Stock market today: Asian stocks rise after Wall Street barrels to records
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets rose Thursday after Wall Street barreled to records Wednesday as the frenzy around…
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European Union braces for foreign disinformation as voters head to polls
By LORNE COOK and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the…
Continue Reading Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and LUJAIN JO Associated Press AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — A gunman who attacked the U.S. embassy near Beirut was shot and captured by…
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Texas Attorney General sues U.S. Department of Labor over new rule on overtime pay
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, has sued the U.S. Department of Labor after what he calls, quote, “for attempting to…
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CEO of Las Palmas Medical Center retires
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After 34 years, the CEO of Las Palmas Medical Center, Don Karl, has retired. Las Palmas says Karl also served as COO for the…
Continue Reading In Burkina Faso, a growing number of children are traumatized by war
By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid…
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Unofficial primary election results: Fernando Macias projected to edge out Shaharazad Booth for Doña Ana County District Attorney
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to the latest unofficial numbers from the New Mexico Secretary of State, Fernando Macias is projected to…
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A key Atlanta water main break is now fixed, but a boil advisory is still in place for many, city says
WXIA By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Atlanta have completed repairs to a key water main whose break,…
Continue Reading Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on…
Continue Reading ‘Cheaters don’t like getting caught’: VP Harris speaks about Trump conviction on Jimmy Kimmel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rehashing how she found out about former…
Continue Reading Italy’s premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
By VLASOV SULAJ and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has traveled to Albania to thank its…
Continue Reading Amanda Knox reconvicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander Wednesday, quashing her hope of…
Continue Reading Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes with highs well over 100
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as…
Continue Reading Disney set to invest up to $17B in Florida parks now that fight with DeSantis appointees has ended
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end their legal fight,…
Continue Reading Hard right is set to surge in this week’s European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it…
Continue Reading Emirati leader meets with Taliban official facing $10 million US bounty over attacks
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates has met with an official in the Taliban…
Continue Reading Big GOP funders sending millions into Missouri’s attorney general primary
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Major Republican campaign funders are investing millions in Missouri’s GOP attorney general primary. Big…
Continue Reading Navy vet has Trump’s nod ahead of Virginia’s US Senate primary, targets Tim Kaine in uphill battle
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Political observers have already placed their bets on U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, predicting the…
Continue Reading Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to…
Continue Reading Life as a teen without social media isn’t easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first.…
Continue Reading South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The…
Continue Reading Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
By JILL COLVIN, STEPHEN GROVES and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability…
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El Paso International Airport celebrates first daily nonstop flight to Chicago
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso International Airport celebrated its first daily nonstop flight Chicago on June 4. The airport plans to offer daily…
Continue Reading In their own words: What young people wish they’d known about social media
The Associated Press It’s dangerous. It’s addictive. Get off your phone. Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from…
Continue Reading A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a community center in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular…
Continue Reading A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a community center in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular…
Continue Reading In a West Bank refugee camp, Israel’s raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out
By JACK JEFFERY and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day…
Continue Reading Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it’s possible that famine is…
Continue Reading Asylum-seekers looking for shelter set up encampment in Seattle suburb
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a…
Continue Reading Kim, Bashaw win New Jersey primaries for Senate seat held by embattled Menendez
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw have won their New Jersey U.S. Senate…
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