Singer Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
By PHILIP MARCELO and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged early Tuesday with drunken…
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It’s already next season in the NBA, where the offseason is almost nonexistent
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer In the NBA, it’s already next season. The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour.…
Continue ReadingPost Malone and Doja Cat to headline Global Citizen Festival to mobilize young people
By GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global…
Continue ReadingRalph Lauren goes with basic blue jeans for Team USA’s opening Olympic ceremony uniforms
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics’opening ceremony,…
Continue ReadingRetail sales rise a meager 0.1% in May from April as still high inflation curbs spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high…
Continue ReadingQuavo hosts summit against gun violence featuring VP Kamala Harris on late rapper Takeoff’s birthday
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Migos rapper Quavo’s quest to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic shooting…
Continue ReadingFisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so…
Continue ReadingEstonia jails university professor from Russia for spying for Moscow
By EMMA BURROWS A university professor has been jailed in Estonia after being found guilty of spying for Russia. Viacheslav Morozov, a Russian…
Continue ReadingJazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
By RYAN DOAN-NGUYEN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning…
Continue ReadingNew wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big new wildfires are challenging California firefighters even as they increase containment of…
Continue ReadingThousands of NATO troops join drills in strategically sensitive Baltic Sea region
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 9,000 troops from 20 NATO countries are participating in military exercises in the Baltic Sea region, which has become…
Continue ReadingAnouk Aimée, the radiant French star of ‘A Man and a Woman’ and ‘La Dolce Vita,’ dies at 92
By JOHN LEICESTER and JAKE COYLE Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Anouk Aimée, the radiant French star and dark-eyed beauty of classic films…
Continue ReadingUkraine claims its drones hit a Russian oil facility, sparking a huge blaze
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility…
Continue ReadingMore than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Kenyan capital Nairobi in ongoing protests…
Continue ReadingStellantis recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles to fix software glitch that disables rear camera
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rearview…
Continue ReadingThe Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes from 200 countries or regions. But the Olympics are more than just…
Continue ReadingA Swedish diplomat says his release from a 2-year detention in Iran is like a dream
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish European Union diplomat who was held in Iran for two years and freed in a prisoner swap over the weekend…
Continue ReadingMuslim pilgrims wrap up the Hajj with final symbolic stoning of the devil and circling of the Kaaba
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat with the…
Continue ReadingA third trial of suspects in an alleged far-right coup plot opens in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Eight people accused of involvement in a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in Munich, in…
Continue ReadingHalf a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden
By SEUNG MIN KIM and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer…
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