A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site, forcing the event’s cancellation
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of gay rights have swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia,…
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Switzerland to become a net importer of cheese this year for the first time
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland will import more cheese than it exports this year for the first time, according to the head of the country’s dairy…
Continue Reading Minnesota officials say error in tax cut bill could cost taxpayers $352 million, but promised a fix
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials discovered an error in a tax cut bill lawmakers passed this spring that could cost taxpayers $352 million…
Continue Reading 4 die in upstate NY house fire as crews respond to woman’s desperate call
NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Four people died, including a 5-year-old girl, when a fire swept through a house west of Albany, New York, just before…
Continue Reading Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one…
Continue Reading Six killed when small plane crashes, bursts into flames in field near Southern California airport
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field and burst into flames during the second of two landing…
Continue Reading The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s presidential vote suffers another setback
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The struggle to certify the results of Guatemala’s first-round presidential…
Continue Reading A Vermont police officer, aged 19, died in a crash with a burglary suspect she was chasing
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont police officer was killed and two other officers were injured when a burglary suspect crashed into two police…
Continue Reading Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had…
Continue Reading Latvia’s foreign minister, an ardent backer of Ukraine, is sworn in as the new president
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister, known for his tough line on neighboring Russia and strong…
Continue Reading Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he will spend time in…
Continue Reading Uzbekistan’s leader poised for landslide victory in presidential election
MOSCOW (AP) — Uzbekistan is set to hold a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the…
Continue Reading England soccer stars who will miss the Women’s World Cup sit in Royal Box at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Some of the injured players on England’s national soccer team were treated like royalty at Wimbledon with the Women’s…
Continue Reading Police say 22 officers have been injured during unrest at Eritrean festival in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German police say 22 officers were injured and dozens of people were detained Saturday during unrest at an Eritrean cultural event in…
Continue Reading Climate-hit Pakistan to cooperate with Switzerland on ways to manage the risks of natural disaster
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said his country is looking forward to cooperating with Switzerland on managing the…
Continue Reading Scotland wants to decriminalize drugs. The UK government just says no
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to…
Continue Reading Inmate suspected of homicide escapes from a Pennsylvania jail using bed sheets
WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate described as “very dangerous” who officials say escaped from a jail in northwestern…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s main opposition party goes to court to challenge a police decision to ban its rally
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has gone to court to challenge a police decision to…
Continue Reading Carlos Alcaraz won’t fret about sounding humble at Wimbledon. He wants to face Novak Djokovic
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again.…
Continue Reading South Koreans protest the planned release of Fukushima wastewater during a visit by the head of IAEA
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in South Korea’s capital demanding Japan scrap its…
Continue Reading A Libyan court sentences 3 people to prison terms over human trafficking
CAIRO (AP) — A court in the Libyan capital has sentenced three people to harsh prison terms on charges of human trafficking. It’s a first…
Continue Reading Thousands march in Bosnia to mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide as ethnic tensions linger on
By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press NEZUK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A solemn peace march has started through forests in eastern Bosnia in memory of…
Continue Reading Seven people including two children are killed by a gas explosion in a van in eastern Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a fire in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan killed seven people, including two children. The…
Continue Reading Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, US military says
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy hails Ukraine’s soldiers from a symbolic Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing…
Continue Reading The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has visited the king to hand in the resignation of…
Continue Reading Texas police find 6 people injured after shooting at El Paso party, updated news report says
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An updated news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded six people, fewer than previously reported. KVIA-TV…
Continue Reading Japanese leaders mark 1 year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former…
Continue Reading NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle…
Continue Reading Militants in southeast Iran attack a police station and kill 2 security forces, state TV says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says four militants have attacked a police station with grenades in the country’s southeast. The attack…
Continue Reading A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press SONNEBERG, Germany (AP) — The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right…
Continue Reading An Iowa meteorologist started talking about climate change on newscasts. Then came the harassment
By HANNAH FINGERHUT, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The harassment started to intensify as TV…
Continue Reading Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and…
Continue Reading As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in…
Continue Reading Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice…
Continue Reading UN to vote Monday on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria — either for 6 months or 1 year
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council plans to vote Monday on extending aid deliveries from Turkey…
Continue Reading Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked…
Continue Reading Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations involving Trump have cost more than $9 million
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations of former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified…
Continue Reading Keeping up pressure, China sends warships and fighter jets near Taiwan during Yellen’s Beijing visit
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China has sent 13 aircraft and 6 vessels to airspace and waters around Taiwan as of early…
Continue Reading Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake — for now
By SAM METZ Associated Press ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE (AP) — A brisk wind caught a Kevlar-fiber sail, sending it snapping as Bob Derby and Randy…
Continue Reading The UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military operation
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s United Nations ambassador is calling on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to…
Continue Reading Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating…
Continue Reading Weeklong dock strike on Canada’s west coast is starting to pinch small businesses, experts say
By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian consumers aren’t yet feeling the impact of the weekold port strike…
Continue ReadingCalifornia utility pays $22 million to settle federal claims over 2016 wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a…
Continue Reading Investigator with a metro Atlanta prosecutor’s office shot in car by other motorist, police say
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in the sprawling suburbs northeast of Atlanta say an investigator with a county prosecutor’s office was shot and wounded by…
Continue Reading A gas platform explosion off Mexico kills 2 workers, injures 8 and leaves 1 missing, officials say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say an explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers, injured eight and left…
Continue Reading Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, is one big step closer to freedom
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block…
Continue Reading Rail union says Virginia derailment renews questions about Norfolk Southern’s safety practices
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The union that represents locomotive engineers says a coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about…
Continue Reading Philadelphia community tries to heal from trauma as shooter’s mental health comes into focus
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors and others say in the weeks before Kimbrady Carriker opened fire at random with…
Continue Reading Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin says he’s not running for open US Senate seat
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a congressman from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, has…
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