Month: June 2024

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A swimmer suffered serious injuries from a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach…

BY VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, TEXAS (AP) — At least two Texas border mayors are headed to Washington on Tuesday when President Joe…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The first Filipina to win the U.S. Women’s Open, and now the first from Japan. Sweetest…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes have again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — David Levy, an Israeli politician born in Morocco who fought tirelessly against deep-seated…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is calling for more nuclear reactors to be built in the…

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a…

SANTAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and…

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked roads in Jerusalem on Sunday as Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people…

LEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising and awareness campaigns after being diagnosed with…

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — Local officials won’t support a proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children at two former casino hotels in…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body for Gaza, the defense minister said…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Actor Michael Douglas on Sunday paid a solidarity visit to an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Catching the right amount of sleep is no easy task in Grand Slam tennis these days — for the…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press CANNES, France (AP) — Daniel Cole, a freelance photographer who does extensive work for The Associated Press,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his corporation, News Corp, confirmed Sunday. Murdoch and Elena…