Famed Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster is shut down after mid-ride malfunction
NEW YORK (AP) — The famous Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster in New York City was shut down indefinitely after coming to a stop mid-ride this…
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Authorities recover body of Arizona woman who went missing in Grand Canyon after flash flood
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — The body of an Arizona woman who went missing in the Grand Canyon National Park after a flash flood days earlier was recovered…
Continue Reading Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations?
Chronicle of Philanthropy Ahead of Taylor Swift’s July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the…
Continue Reading Alabama high school football player who died after suffering game injury is remembered
Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school football player, who died after being critically injured during a game, was remembered…
Continue Reading Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field,…
Continue Reading A photographer captures the mpox health crisis in Africa in a closeup
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Moses Sawasawa, a freelance photographer in Congo who began his career in 2015 at the age of 18, has been…
Continue Reading In boosting clean energy in Minnesota, Walz lays foundation for climate influence if Harris wins
Associated Press Minnesota had a half-century-old process for permitting clean energy projects that could keep developers waiting over a year for…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the AP’s review of Tim Walz’s descriptions of his military record
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz served in the National Guard for 24 years, rising through the…
Continue Reading Chinese coast guard ships fire water cannons and block Philippine fisheries vessel in disputed sea
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese coast guard ship have fired water cannons, blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel in the disputed South China Sea,…
Continue Reading Walz’s exit from Minnesota National Guard left openings for critics to pounce on his military record
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kolb, a retired Minnesota National Guard colonel, knew Tim Walz by reputation as an “excellent leader”…
Continue Reading Kroger and Albertsons hope to merge but must face a skeptical US government in court first
AP Business Writer The largest proposed grocery store merger in U.S. history is going to court. On one side are supermarket chains Kroger and…
Continue Reading Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar
Associated Press COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied in a southern Bangladeshi coastal…
Continue Reading French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant…
Continue Reading Member of British journalist team dies after Russian missile hits hotel in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the…
Continue Reading Harris campaign says it has raised $540M, sees surge of donations during DNC
Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it has now raised $540 million for its election battle against Republican nominee…
Continue Reading What to know about the heavy exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Associated Press Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday launched their heaviest exchange of fire after months of strikes and counterstrikes,…
Continue Reading Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top UN official is warning that the Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws provide a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s…
Continue Reading French authorities arrest suspect in an explosion at a synagogue that injured a police officer
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says police have apprehended a suspect in an arson attack on a…
Continue Reading China opposes US sanctions on firms over alleged ties to Russia’s war efforts
BEIJING (AP) — China has expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in…
Continue Reading 2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two separate bus crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 36 people dead and dozens more injured,…
Continue Reading A flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island sweeps away buildings and leaves 13 dead
Associated Press TERNATE ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say torrential rains caused a flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island,…
Continue Reading The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say
Associated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization…
Continue Reading This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it’s back, and humans must help it migrate for winter
Associated Press PATERZELL, Germany (AP) — The northern bald ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much…
Continue Reading How do you deal with stress? In Nigeria, swinging a sledgehammer in a ‘rage room’ helps
Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In Nigeria’s largest city, stressed-out residents are finding their reset button in a “rage room”…
Continue Reading Schools are competing with cell phones. Here’s how they think they could win
Associated Press Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates…
Continue Reading ‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
Associated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of…
Continue Reading The shooting death of a 16-year-old girl by police is among a spate that’s upset Anchorage residents
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spate of officer-involved shootings has made Anchorage, Alaska, the latest in a long list of American…
Continue Reading Behind the rhetoric, a presidential campaign is a competition about how to tell the American story
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Political conventions are exercises in storytelling. Presidential campaigns are, too. And in the history of the…
Continue Reading Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage talks will continue after weekend meetings didn’t resolve gaps
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily…
Continue Reading Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis has been unveiled at a city park in Georgia. A crowd…
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