Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have reached a bipartisan deal to provide…
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Officers round up hundreds of pigs from overwhelmed Florida animal sanctuary
CANTONMENT, Fla. (AP) — Officials say animal control officers rounded up more than 600 pigs from an animal sanctuary in Florida after their…
Continue Reading Prosecutor seeks death penalty against Kansas man accused of killing two sons
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 43-year-old Kansas man accused of killing his two sons before…
Continue Reading Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catches outdoor workers off guard in the East
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its…
Continue ReadingIn unusual orca sighting, tour spots at least 20 killer whales off San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale…
Continue Reading Kosovo complains of biased western envoys in talks with its former foe Serbia
by LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister has complained of bias against his country from the United…
Continue Reading Russian citizen mauled to death by tiger shark off Egypt’s Red Sea coast in rare attack
CAIRO (AP) — Russian and Egyptian authorities say that a man has died after being mauled by a shark off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts. Egypt’s…
Continue Reading Clerk charged with murder at Detroit gas station weeks after similar shooting in city
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A murder charge has been filed in another fatal shooting involving Detroit gas station clerks and…
Continue Reading US vice president announces more than $100M to help Caribbean during official visit to Bahamas
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the U.S. is investing more than…
Continue Reading A Tony Awards like no other, really. Strike leaves Broadway stars to rely on their ‘live’ muscles
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are a lot of questions surrounding this year’s Tony Awards and not just about who…
Continue Reading Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s reason to raise a glass,…
Continue Reading Swarbrick to step down as Notre Dame’s AD next year; NBC Sports’ Peter Bevacqua will take over
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jack Swarbrick will step down as Notre Dame’s athletic director next year after a 16-year run in which he helped the…
Continue Reading Shooting connected to Palestinian criminal groups in northern Israel kills 5
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say five people were killed in a shooting in an Arab town in northern Israel. It’s the latest in a wave of…
Continue Reading Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press They are part of a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the struggle for voting rights six decades…
Continue Reading Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud,…
Continue Reading Biden, Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, deepen cooperation on clean energy transition, AI
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday…
Continue Reading Belmont cancels racing, Nationals postpone game due to poor air quality from Canada wildfires
By The Associated Press Racing at Belmont Park was canceled and the Washington Nationals’ home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks was…
Continue Reading US company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A U.S. petroleum company signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Thursday…
Continue Reading Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda hopes to increase diversity on Broadway and in…
Continue Reading Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official says a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province killed at…
Continue Reading Romania informs Russia it must cut 51 embassy positions in Bucharest
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s foreign ministry has informed Russia that it must reduce the number of its embassy positions in Bucharest by…
Continue Reading UN commission accuses Israel of taking aim at Palestinian human rights groups
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body have accused Israel of…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a…
Continue Reading Smoke from Canadian wildfires forecast to reach Norway
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian officials say the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of the U.S. and Canada in a thick…
Continue Reading Baltimore police commissioner departing after 4 years; led department through court-ordered reforms
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police commissioner is stepping down after four years in the role. Commissioner…
Continue Reading Alcaraz and Djokovic demand attention at French Open; Ruud and Zverev are in the semis, too
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic is intriguing but there are also storylines worth following in…
Continue Reading Pakistani Taliban target police in northwestern province, kill 2 officers and guard at a local bank
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say that militant targeted Pakistani security forces in a northwestern province, killing two officers and a…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows devastation, no evidence to back Russian claims
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation showed the ruined…
Continue Reading US applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but…
Continue Reading Norway domestic security agency had intelligence about imminent attack before LGBTQ+ Pride shooting
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A report into a deadly shooting during Oslo’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride festival last year says Norway’s domestic…
Continue Reading The Republican presidential field is largely set. Here are takeaways on where the contest stands
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a trio of new announcements this week, the Republican Party’s 2024…
Continue Reading Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global…
Continue Reading Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister
MILAN (AP) — A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country’s former premier and former health minister caused…
Continue Reading Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says ‘these are our kids’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is condemning a wave of state legislation curbing the rights,…
Continue Reading Europe’s economy shrank. For households that are hurting, it’s just numbers
By DAVID McHUGH and COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — The European economy has contracted slightly at the end of last year and…
Continue Reading Senegal’s president calls for an investigation into deadly clashes, says he’s open to dialogue
By BABACAR DIONE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s president has ordered an investigation to determine who was…
Continue Reading Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park…
Continue Reading Head of UK’s biggest police force says sorry for past treatment of LGBTQ+ community
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s biggest police force has apologized for the department’s past…
Continue Reading Authorities recover train from Austrian tunnel after fire forces evacuation
BERLIN (AP) — A train is being recovered from an Austrian tunnel where it got stuck when a fire broke out, forcing rescuers to evacuate the 151…
Continue Reading EU Commission proposes common ethics body for all EU officials in wake of corruption scandal
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive is proposing to create an ethics body that would set up…
Continue Reading India not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it is not planning to invite Ukraine to the G20 summit of industrialized and…
Continue Reading No homecoming for Messi as Barcelona again fails to do enough to lure him back
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Once again, Barcelona couldn’t do enough to entice Lionel Messi. Nearly two years after the…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied town
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the flood-hit region of Kherson on Thursday to evaluate response to…
Continue Reading UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N’s agency on children says it is deeply concerned about Taliban plans to bar international organizations from…
Continue Reading Japan’s denial of same-sex marriage, other LGTBQ+ protections looks unconstitutional, judge rules
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court says the lack of legal protections for LGTBQ+ people appears to be…
Continue Reading Philippines raises alert level around volcano, villagers told to leave danger zone
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials have raised the alert level for one of the country’s most active volcanoes after superheated…
Continue Reading French pension reform opponents push for repeal bill but are unlikely to succeed
PARIS Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement reform are pushing for a new bill to repeal it. The proposal to return the…
Continue Reading Malaysia, Indonesia end 18-year sea border disputes, vow to cooperate in defending palm oil industry
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have signed agreements to end longstanding sea border disputes and vowed to bolster cooperation…
Continue Reading After years of bickering, EU claims breakthrough in migration talks
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have made a breakthrough in migration talks, sealing agreement on a plan to…
Continue Reading Pope spends first night in hospital after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis awoke Thursday after a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue…
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