El Paso contractor sentenced for defrauding federal correctional institutions
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 72-year-old El Pasoan Jack McCager Kidd will spend the next 24 months in federal prison for defrauding two correction…
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Taylor Fritz beats Alexander Zverev at Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic gets into it with the crowd
AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — After Taylor Fritz deposited a backhand that Alexander Zverev didn’t even chase, wrapping up the…
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Clarification: Nuclear Weapon-Cost story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published July 8, 2024, The Associated Press reported that the new Sentinel nuclear weapons program is 81% over…
Continue Reading Hurricane Beryl destroys crops in Jamaica, leaves islanders facing food shortages
Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica faces food shortages after Hurricane Beryl destroyed over $6.4 million in food crops and…
Continue Reading Rhode Island man killed in police chase after being accused of killing his wife
HOPKINTON, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police say a man wanted in the killing of his wife died in a police chase over the weekend. Authorities…
Continue Reading Organizers of recall targeting a top Wisconsin Republican appeal to court
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Organizers of the effort to recall a top Wisconsin Republican have appealed the bipartisan state elections…
Continue Reading US women’s coach Emma Hayes sidesteps equal pay question if high-priced star takes over American men
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. women’s coach Emma Hayes sidestepped a question on whether she should get a raise if a high-priced star such as Jürgen…
Continue Reading Elina Svitolina is in a fog at Wimbledon because of the missile attacks on Ukraine
AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina says she was in a fog at Wimbledon because of a deadly Russian missile…
Continue Reading New Jersey fines DraftKings $100K for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $100,000 for reporting inaccurate sports betting…
Continue Reading Department of Education and Brown University reach agreement on antidiscrimination efforts
Associated Press The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that it entered an agreement with Brown University to make…
Continue Reading Hatch recalls nearly 1 million power adapters sold with baby sound machines due to shock hazard
NEW YORK (AP) — Due to a shock hazard, a California company is recalling nearly 1 million power adapters sold with sound machines marketed to help…
Continue Reading Teen safely stops runaway boat speeding in circles on New Hampshire’s largest lake
GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — A teenager is being called a hero for safely stopping an empty runaway boat speeding in circles on New Hampshire’s…
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Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner draws criticism for saying SafeSport is hindering coaches
Olympic medal-winning gymnast MyKayla Skinner Harmer is drawing criticism for a since-deleted YouTube video in which she said the U.S. Center for…
Continue Reading Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and…
Continue Reading Willem Dafoe is named artistic director of Venice Biennale’s theater department
ROME (AP) — Actor Willem Dafoe, a frequent red-carpet star at the Venice Film Festival, was named artistic director Monday of the Venice…
Continue Reading All rail cars carrying hazardous material have been removed from North Dakota derailment site
BORDULAC, N.D. (AP) — All of the rail cars that contained hazardous materials have been removed from the site of a train derailment in North…
Continue Reading In first comments, the Kenyan force in Haiti says ‘no room for failure’ against powerful gangs
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti says…
Continue Reading Karen Read’s defense team says jurors were unanimous on acquitting her of murder
Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Defense lawyers for Karen Read say jurors unanimously concluded she was not guilty of murder or leaving the…
Continue Reading UConn, coach Dan Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season,…
Continue Reading South Dakota Gov. Noem’s official social media accounts seem to disappear without explanation
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longstanding official social media accounts belonging to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appear to have been deleted without…
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“A Passage Below”: A look into U.S. Border Patrol’s special unit working in the storm drains
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Transnational criminal organizations are well known for using the sewer system as a mean of smuggling migrants into the U.S.…
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Maquiladora employment in Juárez going down, reports show
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The maquiladora industry on the border is one of the main suppliers of medical, and manufacturing, among others, and with…
Continue Reading Far-right groups from France and Hungary to lead a new political force in the European Parliament
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties from 12 countries, including France’s National Rally and Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, have…
Continue Reading Rikers Island inmates sue NYC claiming they were trapped in cells during jail fire that injured 20
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a…
Continue Reading Chief prosecutor defends Vatican’s legal system after recent criticism of pope’s absolute power
Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice…
Continue Reading Prosecutor tells New York City jury at bribery trial that Sen. Bob Menendez put power ‘up for sale’
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments have started at the bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, with a federal prosecutor…
Continue Reading Alice Munro’s daughter alleges sexual abuse by the late author’s husband
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The daughter of the late Nobel laureate Alice Munro has accused the author’s second husband, Gerard Fremlin,…
Continue Reading A Russian playwright and a theater director sentenced to prison on charges of advocating terrorism
A Russian court on Monday convicted a theater director and a playwright of terrorism charges and sentenced them to six years each in prison, the…
Continue Reading Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers after ambushing their vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police officials say suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir ambushed an army…
Continue Reading 2 men drown in Glacier National Park over the July 4 holiday weekend
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Two men drowned in Glacier National Park over the July 4 holiday weekend. A 26-year-old man from India slipped on rocks…
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