders of Japan and South Korea for an August summit at Camp David
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea next month for a…
Continue ReadingA Bay Area man fatally stabbed a woman and posted video of it on Facebook, police say
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — A man allegedly stabbed a woman to death in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday and then posted a video of the slaying…
Continue ReadingAttorneys preserve the right to invoke insanity in shootings that killed 4 in Maine
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MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian authorities say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River belonged to a man connected to an investigation into the…
Continue ReadingAlabama authorities charge Carlee Russell for fabricating story about kidnapping, finding toddler
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Continue ReadingThe Emmy Awards are postponed due to the Hollywood actors and writers strike, source says
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Continue ReadingIR, PUP, NFI. What do all of those NFL roster designations mean?
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NFL players compete all offseason and through training camp to make the active roster of their current…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government statistics agency says it had to pay gangs to enter some towns to do census work last year. The…
Continue ReadingBoots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charity
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Continue ReadingSen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy…
Continue ReadingTravis Scott drops ‘Utopia,’ his first album since the Astroworld festival tragedy
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track…
Continue ReadingPolice officer reaches milestone in recovery from critical wounds in Louisville bank shooting
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Continue ReadingFree food fridges take off in parts of Europe in eco-friendly bid to fight waste
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — In an effort to cut down on food waste and help eco-conscious consumers, a Geneva nonprofit is…
Continue ReadingFellow Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses
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Continue ReadingWith affirmative action out, North Carolina’s flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or…
Continue Reading2 people die in Berlin after jumping from a building to escape a fire, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) — Two people died on Friday after jumping from a building in Berlin to escape a fire on an upper floor, authorities said. An apartment…
Continue ReadingYorkshire punished for extremely serious misconduct over racism experienced by ex-player Azeem Rafiq
LONDON (AP) — Yorkshire has been fined and docked points in two formats of cricket over the club’s “extremely serious” misconduct in relation…
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Continue ReadingIMF agrees to release $7.5 billion to cash-strapped Argentina as its economy reels from drought
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Continue ReadingMexico’s navy finds boat but not missing US sailor
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Continue ReadingGeorgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in…
Continue ReadingJudge OKs $15M payout from store where Alex Murdaugh’s underage son got beer before fatal crash
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A fatal boat crash believed to have spun the downfall of Alex Murdaugh has resulted in a $15 million settlement in a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingCanadian border agents seize $6 million in cocaine at North Dakota entry point
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) — Canadian officials say border agents seized nearly 140 pounds of cocaine worth $6 million from a commercial truck seeking to…
Continue ReadingTaliban use stun guns, fire hoses and gunfire to break up Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press Afghan women protesting a beauty salon ban say the Taliban used stun guns, fire hoses and gun shots into the air to…
Continue ReadingPolice searching apartment of Chicago man charged in man’s killing find woman dead in refrigerator
CHICAGO (AP) — Officers searching the apartment of a Chicago man accused of fatally stabbing a man on a restaurant’s roof discovered the body…
Continue ReadingSenators rebuke Wisconsin congressman who yelled vulgarities at high school-age pages
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin is refusing to apologize…
Continue ReadingSwedish mining firm Boliden is exempted from paying compensation for toxic spill in Spain in 1998
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sweden’s mining firm Boliden has been exempted from paying 89 million euros, or…
Continue ReadingOil pipeline construction in Minnesota ruptured an aquifer. Officials say it’s the 4th time
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company’s construction…
Continue ReadingMaryland political aide died after 2 gunshot wounds, one self-inflicted
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Continue ReadingWith Trump newly indicted, here’s what to know about the documents case and what’s next
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing…
Continue ReadingDemocrats claim the GOP is withholding evidence contradicting claims in Hunter Biden probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are demanding the release of a transcript from a new FBI witness, saying it…
Continue Reading21 arrested in North Macedonia over fan violence ahead of Levski Sofia-Shkupi match
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia have arrested 21 people following clashes between visiting Levski Sofia soccer fans…
Continue ReadingMerger talks end between large health care systems in Minnesota, South Dakota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A merger that would have created one of the largest health service companies in the Upper Midwest has been scrapped.…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is being sued by wildlife and environmental…
Continue Reading‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Streams of air whirled by Ida Cartlidge in every direction, but…
Continue ReadingHow living in a mobile home makes you more likely to die in a tornado
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