Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
By PETER SMITH and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back…
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Pro leagues balance profit, integrity risks in legal betting era
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Images of players are being used in sportsbook advertisements. Sportsbook branding has prominent placement in…
Continue Reading Met Opera box office has slight uptick in 2nd season after pandemic
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera saw a slight uptick in ticket sales in its second season following the…
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Chaos rules the day as US Open comes to the glitz of Los Angeles
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brooks Koepka says he enjoys the chaos and there’s no shortage of that in this U.S. Open,…
Continue Reading In affirmative action and student loan cases, some see backlash to racial progress in education
By ANNIE MA and AARON MORRISON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she…
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Floral County Park gets funding from Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- During Tuesday’s board meeting, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved funding to improve the Floral…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia Zoo officials say dye may have killed its five meerkats
By Michelle Watson and Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) — In less than two weeks, all five of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats died. Now, the zoo needs…
Continue Reading 2 arrested in firebombing of California Planned Parenthood clinic last year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in…
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 ReadingGrand jury indicts Marine veteran who held homeless man in fatal chokehold on NYC subway
By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street…
Continue Reading Correction: Election 2024-Suarez story
MIAMI (AP) — In a story first published June 14, 2023, about Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announcing his bid for the Republican presidential…
Continue Reading A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after…
Continue Reading Remains found stuffed in garment bag 45 years ago in rural Nevada ID’d as Ohio woman
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman’s heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote…
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Parents turning to tutoring services to recover from the COVID-19 slide
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 15:19 ET By Claudia Buccio Click here for updates on this story ARROYO GRANDE, California…
Continue Reading Commuter train collides with truck in Connecticut, pickup driver hospitalized in serious condition
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — A commuter train has collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle. The…
Continue Reading Oregon jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for fires, plus award that could reach billions
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon says the electric utility PacifiCorp must pay punitive…
Continue Reading Sarah Huckabee Sanders travels to Europe for 1st overseas trade mission as Arkansas governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders is heading to Europe for her first trade mission as Arkansas governor. The Republican announced…
Continue Reading Giants rally for 8-5 win over Cards in 10 innings to complete 3-game sweep
By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski is comfortable at the plate with the game on the line and he showed it on…
Continue Reading Pope expected to be released soon from hospital after abdominal surgery: Vatican
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is expected to be released from the hospital “in the coming days,” as he recovers…
Continue Reading ‘Beach Report Card’ finds California’s wet winter means dirtier water at the coast
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — An annual “Beach Report Card” released Wednesday concludes historic winter precipitation in California is resulting…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina teacher’s civil rights suit alleges he was fired over teaching of novel about racial profiling during Black History Month
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Black North Carolina teacher has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Charlotte charter school,…
Continue Reading Johnny Miller honored by USGA on 50th anniversary of winning US Open with final-round 63
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Miller was back behind a microphone on Wednesday and the subject was himself.…
Continue ReadingSupport for Black Lives Matter movement has dropped since 2020, report says
By Nicole Chavez (CNN) — The Black Lives Matter movement has lost support among Americans in the past three years, according to a new study…
Continue Reading Son of Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator sentenced to Nevada prison for Vegas-area robbery
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The troubled son of imprisoned Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols was sentenced…
Continue Reading Top Wisconsin election official facing replacement calls for stability, defends record
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections official who has faced GOP criticism for how…
Continue Reading Mexican diver Diego Balleza opens OnlyFans account to pay for Olympics training
By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As a prominent 10-meter diver, Diego Balleza is used to wearing small swimsuits that show…
Continue Reading Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting in Ukraine are facing trial in southern Russia. The captured…
Continue Reading Germany says climate measures will narrow but not fully close the country’s emissions gap by 2030
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials say that an array of climate measures being introduced by the government will…
Continue Reading Washington says it’s asking Israel about the death of detained Palestinian-American
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States says it’s seeking more information about the closure of an Israeli military investigation into the death…
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Starbucks says it fired her for an ‘absence of leadership.’ She says it was because of her race. A jury returned a $25.6 million verdict in her favor
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 12:32 ET Updated: 14 JUN 23 14:48 ET By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York (CNN) — A…
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California’s Lake Oroville is back at 100% capacity after being hit hard by yearslong drought
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 14:25 ET By Rachel Ramirez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Once a stark example of the drastic effects of…
Continue Reading Los Angeles beats Dallas 79-61 behind Hamby, Ogwumike
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dearica Hamby had 23 points and eight rebounds, Nneka Ogwumike added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Sparks…
Continue ReadingCourt-Martial Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at courts-martial. Court-martial refers to both the name of the court where charges are brought…
Continue ReadingLeon Panetta Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former CIA Director and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Personal Birth date: June 28,…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two…
Continue Reading Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a…
Continue ReadingHarvard morgue manager and four others charged in theft and sale of human body parts
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and…
Continue Reading Guatemala sentences renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in money laundering case
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan tribunal has convicted newspaper founder and editor José Rubén Zamora and…
Continue Reading Fed Chair Powell sees progress on inflation, though not quickly enough
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation may be cooling — just not yet fast enough for the Federal Reserve. Chair…
Continue Reading UK’s ITV defends work culture amid host affair scandal and bullying claims
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Executives at Britain’s ITV have defended the broadcaster’s working culture as a committee of…
Continue Reading Israeli military admits killing Palestinian toddler by mistake, closes initial investigation
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has closed an initial investigation into its shooting and killing of…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s Lake Oroville is back at 100% capacity after being hit hard by yearslong drought
By Rachel Ramirez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Once a stark example of the drastic effects of California’s yearslong megadrought, Lake…
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Greenfield Police investigate non-injury shooting
GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Greenfield Police said they are investigating a shooting that took place in the area of St. Charles Place and Huerta…
Continue Reading Levi’s executive tapped as CEO of NWSL’s San Francisco Bay Area team
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Levi Strauss & Co. executive Brady Stewart has been named chief executive officer of Bay FC, the National Women’s…
Continue Reading Detroit-area city bans LGBTQ+ Pride flags on public property
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned poles after a tense hourslong meeting that raised…
Continue Reading Thousands protest in Poland against strict abortion law after pregnant woman died of sepsis
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people have demonstrated across Poland against the country’s restrictive…
Continue Reading Iowa city hires outside firms to investigate partial building collapse
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two firms have been tasked with investigating the partial collapse of a six-story…
Continue Reading Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has appointed an opposition lawmaker to the powerful committee that…
Continue Reading Theranos founder objects to $250 monthly restitution sought by US due to limited financial resources
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors want Elizabeth Holmes to pay $250 each month to victims of her…
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California bill would include child’s gender in custody cases. Here’s what opponents say
Originally Published: 14 JUN 23 13:05 ET By ANDREW HAUBNER Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) –…
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