Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen hit Billboard Music Awards stage
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen made controversial returns on the Billboard Music Awards stage on…
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Ailing Lebanon votes for parliament, but big shift unlikely
By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese voted for a new parliament against the backdrop of an economic meltdown…
Continue ReadingOkinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Sunday urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional…
Continue Reading‘Reprehensible’: Oz condemns GOP opponent’s tweet on Islam
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Republican Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz is stepping up his criticism of far-right…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man accused of striking woman, dragging body
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected in a fatal hit-in-run in central California in which the victim’s body was dragged more than 8 miles is in…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears says she’s lost baby due to miscarriage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears says she has lost a baby early in her pregnancy. Spears announced the loss on Instagram Saturday in a joint post…
Continue Reading10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack police call hate crime
By CAROLYN THOMPSON, JOHN WAWROW, MICHAEL BALSAMO and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a white, 18-year-old…
Continue ReadingPolice in North Macedonia to deport 44 migrants to Greece
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have detained a group of 44 Pakistani migrants and will return them to…
Continue ReadingSmall plane crashes on bridge near Miami, striking an SUV
MIAMI (AP) — A small plane with three people aboard crashed Saturday on a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV with three occupants, the Federal…
Continue ReadingNews executive Richard Wald, who helped build ABC News, dies
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime news executive Richard Wald has died at age 92 after suffering a stroke this week. Wald…
Continue ReadingNigeria: Student’s brutal killing triggers protest, curfew
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities have ordered a curfew in a northwestern state, where hundreds…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is asking for additional federal assistance to respond to wildfires burning across the state’s…
Continue Reading$230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed…
Continue ReadingBack to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer After the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition was scaled back — even kisses…
Continue ReadingPBS’ Judy Woodruff plans to step down as ‘NewsHour’ anchor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judy Woodruff says she’ll be stepping down as anchor of PBS’ nightly “NewsHour” program at the end of the year.…
Continue ReadingMcConnell, GOP senators meet Zelenskyy in surprise Kyiv stop
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says senators who visited Ukraine on Saturday have reaffirmed that the U.S. will back…
Continue ReadingIran media report 1 killed in unrest over food price hikes
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian lawmaker says one person was killed in his city during recent unrest over price increases in the southwestern…
Continue ReadingAtlanta will bid for 2024 Democratic nominating convention
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta is submitting a formal bid to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Mayor Andre Dickens…
Continue ReadingAs Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world’s pulse. Twitter is all these…
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