Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to…
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Survivors of Israel music festival massacre unite to build a healing community
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the months since Hamas’ surprise attack sent them scattering across fields or hiding in desert brush,…
Continue Reading As LGBTQ+ Pride’s crescendo approaches, tensions over war in Gaza expose rifts
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of New York City’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride march, organizers typically spend weeks mapping out the order of…
Continue Reading Days after heatwave, intense rain causes roof collapse at New Delhi airport, killing 1 person
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Part of a departure terminal canopy at New Delhi’s main airport has collapsed as monsoon rains lashed the…
Continue Reading Tokyo’s old fish market makes way for skyscrapers, glitzy stadium to woo global spenders
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The site of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market left empty after it was razed six years ago, will be replaced by a…
Continue Reading Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday’s presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it…
Continue Reading Trump and Biden mix it up over policy and each other in a debate that turns deeply personal
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy — and each other — in…
Continue Reading Mexico’s incoming president appoints expert in sustainable development as head of energy
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced five more members of her future cabinet. Luz Elena González, an…
Continue Reading Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU’s top jobs. Here’s who they are and what they do
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will lead the European Commission, Council, and foreign…
Continue Reading Man fatally shoots 80-year-old grandfather and self in New York state
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in western New York say a man fatally shot his 80-year-old grandfather and eventually took his own life on a…
Continue Reading Intrigue of NHL draft expected to begin after the Sharks likely select Celebrini with top pick
AP Hockey Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier is turning coy when it comes to saying which player San Jose will select with the…
Continue Reading Who is General Zúñiga, the shadowy officer behind the thwarted coup in Bolivia?
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The man behind the attempted coup that has rocked Bolivia remains a mystery to much of the country. Little…
Continue Reading Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 per hour in Massachusetts settlement
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday…
Continue Reading Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former Uvalde schools police chief was indicted over his role in the slow police response to the 2022…
Continue Reading Mongolia’s governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show
Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — The governing Mongolian People’s Party has won a slim majority in the country’s parliament, with…
Continue Reading Connecticut governor to replant more than 180 trees, thousands of bushes cut down behind his house
Associated Press Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has been officially ordered by his local inland wetlands agency to replant the more than 180 trees and…
Continue Reading Law limiting new oil wells in California set to take effect after industry withdraws referendum
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will likely take…
Continue Reading Rainforest animal called a kinkajou rescued from dusty highway rest stop in Washington state
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A small mammal called a kinkajou was found far from its normal rainforest habitat this week: at a rest stop amid the rolling…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Senate passes bill to bar universities and pension funds from divesting from Israel
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Senate has advanced legislation that would block state aid to any university that boycotts…
Continue Reading Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, taken by Lakers with 55th pick in NBA draft
AP Basketball Writer It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons.…
Continue Reading UN Security Council demands Iran-backed Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that…
Continue Reading DNA experts identify a Jane Doe found shot to death in an Illinois ditch in 1976
MORRIS, Ill. (AP) — DNA experts have identified the remains of a woman found shot to death in an Illinois ditch almost 50 years ago. The DNA Doe…
Continue Reading Judge sentences man to life in prison for killing St. Louis police officer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man convicted of killing a St. Louis police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A…
Continue Reading Jackie Clarkson, longtime New Orleans politician and mother of actor Patricia Clarkson, dead at 88
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Public officials in New Orleans are praising the memory of Jaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson — a former Louisiana…
Continue Reading Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Continue Reading Feds investigating violence during pro-Palestinian protest outside Los Angeles synagogue
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says federal officials are investigating a weekend demonstration against the Israel-Hamas…
Continue Reading US SafeSport center asks for $10M more due to rising number of sex-abuse reports
AP National Writer The U.S. Center for SafeSport has released its 2023 annual report. The center points to an ever-growing surge in abuse reports and…
Continue Reading Jury orders NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case for violating antitrust laws
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that…
Continue Reading Prosecutors charge second inmate in assault that left Wisconsin youth prison counselor brain-dead
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a second inmate in connection with a fight that left a counselor at…
Continue Reading No shield required: ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie’s own super power is swimming with sharks
Associated Press Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in the Gulf of Mexico for the new National Geographic special “Shark Beach with…
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