Jeff Bezos’ rocket company launches experiments in first flight since 2022 crash
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer Jeff Bezos’ space company successfully launched a rocket carrying experiments on Tuesday, its first flight…
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Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE, Associated Press and RUBENS VALENTE, Agencia Publica Associated Press JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) — In an unusual series of…
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Biden administration proposes new steps to preserve the nation’s old-growth forests
By Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration proposed new steps Tuesday to conserve and restore the nation’s old-growth…
Continue ReadingCaleb Porter hired as coach of Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Caleb Porter was hired as coach of the New England Revolution on Tuesday after leading Portland and Columbus to Major…
Continue ReadingDeadly blast in Guinea’s capital threatens gas shortages across the West African nation
By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Residents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday struggled with rising costs of transportation…
Continue ReadingAs reports of hate crimes against Muslims grow, here’s how you can help
CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — The rise in anti-Muslim acts is undeniable and unnerving. Three Palestinian college students were shot in…
Continue ReadingXfinity notifies its customers of data breach linked to software vulnerability
NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the…
Continue ReadingWind farm off New Jersey likely to ‘adversely affect’ but not kill whales, feds say
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A federal scientific agency says the lone remaining offshore wind project in New Jersey…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council vote on Gaza humanitarian resolution delayed again in effort to avoid US veto
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members are in intense negotiations on an Arab-sponsored…
Continue ReadingPoland’s new government appoints new chiefs for intelligence, security and anti-corruption agencies
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, says his pro-European Union government has appointed new heads of state security,…
Continue ReadingNew York will set up a commission to consider reparations for slavery
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations…
Continue ReadingRemains found sunk in Kentucky lake almost 25 years ago finally identified
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky have identified the remains of a man found wrapped in heavy chains and sunk to the bottom of a lake…
Continue ReadingA man accused of rape vanished. Then, a lake yielded a grim discovery. 25 years later, a fresh mystery is revealed
By Michelle Krupa and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — He was known as very charming, the FBI’s description read: an odd-job man, an antiques…
Continue ReadingGreek consulate in New York removes pink flag artwork against domestic violence, sparking dispute
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government is defending a decision to remove a piece of artwork on display at its consulate in New York. The…
Continue ReadingAnimal cruelty charges spur calls for official’s resignation in Pennsylvania county
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Residents in a western Pennsylvania county are calling for the resignation of an official who is facing felony animal…
Continue ReadingReproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s new reproductive rights amendment is urging a…
Continue ReadingLawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice dismissed after she turns over records
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience…
Continue ReadingUK offers a big financial package if Northern Ireland politicians revive their suspended government
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it’ll give Northern Ireland 3.3 billion pounds, or about $4.2…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina’s election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn…
Continue ReadingCommunity mourns 5 children killed in Arizona house fire, cause under investigation
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have yet to determine what caused a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five children dead.…
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