Academy Museum to honor Julia Roberts at 2nd annual gala
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Julia Roberts is being honored by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at its second annual gala in October, the…
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UK issues 1st-ever ‘red’ warning for hot weather next week
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities issued their first ever “red” warning for extreme heat early next week,…
Continue ReadingNey Matogrosso: ‘Brazil, U.S. live in an era of setbacks’
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Ney Matogrosso has been one of Brazil’s most innovative and rebellious musicians for…
Continue ReadingUS, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced…
Continue ReadingWoman, child found dead in migrant boat off Spain
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The bodies of a woman and a child have been found in a rubber dinghy packed with migrants that was…
Continue ReadingSnipers shot man who died in Minneapolis police standoff
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Documents say two Minneapolis police snipers fatally shot a man from the roof of an apartment building across the street from…
Continue ReadingMan exonerated in Malcolm X killing sues NYC for $40 million
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40…
Continue ReadingAnother top opposition figure in Russia handed prison term
A Russian court has sentenced a top opposition figure to four years in prison, the latest move in the Kremlin’s crackdown on opposition activists,…
Continue ReadingRetired Justice Stephen Breyer joining Harvard law faculty
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Justice Stephen Breyer is getting a different title: professor. Harvard said Friday that Breyer, who retired from the…
Continue Reading3 men cleared in 1995 killing of NYC subway token clerk
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After decades in prison, three men were cleared Friday in one of the most horrifying crimes of…
Continue ReadingNew storm expected to become Pacific hurricane off Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new tropical depression has formed in the eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico and forecasters say it’s likely to…
Continue ReadingUK aid worker held by Ukraine separatists reported dead
LONDON (AP) — A British aid worker detained by pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine is reported to have died in captivity. A separatist official and a…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to give tribes in Maine benefits of federal law
By The Associated Press The U.S. House has approved a bill that would allow Native American tribes in Maine to benefit from federal laws going…
Continue ReadingSome schools build affordable housing to retain teachers
By JANIE HAR Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area high school teacher Lisa Raskin moved out of a cramped apartment she…
Continue ReadingEgypt to suspend its peacekeeping role in Mali, UN says
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations mission in Mali says that Egypt will suspend its participation in the…
Continue ReadingO’Rourke’s campaign for Texas governor outraises Abbott
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke has raised nearly $32 million in his bid for Texas governor during…
Continue ReadingWarsaw mayor has COVID-19, again. Calls for preventive plan
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The mayor of Poland’s capital, Warsaw, said Friday he has COVID-19. Again. Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski said on Twitter the…
Continue ReadingSlovenia army starts removing Croatia border razor wire
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press KRMACINA, Slovenia (AP) — The Slovenian army has started removing a razor wire fence on the border with Croatia…
Continue ReadingDeposition of Trump, 2 children delayed after Ivana’s death
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and two of his children got their…
Continue ReadingTexas hospitals delaying care over abortion law, letter says
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Medical Association says some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy…
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