AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — SZA might be known for hit songs like “Kill Bill” and “Snooze,” but the R&B star unveiled another impressive skill beyond music that drew high praise from gymnastics superstar Simone Biles. The multiple Grammy winner showed off her nimble athletic abilities during a friendly handstand contest with Biles
Continue Reading Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term for sexually assaulting a minor. A judge at the Sarhali District Court in southern Nepal sentenced Ram Bahadur Bamjan — believed by some to be the reincarnation of the founder of Buddhism —
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. The center-right Conservatives took power during the depths of the global
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The British Army says three runaway horses have been captured after bolting through the streets of central London. The incident Monday began when one horse was spooked by a bus and two others tossed their riders. The Army says one horse had minor injuries but didn’t require further treatment and neither soldier
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been convicted for the second time of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke plans to run for governor in the eastern state of Thuringia in September. German news agency dpa says he was fined Monday for
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election. In a historic ruling, the justices said Monday for the first time that former presidents can be shielded
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CNN By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Madalena Araújo, CNN Lviv, Ukraine (CNN) — Kateryna Tabashnyk couldn’t hold back her tears – not necessarily because her attempt to qualify for her first Olympics had fallen short, but because she was now reflecting on all the grief and pain of the past two-and-a-half years. The 30-year-old
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For more than three decades, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay rights movement. Through the AIDS crisis, the murder of Matthew Shepard, the historic civil-rights advances that included marriage equality, and most recently the backlash
Continue Reading AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous book by Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian author killed last year during a Russian missile strike, will be published in February upon the war’s third anniversary. “Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary,” which draws upon Amelina’s interviews with 11 women who had
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Beryl is roaring through the Windward Islands as an extremely dangerous Category 4, delivering violent winds, intense rainfall and life-threatening storm surge after making landfall Monday. Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea with maximum
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now all booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office. The election results mean there
Continue Reading Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The word “onigiri” (OH-knee-GEEH-reeh) just became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year. The humble sticky-rice ball — a mainstay of Japanese food — has entered the global lexicon. Key to onigiri is the stickiness of the rice. The rice balls are stuffed with a variety of fillings. Traditional
Continue Reading Associated Press Do you want orange creamsicle or minty watermelon? Homemade popsicles are not only easy to make, they’re healthier than anything you’ll find in the freezer aisle. Food science expert Jessica Gavin has been making them for years with her two kids. She cautions that even healthy-looking popsicle brands come loaded with artificial colors
Continue Reading Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement for the continent’s most industrialized country. The coalition came about after Ramaphosa’s African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in a milestone election result in late May. South Africa
Continue Reading Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Official results have confirmed that Mongolia’s ruling party won a much smaller majority in a parliamentary election than it had held previously, raising the possibility of a return to a coalition government for the first time in eight years. The election commission posted a certified list of winners online
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Throughout this week and into the weekend, expect active weather patterns to persist across our region. Thunderstorms are anticipated to bring strong gusty winds and heavy rainfall, raising concerns for potential flash flooding. Temperatures will remain consistently at or above normal levels throughout this period, adding to the dynamic weather
Continue Reading Associated Press BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth. Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4
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WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much
Continue Reading WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is imposing new restrictions on the sale of hemp products, requiring some basic standards for rented residences, cutting income taxes and requiring cash bail for dozens of new crimes. Those are among many laws passed earlier this year by the General Assembly that are taking effect on July 1.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s final day of the term will be Monday, when it issues a critical decision on whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Here’s what to watch: When will the court rule?
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EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso, to Southern New Mexico there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a complete list of TxDOT’s and Las Cruces road closures July 1 to July 5. For updates in El Paso, click here. (https://twitter.com/txdotelp) For a look at more information
Continue Reading Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters battled wildfires that broke out on the eastern Aegean islands of Chios and Kos and injured five people, as Greece’s prime minister warned of a dangerous summer ahead. Emergency services issued evacuation orders for the Metohi area on Chios Monday. Evacuations, including of some hotels, were also ordered
Continue Reading Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year. In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned dozens of
Continue Reading AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them. Meta began giving European users the option in November of paying for ad-free versions
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections. Monday’s official results showed that round one of the election the previous day produced two likely scenarios in what promises to be a torrid
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. The last time the Labour Party came to power was in 1997, when the youthful Tony Blair led his party to a landslide victory after it had been in
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CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its final opinions of the term on Monday morning, resolving the question of whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from federal election subversion charges. Overstepping their unofficial end-of-June deadline by a single day, the nine justices will assemble
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — As our daily interactions become more digital, emojis are evolving to help us convey our particular emotions via text messages. Emojis can also dramatically alter the meaning of a sentence — and sometimes reveal what generation you belong to. 👀 Take this CNN quiz to see what your texting
Continue Reading Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won reelection after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, provisional results from all polling stations showed on Sunday. Ghazouani, who campaigned on a pledge of providing security and economic growth, obtained 56.1%
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