Right-wing media figures vow revenge after Trump‘s conviction
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s media allies are demanding retribution in the wake of his conviction. Following weeks…
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ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision…
Continue Reading Police break up a network that illegally helped foreigners stay in Thailand, arresting dozens
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say they have broken up a large network that illegally helped foreigners, mostly Russians, to stay in Thailand long-term…
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SISD graduations to be hosted at Don Haskins Center over two days
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — SISD graduations will be held Friday May 31st and Saturday June 1st at the Don Haskins Center at UTEP. The first graduates…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea’s prime minister visits the site of a landslide estimated to have killed hundreds
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a major landslide that is…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orbán pushes back on EU and NATO proposals to further assist Ukraine
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is pushing back against some NATO proposals that…
Continue Reading French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia’s capital after days of deadly unrest
By The Associated Press The French interior minister says French authorities in New Caledonia have regained full control of their Pacific…
Continue Reading Inflation ticked up in Europe in May. That likely won’t stop a central bank rate cut next week
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation ticked up to an annual 2.6% in Europe in May. The new figure released on…
Continue Reading Slovak prime minister who was shot in an assassination attempt is released from the hospital
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been released from a hospital where he was treated after an…
Continue Reading South Africa heading for ‘coalition country’ as partial election results have the ANC below 50%
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition…
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In-person socialization is alive in these states—here's where people are the most social
Peerspace mapped the states that spend the most time socializing using data from the American Time Use Survey via…
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Cancer diagnoses could reach record high in 2024. Here's how alcohol increases risk.
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to illustrate the lesser-known association between alcohol intake and some cancers, using CDC…
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5 emerging trends that will change how you use your phone in 2024
Visible partnered with Stacker to highlight some of the biggest trends that could impact how you use your phone in 2024 based on consumer surveys and…
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Online gamers want more concrete value from their virtual in-game purchases
Unstoppable Games polled gamers on what they spend on in-game items and whether they feel the purchases have been worth…
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NYC makes America's biggest mental health rebound post-pandemic, see how other cities stack up—2024 study
Hims & Hers surveyed more than 5,000 people across the U.S. and determined that New York City had the best mental health rebound after the…
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Top cities for the best off-market real estate properties
Spokeo uncovers the best locations to find real estate not actively marketed or sold through traditional…
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Are we past the peak of the remote work era?
Workers are back at the office—sort of JobTest.org used Gallup and Bureau of Labor Statistics data to explore the shift in remote working…
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Why colleges are adopting standardized tests again
Learner looked at news reports and press releases to track the efforts of colleges across the U.S. to reinstate standardized testing for…
Continue Reading Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance
By ILLIA NOVIKOV, MATTHEW LEE and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany joined the United States on Friday in authorizing…
Continue Reading Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
By JON GAMBRELL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi…
Continue Reading NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their weapons
By MATTHEW LEE and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers are meeting in the Czech capital to prepare for this…
Continue Reading Oil giant Saudi Aramco offers a second stock tranche worth billions of dollars
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Friday it will sell a second sliver of stock in its state oil giant Aramco worth billions of…
Continue Reading A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world’s youngest…
Continue Reading Italy’s migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, GIADA ZAMPANO, ANNIE RISEMBERG and BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press ROME (AP) — It was still dark and quiet outside when…
Continue Reading Italy’s migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, GIADA ZAMPANO, ANNIE RISEMBERG and BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press ROME (AP) — It was still dark and quiet outside when…
Continue Reading UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN refugee chief says the number of people fleeing their homes because of war,…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to close out a bloom-filled May
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An already verdant May for Wall Street finished with another push higher as stocks rallied Friday…
Continue Reading Serbs will head to the polls again after fraud reports led to tensions during a December ballot
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Voters in Serbia will go to the polls this weekend in a municipal election in dozens of…
Continue Reading Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani registers as a possible presidential candidate
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former speaker of Iran’s parliament has registered as a possible candidate in the Islamic Republic’s June…
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Texas Tech Health El Paso holds ceremony for new M.D’s
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech Health El Paso held its 12th commencement ceremony for M.D.s from the Foster School of Medicine on Friday, May…
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