Who are the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?
Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the…
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Who are the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?
Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the…
Continue ReadingThis year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists and storytellers
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and…
Continue ReadingThis year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists and storytellers
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and…
Continue ReadingWho is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first female leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The…
Continue ReadingLate payments to nonprofits hamper California’s fight against homelessness
CalMatters California’s homeless service providers have a problem: They aren’t getting paid on time, and it’s making it even harder for them to…
Continue ReadingMarketing plans are key for small businesses ahead of a tough holiday shopping season
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses. But the holidays this…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied…
Continue ReadingGonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West
AP Sports Writer Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It’ll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing…
Continue ReadingGirl and boy injured in suspected acid attack outside a London school
LONDON (AP) — London police say two teens were injured after a male suspect on a scooter threw what was believed to be acid on them outside a…
Continue ReadingBasketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12 Conference
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Basketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12…
Continue ReadingEU, US urge Albania’s opposition to end violence and resume dialogue with government
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union and the United States have urged Albania’s opposition to resume dialogue with the…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It…
Continue ReadingBuckingham Palace says Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child. Buckingham Palace says 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo…
Continue ReadingStephen Curry’s gold-medal summer and ‘nuit nuit’ gesture still resonates as NBA camps open
AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry got the question and didn’t even have to think about the answer. Someone wanted to know what French words…
Continue ReadingIna Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten is looking back in a new memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” which distills stories…
Continue ReadingJohannesburg considers naming a street after a Palestinian woman who hijacked a plane
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Officials in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg have proposed renaming a major street after a…
Continue ReadingUS job openings rise to 8 million as labor market remains sturdy
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The…
Continue ReadingSalman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist…
Continue ReadingPine martens are returned to southern England for the first time in a century
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in…
Continue ReadingMail delivery suspended in Kansas neighborhood after 2 men attack postal carrier
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mail delivery has been suspended in a Kansas neighborhood after two men assaulted a postal carrier who used pepper spray to…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been…
Continue ReadingA chemical cloud moving around Atlanta’s suburbs prompts a new shelter-in-place alert
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later. Authorities on Tuesday alerted…
Continue ReadingChanel show wrestles with designer void as actor Lupita Nyong’o talks diversity in fashion
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its…
Continue ReadingDreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’
AP Film Writer Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living…
Continue ReadingDreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’
AP Film Writer Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living…
Continue ReadingSwiss police say a man attacked and injured 3 children in Zurich
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say a man has attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich. A suspect…
Continue ReadingOffering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay
AP Science Writer ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because scientists say they are some of the most vocal…
Continue ReadingFrance’s prime minister vows to curb debt as he faced baptism of fire at heckled parliament
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced a rough ride at parliament as he laid out his proposed policies in an…
Continue ReadingWill anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is ‘a little untouchable’
AP National Writer What used to be one of baseball’s most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major…
Continue ReadingDockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson claims in memoir Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has controversially broken royal…
Continue ReadingShocking surveillance tape of Kentucky judge’s shooting played in court as sheriff’s murder case sent to grand jury
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Shocking video showing the killing of a Kentucky judge in his chambers was played Tuesday at the preliminary hearing…
Continue ReadingA Belarusian opposition leader hails Lithuania’s decision to seek ICC investigation into president
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Belarus’ exiled opposition leader is hailing Lithuania’s move to seek prosecution at the…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Israel’s ground invasion in southern Lebanon
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired…
Continue ReadingPort strikes extend a new era of American labor activism
The U.S. dockworkers who went on strike early Tuesday are just the latest unionized group to back their demands for better contracts by walking off…
Continue ReadingNearly $32 million awarded for a large-scale solar project in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A solar project benefitting the University of Arkansas system is receiving nearly $32 million in pre-construction…
Continue ReadingNigeria’s independence anniversary is marked by protests and frustration over economic hardship
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are protesting against economic hardship as the West African nation marks its 64th independence…
Continue ReadingHundreds of firefighters battle a deadly forest fire raging in southern Greece for the third day
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece are battling for a third day a large wildfire that has killed two…
Continue ReadingRebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining area, UN official says
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A U.N. official says a rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun a census it says will be used to compile voter lists for an election…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government says a code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to…
Continue ReadingA cruise ship bound on a round-the-world voyage leaves Belfast after a 4-month delay
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage finally sailed from Belfast’s dockside,…
Continue ReadingIran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks…
Continue ReadingShohei Ohtani and the MLB playoffs, a pairing the world will experience for the 1st time
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was already a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los…
Continue ReadingBarry Bonds is enjoying watching the new generation of baseball sluggers put up record-setting stats
AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It used to be that hardcore baseball fans counted the home runs Barry Bonds hit during batting practice for…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests woman who allegedly passed airport details to suspected spy for China
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to a man who is…
Continue ReadingMLB’s season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made
AP Baseball Writer Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months.…
Continue ReadingSony’s PlayStation Network suffers hourslong outage, irking videogamers
LONDON (AP) — Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their…
Continue ReadingMysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s…
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