Polish official says object that entered airspace was Russian-made rocket
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in…
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Russia targets Greenpeace in crackdown on dissent but Kremlin critic Roizman avoids prison
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday declared the global environmental group Greenpeace to be an undesirable organization, effectively banning it from…
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Most expensive types of used cars in the US
Thinking about buying a used vehicle? CoPilot compiled the priciest used car types today, using its own proprietary…
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5 most common sources of business startup capital
Using Census Bureau Annual Business Survey data, altLINE compiled the most common sources of business startup and acquisition…
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Private-sector workers in these states had the biggest pay raises over the past year
Workers’ pay rose to historic levels from 2022 to 2023. Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find which states had the largest…
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As more physicians approach retirement age, are we prepared for the shortfall?
DocBuddy cited data from the Health Resources and Services Administration to visualize the projected shortages in the health care industry,…
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25 must-read books that humanize the HIV/AIDS experience
Stacker compiled a list of books—including nonfiction, memoir, fiction, anthologies, and poetry— that center on the humanity of people diagnosed…
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25 Asian American women film and TV directors to know about
Asian American women have been directing award-winning and popular films and TV shows for decades. Stacker compiled a list of 25 of them working…
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States where the most households own more than the typical 2 vehicles
Stacker ranked states which had the largest portion of households that own more than the national average of two vehicles using Census Bureau…
Continue Reading Why Ukraine’s spring offensive still hasn’t begun — with summer just weeks away
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Western allies have shipped billions of dollars worth of weapons systems and ammunition…
Continue Reading Police officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Washington, D.C. police officer was arrested Friday on charges…
Continue Reading Man who drove off cliff says he was pulling over to check tire pressure; wife claims he drove off purposefully, San Francisco Chronicle reports, citing court documents
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A California man accused of purposefully driving himself, his wife and two children off a cliff on a coastal…
Continue Reading Russia-Georgia flights resume despite protests, strained ties
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus…
Continue Reading In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford…
Continue ReadingMore of the Same as We Head Into the Weekend
The weather pattern around us will shift in the coming days, but our sensible weather won’t. A weak ridge of high pressure will remain in charge of…
Continue Reading British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital on Friday after scaling…
Continue Reading Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney,…
Continue Reading Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law…
Continue Reading Father of 4 who pleaded for help before dying in construction fire is among the 2 bodies recovered, officials say
By Jay Croft and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A construction worker whose family says he pleaded for help on Facebook Live before he died in a…
Continue Reading In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands…
Continue Reading In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands…
Continue Reading The future of wind energy in the US is floating turbines as tall as 30 Rock
By Ella Nilsen, CNN Orono, Maine (CNN) — The first, full-sized floating offshore wind turbine in the United States will tower 850 feet above…
Continue Reading Katie Taylor’s impact on women’s boxing hits home for young Irish fighters
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — Katie Taylor’s success has been paving the way for young Irish fighters as women’s boxing gains…
Continue Reading Former Italian Premier Berlusconi leaves hospital after 45 days
MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung…
Continue Reading Detroit enclave built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A small enclave of Detroit is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of…
Continue Reading Lebanon receives Interpol notice for its central bank governor who was no-show at Paris questioning
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has received an Interpol notice for the country’s embattled central bank governor who…
Continue Reading First Mission scratched from Preakness by vet 36 hours before Triple Crown race
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Brad Cox-trained First Mission has been scratched from the Preakness on the advice of…
Continue Reading More protests against violence in Serbia as authorities reject opposition criticism and demands
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia on Friday for a third…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 19: Ukraine, Tsunami warning, Senate, Debt limit, Disney
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has an ambitious goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% before 2025. In a…
Continue Reading Pay Transparency Laws: What Small Businesses Need to Know
By OLIVIA CHEN of NerdWallet As more states adopt pay transparency laws, many small businesses will need to comply with legislation if they or the…
Continue Reading Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, says AI dispute is ‘a human obscenity’ at Cannes Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s president takes his diplomatic campaign against Russia to Arab summit, G7
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed a summit of Arab leaders in Saudi…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for suspects
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance,…
Continue Reading What we know about the complex court fight over the Nashville school shooter’s writings
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge soon could decide if the writings of a shooter who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in March at a…
Continue Reading China warns against ‘geopolitical games’ as US announces Blinken trip to Papua New Guinea
BEIJING (AP) — China is warning against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the South Pacific following the announcement that U.S.…
Continue Reading 1 killed at an Ohio auto plant in the second workplace shooting in a day
By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — One person was fatally wounded and another hurt in a shooting at an Ohio automotive…
Continue Reading Britain unveils $1.2B strategy to boost computer chip industry
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has unveiled its long-awaited semiconductor strategy. It’s catching up with similar efforts by Western…
Continue Reading Man fatally shot engine factory coworker in feud over woman, police say
MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a feud over a woman led a man to fatally shoot his coworker at a General Motors engine factory in Ohio.…
Continue Reading Saudi surge of diplomacy brings Assad, Zelenskyy to Arab summit
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting an Arab League summit that is welcoming back Syrian President…
Continue Reading Italy’s deadly floods just latest example of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, SETH BORENSTEIN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Climate experts say the floods that sent rivers of mud…
Continue Reading Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who held steak knife
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker…
Continue Reading Sen. Tim Scott makes it official: He’s a Republican candidate for president
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made it official Friday: He’s running for president.…
Continue Reading Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145,…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie says ‘attack on books’ in Florida ‘has never been more dangerous’
By Melissa Alonso and Jackson Grigsby, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after an attempt on his life, author Salman Rushdie made a rare public…
Continue Reading Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a ‘sliver of hope’ for nuclear disarmament
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Holding this week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street drifts lower, still has best week since March
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a lower close but still marked its best week since March. The S&P 500…
Continue Reading Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a leader who will…
Continue Reading Iran executes 3 men over violence during last year’s anti-government protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has executed three men accused of deadly violence during last year’s anti-government protests despite…
Continue Reading Tkachuk ends 6th-longest game in NHL history, Panthers outlast Hurricanes 3-2 in 4th OT
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Back and forth they went, the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes playing a game that…
Continue Reading Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law
BEIJING (AP) — Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to…
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