By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil say the first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease have…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After the competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival got a lackluster start last week, the…
Continue ReadingASSOCIATED PRESS TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A rare tornado in northern Haiti has injured more than 50 people and destroyed more than 200 homes. The U.N. Office…
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press NAFPLIO, Greece (AP) — A group of Egyptians jailed for nearly a year pending trial for a…
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two private investment firms have created a platform to help athletic departments find funding with college sports on the verge…
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The police chief at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been reassigned following criticism over his handling of…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The stunning announcement that the International Criminal Court is considering…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday said Elvis Presley’s estate could be successful in arguing that a company’s attempt to auction…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in five years in a country reeling from the…
Continue ReadingBy MATT ROURKE Associated Press CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities near Philadelphia say a disgruntled employee opened fire at a linen company on…
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top telecommunications regulator is introducing a proposal to require political…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will soon become the first state in the country to offer free diapers to…
Continue ReadingBEIJING, China (AP) — China has sanctioned 12 defense-related U.S. companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan and to retaliate earlier…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two shipping companies agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to federal charges related to the dumping of…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dozens of children suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes inside…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Cameron Brink, the…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is…
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Pidgeon is making her Broadway debut this season in a celebrated, thoughtful show…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday said Elvis Presley’s estate could be successful in arguing that a…
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat, won’t face charges after he was accused of…
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press Recent toy and consumer goods shows have had plenty of digital diversions. But they’ve also included a lot of…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee’s Washington headquarters…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank last month, pushed down by high mortgage rates…
Continue ReadingBy ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serb-controlled territory has reiterated a threat to…
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT STUMM Associated Press A typical spread at a Memorial Day barbecue might not scream “healthy,” but nutritionists see an opportunity in…
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press At 16, Katya Kondragunta has already lived through two disasters amped by climate change. First came wildfires in…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer This French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. He has won the clay-court Grand Slam tournament…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The parties that agreed to form a Dutch coalition dominated by the far right are…
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron has said on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia that he won’t…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard says it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s Post Office Paula Vennells has broken down in tears on several occasions…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly…
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North…
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press On a Friday morning in April, Dan Stein, the founder of Giving Green, a climate philanthropy organization, found…
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press North Carolina has been an underappreciated political battleground recently and not gotten the same attention as…
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders around the Baltic Sea are reacting warily to reports that Russia could revise…
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Discussions on how to scale up resources to deliver efficient and affordable clean…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in…
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