In Burkina Faso, a growing number of children are traumatized by war
By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid…
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Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rehashing how she found out about former…
Continue ReadingItaly’s premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
By VLASOV SULAJ and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has traveled to Albania to thank its…
Continue ReadingAmanda Knox reconvicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander Wednesday, quashing her hope of…
Continue ReadingPhoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes with highs well over 100
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Continue ReadingDisney set to invest up to $17B in Florida parks now that fight with DeSantis appointees has ended
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end a protracted…
Continue ReadingHard right is set to surge in this week’s European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too
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Continue ReadingEmirati leader meets with Taliban official facing $10 million US bounty over attacks
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates has met with an official in the Taliban…
Continue ReadingBig GOP funders sending millions into Missouri’s attorney general primary
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Major Republican campaign funders are investing millions in Missouri’s GOP attorney general primary. Big…
Continue ReadingNavy vet has Trump’s nod ahead of Virginia’s US Senate primary, targets Tim Kaine in uphill battle
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Political observers have already placed their bets on U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, predicting the…
Continue ReadingRepublicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to…
Continue ReadingLife as a teen without social media isn’t easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first.…
Continue ReadingWill Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
By JILL COLVIN, STEPHEN GROVES and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability…
Continue ReadingIn their own words: What young people wish they’d known about social media
The Associated Press It’s dangerous. It’s addictive. Get off your phone. Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden’s ex-wife and former girlfriend testify at trial about finding his drug paraphernalia
By CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a…
Continue ReadingIn France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy’s 20,000 civilian dead
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more…
Continue ReadingBiden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day…
Continue ReadingA year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a community center in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular…
Continue ReadingA year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a community center in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular…
Continue ReadingIn a West Bank refugee camp, Israel’s raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out
By JACK JEFFERY and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day…
Continue ReadingAsylum-seekers looking for shelter set up encampment in Seattle suburb
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a…
Continue ReadingWhy AP called Rep. Rob Menendez the winner in New Jersey U.S. House primary: Race call explained
By ROBERT YOON and MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has declared U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez the winner of the…
Continue ReadingKim, Bashaw win New Jersey primaries for Senate seat held by embattled Menendez
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw have won their New Jersey U.S. Senate…
Continue ReadingFormer prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix announced Tuesday they’ve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed…
Continue ReadingKansas leaders and new group ramp up efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas legislators have intensified efforts to woo the Super Bowl champion Kansas City…
Continue ReadingWashington parental rights law criticized as a ‘forced outing’ measure is allowed to take effect
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a “forced outing” measure will…
Continue ReadingColumbia University and a Jewish student agree on a settlement that imposes more safety measures
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus. It is part of a settlement…
Continue ReadingAtlanta officials say water repairs are done after 5 days of outages and service is being restored
By JEFF AMY and SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on…
Continue ReadingFBI investigator gives jury at Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial an inside account of surveillance
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An investigator has provided a New York jury a riveting account of an evening in Washington,…
Continue ReadingAnimal control officers in Michigan struggle to capture elusive peacock
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Animal control officers in Michigan are struggling to capture an elusive peacock that has been on the loose for at…
Continue ReadingA new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska’s capital. A critic says it falls short
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the…
Continue ReadingNew study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising…
Continue ReadingA tranquilized black bear takes a dive from a tree, falls into a waiting tarp
CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety…
Continue ReadingConnecticut’s top public defender fired for misconduct alleged by oversight commission
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An oversight commission has fired Connecticut’s top public defender after having accused…
Continue ReadingAfter publishing an article critical of Israel, Columbia Law Review’s website is shut down by board
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of…
Continue ReadingDistrict attorney in Alec Baldwin’s case wins New Mexico Democratic primary race
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An incumbent district attorney pursuing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec…
Continue ReadingFederal judge blocks some rules on abortion pills in North Carolina
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how…
Continue ReadingNew York considers regulating what children see in social media feeds
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their…
Continue ReadingTrump’s lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the…
Continue ReadingThe NBA betting scandal that ended Jontay Porter’s career yields a criminal case against an NYC man
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man was charged Tuesday in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban…
Continue ReadingEx-husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star convicted of hiring mobster to assault her boyfriend
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member has been convicted on charges he hired a reputed mobster to…
Continue ReadingDiddy sells off his stake in Revolt, the media company he founded in 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold off his stake in Revolt, the media company the rapper and entrepreneur founded over a decade…
Continue ReadingWashington warns of danger from China in remembering the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the U.S. Congress say the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against…
Continue ReadingExecution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence
By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court…
Continue ReadingHow Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with…
Continue ReadingHalsey reveals illness, announces new album and shares new song ‘The End’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Halsey has been privately battling illness, the singer revealed Tuesday. She shared the news on…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans plans to spiff up as host of next year’s Super Bowl
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year. And the preparations involve showcasing the…
Continue ReadingFamine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it’s possible that famine is…
Continue ReadingHouse passes proposal sanctioning top war-crimes court after it sought Netanyahu arrest warrant
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for…
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