Cupkin children’s cups sold on Amazon recalled over newly-detected lead levels
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 345,000 children’s cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content…
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Inflation, interest rates and whales: Why offshore wind projects are on the rocks
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — For as much as offshore wind energy has become a hot-button issue, the United States only has seven turbines…
Continue Reading New Jersey school bus monitor charged after using cellphone as disabled girl suffocated
FRANKLIN. N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey bus monitor was using her cellphone and failed to notice a disabled 6-year-old being suffocated…
Continue Reading Miami Beach area under precautionary boil water alert after main break
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A water main break in Miami Beach caused pressure to drop and forced officials to issue a precautionary boil water alert…
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‘Help me’ sign leads to rescue of kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me”…
Continue Reading ‘Help me’ sign leads to rescue of kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me”…
Continue Reading Elton John, Scorsese and more friends and admirers of Tony Bennett react to his death
By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of Tony Bennett at age 96: “So sad to hear of Tony’s passing. Without doubt the classiest singer,…
Continue Reading Friends and admirers of Tony Bennett react to the news of his death
By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of Tony Bennett at age 96: “So sad to hear of Tony’s passing. Without doubt the classiest singer,…
Continue Reading Beetlejuice II filming set in Vermont is haunted by souvenir seekers
EAST CORINTH, Vt. (AP) — Souvenir hunters are haunting the Beetlejuice II movie set in Vermont. State police are investigating two thefts, one of a…
Continue Reading Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case in Florida
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald…
Continue Reading French police investigate violent home robbery of Paris Saint-Germain ‘keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma
PARIS (AP) — French police are investigating a violent armed robbery that targeted Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at his home.…
Continue ReadingAnimal advocates call for changes to wild horse wrangling following deaths during roundup in Nevada
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An animal advocacy group is calling for changes to the federal government’s wild horse wrangling…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental activists disrupt play at British Open by throwing orange substance on 17th green
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Environmental activists have briefly interrupted play at the British Open by throwing an…
Continue Reading Croatian police detain 9 people suspected of smuggling migrants over the Danube from Serbia
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police have detained nine people suspected of smuggling migrants into the European Union country from neighboring…
Continue Reading From Barbie to millennial pink, the cultural phenomenon behind the color that sells
By KARENA PHAN Associated Press “Think pink! think pink! when you shop for summer clothes. Think pink! think pink! if you want that quelque…
Continue Reading From Barbie to millennial pink, the cultural phenomenon behind the color that sells
By KARENA PHAN Associated Press “Think pink! think pink! when you shop for summer clothes. Think pink! think pink! if you want that quelque…
Continue Reading Russia arrests a hard-line nationalist who accused Putin of weakness in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent hard-line nationalist who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine was arrested…
Continue Reading International officials, groups warn Bosnian Serbs new libel law is contrary to proclaimed EU path
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Top international representatives in Bosnia have warned that a newly-approved law in the Serb-run entity, which…
Continue ReadingMissed out on the $1 billion Powerball jackpot? $720 million is up for grabs in tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot drawing
By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Your dream of buying 654 castles or maybe 171 private islands could become reality after tonight’s $720 million…
Continue Reading Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians…
Continue Reading Alabama GOP shows little willingness to follow court orders for 2nd Black congressional district
By JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers face an imminent deadline to draw a new congressional…
Continue Reading Mother and 3 children dead in possible Oklahoma murder-suicide
VERDIGRIS, Okla. (AP) — A woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening in what may be a murder-suicide…
Continue Reading Nina Simone’s lost set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival released as an album
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good.: A previously unreleased recording of the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Ukraine, Extreme heat, Strikes, AI, E-cigarettes
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The day that movie fans have been fervently anticipating is finally here. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and…
Continue Reading Amsterdam wants ships to moor less, votes to move terminal out of city in latest hit to tourism
By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city.…
Continue Reading He killed his ailing wife. A Cyprus court ruled it was manslaughter, not murder
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan president’s visit to India signals growing economic and energy ties
By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka and India have signed a slew of energy, development and…
Continue Reading Swiss order hang gliders to stay away, closing air space as firefighters battle forest inferno
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities have temporarily shut the airspace over a small part of southwestern Switzerland because recreational gliders in…
Continue Reading Some top US sports leagues have specific anti-hazing policies, others do not
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with hazing issues over the past decade.…
Continue Reading A US military drone crashes in Polish woodland during training
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says a U.S. military drone crashed in the woods in the southwest of the country after contact…
Continue Reading American freestyler Katie Ledecky faces youth as the world championships open in Japan
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — American freestyler Katie Ledecky has almost never gone home with anything other than a gold…
Continue Reading 1 person killed, 3 others wounded in knife attack in South Korea’s capital
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A knife-wielding man has stabbed at least four pedestrians on a street in the South Korean capital, Seoul. One person has…
Continue Reading US navy secretary says Australian multination military exercise demonstrates unity to China
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training…
Continue Reading Opposition parties disrupt India’s Parliament for 2nd day to protest ethnic violence in northeast
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast have rocked the country’s Parliament for a second…
Continue Reading Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House
By MATT O’BRIEN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other technology companies that are…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court to decide whether to ban broadcast and distribution of protest song
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court will hand down a closely-watched decision over whether to ban the broadcast and…
Continue Reading Russia targets Ukraine’s farm storage sites after days of hitting Black Sea port facilities
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia followed its withdrawal from a grain export deal by expanding its attacks from port…
Continue Reading Thousands march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to protest Israeli government’s judicial overhaul plan
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A protest march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is growing as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to…
Continue Reading 2 men killed in New Zealand shooting were co-workers of gunman, who had violent past
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police say the two men gunned down at a New Zealand construction site had worked…
Continue Reading Authorities call off Berlin lioness alarm, saying they’ve found no evidence of a predator
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities have determined that there is “no acute danger” to people in an area on the edge of Berlin where a potentially…
Continue Reading Thousands of Muslims take to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden
By ABBY SEWELL BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at…
Continue Reading U.S. second gentleman Emhoff meets New Zealand’s Ardern to discuss online hate as World Cup begins
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, met with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda…
Continue ReadingSuspect identified in 1981 killing of a New Hampshire woman with help of genetic genealogy, attorney general says
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A homicide case that went cold for more than 40 years has been solved with the help of forensic genetic genealogy…
Continue Reading Spain’s conservatives put trust in Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn’t enter a…
Continue Reading After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press DIMONA, Israel (AP) — The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States…
Continue Reading Alabama executes man for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after review
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed…
Continue Reading Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a…
Continue Reading Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a…
Continue Reading Stock market today: World shares are mixed as investors weigh weakness in the tech sector
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Europe and Asia after the latest rally on Wall Street fizzled,…
Continue Reading Lake Tahoe officials tackle overtourism with focus on management, not marketing; new fees may loom
By SCOTT SONNER and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a…
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