States with the shortest lifespans
Stacker used data from the 2023 County Health Rankings to determine the 25 states where people have the shortest lifespans. The 2023 County Health…
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19 states lack laws preventing housing discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
Foothold Technology gathered data from Movement Advancement Project to see which states have laws that protect LGBTQ+ residents from housing…
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Record rainfall in every state
Stacker documented the highest 24 hours of precipitation in every state by analyzing data from the State Climate Extremes Committee of the National…
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3 charts that show why car prices are still near record highs
Using its PricePulse data set, CoPilot measures the difference between what any used car price would have been today, if not for the extraordinary…
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States with the highest SAT scores
Stacker referenced College Board data reported by PrepScholar to rank the states with the highest performance on the SAT, drawing on results from the…
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How much does it cost to charge an electric car?
Edmunds looks at the factors that determine the cost of charging an electric car, and we’ll also share tips on how to save money in the long…
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How the AP program expanded to 7 in 10 high schools in the US
Study.com compiled a timeline detailing how AP courses have expanded and impacted the high school curriculum, using academic and historical…
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Prosecutors rest sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in London court
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors rested their sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in a London courtroom Wednesday…
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Stock market today: Asian shares jump on Wall Street’s return to its highest level in over a year
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Thursday, boosted by Wall Street’s return to its highest level in more…
Continue Reading Afghan Taliban suspend all activities of Swedish aid groups over burning of Islam’s holy book
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for the Afghan Taliban say they’ve suspended all the activities of Swedish…
Continue Reading With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States
By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s cricket but with a relatively new spin. George Bernard Shaw asserted…
Continue Reading Global music streams up 30.8%, and 40% of U.S. listeners enjoy non-Anglophonic music, report finds
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps. Luminate, a source of…
Continue ReadingQueen Camilla attends Wimbledon, a week after Princess Kate made an appearance
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A week after Princess Kate graced Centre Court at Wimbledon by taking a seat in the Royal Box, Queen Camilla made an…
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No jackpot winner in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, new jackpot is estimated at $560 million
Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — There was no jackpot winner in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing according to the lottery’s website,…
Continue Reading In ’20 Days in Mariupol’ documentary, the horrors of war are illuminated
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting of the first days of the…
Continue Reading How behavioral economics can help you save on airfare
By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet When booking flights, navigating extra fees and upgrades can be overwhelming, which is no accident. Behavioral economics,…
Continue Reading 3 dead, 14 hurt after Greyhound bus strikes semis in Illinois; NTSB investigating
By The Associated Press HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway rest area exit…
Continue Reading Indonesia seizes Iranian tanker for suspected illegal oil transfer in its territorial waters
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say they have seized an Iranian tanker and arrested its crew members for illegally transferring…
Continue Reading Police say officers kill at least 6 as Kenyans protest rising costs, and 50 children are tear-gassed
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police official says officers have killed at least six people during new protests in Kenya…
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At least 3 dead and 14 injured after crash involving Greyhound bus and other vehicles in Illinois
By Michelle Watson and Christine Sever, CNN (CNN) — At least three people are dead and 14 injured after a crash involving a Greyhound bus and…
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Ocean heat around Florida is ‘unprecedented,’ and scientists are warning of major impacts
Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to…
Continue Reading Pence would ban abortions when pregnancies aren’t viable. His GOP rivals won’t say if they agree
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a Republican presidential field full of candidates opposed to abortion rights, Mike Pence stands…
Continue Reading Kosovo to partially withdraw special police officers from northern Serb-majority municipalities
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government has decided to reduce by one-fourth the number…
Continue Reading Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its…
Continue Reading Bank of England says UK banks are resilient enough to offer struggling households support
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has warned that households across the U.K. are facing mounting problems from the…
Continue ReadingSpain sweats out sultry nights as heat wave bakes southern Europe
