What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning…
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Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of U.K. train drivers have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike over jobs, pay and…
Continue ReadingDutch arrest man linked to currency mixer Tornado Cash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch financial prosecutors say they have detained a man suspected of involvement in “concealing criminal financial…
Continue ReadingVehicle accident in southern Egypt kills 9, injures 18
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a vehicle accident in the southern province of Minya killed at least nine people and injured 18. They say the…
Continue ReadingUkrainian minister says Russia blocking access to medicines
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s health minister has accused Russian authorities of…
Continue ReadingAgent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Meari hammers Japan with heavy rainfall, wind
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on the main island of…
Continue ReadingItaly’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
By ANDREA ROSA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the…
Continue ReadingPraise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist…
Continue ReadingSinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue ReadingExpanded IRS free-file system one step closer in Dems’ bill
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The flagship climate change and health care bill passed by Democrats and soon to be signed by…
Continue ReadingChina sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises
BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday. The…
Continue ReadingSuspect in 4 New Mexico killings left trail of violence
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In the six years since he resettled in the United…
Continue ReadingHot nights: US in July sets new record for overnight warmth
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Talk about hot nights, America got some for the history books last month. The continental United States in July…
Continue ReadingTwo years after Zoom incident, Jeffrey Toobin leaving CNN
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says he’s leaving the network, nearly two years after the Zoom incident that derailed his…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. weighs in on 2020 election robocall suit
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has weighed in on a civil lawsuit against two conservative…
Continue ReadingMan charged in death of co-worker at Michigan GM plant
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A sheriff says a 48-year-old man has been charged with open murder in connection with a fatal assault at the General…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Meari hammers Japan with heavy rainfall, wind
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on the main island of…
Continue ReadingBoiling chemical on rail car forces evacuation in California
PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California freeway has been closed and nearby homes are evacuated as a chemical reaction inside a railroad tank…
Continue ReadingIdaho Supreme Court won’t block strict abortion bans
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s strict abortion bans will be allowed to take effect while legal challenges over…
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