If this Delaware senator wins a US House seat, she’ll be the 1st trans member of Congress
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride announced Monday she’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Already the first…
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DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that largely mirrors Trump’s
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s president is running for reelection, though critics say the constitution prohibits him
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s president has registered for reelection in next February’s contest even though legal experts…
Continue Reading EU auditors fears reaching ambitious climate targets will run into financial problems
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s auditing agency is warning there might not be sufficient financing available…
Continue Reading Where to pick Matvei Michkov and other Russian players is a top question at the NHL draft
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Matvei Michkov is probably the best hockey prospect out of Russia in nearly a decade. He might be the best since…
Continue Reading Supreme Court dismisses case in which Democratic lawmakers sued over Trump hotel lease
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government. The…
Continue Reading Was your flight canceled amid bad weather? What you need to know about rebooking, refunds and more
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid peak summer travel, thousands of air travelers faced flight cancellations and delays this weekend and…
Continue Reading Swedish government investigators launch probe of deadly roller coaster accident
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish government investigators on Monday launched a probe into a roller coaster accident that killed one person and injured nine…
Continue Reading Spanish Royal Academy rejects suggestion to change language’s name to ‘Ñamericano’
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The director of the Spanish-speaking world’s top linguistic institution on Monday…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to…
Continue Reading EU urges caution as mercenary revolt raises doubts about Russian president’s grip on power
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers urged caution Monday after a failed revolt by mercenaries in Russia raised…
Continue Reading Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old…
Continue Reading Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they’re drowning in debt
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Safer ways to raid your retirement, if you have to
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Generally, it’s best to leave the money in your retirement accounts safely tucked away. Withdrawing money early can…
Continue Reading Israel OK’s plans for thousands of new settlement homes, defying White House calls for restraint
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media say the country’s far-right government has approved plans to build over…
Continue Reading Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank
BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it is willing to send around 4,000 troops to Lithuania on a permanent basis to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank. German…
Continue Reading German government calls for tolerance after far-right party wins control of a county for first time
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says the country is shaped by values such as tolerance and respect and has called for them to be upheld a…
Continue Reading NATO chief makes last-ditch bid to bring Sweden into the fold before next month’s summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is calling an urgent meeting in coming days to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden…
Continue Reading A couple marking their 50th anniversary were stabbed to death, and a suspect has been charged
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of three people, a Boston-area husband and…
Continue Reading Outrage erupts after man accused of blasphemy is stoned to death in latest mob killing in Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say a man has been stoned to death after being accused of blasphemy in northwest…
Continue Reading Amsterdam’s Hermitage museum is renamed after cutting ties with Russia following Ukraine invasion
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of…
Continue Reading H&M workers strike for higher pay across Spain, shutting down stores
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of retail workers have walked off the job across Spain in a new round of strikes…
Continue Reading Hollywood mogul acknowledges gifts to Netanyahu may have been ‘excessive’ in 2nd day of testimony
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A billionaire Israeli movie mogul has taken the stand for a second day in Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Fukushima nuclear plant operator says equipment to release treated wastewater into sea is complete
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials say all equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater…
Continue Reading Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency says the Netherlands and Belgium…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone near the southern border
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says that its fighters shot down an Israeli drone that was flying near the border and over…
Continue Reading Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds among new investors backing F1 team Alpine in $218 million deal
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France (AP) — Formula One team Alpine has secured a $218 million boost from a group of investors that includes Hollywood star…
Continue Reading Prince William launches 5-year project to end long-term homelessness in the UK
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William launched a five-year project to end long-term homelessness in the United Kingdom on…
Continue Reading Serbia releases 3 Kosovo police officers after arrests fueled tensions between Balkan foes
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A court in Serbia has released three police officers from Kosovo who were detained near the…
Continue Reading Tornado and other severe weather kill 3, damage homes, and knock out power in multiple states
SHOALS, Ind. (AP) — Severe weather on Sunday has led to three deaths in the central U.S. A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and…
Continue Reading The US government is awarding $1.7 billion to buy electric and low-emission buses
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero-…
Continue Reading Live Updates | Fallout from Russian mercenary armed revolt
By The Associated Press Britain’s defense minister says Ukraine has recaptured about 300 square kilometers, or 115 square miles, of territory…
Continue Reading 5 killed in Kenya as concerns grow over increasing terror attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five people have been killed in a Kenyan border village as concerns grow over increasing attacks in the country. The weekend…
Continue Reading Denmark to start the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government says that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets has started and the retirement of…
Continue Reading Victor Wembanyama says he won’t play for France’s national team at this year’s World Cup
By TIM REYNOLDS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writers SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has some bad news for France. The No. 1 draft pick told…
Continue Reading Pro-government ethnic militias in east Myanmar shift loyalty to join fighters against military rule
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Members of resistance groups in Myanmar say units of an ethnic militia in eastern Kayah state that is…
Continue Reading Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river,…
Continue Reading New Zealand leader’s plane so prone to breakdowns he takes a backup on China trip
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a…
Continue Reading Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of COVID measures
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, and then…
Continue Reading Guatemala voters send 2 presidential candidates on opposite sides of political spectrum to a runoff
By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans have sent two presidential candidates from opposite…
Continue Reading Conservative Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s prime minister while far-right sees election surge
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as prime minister…
Continue Reading Lightning strikes kill 10 as pre-monsoon rains lash Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lightning strikes across Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province killed at least 10 people, officials said Monday as heavy…
Continue Reading Putin says the aborted rebellion played into the hands of Russia’s enemies
By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt, the gravest threat yet to his power, as…
Continue Reading Thousands of North Koreans march in anti-US rallies as country marks Korean War anniversary
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-U.S. rallies in the nation’s…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students’
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury will soon decide the fate of a Florida sheriff’s deputy accused of…
Continue Reading US aircraft carrier makes Da Nang port call as America looks to strengthen ties with Vietnam
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. aircraft carrier and two guided missile cruisers are visiting Vietnam in a rare port call…
Continue Reading After the Titan implosion, the US Coast Guard wants to improve the safety of submersibles
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press As an international group of agencies investigates why the Titan submersible…
Continue Reading Chaos in Russia is morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes on with early stages of counteroffensive
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The armed rebellion against the Russian military may have ended quickly, but the disarray…
Continue Reading Essentials for the Hajj: From sun hats to shoe bags, a guide to gear for the Muslim pilgrimage
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Straw hats, cross-body bags, and collapsible chairs: These are just some of the…
Continue Reading Haruki Murakami pleads for keeping Tokyo park and baseball stadium that inspired his writing
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Author Haruki Murakami says he’s strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a Tokyo park…
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