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is sweltering under an unrelenting heat wave as temperatures start to build toward…
Continue Reading European Union lawmakers back a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament has narrowly backed a major plan to protect nature and fight…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for July 12: Floods, Actors strike, North Korea, GOP primary, Abortion
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Multiple wills were found in Aretha Franklin’s Detroit home after her death in 2018, causing a family battle…
Continue Reading Live Updates | Biden vows NATO unity behind Ukraine ‘will not falter’ as summit concludes
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — President Joe Biden says that the U.S. and allied commitment to Ukraine “will not weaken” as he highlighted NATO…
Continue Reading Palestinian president visits Jenin refugee camp after devastating Israeli military raid
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid a brief visit to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied…
Continue Reading Bulgari apologizes to China for listing Taiwan as a country after online backlash
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Italian luxury brand Bulgari is the latest international brand to apologize to China after listing Taiwan as a country on its…
Continue Reading UN says raging conflict in Sudan has displaced over 3 million people. UK sanctions warring sides
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. says the conflict in Sudan has driven more than 3 million people from their homes. They…
Continue Reading Baseball players are staying mindful on the diamond with barefoot walks in the grass
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shoes off and dropped near the visitor’s dugout in San Francisco, Christian Walker…
Continue Reading Baseball players are staying mindful on the diamond with barefoot walks in the grass
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shoes off and dropped near the visitor’s dugout in San Francisco, Christian Walker…
Continue Reading Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban more Japanese products if radioactive water is released
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A top official in Hong Kong says the city would immediately ban the import of aquatic products…
Continue Reading Milan Kundera, renowned but reclusive Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris at 94
By ELAINE GANLEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him…
Continue Reading Pence would ban abortions when pregnancies aren’t viable. His GOP rivals won’t say if they agree
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a Republican presidential field full of abortion rights opponents, Mike Pence stands out in his…
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Police say there could be a ‘decade of victims’ in case of Tennessee man accused of recording himself raping unconscious boys
By Amy Simonson, Gustavo Valdes and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into a Tennessee man accused of recording himself raping…
Continue Reading British Open raises purse to $16.5 million with the winner to get $3 million
HOYLAKE, England (AP) — The British Open is raising its prize fund from $14 million to $16.5 million. That means the winner next week at Royal…
Continue Reading Women’s World Cup brings attention to abuse in soccer
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Women’s World Cup will be played with new programs in place to help protect players and other…
Continue Reading France’s anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have…
Continue Reading Traces of explosives found in yacht in Nord Stream sabotage investigation, diplomats say
BERLIN (AP) — Investigators found traces of undersea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that was searched as part of a probe into last…
Continue Reading Serbian president says the real reason for US sanctions against Serbian spy chief is his Russia ties
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says the real reason why the country’s intelligence chief is facing U.S. sanctions…
Continue Reading ACL injuries are keeping stars out of the Women’s World Cup
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema and England’s Leah Williamson are among the stars of women’s soccer who…
Continue Reading Chinese hackers breached State Dept., other government email on eve of Blinken visit, officials say
By FRANK BAJAK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say state-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft’s cloud-based…
Continue Reading Argentina turns its attention to youth divisions in search of a Messi-like player in women’s soccer
By DEBORA REY Associated Press AREQUITO, Argentina (AP) — Candelaria Cabrera was the only girl playing in a boys league where she lives in…
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Two brothers, aged 3 and 6, are among 4 people wounded by a shooter on a scooter at a crowded New York park, police say
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A 3-year-old and his 6-year-old brother were among four people shot and wounded when shots were fired at a crowd…
Continue Reading Thai diplomat meets with Suu Kyi in detention in Myanmar and says she wants to join talks on crisis
By JIM GOMEZ and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thailand’s top diplomat says he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San…
Continue Reading House fire kills 4 adults and 6 children in Pakistan, rescuers and police say
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police and rescue officials say a fire swept through a house in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore before dawn…
Continue Reading Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
By COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Concerns are growing that Russia won’t extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows…
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