U.N. peacekeepers kill 2, wound 15 at border post in Congo
By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Officials from the United Nations and Congo’s government…
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Ex-Putin adviser Chubais reported to be in European hospital
Anatoly Chubais, who resigned as a high-ranking adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and left Russia shortly after the invasion of Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingShooting during brawl in downtown Orlando wounds seven
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police say seven people were injured after a person began shooting a handgun into a crowd during a large brawl in downtown…
Continue ReadingBill Russell, NBA star and civil rights pioneer, dies at 88
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a…
Continue ReadingMichigan prof who made vulgar video quits, settles for $95K
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan professor who was suspended in January for making a profanity-filled video to welcome…
Continue ReadingWestern flames spread, California sees its largest 2022 fire
By NOAH BERGER Associated Press YREKA, Calif. (AP) — Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms…
Continue ReadingDoctor: Biden tests positive for COVID for 2nd day in a row
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be…
Continue Reading7 dead in wrong-way crash on northern Illinois interstate
HAMPSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — Police say seven people are dead after a crash involving a wrong-way vehicle on an interstate in northern Illinois. The…
Continue Reading17-year-old killed, 4 hurt in stabbings on Wisconsin river
SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota teenager died and four other people were seriously hurt after being stabbed while tubing down a Wisconsin river,…
Continue ReadingVan Vleuten wins women’s Tour de France for 1st time
PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AP) — Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the women’s Tour de France for the first time on Sunday after…
Continue ReadingBriton leaves Iraq after antiquities conviction quashed
LONDON (AP) — A retired British geologist jailed in Iraq for antiquities smuggling has been freed and has left the country. Jim Fitton was…
Continue ReadingItalians ask if immigrant’s slaying could have been stopped
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italians are debating whether a Nigerian street vendor could have been saved from a fatal…
Continue Reading‘DC League of Super-Pets’ takes No. 1 with $23 million
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The summer box office showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s ANC says economy, corruption are priorities
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa says the fight against corruption and work to…
Continue ReadingEngland beats Germany in extra time to win Euro 2022
LONDON (AP) — Just when it seemed England might again be weighed down by expectations and history, Chloe Kelly made the breakthrough. Kelly’s…
Continue ReadingInfrastructure damage hampers flood recovery in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOHN RABY Associated Press HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains…
Continue ReadingSUV strikes bicyclists on Michigan charity ride, killing 2
RONALD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two bicyclists are dead in western Michigan after an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver struck a group of…
Continue ReadingUkraine war hangs over UN meeting on nukes treaty’s legacy
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There was already plenty of trouble to talk about when a major U.N. meeting on the…
Continue ReadingPart of Beirut port silos, damaged in 2020 blast, collapses
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed…
Continue ReadingStates boost child care money as congressional effort stalls
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job…
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