Houston mayor says police chief is out amid probe into thousands of dropped cases
By KEN MILLER and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston has replaced the city’s police chief. Mayor John…
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North West joins starry concert event of ‘The Lion King’ at Hollywood Bowl
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is going…
Continue ReadingMoscow court rejects appeal to move to house arrest a deputy defense minister facing bribery charges
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court rejected an appeal filed by a Russian deputy defense minister’s lawyers who sought to have him moved from…
Continue ReadingGeorgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County…
Continue ReadingHigh school students, frustrated by lack of climate education, press for change
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and DOUG GLASS Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with…
Continue ReadingWe know late-night screens are bad for sleep. How do you stop doomscrolling in bed?
By ALBERT STUMM Associated Press Even people who know that looking at their smartphone in bed isn’t good for them do it anyway. If you’d like to…
Continue ReadingThailand’s prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to…
Continue ReadingPoland detains and questions Russian man who illegally crossed from Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s security officials say that a 41-year-old man from Russia has been detained and is being questioned after…
Continue ReadingFTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: The best performance cars for $65,000
By JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds The number of truly outstanding performance cars priced at or around $65,000 might surprise you. But what you get for that…
Continue ReadingUK Prime Minister Sunak suffers further blow as another Conservative lawmaker defects to Labour
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of leading a “chaotic” government as another…
Continue ReadingMalaysian soccer player splashed with acid, two others attacked in a week of rare violence
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian international footballer has been splashed by acid and two other top players were attacked within a week…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. ‘Over Ruled’ to be released Aug. 6
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has…
Continue ReadingEuropean Medicines Agency pulls authorization for AstraZeneca’s COVID shot, at company’s request
LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled. In an update on the…
Continue ReadingKenya declares public holiday to mourn flood victims
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238…
Continue ReadingAn extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Human Rights Watch says an extremist group linked to al-Qaida carried out mass killings in two…
Continue ReadingSpanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira’s taxes be thrown out
Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors recommended Wednesday that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another…
Continue ReadingPolice clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor’s hearing is canceled
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington…
Continue ReadingItaly bars NGO migrant rescue flights from Sicilian airport, says they interfere with coast guard
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s aviation authority has barred humanitarian migrant rescue groups from using a Sicilian…
Continue ReadingDozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead
By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of…
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