England’s health service says it won’t give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The publicly funded health service in England has decided it will not routinely offer…
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Elvis Presley’s cousin lifts Democrats’ hopes in Mississippi governor’s race
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and SARA BURNETT Associated Press GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — Conservative Mississippi is tough territory for Democrats, but the…
Continue Reading Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing…
Continue Reading Police: Six people shot in parking lot outside Houston club; 1 person in critical condition
HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Houston say six people were shot and injured after someone opened fire in a crowded parking lot outside of a club in…
Continue Reading Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing…
Continue Reading Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military,…
Continue Reading Strong earthquake rattles northern Japan; no damage reported
TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido. There are no immediate reports of damage or…
Continue Reading Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban is criticizing a U.N. report that highlighted discord and strife within their ranks. The group, on Sunday, called the…
Continue Reading IS militants kill 2 Iraqi soldiers, wound 3 others in northern Iraq, officials say
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s security media office says Islamic State group militants have attacked an Iraqi army…
Continue ReadingFrench town gathers at playground where young children were stabbed to support victims
PARIS (AP) — Children, parents and grandparents joined a few thousand well-wishers Sunday in a park in the French Alps town of Annecy to show…
Continue Reading China complains to South Korean ambassador in tit-for-tat move after Seoul summoned Beijing’s envoy
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says an assistant minister has lodged a complaint with South Korea’s ambassador to China. The move…
Continue Reading Pro-EU group projected to win Montenegro snap parliamentary election
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A recently formed centrist group that advocates Montenegro joining the European…
Continue Reading Minor earthquake shakes Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An earthquake has shaken South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg. The U.S. Geological Survey, recorded a 5.0 magnitude…
Continue Reading European leaders offer more aid to Tunisia amid efforts to curb migration
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — European leaders are holding out the promise of more than 1…
Continue Reading German shepherd wounded in Ukraine gets new start as Hungarian police dog
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After a rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, half of Rambo’s face was mangled and…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
By LORI HINNANT, SAM McNEIL and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s army says shootout near Afghan border kills 3 soldiers, 3 militants
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s army says militants have attacked a security checkpoint in the country’s northwest, near the…
Continue Reading Honduras opens embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off…
Continue Reading Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years, seeking to set precedent
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is…
Continue Reading Smokestack implosion at defunct Detroit trash incinerator ends decades of stink
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered Detroit…
Continue Reading Vegas Golden Knights hold off Florida Panthers 3-2, move win from Stanley Cup title
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — With no time left on the clock in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, helmets, gloves, sticks…
Continue Reading Trump pledges to endorse Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pledged to endorse Republican…
Continue Reading Arcangelo wins Belmont Stakes to make Jena Antonucci 1st female trainer to win a Triple Crown race
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jena Antonucci turned a Triple Crown marred by thoroughbred deaths on the track and threatened by…
Continue Reading Conor McGregor knocks out Heat mascot in bizarre promotion at NBA Finals
MIAMI (AP) — Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong. Burnie — more specifically,…
Continue Reading DeSantis argues he’s top Trump alternative even as ex-president’s indictment overshadows 2024 race
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PONCA, Okla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis ventured far from the usual presidential campaign trail…
Continue Reading Federal regulators promise safety review at all the major freight railroads
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration recently completed a review of Norfolk Southern’s…
Continue Reading US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by…
Continue Reading 16 soldiers face military charges in killing of five men in Mexican border city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Defense Department says 16 soldiers will be tried on military charges in the killing five men in the Mexican…
Continue Reading Mission completed: Man City beats Inter Milan to end wait for first Champions League title
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer ISTANBUL (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent and many tears shed on Manchester City’s journey to the…
Continue Reading American musician arrested in Moscow on drugs suspicion
Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news media are reporting that an American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been…
Continue Reading North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner, Mercury teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says
DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The…
Continue Reading North Dakota tribe buys idle oil pipeline from Enbridge
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota bought an idle pipeline from the energy company Enbridge to help deliver oil from…
Continue Reading Israelis march against government’s contentious plan to overhaul judiciary
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis are protesting for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to…
Continue Reading Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month…
Continue Reading Mass slated in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics canceled after protests
DUQUESNE Officials say a Roman Catholic Mass to be held in western Pennsylvania this weekend in solidarity with LGBTQ Catholics has been canceled at…
Continue Reading James Cameron feels he ‘walked into an ambush’ in Argentine lithium dispute
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this…
Continue Reading Randy Cox, paralyzed in police van, reaches $45 million settlement with New Haven, Connecticut
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being…
Continue Reading Heavy rains in northwest Pakistan leave 25 dead, 145 injured
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say heavy rains swept through Pakistan’s northwest, causing several houses to collapse and leaving at least…
Continue Reading Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for years of attacks that killed 3, dies in prison at 81
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who…
Continue Reading Rome holds LGBTQ+ Pride parade amid backdrop of Meloni government crackdown on surrogate births
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Rome’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade is winding its way through the Italian capital. This…
Continue Reading Canadians fighting wildfires see hope in improving weather conditions
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadians fighting the wildfires that have sent a hazardous haze over the country’s northeast and much of northeastern United…
Continue Reading 2 dead, another injured, in shooting involving Kansas City officer, authorities say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two people are dead and a third person is injured after a shooting involving a Kansas City police officer Friday night, but…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s central bank chief arrested after being suspended by president
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s central bank chief has been arrested hours after he was suspended by the…
Continue Reading Syria’s Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them
By HOGIR AL ABDO and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters…
Continue Reading Troops feel the heat, and several faint, as Prince William reviews military parade
LONDON (AP) — Several British soldiers were overcome by the heat on Saturday as they turned out in woolen tunics and bearskin hats to salute Prince…
Continue Reading Iran police shooting at car to stop thief killed his 9-year-old son, authorities say
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities say a boy was shot and killed by police after his father stole a car in the southwestern…
Continue Reading One of 2 giant ducks in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflates
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — One of the two giant inflatable ducks floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflated on…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson’s bombshell exit from Parliament leaves UK politics reeling
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament…
Continue Reading Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press FUERTH, Germany (AP) — The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St.…
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