Stock market today: Asian shares slip following technology selloff on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on…
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Rory McIlroy, a strong anti-Saudi voice, now feels like ‘sacrificial lamb’ amid LIV Golf deal
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy, the strongest voice against Saudi-funded LIV Golf that caused so much disruption in golf, said…
Continue Reading Against the odds, world’s most endangered porpoise resists extinction in Mexico’s Gulf of California
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Against all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are…
Continue Reading Belarus’ leader pardons woman arrested with her dissident journalist boyfriend in plane incident
By The Associated Press The president of Belarus has pardoned the girlfriend of a dissident journalist arrested in 2021 after being pulled off a…
Continue Reading The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For…
Continue Reading Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump in Florida heard from at least one additional…
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WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik dead at 81
(KION-TV)- WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik has passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 81, according to an announcement made on his Twitter…
Continue Reading Owner of funeral homes accused of spraying insecticide at cops, assaulting media at Jan. 6 riot
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press An owner of several funeral homes in Long Island was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sprayed wasp…
Continue Reading FIFA made false claims about ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup in Qatar, Swiss regulator says
ZURICH (AP) — An advertising regulator says FIFA made false claims about last year’s World Cup in Qatar being carbon neutral. The Swiss…
Continue Reading Wide disagreement reigns in trial of deputy accused of not stopping Parkland killer
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff’s…
Continue Reading Harvard women’s hockey coach retires amid allegations she verbally abused, hazed players
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — One of the most decorated coaches in women’s hockey history has stepped down after nearly 30 years leading Harvard’s…
Continue ReadingGreek island temple complex reveals ‘countless’ offerings left by ancient worshippers
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery…
Continue Reading Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport to escalate strikes over pay into busy summer months
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport will escalate their strike action over pay into the busy…
Continue Reading Atlanta organizers unveil plan to stop ‘Cop City’ at the ballot box
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Activists announced an effort Wednesday to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to…
Continue Reading UN judges declare 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial because of dementia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges have declared that an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect…
Continue Reading CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after a brief, tumultuous tenure
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive CNN pushed out of a job on Wednesday faced mounting problems in his first year…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to assisting in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan have notched another conviction in a 2020 plot to kidnap Gov.…
Continue Reading Prince Harry to tabloid newspaper’s lawyer: ‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has rejected a suggestion that a lack of evidence meant his phone wasn’t hacked by…
Continue Reading Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner circle,…
Continue Reading Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff to reach French Open semifinals
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek kept her French Open title defense on track with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Coco Gauff to reach the semifinals at…
Continue Reading Platonic co-parenting offers an alternate model for family building
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Farrow wanted what a lot of people do: a child, and a parenting partner. At 45, after a…
Continue Reading Japan supports Sweden’s NATO membership as defense ministers strengthen ties
By RAF WOBER Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense minister has expressed his country’s support for Sweden’s NATO membership during…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley’s seat
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal…
Continue Reading Groundbreaking held for Cambodia’s second expressway, linking capital to Vietnam
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the country’s second…
Continue Reading Rishi Sunak goes to Washington with Ukraine, economy and AI on agenda for Biden meeting
By JILL LAWLESS and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is top of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda as…
Continue Reading From swords to fishing lures to “sprinklers,” MLB celebrations have become full-scale productions
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — There are very few things that make Scott Bonnett panic. Spending the last 15 years making sure…
Continue Reading New York City goes after Hyundai, Kia after security flaw leads to wave of social media fueled theft
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, joining a host of other cities beset by a social…
Continue Reading US Balkan envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate tensions or jeopardize progress toward EU
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. envoy for the Balkans has urged Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate simmering ethnic tensions in the former Serbian…
Continue Reading For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi picks MLS’s Inter Miami in a move that stuns soccer after exit from Paris Saint-Germain
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi has pulled off his latest stunning feat: He is headed to Major League Soccer and joining…
Continue Reading Three U.S. biologists win Spanish Asturias award for scientific and technical research
MADRID (AP) — Three U.S. biologists who are pioneers in microbial and bacteria studies have won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific…
Continue Reading Kuwait’s election brings little change to parliament or hope of overcoming years of gridlock
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Voters in Kuwait have returned most of their lawmakers to parliament in the…
Continue Reading Looking back on the last time a senior British royal testified in court — in the 19th century
The Associated Press When Prince Harry entered the witness box in his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, he became the first senior…
Continue Reading Is it a ‘skip’ or a ‘pause’? Federal Reserve won’t likely raise rates next week but maybe next month
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t call it a “pause.” When the Federal Reserve meets next week, it is widely…
Continue Reading Turkish lira declines to record lows following start of Erdogan’s new presidential term
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira has tumbled to fresh record lows, extending its slide against the U.S. dollar. The lira weakened by around…
Continue Reading NATO allies prepare unprecedented air deployment exercise over Europe in show of force to Russia
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is preparing to host the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO’s history. The show of force is intended to impress allies…
Continue Reading Spain registers hottest spring temperatures on record
MADRID (AP) — Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency says. A…
Continue Reading After years of threats, a feud ends with a Black mom dead and her white neighbor arrested
By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of shooting and killing a mother in front of her kids last…
Continue Reading In Kenya, lions are speared to death as human-wildlife conflict worsens amid drought
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press MBIRIKANI, Kenya (AP) — Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that…
Continue Reading Pope Francis emerges from 3-hour abdominal surgery without complications
By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA CHENG Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis underwent successful surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his…
Continue Reading Persistent inflation, higher interest rates will weigh on global economy, OECD predicts
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The global economy is bouncing back from an an energy price spike fed by…
Continue Reading Air India plane flying to San Francisco lands in Russia’s Siberia after engine problem
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Russia after it…
Continue Reading Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries…
Continue Reading Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply…
Continue Reading Indonesia to deport Australian surfer jailed for drunken rampage in conservative province
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Australian surfer who was jailed for attacking several people while drunk and naked in Indonesia’s deeply…
Continue Reading Protesters brawl as Southern California school district decides whether to recognize Pride Month
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Protesters briefly scuffled and punches flew Tuesday as a Southern California school district decided whether to recognize…
Continue Reading In Fargo, North Dakota, Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded Republican race for president
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JACK DURA Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has announced his candidacy for the 2024…
Continue Reading In Jerusalem’s contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian…
Continue Reading ‘Home is like a jail’: Afghan soldier weathers injuries, uncertainty in US asylum bid
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The April visit to a Houston clinic was just one of a never-ending assembly line of medical…
Continue Reading Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Republican Gov.…
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