The Post Fire in Los Angeles County has consumed more than 15,000 acres
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A fire in Los Angeles County that forced the evacuations of hundreds of people from a state park has burned…
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Trump allies hope his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law can help flip Arab American votes in Michigan
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lebanese-born businessman who…
Continue Reading4 Florida officers indicted for 2019 shootout with robbers that killed a UPS driver and passerby
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with…
Continue Reading‘We are seeing real momentum’: Republicans think Virginia could be in play this year
By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are openly floating that this will finally be the year that Virginia shifts from the Democratic…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the campaigning to win over rural voters in swing-state North Carolina
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is one of a handful of tightly contested states that could determine this…
Continue ReadingBryson DeChambeau’s secret to US Open success: Floating his golf balls in Epsom salt
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The best athletes break all sorts of new ground in pursuit of greatness, looking for that extra tiny percent that…
Continue ReadingMany voters in swing-state North Carolina are disengaged. Party activists hope to fire them up
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — Granville County is one of only six counties in North Carolina that voted for Barack Obama,…
Continue ReadingGerman police shot a man allegedly threatening them with a hammer in Euro 2024 host city Hamburg
BERLIN (AP) — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with a pick hammer and a Molotov cocktail in the…
Continue ReadingStores are more subdued in observing Pride Month. Some LGBTQ+ people see a silver lining in that
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Pride Month in full gear, U.S. shoppers can find the usual merchandise many stores…
Continue ReadingPrince William shares childhood photo of him and King Charles III for Father’s Day
By Benjamin Brown, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William on Sunday shared a photograph showing him as a child with his father, King Charles III, to…
Continue ReadingThe anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Reeling from a string of defeats, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state…
Continue Reading78 countries at Swiss conference agree Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be basis of any peace
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 80 countries called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to…
Continue ReadingCyprus records a second death from heatstroke as temperatures soar
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus health official says a second elderly person has died from heatstroke after a weeklong heatwave that baked the east…
Continue ReadingNoted Japanese author Haruki Murakami is happy with first animated adaptation of his short stories
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were…
Continue ReadingSheriff’s office recovers 11 guns from Michigan splash pad shooter’s home
By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Sara Smart, Kim Berryman and Sharif Paget, CNN Rochester Hills, Michigan (CNN) — Nine people were injured in…
Continue Reading2 killed and 6 wounded in shooting during a Juneteenth celebration in a Texas park
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say a shooting in a park left two people dead and six wounded. Police in Round Rock say the victims…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ soldiers in Ukraine hope their service is changing attitudes as they rally for legal rights
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched…
Continue ReadingWorried about your parenting skills? There are dads way worse than you
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Whether you’re a new or seasoned father, the anxieties of raising children can pop up anywhere, anytime. What…
Continue ReadingI just don’t get the ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ obsessions
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Winter never came for me. I say that not even fully understanding what that means, though I do know it…
Continue ReadingChina is getting too much rain in the south and not enough rain, plus a heat wave, in the north
BEIJING (AP) — China is being buffeted by two extremes of severe weather, with heavy rain and flooding in parts of the south and a heat wave and…
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