Bear traps set for grizzly bear after fatal attack near Yellowstone National Park
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Wildlife workers put out bear traps for a third night Monday as they try to capture a…
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Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative. Backers said it wasn’t about that
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and ALI SWENSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot…
Continue ReadingExcavator seen digging in backyard of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators have been digging in the yard at the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who was charged earlier this…
Continue ReadingOne of Libya’s rival prime ministers returns to Tripoli on 1st commercial flight from Italy in years
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has returned to the capital of Tripoli from Italy on a charter flight with a commercial…
Continue ReadingKey question as Federal Reserve meets: Can the central bank pull off a difficult ‘soft landing’?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chair Jerome Powell and other Federal Reserve officials gather this week for…
Continue ReadingSeiichi Morimura, who exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese army’s Unit 731, dies at 90
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, whose nonfiction trilogy “The Devil’s…
Continue ReadingMaryland man charged with hate crimes in parking dispute killings
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against a man accused of killing three…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal makes record $332 million bid for France striker Kylian Mbappe
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer SYDNEY (AP) — After missing out on Lionel Messi, Saudi Arabian soccer team Al-Hilal made a record 300 million euro…
Continue ReadingLawsuits filed by ex-volleyball player and former football player against Northwestern University
By ANDREW SELIGMAN, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and LARRY LAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to…
Continue ReadingCLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press As a heat wave grips parts of the world, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair captured Palestinians enjoying a day at…
Continue ReadingAt least 17 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat capsized off Senegal’s capital city
By ZANE IRWIN and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities say at least 17 people have been found dead after a boat…
Continue ReadingFrench national police chief says officers under investigation ‘have no place in prison’
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s national police chief has said that law enforcement officers under investigation…
Continue ReadingEight people burn to death in southern Nigeria after gasoline tanker explosion, authorities say
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s road safety agency says eight people were burned to death after a tanker…
Continue ReadingRadical British preacher Anjem Choudary is charged with directing a terrorist organization
LONDON (AP) — High-profile British radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in a London court, charged with leading a terrorist organization.…
Continue ReadingMiami’s police chief shot himself while with wife, state official says. He survived
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department was in critical but stable…
Continue ReadingMacron promotes French interests on a trip to South Pacific where US-China rivalry is intensifying
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French president is touring the South Pacific to make France’s voice heard in a region…
Continue ReadingFormer US Sen. Kelly Ayotte throws hat into race for New Hampshire governor
By HOLLY RAMER and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte has announced she’s running…
Continue ReadingElection leaves Spain in political disarray with no party having an easy path to form a government
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards woke up Monday to find their country in political disarray after a general election a day…
Continue ReadingA UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what you need to know
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. The Teamsters —…
Continue ReadingMali’s army and suspected Russia-linked mercenaries committed ‘new atrocities,’ rights group says
By ZANE IRWIN and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence of new summary executions,…
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