Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles. The largest carmaker in Europe, Germany, wants to secure lithium for its electric vehicle
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called “newcomers”
Continue ReadingWBZ By Brandon Truitt Click here for updates on this story QUINCY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called
Continue ReadingALTO, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies serving a warrant in another county have shot and killed two people in northeast Georgia on Tuesday. The Forysth County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were serving an arrest warrant on a sex offender for violating his probation in the Banks County town of Alto. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Continue ReadingWOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Two men have been sentenced for their role in an armed standoff on a busy Massachusetts highway in 2021 that lasted more than eight hours and caused traffic delays during a busy Fourth of July weekend. Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer was sentenced Tuesday to three to five years in Middlesex Superior
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A meteor streaked over the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey, according to NASA. William Cooke, the head of the space agency’s Meteoroid Environments Office, said the fireball was first sighted at an altitude of 51 miles (82 kilometers) above Manhattan at around 11:17 a.m. Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — An foundation says a legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment.” Its founder, the late French cleric Abbé Pierre, was one of France’s most beloved public figures. The Emmaus Community says
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — The newest Coppola family property, The All-Movie, will soon host production companies and tourists in Peachtree City, an Atlanta suburb. Francis Ford Coppola originally purchased the property for the production of his latest film, “Megalopolis,” and the hotel will open its doors on July 25. Since
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At just 16 years old, Quincy Wilson is the youngest American male track and field Olympian ever. He surprised even himself by making the Olympic team for the Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Leading opposition parties in Tunisia say politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year. The National Salvation Front is a coalition of secular and Islamist opponents to President Kais Saied. Its members say a government crackdown on opponents has created a climate
Continue ReadingBASS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Heavy rain overnight has helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in the New Jersey Pinelands. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says half an inch of rain fell overnight at the Warren Grove Air to Ground Range. The range is a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press There’s a lot to be said for the work/play energy of a nice studio or other small apartment during the day. But how do you bring that energy down to get a good night’s sleep? With electronics, cookery, clothes and books all in one space, it can be a challenge to create a
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Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new live-streaming webcam allows viewers to see inside a so-called “mega-den” – home to hundreds of rattlesnakes. The live stream, which is available to view on RattleCam.org, is run by researchers from California Polytechnic State University, according to a statement from the university, published Monday. Situated in an
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Gas prices could soon soar across the Chicago metropolitan area after a tornado narrowly missed a major ExxonMobil refinery outside of Chicago Monday night, knocking out power to the facility. The refinery, know as ExxonMobil’s Joliet Refinery, is located in neighboring Channahon, Illinois. Channahon
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Shawn Deng, CNN (CNN) — Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media. Dramatic images showed a huge column of black smoke billowing from the 14-story building in the city of Zigong, Sichuan province. Several people
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The nominees for the 76th Emmy Awards – television’s top honor – were announced Wednesday morning and “The Bear” ate it up. The beloved FX series, set in a Chicago sandwich shop, scored 23 nominations this year, breaking the record of 22 set by the NBC hit “30
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. The new
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro took the stage at the Republican National Convention to enthusiastic cheers hours after being released from prison and pushed talk of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol to the center of an event that has largely avoided mentioning the riot. Navarro
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have expanded visa-free travel for residents of 35 European countries, including members of the European Union and the United Kingdom, as part of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s efforts to improve relations with the West. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said Lukashenko has approved temporary visa-free travel for citizens
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