Kansas governor announces Juneteenth will be observed as a state holiday
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will designate Juneteenth as a state holiday, joining 28 other states and the District of Columbia. Kansas Gov. Laura…
Continue ReadingAP-National
Atlanta police chief fires officer after traffic stop led to Black deacon’s death
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon…
Continue Reading Police search for killer of retired Vermont college dean who was shot on trail near campus
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — Students and residents in a small Vermont university town were being told to lock their doors…
Continue Reading The US declares the ousting of Niger’s president a coup and suspends military aid and training
By SAM MEDNICK and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has officially declared the ouster of Niger’s democratically-elected…
Continue Reading Citing Trump’s online attacks, US prosecutors seek protections for potential jurors in election case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Federal prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in…
Continue Reading Bulgaria arrests 12 people for violating EU sanctions on exports to Russia
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian police have arrested 12 people accused of illegally exporting dual-use goods to Russia that can be used by…
Continue Reading Algeria forces Francophone schools to adopt Arabic curriculum but says all languages are welcome
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is rebuffing accusations that efforts to crack down on French private schools constituted hostility toward the…
Continue Reading Guatemalan police begin clearing protesters’ roadblocks after president threatens a crackdown
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Riot police have begun efforts to clear roadblocks by protesters that have paralyzed…
Continue Reading In ‘Goth: A History,’ The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces the often-misunderstood subculture
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a new book titled “Goth: A History,” The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces a…
Continue Reading ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will slice across Americas on Saturday with millions along path
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday’s rare “ring of fire” eclipse of…
Continue Reading NATO equips peacekeeping force in Kosovo with heavier armament to have “combat power”
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Adm. Stuart B. Munsch of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania universities are still waiting for state subsidies. It won’t make them more affordable
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Four of Pennsylvania’s universities are plugging budget gaps while…
Continue Reading X promises ‘highest level’ response on posts about Israel-Hamas war. Misinformation still flourishes
By MATT O’BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, says it is struggling with a flood of…
Continue Reading Funeral pays tribute to North Dakota lawmaker and family lost in Utah plane crash
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Loved ones are remembering a late North Dakota lawmaker and his wife and two children who died…
Continue Reading The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is heading into one of its biggest sales events of the year — Prime Day — with a…
Continue Reading NHL issues updated theme night guidance, which includes a ban on players using Pride tape on the ice
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL sent a memo to teams last week clarifying what players can and cannot do as part of theme celebrations this…
Continue Reading 4 Britons who were detained in Afghanistan are released by the Taliban
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says four Britons who were detained in Afghanistan on allegations that they broke the laws of the country have…
Continue Reading Voters in Iowa community to decide whether to give City Council more control over library books
PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Voters in a small central Iowa city will decide in November whether to give their City Council more say over what books the…
Continue Reading Rena Sofer returns to ‘General Hospital’ as fan favorite Lois after more than 25 years
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press It’s been nearly 30 years but Rena Sofer still remembers her line from a classic scene on ABC’s…
Continue Reading US senators see a glimmer of hope for breaking a logjam with China over the fentanyl crisis
BEIJING (AP) — A group of U.S. senators visiting Beijing are expressing hope that they had opened the door ever so slightly to government talks…
Continue Reading Finnish president says undersea gas and telecom cables damaged by ‘external activity’
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court rejects an appeal from former coal company CEO Don Blankenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former coal company executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets…
Continue Reading Lidia dissipates after killing 1 person, injuring 2 near Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta resort
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerta Vallarta, where one person was…
Continue Reading New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that makes it easier for authorities to…
Continue Reading Chris Colfer’s new book series for young people will launch in 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The hero of Chris Colfer’s next book series is no ordinary boy. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced Tuesday that the…
Continue Reading Geraldine Brooks’ ‘Horse’ and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His…
Continue Reading Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There should be no effort to impeach a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice based on what…
Continue Reading Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey joins California US Senate race, gives GOP ballot dash of celebrity
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former baseball MVP Steve Garvey joined the race Tuesday to succeed the late California…
Continue Reading The future of electric vehicles looms over negotiations in the US autoworkers strike
By TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — On the picket lines at a Ford factory west of Detroit, many striking…
Continue Reading Several more people arrested over a far-right German plot to launch a coup and kidnap a minister
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health…
Continue Reading