How you can help those affected from the Ruidoso Wildfires
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the South Fork Fire burns homes and businesses in Ruidoso — and the Salt and Blue 2 Fires continue to burn nearby, El…
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New Petrobras chief is sworn in as market worries Brazil’s government will have heavier hand
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Magda Chambriard has been sworn in as the head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant…
Continue Reading Libyans want an end to country’s divisions and feuding politicians to hold elections, UN envoy says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s…
Continue Reading Power outage leaves millions of Ecuadorians in the dark after transmission line fails
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A failure in an energy transmission line on Wednesday produced an unexpected blackout throughout Ecuador, the government…
Continue Reading Snapchat Inc. to pay $15 million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in California
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil…
Continue Reading Wife of Toronto gunman says two victims allegedly defrauded family of life savings
TORONTO (AP) — The gunman in a fatal Toronto shooting earlier this week believed the two victims had defrauded his family, his wife is saying as…
Continue Reading Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has formally complained to the…
Continue Reading Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says
By EVENS SANON and CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new report from the U.N. migration agency says that surging…
Continue Reading Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
By FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — South Darfur has seen a slight increase in critical aid since the UN’s World Food Program delivered…
Continue Reading Boaters find $1 million of cocaine floating off Florida Keys
MIAMI (AP) — Recreational boaters found $1 million worth of cocaine floating in the ocean off the Florida Keys. Samuel Briggs II, the acting chief…
Continue Reading Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals have spent a second day on the picket lines as they continued to…
Continue Reading Colombian family’s genes offer new clue to delaying onset of Alzheimer’s
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying a family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer’s found some carry a…
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New Details: El Paso woman files lawsuit after her husband was electrocuted in a hot tub
Update (June 21, 2024): ABC News exclusively interviewed Zambrano about her experience and the lawsuit. Update (June 19, 2024): Paranjpe says an El…
Continue Reading On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of surnames grace the towering monument, representing the more than 4 million enslaved people who were freed…
Continue Reading Rifts seem to appear between Israel’s political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army’s chief spokesman on Wednesday appeared to question the…
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This is why you'd pick a diesel in 2024
Edmunds reports that, according to the EPA, diesel fuel is cleaner than ever and the low-torque power is great for…
Continue Reading Police credit New Yorkers for suspect’s arrest in the rape of a 13-year-old girl
NEW YORK (AP) — Police officials say residents of a New York City community enabled the arrest of a 25-year-old Ecuadorian man in the rape of a…
Continue Reading Oilers fever overtakes Edmonton as fans dream of a Stanley Cup comeback against Florida
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch got his up-close look at how crazed the city is…
Continue Reading Detroit Pistons fire coach Monty Williams after one season that ended with NBA’s worst record
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Detroit Pistons fired coach Monty Williams on Wednesday after just one season that ended with an NBA-worst…
Continue Reading Iowa man pleads not guilty to killing four people with a metal pipe earlier this month
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa man accused of killing four people with a metal pipe earlier this month has filed a written plea of not guilty…
Continue Reading Lionel Messi could be playing in his final tournament with Argentina at Copa America
By DEBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It’s sad but true, Copa America could mark Lionel Messi’s final chapter…
Continue Reading A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, says an economic ‘border war’ between his state and…
Continue Reading New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in…
Continue Reading Survivors of New Hampshire motorcycle crash that killed 7 urge a judge to keep trucker off the road
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Relatives and friends of seven motorcyclists who died in a 2019 crash urged New Hampshire officials not to allow…
Continue Reading One of Rishi Sunak’s bodyguards arrested over alleged bets on UK election date
LONDON (AP) — One of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s police bodyguards has been arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain’s national…
Continue Reading The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and…
Continue Reading Japan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders…
Continue Reading Man, 72, killed and his wife wounded in knife attack at Nebraska highway rest area
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and his…
Continue Reading Firewall to deter cyberattacks is blamed for Massachusetts 911 outage
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A firewall designed to prevent cyberattacks and hacking was to blame for the 911 outage that hit…
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Texas court finds Kerry Max Cook innocent of 1977 murder, ending decades-long quest for exoneration
By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune June 19, 2024 “Texas court finds Kerry Max Cook innocent of 1977 murder, ending decades-long quest for…
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