Russia, largely excluded from international sports, hosts athletes at BRICS Games
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of athletes in major and obscure sports are vying for medals in the Russian city…
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The University of Cambridge returns 39 traditional artifacts to Uganda in a major act of restitution
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The University of Cambridge has repatriated more than three dozen traditional artifacts…
Continue ReadingSony Pictures acquires Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the dine-in movie theater chain
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Sony Pictures Entertainment is getting into the exhibition business. The studio behind recent films like “Bad Boys:…
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Suspect in Bend McMenamins incident calls police after NewsChannel 21 report, is cited
A Bend man facing harassment and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged actions at the downtown McMenamins called police Tuesday evening after a…
Continue ReadingOklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit brought by survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre
By Andy Rose and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit arguing the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa…
Continue ReadingOklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa…
Continue ReadingApparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People purporting to be pro-Palestinian activists have hurled red paint at the homes of top…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s 2024 hurricane season arrives with a rainy deluge
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads,…
Continue ReadingOklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board’s authority over public school libraries
By KEN MILLER Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Supreme Court has rejected the state Board of Education’s attempt to…
Continue ReadingDR Congo shipwreck kills more than 80 people
By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A shipwreck in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed more than 80 people, the Congolese…
Continue ReadingIsraeli hostage faced ‘punishments’ during eight months in Hamas captivity, family says
By Paula Hancocks, Madalena Araujo, Eugenia Yosef, Florence Davey-Attlee and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The family of one of the hostages…
Continue ReadingMatty Healy’s mom says The 1975 singer and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer The 1975’s Matty Healy and model Gabbriette Bechtel are engaged, according to Healy’s mother, the…
Continue ReadingWreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of…
Continue ReadingHigh school president writes notes thanking fellow seniors — 180 of them
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his…
Continue ReadingClasses at a West Virginia school will relocate over toxic groundwater fears
By JOHN RABY Associated Press Classes at a small northern West Virginia school will be relocated starting this fall, two years after the town’s…
Continue ReadingEurope wants affordable electric vehicles from China. But not at the cost of its own auto industry
By DAVID McHUGH and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is moving to hike tariffs on electric vehicles…
Continue ReadingA 98-year-old man’s liver was donated. He is believed to be the oldest American organ donor ever
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s new government presents its first budget as it seeks a new long-term IMF bailout
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new coalition government presented its first budget in parliament. It is promising an…
Continue ReadingThe White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the…
Continue ReadingHe rambled to reporters after a downtown Atlanta shooting. Then, police say, he hijacked a bus
By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As police responded to reports of multiple people shot at a downtown Atlanta food…
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