Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have…
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Prosecutors say neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader plotted to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the leader of a violent neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an…
Continue Reading Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science
Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there’s a webcam so…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris and JD Vance have talked, but they’re yet to agree on terms for a VP debate
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican JD Vance have had their first chat since the Ohio senator became the…
Continue Reading Former CIA official charged with being secret agent for South Korean intelligence
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has…
Continue Reading Peter Courtney, Oregon’s longest-serving state lawmaker, dies at 81
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s longest-serving lawmaker has died. Peter Courtney was 81. Gov. Tina Kotek says Courtney died Tuesday morning at…
Continue Reading Anger over Houston power outages after Beryl has repair crews facing threats from some residents
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some…
Continue Reading Montana judge: Signatures of inactive voters count for initiatives, including 1 to protect abortion
Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge says the Secretary of State’s Office was wrong to change the rules governing whose…
Continue Reading Who is Usha Vance? Yale law graduate and wife of vice presidential nominee JD Vance
Associated Press/Report for America WASHINGTON (AP) — Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of JD Vance, is a Yale law graduate and attorney. She stood next…
Continue Reading Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding…
Continue Reading US government must return land it took and never developed to a Nebraska tribe under new law
WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres of land the federal government took more than 50 years…
Continue Reading Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered
Associated Press TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say the suspect in last week’s killings of two Australians and their…
Continue Reading Forest fire breaks out at major military gunnery range in New Jersey
BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) — Crews are battling a fast-moving forest fire that broke out at a major military gunnery range in southern New Jersey. No…
Continue Reading JD Vance charted a Trump-centric, populist path in Senate as he fought GOP establishment
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ohio Sen. JD Vance traveled to the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, he wasn’t there to…
Continue Reading Patriots receiver won’t face prosecution over online gambling while at LSU
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte will not be prosecuted on charges related to illegal online…
Continue Reading Venice mayor under investigation in wide-ranging corruption scandal. He denies wrongdoing
MILAN (AP) — The mayor of Venice is under investigation in a corruption scandal that has landed his top public works official in jail for an…
Continue Reading Last summer Boston was afflicted by rain. This year, there’s a heat emergency
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Last summer in Boston, locals say, it seemed to rain every weekend. This year, the city has baked, with Mayor…
Continue Reading Kennedy apologizes after a video of him speaking to Trump leaks
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized Tuesday after a video was posted online showing part of a private phone call…
Continue Reading Sue Bird Barbie: Mattel honors WNBA great with signature doll
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — WNBA great Sue Bird has been honored with a signature Barbie doll. Mattel announced Tuesday that it has issued a replica…
Continue Reading Power restored at overcrowded California prison after outage amid heat wave
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Power has been restored at an overcrowded California men’s prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days…
Continue Reading An order blocking a rule to help LGBTQ+ kids applies to hundreds of schools. Some want to block more
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from…
Continue Reading Appeals court won’t hear arguments on Fani Willis’ role in Georgia Trump case until after election
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has set a December hearing for arguments on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing…
Continue Reading Few residents opt out of $600 million class action settlement in East Palestine, Ohio, derailment
Associated Press Lawyers say few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected…
Continue Reading Award-winning Oregon chef Naomi Pomeroy drowns in river accident
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland, Oregon, on the map as a culinary destination,…
Continue Reading Athletics’ temporary Sacramento ballpark will have hydration element because of summer heat
AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California,…
Continue Reading El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during…
Continue Reading Minnesota’s ban on gun carry permits for young adults is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court says Minnesota’s law banning 18 to-20-year-olds from getting permits to carry guns in…
Continue Reading Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue fell 24% in June from a year ago
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s robust sports betting industry saw a big decline in June, with revenue down nearly 24%…
Continue Reading Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui convicted of defrauding followers after fleeing to US
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online…
Continue Reading Torrential rains hit Canada’s largest city, closing a major highway and other roads
TORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several other thoroughfares and a key transit hub in Toronto have been flooded as torrential rains washed over…
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