Lebanon’s billionaire prime minister denies allegations of money laundering in France
PARIS (AP) — Lebanon’s billionaire caretaker prime minister has denied allegations of money laundering after a complaint was filed in France…
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Cleanup begins at Los Angeles ‘trash house’ where entire property is filled with garbage and junk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed that cleanup would happen at a home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several…
Continue ReadingNew rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Rep. James Comer is decrying a new rule making it harder to fire thousands of federal…
Continue ReadingEPA awards $20 billion in green bank grants for clean energy projects nationwide
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $20 billion in grants for clean energy…
Continue ReadingTonga’s prime minister says he’s open to Chinese help with security support at an upcoming summit
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tonga’s prime minister says he is open to Beijing’s offer of security support for…
Continue ReadingAustrian minister aims to tighten espionage law to ban spying against international organizations
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s justice minister says she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if…
Continue ReadingThe true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time
ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA The Associated Press DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers. He tells them to talk…
Continue ReadingThe true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time
By ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA Associated Press DOVHENKE, Ukraine (AP) — The smell in the car is sick and sweet, the overpowering scent of…
Continue ReadingTrump suffers setbacks in efforts to shut down two of the criminal cases against him
CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was dealt two…
Continue ReadingOne Tech Tip: How to use apps to track and photograph the total solar eclipse
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Monday’s total solar eclipse might become one of the most filmed and photographed events of the year. As the…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drop on rate cut concerns
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Friday after a U.S. Federal Reserve official said the central bank…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s president-elect holds talks with Malaysian leader on bolstering ties
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto has held talks with Malaysia’s leader on bolstering bilateral ties as…
Continue ReadingPeople jump into the sea to escape raging ferry fire in Gulf of Thailand. All 108 on board are safe
BANGKOK (AP) — Panicked passengers have jumped into the sea to escape a raging ferry fire in the Gulf of Thailand, and all 108 people on board are…
Continue ReadingA drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its war strength
By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say a nighttime Russian attack using Iranian-designed drones…
Continue ReadingKiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer It’s never really the end of the road for Kiss. The hard rock quartet have sold their catalog, brand name and IP…
Continue ReadingKansas lawmakers scuttle a plan for cutting taxes, defying the governor and GOP leaders
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bipartisan group of rank-and-file lawmakers in Kansas has scuttled a plan for cutting…
Continue ReadingNATO marks its 75th birthday as Russia’s war in Ukraine gnaws at its unity
By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is celebrating its 75th anniversary as Russia’s war on Ukraine corrodes its…
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Oregon Zoo seeks volunteer pika watchers for cute summer conservation duty
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Looking to connect with something adorable this summer? The Oregon Zoo is recruiting volunteers to seek out one of the…
Continue ReadingIn the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack, is a harsher era under Putin in the works?
By The Associated Press Video and photos of suspects in a mass shooting show them apparently being brutalized by Russian security forces — without…
Continue ReadingRussia and West join forces to tackle trade in ‘blood diamonds’ despite feud over Moscow’s diamonds
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies are feuding with Russia over its diamond…
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