More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of…
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Top investigator in Karen Read murder case questioned over inappropriate texts
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Defense attorneys for a woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a…
Continue ReadingAfter years of delays, scaled-back plans underway for memorial to Florida nightclub massacre
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and the families of victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial in place…
Continue ReadingWith 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two…
Continue ReadingAmericans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin
By TERESA CRAWFORD and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press WAUBEKA, Wis. (AP) — Each June, Waubeka, Wisconsin, venerates one of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingCooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money
By VIVIANNE WANDERA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Piles of firewood surrounded Jane Muthoni in her kitchen made of iron sheets. The roof,…
Continue ReadingHeavy snows and drought of deadly ‘dzud’ kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals…
Continue ReadingDutch court convicts 3 men of murder in fatal shooting of investigative reporter in 2021
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their roles in the 2021 shooting of…
Continue ReadingFaking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China’s efforts to influence…
Continue ReadingThefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an…
Continue ReadingUS inflation cooled in May in a sign that price pressures may be easing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States eased in May for a second straight month, a hopeful…
Continue ReadingWhat’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? Here’s the list.
By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has a lot of work left to do and one week left to do…
Continue ReadingHong Kong invokes a new law to cancel passports of 6 overseas-based activists, including Nathan Law
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government has canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new…
Continue ReadingBull that jumped the fence at Oregon rodeo forced to retire from competition, owner says
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull bred for bucking, has performed in his first and last rodeo.…
Continue ReadingMexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 vaquita porpoises, the most endangered marine mammal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Only six to eight critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises were sighted this year in the Gulf of California. But…
Continue ReadingWhy AP called Rep. Nancy Mace the winner in the South Carolina U.S. House Republican primary
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s Republican primary victory in South Carolina on Tuesday was powered by a…
Continue ReadingEx-Australia rugby league star Jarryd Hayne wins an appeal against his rape conviction
SYDNEY (AP) — Former Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne has had his rape conviction overturned on appeal. The New South Wales Court…
Continue ReadingAlabama seeks more nitrogen executions, despite concern over the method
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked the state Supreme Court to authorize another execution using nitrogen gas. The request comes months after…
Continue ReadingJudges hear Elizabeth Holmes’ appeal of fraud conviction while she remains in Texas prison
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal…
Continue ReadingTrump-backed candidate Austin Theriault wins primary in Maine district rocked by mass shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Maine state lawmaker Austin Theriault has won the chance to try to unseat one…
Continue ReadingOff-duty guard charged with killing Seattle-area teen after mistaking toy for gun, authorities say
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press An off-duty security guard has been charged with second-degree murder by prosecutors who say that he fatally shot…
Continue ReadingAP sources: 8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in US on immigration violations
By ERIC TUCKER and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight people from Tajikistan with suspected ties to the Islamic State group…
Continue ReadingParamount Global owner calls off merger talks with Skydance Media
NEW YORK (AP) — National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, said Tuesday that it has…
Continue ReadingThousands of displaced residents in southern Mexico fear returning to their homes after violence
By RAÚL VERA Associated Press YAJALON, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of residents displaced by violence that intensified this week in the southern…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley-backed voter plan for new California city qualifies for November ballot
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley-backed initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in the San…
Continue ReadingA magnitude 4.8 earthquake in southwestern South Korea cracks walls and leaves other minor damage
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has cracked walls and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South…
Continue ReadingFederal appeals court upholds California law banning gun shows at county fairs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs and other public properties,…
Continue ReadingFamily of Texas man who died after altercation with jailers wants federal investigation
By KEN MILLER Associated Press The family of a Texas man who died after an altercation with jailers, including one who pinned his knee to the…
Continue ReadingVirginia NAACP sues school board for reinstating Confederate names
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press The Virginia NAACP has sued school officials in a rural county after they restored Confederate military names to two…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for Hunter Biden after his conviction on federal gun charges
By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s legal woes are not over after his…
Continue ReadingMissouri executes man convicted of killing former lover and her husband
By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors called a fit…
Continue ReadingMan arraigned in fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago police officer
CHICAGO (AP) — A 22-year-old man has entered a plea of not guilty in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer. Xavier L. Tate Jr.…
Continue ReadingSupermarket gunman’s lawyers say he should be exempt from the death penalty because he was 18
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyers for the gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket say he should…
Continue ReadingUN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating…
Continue ReadingChefs from the Americas are competing in New Orleans in hopes of making finals in France
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pastry competition kicked off what Chef Emeril Lagasse calls a kind of “culinary Olympics” taking place in New Orleans…
Continue ReadingOperations of the hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline can begin, regulators say
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline has been given the go-ahead to start…
Continue ReadingMontana man gets 2 months in a federal prison for evidence tampering after killing grizzly bear
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — An 80-year-old northwestern Montana man has been sentenced to two months in a federal prison, fined $10,000 and ordered to…
Continue ReadingLawsuit filed challenging Arkansas school voucher program created by 2023 law
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed challenging an Arkansas school voucher program as…
Continue ReadingAmerican investor Martin Shkreli accused of copying and sharing one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — American investor Martin Shkreli is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly retaining and sharing…
Continue ReadingUnion: 4 Florida police officers indicted for 2019 shootout that left UPS driver and passerby dead
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted in connection with a 2019 shootout…
Continue ReadingKey witness at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez faces grueling day of cross-examination
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The government’s prized turncoat witness at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has been…
Continue ReadingGov. Jay Inslee says Washington will make clear that hospitals must provide emergency abortions
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina lawmakers approve mask bill that allows health exemption after pushback
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A reworked version of a bill that originally caught flak for removing a pandemic-era…
Continue ReadingTruck hauling 150 pigs overturns on Ohio interstate
CLAYTON, Ohio (AP) — State troopers in Ohio say a truck hauling more than 150 pigs overturned on an Ohio interstate highway ramp. Troopers say the…
Continue ReadingBilly Ray Cyrus files for divorce from Firerose after 7 months of marriage
By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy Ray Cyrus filed for divorce from singer Firerose, whose real name is Johanna Rose…
Continue ReadingJudge sets hearing over alleged leak of Nashville school shooter info to conservative outlet
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge considering a conservative outlet’s public records case about…
Continue Reading1 fatally shot on Atlanta area transit bus that led officers on wild rush hour chase, police say
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One person died after being shot on a commuter bus Tuesday afternoon that led officers on a wild…
Continue ReadingUS will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv’s desperate calls for air defenses
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. officials say the United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system.…
Continue ReadingIn North Dakota GOP primaries, US Rep. Armstrong wins for governor and Fedorchak for House
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor, while…
Continue ReadingVoting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico’s primaries
By CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission says it’s reviewing its contract with a…
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