What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course,…
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Atlanta police motorcycles burned in fire started by ‘incendiary devices,’ officials say
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials say Atlanta Police Department motorcycles have been damaged in an intentional fire caused by devices set…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s air force attacks Syria and Syrian air defense missile explodes over northern Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties,…
Continue ReadingTransgender woman challenges societal norms by applying to compete in Miss Venezuela pageant
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan’s enthusiasm for beauty pageants is unparalleled, and Miss Venezuela…
Continue ReadingAfter the fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than…
Continue Reading2nd bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bus carrying migrants from a Texas border city arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for the second time in less than…
Continue ReadingUN chief says Haiti urgently needs international security force and humanitarian aid
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is again calling on foreign governments with…
Continue ReadingElon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter owner Elon Musk has limited the number of tweets that users can view each day — restrictions he described as an…
Continue ReadingTrump’s South Carolina rally attracted a massive crowd in heavily Republican area
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump marked a return to the large-scale rallies of his previous…
Continue ReadingMexican anti-cartel vigilante leader buried and with him, an armed citizens’ movement
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — One of the last leaders of Mexico’s anti-gang citizens’ movement has been buried…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina amusement park closes ride after discovering crack in support beam
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina amusement park closed one of its roller coasters Friday after a crack was found on a support beam.…
Continue ReadingShooting in central Croatian town leaves 1 person dead, more wounded, police say
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police are searching for a person who opened fire in a central town, killing one person and injuring others. The…
Continue ReadingThousands in Serbian capital protest pro-government TV station after 2 mass shootings in May
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people in Serbia’s capital have rallied outside a pro-government TV station…
Continue ReadingWest Hollywood minimum hourly wage tops $19, highest of any US city
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The swanky, celebrity-studded city of West Hollywood officially has the highest minimum wage of any U.S. city after…
Continue ReadingAustralia is the first country to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or…
Continue ReadingBelarusian Aryna Sabalenka says she won’t discuss the Ukraine war while at Wimbledon
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka says she wants to talk only about tennis during Wimbledon and not the…
Continue ReadingNYC school officials say yeshivas run by Hasidic community fail to teach students in core subjects
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eighteen private Jewish schools run by New York City’s politically powerful Hasidic…
Continue ReadingHundreds of young men say goodbye to French teen killed by police
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hundreds of young men have come to a cemetery in a Paris suburb to say goodbye to the…
Continue ReadingMorning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
By ED KOMENDA and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Need Plan B? Tap your credit card and enter B6. Since last November, a library at the…
Continue ReadingAn anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign is ‘homophobic,’ says a conservative LGBT group
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis ′…
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