War disrupts education of Ukrainian kids, even those who’ve found safety abroad
By VANESSA GERA and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Nine-year-old Milana Minenko doesn’t play piano anymore. During the…
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White Sox’s Clevinger leaves start against Dodgers with right biceps soreness
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger left his start against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning Wednesday night…
Continue Reading Through personal ups and downs, they’ve waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories
By FARES AKRAM, NINIEK KARMINI, ABBY SEWELL, MARIAM FAM and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full…
Continue Reading ‘Stand with Trump’ becomes a rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on the US justice system
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded…
Continue Reading Deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Philippines southwest of the capital
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A deep earthquake has shaken part of the Philippines, southwest of the capital, but there were no immediate reports of…
Continue Reading China’s factory, consumer activity weakens in May, youth unemployment rises
BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory and consumer activity weakened further in May and surging unemployment among young people in cities broke the…
Continue Reading Hong Kong protest song disappears from music streaming sites, social media platforms
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A popular Hong Kong protest song was no longer available on several major music streaming sites as…
Continue Reading Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from…
Continue Reading Nick Kyrgios reveals he ended up in psychiatric ward during Wimbledon in 2019
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he spent time in a psychiatric ward following a loss at Wimbledon in 2019 because of…
Continue ReadingBiden endorsed by 4 environmental and conservation groups for efforts to fight global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four environmental and conservation groups have endorsed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the annual…
Continue Reading Back-to-back home runs by Semien, Seager propel Rangers past Angels 6-3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien and Corey Seager hit back-to-back homers with two outs in the seventh inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a…
Continue Reading House rejects effort to censure and fine Democrat Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a…
Continue Reading Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — St. Paul, Minnesota, has the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires drifts across the…
Continue Reading Oregon’s 6-week GOP walkout over bills on abortion and guns could end soon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There is an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican senators,…
Continue ReadingBud Light is no longer America’s top beer following anti-LGBTQ+ pushback
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place. Mexican…
Continue Reading Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from…
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Scientists report creation of first human synthetic model embryos
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 21:30 ET By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A team of researchers in the United States and United Kingdom say they…
Continue Reading Pregnant woman fatally shot in car at Seattle intersection
SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in Seattle say a woman who was eight months pregnant has died after a man shot multiple times into a car she was in…
Continue Reading Drug syndicate hid meth in Canadian maple syrup, canola oil bound for Down Under, authorities say
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to…
Continue Reading Barbara Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with Appalachian novel ‘Demon Copperhead’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American novelist Barbara Kingsolver has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for a…
Continue Reading Arizona woman alleges sexual assault by Trevor Bauer; he denies allegation and countersues
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman has accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit updated this week…
Continue Reading Arizona woman alleges sexual assault by Trevor Bauer; he denies allegation and countersues
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman has accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit updated this week…
Continue Reading Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Vegas
By SCOTT SONNER and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their…
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Firework safety on the Central Coast with tall grass ahead of the 4th of July
SALINAS CALIF. – Firework safety is really important. With it being wildfire season, and the tall grasses in our area, will fires be a concern? …
Continue Reading Oakland Athletics’ move to Vegas clears major hurdle with Nevada Legislature’s final approval of public stadium funding
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Oakland Athletics’ move to Vegas clears major hurdle with Nevada Legislature’s final approval of public stadium…
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2 Americans found dead at hotel in Mexico’s Baja California Sur
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Police in a seaside community on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula said Wednesday that two Americans have been…
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Wildlife overpass on section of Highway 101 in the works
SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Highway 101 is one of the popular ways for drivers to go between San Benito and Monterey counties. It’s also a…
Continue Reading Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Vegas
By SCOTT SONNER and GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their…
Continue Reading Former California first responder sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to hospital co-worker
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California first responder who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to a co-worker was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years and…
Continue Reading Woman who fled to Thailand after hit-and-run crash killed Michigan student enters no-contest plea
PONTIAC A Detroit-area woman accused of fleeing to Thailand after killing a Michigan State University student in a hit-and-run crash has pleaded no…
Continue Reading Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf’s recovery
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the…
Continue Reading Nigeria anti-graft boss in custody after being suspended by president
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has suspended the head of the West African nation’s…
Continue ReadingJustice Department reaches settlement with Kentucky school district over racial harassment of students
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice announced Monday it reached an agreement with Madison County Schools in Kentucky to…
Continue Reading Herbert doesn’t rule out possibility of a ‘hold-in’ when Chargers training camp starts
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert hopes he doesn’t have to answer questions about a contract extension…
Continue ReadingFormer boyfriend of missing Wyoming woman sentenced to six years in prison, report says
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — The live-in boyfriend of Irene Gakwa was sentenced Wednesday to up to six years in prison and…
Continue Reading Man wielding hatchet fatally shot by Orange County sheriff’s deputies
MIDWAY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Orange County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man Wednesday as he approached them with a rusty hatchet in his…
Continue Reading Australia creates law to stop Russia from building new embassy near Parliament for security reasons
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament passed legislation on Thursday to prevent Russia from…
Continue Reading US Open raises prize money to $20 million with $3.6M to winner
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S Open has raised its prize money to $20 million, now tops among the major championships…
Continue Reading Chasing Horse charged with more sex crimes in new Canadian case
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged in Alberta, Canada, with new sex crimes in the latest criminal…
Continue Reading 2 Americans found dead at hotel in Mexico’s Baja California Sur
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Police in a seaside community on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula said Wednesday that two Americans have been…
Continue Reading US jury to weigh case prosecutors call part of China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation effort
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of…
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Paul McCartney says ‘final’ Beatles song coming thanks to artificial intelligence
Originally Published: 13 JUN 23 08:48 ET Updated: 14 JUN 23 08:44 ET By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to artificial…
Continue Reading US Open barranca offers beauty, danger at LA Country Club
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will be everywhere the players look at this year’s U.S. Open. Chances are, if…
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15 job seekers were hired as a result of Pajaro Job Fair
PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JUNE 14, 2023 AT 3:12 PM- During the Monterey County news briefing that was held on Wednesday, County officals…
Continue Reading Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched…
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Curiosity rover captures dramatic new portrait of the Martian landscape
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 13:01 ET Updated: 14 JUN 23 15:19 ET By Ashley Strickland, CNN Editor’s note: Editor’s Note: Sign up for…
Continue ReadingA former Harvard morgue manager is accused of stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, indictment says
By Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing, selling and…
Continue Reading Punishing winds, possible tornadoes inflict damage as storms cross US South
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Damaging winds and tornadoes have toppled trees, damaged buildings and left tens of thousands without power as a powerful storm…
Continue ReadingMississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested in possible retaliation for suing city of Lexington over discriminatory practices against Black motorists
By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested over the weekend and believes it may have…
Continue Reading Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal…
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