Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
Associated Press TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it…
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A Spanish YouTube chef gets life in prison for murder in Thailand
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of…
Continue Reading Why Russia has struggled to halt Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region
After three weeks of fighting, Russia is still struggling to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, a surprisingly slow and low-key…
Continue Reading Mexico’s ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds…
Continue Reading Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign
Associated Pres SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her…
Continue Reading At this church in Portugal, parishioners surf before they worship
Associated Press PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine…
Continue Reading Angelina Jolie dazzles Venice Film Festival with ‘Maria,’ a biopic about opera legend Maria Callas
Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Angelina Jolie portrays renowned opera singer Maria Callas in a film premiering at the Venice Film Festival…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street sees mixed results after late-day selling, drop for Nvidia
AP Business Writers A late-afternoon slide by some Big Tech companies cut into Wall Street’s gains Thursday, leading to a mixed finish for U.S.…
Continue Reading Florida executes man convicted of killing college student, raping victim’s sister in national forest
Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college student and raping the murder victim’s older sister in a…
Continue Reading Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work
Associated Press POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free…
Continue Reading Botched college financial aid form snarls students’ enrollment plans
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally…
Continue Reading ‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this…
Continue Reading Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ are making their live debut
Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here…
Continue Reading Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict
Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a…
Continue Reading California lawmakers pass bill that could make undocumented immigrants eligible for home loans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has approved a proposal that could make undocumented immigrants eligible for affordable…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a…
Continue Reading Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and…
Continue Reading What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goers
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Four significant breaks in the water pipeline that serves the Grand Canyon means visitors won’t be able…
Continue Reading Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly…
Continue Reading Authorities search for missing California couple last seen leaving home on nudist ranch
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in southern California are searching for a missing couple last seen leaving their home on a nudist ranch over…
Continue Reading Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong storm lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in Arizona’s fake electors case dispute defendants’ allegations of a political motive
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A three-day hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results…
Continue Reading DC police officer dies after gun he was trying to retrieve from storm drain went off, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a Washington, D.C., officer has died after being shot when a gun he was trying to trying recover from a storm drain…
Continue Reading Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has came under fire for sending a campaign email that included a photo of…
Continue Reading A second elephant calf in 2 weeks is born at a California zoo
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The second elephant calf in two weeks has been born at a California zoo. The Fresno Chaffee Zoo says African elephant Amahle…
Continue Reading Georgia lawmakers seek answers to deaths and violence plaguing the state’s prisons
Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Statistics presented to Georgia lawmakers indicate that the state’s prisons remain…
Continue Reading California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California landmark legislation to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest AI…
Continue Reading Iran claims Yemen’s Houthi rebels will allow rescuers to salvage oil tanker ablaze in Red Sea
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker…
Continue Reading People in Brazil’s Amazon are choking on smoke and feeling the heat from rainforest wildfires
Associated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is causing people in the region to cough, burning their…
Continue Reading Rail worker’s death in Ohio railyard highlights union questions about remote control trains
Associated Press The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives last year sees two-person crews as a…
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