Iran media: Gunmen kill brother of collapsed tower’s owner
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run agency says a pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire in the southwestern…
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UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that…
Continue ReadingPakistan death toll from monsoon rains, flooding reaches 304
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 304, authorities said…
Continue ReadingParents, 6-year-old girl fatally shot in tent at Iowa park
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press A 9-year-old boy who was camping at an Iowa state park with his parents and 6-year-old sister survived a shooting…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v.…
Continue ReadingIn Uvalde, closeness complicates accountability for shooting
By JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse…
Continue ReadingHas Florida Man finally met his match? Meet Florida Sheriff
By FREIDA FRISARO and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When a naked man in southwestern Florida recently raised a ruckus…
Continue ReadingNewport Folk Festival includes stage powered by bicycles
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Newport Folk Festival, known for creating electrifying musical moments — the most…
Continue Reading1 dead, 6 hurt after multiple shots fired in Seattle suburb
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A man was killed and six others wounded in a shooting that broke out early Saturday in the Seattle suburb of Renton, police…
Continue ReadingVolkswagen CEO, facing series of setbacks, will step down
VIENNA (AP) — Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating…
Continue ReadingRussia hits Ukraine’s Black Sea port despite grain deal
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv…
Continue ReadingSaudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an…
Continue ReadingChinese court executes man who set ex-wife on fire
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese man convicted of killing his former wife by setting her on fire has been executed…
Continue Reading‘Day by day’: Trade bans, inflation send food prices soaring
By AYA BATRAWY, EILEEN NG, OMAR FARUK and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press Soki Wu’s food stall, tucked in a food court in a shopping mall in…
Continue ReadingPope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous…
Continue ReadingMega Millions jackpot now $790M, nation’s 4th largest prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials on Friday raised the Mega Millions grand prize to $790 million, giving players a shot at what would be…
Continue ReadingFlash flood kills at least 21 people in southern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state television says flash floods in the drought-stricken southern province of Fars have killed at least 21…
Continue ReadingRights groups urge Sri Lanka not to use force on protesters
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — International human rights groups on Saturday urged Sri Lanka’s new president…
Continue ReadingUS takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it’s taking emergency action to save giant…
Continue ReadingWalker aims to pivot focus back to Dems in tight Ga. race
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ALTO, Georgia (AP) — After a bruising opening to his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate, Georgia…
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