By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. is shorter, shallower and harder to navigate than the more famous Potomac, which cuts through the city’s storied landmarks and is steeped in Revolutionary and American Civil War history. For decades, the Anacostia was treated as a municipal dumping ground for
Continue ReadingBy S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — Arlington Police say the 21-year-old man officers shot last month is out of the hospital and in jail. Police say they had multiple run-ins with 21-year-old Austin Taylor before the officer-involved shooting in a neighborhood on Shady Valley Drive. Two weeks
Continue ReadingBy Nathalie Palacios Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — The Dallas Police Department (DPD) is searching for a man who attacked a woman running at the White Rock Lake Trail in the middle of the day. Police say the victim was running at the trail when she was attacked from
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A brutal heat dome is ramping up and sending temperatures to dangerous levels in California and the West in what is the region’s first significant heat wave of the year. And heat hasn’t peaked yet. July-like high temperatures will top out at 20 to 25 degrees above normal
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in India’s lower house of parliament. In 2016, he yanked over 80%
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly U.S. workers, ranging from a new bonus plan to opportunities to move into skilled trade jobs within the company. The perks program announced Wednesday comes as the nation’s largest private employer says it’s seeing a decline in
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Whether you go big, small or DIY, there are lots of way to please dad on Father’s Day. If store-bought is your jam, try a weighted pillow built to de-stress. Or maybe a compact smokeless electric grill perfect for balconies or parks that ban open
Continue ReadingBy Cat Woods, CNN (CNN) — Before the nationwide influx of suburban malls and the convenience of online shopping, there was a golden age of American department stores. More than merely local shopping hubs, these ostentatious emporiums offered tea rooms, child care, beauty services and exotic animals for sale, if you could afford a pet
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The website for the Columbia Law Review is no longer accessible following the publication of an article critical of Israel that the publication’s board said did not go through the proper review process. At issue is the publication of an article that said Palestinians are living under
Continue ReadingBy Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Tuesday night, the U.S. Women’s National Team is taking on South Korea at Allianz Field in St. Paul. This is a friendly match before the team heads to Paris to compete in the Olympics. One enthusiastic fan got the chance
Continue ReadingBy Pauleen Le Click here for updates on this story MINNETONKA, Minnesota (WCCO) — A rally for a teen allegedly attacked at Hopkins High School is scheduled for Wednesday morning, and Minnetonka police say they’re investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. The Queer Equity Institute and Transforming Families, the two organizations putting on
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — After decades of false starts, researchers say they are finally making progress on a long-acting and reversible birth control option for men. The experimental product is a hormonal gel that men rub on their shoulders once daily. Over time, it blocks the production of sperm in the testes. The
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos — and questions. Tori and Sam Earle “adopted” an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Days after France lifted emergency measures in New Caledonia to quell the worst unrest in decades in its Pacific territory, it is hurrying to ensure that the archipelago’s residents can vote in the upcoming European elections. But many, especially among the Indigenous Kanaks who have long
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Diego Maradona’s heirs have won an appeal ruling to stop the auction of a trophy the late soccer great was awarded after the 1986 World Cup. A French court on Wednesday not only stopped the sale but also ordered the trophy placed in judicial possession. The appeal court in
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead’s “Crook Manifesto” is this year’s winner of the Gotham Book Prize for an outstanding work about New York City. The statement announcing this year’s recipient was released Wednesday. “Crook Manifesto” is a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and is centered on a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Bea Adeleke, CNN (CNN) — French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé said that there were “things and people that made me unhappy” during his final season at Paris Saint-Germain, in his first comments since his blockbuster move to Real Madrid. The 25-year-old’s move to the Spanish capital was confirmed on Monday, ending
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, as Democrats seek to highlight the issue in the run up to November’s elections. The bill – the Right to Contraception Act – would enshrine
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