Military identifies Marine Corps pilot killed in jet crash near San Diego base
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. military has identified the Marine Corps pilot who was killed Thursday when his combat jet crashed near a San Diego base…
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A House impeachment inquiry of President Biden is a ‘natural step forward,’ Speaker McCarthy says
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingJacksonville shootings: What we know about the racist killings
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a white man wearing a mask and brandishing a weapon with a swastika emblazoned on it fatally shot three…
Continue Reading‘Gran Turismo’ and ‘Barbie’ are neck-and-neck at the box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story” and “Barbie” are in a dead heat for the box-office…
Continue ReadingIsrael says its foreign minister met with his Libyan counterpart in sign of burgeoning ties
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the Israeli and Libyan foreign ministers met secretly in…
Continue ReadingFormer 2-term Republican Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist dies at 87
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee governor Don Sundquist has died after a short illness. He was 87. The family of the two-term Republican…
Continue ReadingLarge hailstones cause extensive damage in a small German town as a storm hits Bavaria
BERLIN (AP) — A storm with large hailstones has damaged four-fifths of the buildings in a small town in the southern German state of Bavaria. The…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia was near the coast of Cuba Monday on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the…
Continue ReadingMembers of US Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three Republican members of the U.S. Congress have made a quick trip into…
Continue ReadingNASCAR driver Ryan Preece gets medical clearance to return home after terrifying crash at Daytona
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Ryan Preece, whose car rolled about a dozen times during a terrifying crash…
Continue ReadingCompetitors get down and dirty at Britain’s bog snorkeling championships
LONDON (AP) — Intrepid athletes have donned snorkels and slithered through slime during the World Bog Snorkeling Championships in Britain. The…
Continue ReadingAustrian police find 53 people apparently headed for Germany in a small truck
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities have found 53 people apparently headed for Germany crammed into a small truck that was stopped in the Austrian city of…
Continue ReadingRemoving Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the…
Continue ReadingMan killed, several injured in overnight shooting in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Police say an overnight shooting near a Louisville restaurant and bar has one man dead and five others injured by gunshots.…
Continue ReadingBiden’s commerce secretary is the latest Cabinet member to visit China in a bid for improved ties
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to…
Continue ReadingMyanmar expels East Timor’s diplomat in retaliation for supporting opposition forces
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese…
Continue ReadingRussian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the…
Continue ReadingTrump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the…
Continue ReadingPope Francis says he’ll meet with Mongolia’s ‘noble, wise’ people in first visit there by a pontiff
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever by a pontiff to that Asian country, is a much-desired…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s…
Continue ReadingEgypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed their years-long negotiations over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile…
Continue ReadingRussia says it confirmed Wagner leader Prigozhin died in a plane crash
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe’s opposition alleges ‘gigantic fraud’ in vote that extends the ZANU-PF party’s 43-year rule
By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader on Sunday alleged “blatant and…
Continue ReadingLondon’s Metropolitan Police force ups security after a supplier’s IT system is hacked
LONDON (AP) — London’s Metropolitan Police force says it has stepped up security after a company that holds details of its officers and staff was…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings
By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in…
Continue ReadingModi says India as G20 host will be inclusive and invites African Union to become permanent members
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country’s role as the G20 host this year would…
Continue ReadingUkraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after a midair collision between two…
Continue ReadingGlobal inflation pressures could become harder to manage in coming years, research suggests
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Rising trade barriers. Aging populations. A broad transition from…
Continue ReadingMore than 600 firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft struggle to control wildfires in Greece
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries and…
Continue Reading‘Don’t chop me down.’ 100-year-old gingko trees may get axe for Tokyo redevelopment project
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Miho Nakashima stood in a bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her…
Continue ReadingPrigozhin’s final months were overshadowed by questions about what the Kremlin had in store for him
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Yevgeny Prigozhin smiled as a crowd of adoring fans surrounded his black SUV on June 24…
Continue ReadingA US Marine Osprey crashes during drills in Australia, killing 3 and injuring 20, some critically
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north…
Continue ReadingCause of Kenya’s longest power outage in memory remains unclear as grid suppliers exchange blame
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The longest nationwide power outage in Kenyans’ memory remains a mystery as the…
Continue ReadingEnvironmental groups recruit people of color into overwhelmingly white conservation world
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Arianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican…
Continue ReadingWorkers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting…
Continue ReadingTen-hut Time Machine? West Point to open time capsule possibly left by cadets in the 1820s
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The contents of a long-forgotten time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point and…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with…
Continue ReadingWomen working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The howling winds and perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter were easing to a…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s investigation into sexual harassment and assault at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station
By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Many women who work at McMurdo Station, the main United States research base in…
Continue ReadingAt Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — For the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, managing the ever-growing volume of…
Continue ReadingA gang in Haiti opens fire on a crowd of parishioners trying to rid the community of criminals
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful gang opened fire Saturday on a large group of parishioners led by a pastor…
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Trump campaign reports raising more than $7 million after Georgia booking
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth … more than $7 million. Trump’s…
Continue ReadingEvacuation order lifted after firefighters douse Maui brush fire near site of deadly Lahaina blaze
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — An evacuation order following a brush fire that burned 10 acres (4 hectares) on Maui was lifted by emergency officials…
Continue ReadingWhite Sox say they weren’t aware at first that a woman injured at game was shot
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay remembered sitting alone in the stands as a 5-year-old…
Continue ReadingRecord heat recorded in Dallas as scorching summer continues in the United States
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area before a slight cooling trend moves…
Continue ReadingRiders in various states of undress cruise Philadelphia streets in 14th naked bike ride
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of riders in various states of dress — or undress – are…
Continue ReadingZimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote, officials say
By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and…
Continue Reading1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in Copenhagen’s Christiania neighborhood, police in Denmark say
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen…
Continue ReadingA white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself
By RUSS BYNUM, TERRY SPENCER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside…
Continue ReadingLouisiana refinery fire mostly contained but residents worry about air quality
GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Crews in Louisiana were still working to suppress flare-ups as an oil refinery fire burned for a second day along the banks…
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