July 4 victims remembered for dedication to faith, family
By KATHLEEN FOODY and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mourners on Friday remembered a woman who worked tirelessly at her synagogue…
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Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, CHISATO TANAKA and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a…
Continue ReadingImpassioned Biden signs order on abortion access
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme”…
Continue ReadingRoy Moore’s defamation suit against Baron Cohen rejected
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press An appeals court has rejected a $95 million defamation lawsuit filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice…
Continue ReadingEU and UN hold first high-level dialogue and stress ties
UNITED NATiONS (AP) — The European Commission president and United Nations chief have opened the first EU-U.N. high-level dialogue by saying the…
Continue ReadingSoldiers find 2 men kidnapped in Mexico by killer of Jesuits
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers in northern Mexico have found two men who were kidnapped in June by a drug gang boss who allegedly killed two Jesuit…
Continue ReadingLights out on Nittosha matchbooks prompts nostalgia in Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press HIMEJI, Japan (AP) — Nittosha, a small Japanese manufacturer, is stopping the production of matchbooks. The…
Continue ReadingBlack leader who fought Trump Tulsa campaign rally killed
BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Police say a Black business leader and community activist who joined Tulsa civic leaders in fighting then-President Donald…
Continue ReadingWNBA players union ‘stands with’ Griner after guilty plea
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s guilty plea has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive…
Continue ReadingNevada senator focuses on abortion in critical November race
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Sandwiched between supporters holding “BANS OFF OUR BODIES” signs and TV…
Continue Reading‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ manga creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading card game, has died,…
Continue ReadingG-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war’s impact
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing…
Continue ReadingOldest panda in Mexico dies at zoo on her 35th birthday
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shuan Shuan, the oldest panda in Mexico, has died at the age of 35. Mexico City’s Environment Department said the panda died…
Continue ReadingMan charged with torching Pan-African flag flying on pole
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested the man who used a flamethrower set fire over the weekend to a Pan-African flag…
Continue ReadingMan with bat killed while confronting windshield cleaners
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police commissioner says a man was shot and killed after he swung a baseball bat during a confrontation with people…
Continue ReadingVenezuela says it investigating slaying of Indigenous leader
By JORGE RUEDA Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities are investigating the slaying of an Indigenous leader who…
Continue ReadingUS judge orders Mexican cartel to pay billions for killings
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says a Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot…
Continue ReadingTunisia’s Islamists decry asset freezes as political move
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s influential Islamist movement Ennahdha is strong disputing accusations of…
Continue ReadingChesa Boudin critic replaces him as San Francisco DA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed has picked a vocal critic of District Attorney Chesa Boudin to replace him in office after he…
Continue ReadingFamily sues over Arkansas man’s fatal shooting by officer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a man fatally shot outside an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck has filed a…
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