1-year-old dies in hot day care van as scorching weather hits central US
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. has…
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NYC man convicted of attempted murder for terrorizing Black Lives Matter activists with bladed glove
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who menaced Black Lives Matter protesters wearing a glove with serrated blades and then got in his SUV and…
Continue ReadingFruit grower who opposes same-sex marriage wins ruling over access to public market
By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan fruit grower who opposes same-sex marriage has won a key decision in a religious liberty lawsuit against East…
Continue ReadingMaxine Hong Kingston, bell hooks among those honored by Ishmael Reed’s Before Columbus Foundation
NEW YORK (AP) — Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney and the late bell hooks were among the authors honored this year by the Before Columbus…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Harold makes landfall in South Texas, causing power outages in Corpus Christi
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of homes and businesses in the small South Texas city of Corpus Christi are…
Continue ReadingEU climate czar Timmermans switches jobs to lead center-left in Dutch elections
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s climate chief will lead a broad center-left coalition of social democrats and greens going into the Dutch…
Continue ReadingNo harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says no harmful levels of carcinogenic PCBs were found inside the launch facilities…
Continue ReadingJailed Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can’t adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail…
Continue Reading‘Get out of my house!’ Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher…
Continue ReadingRays’ Wander Franco moved to administrative leave while MLB, Dominican authorities investigate
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK. (AP) — Wander Franco has been placed on administrative leave indefinitely by Major League Baseball…
Continue ReadingPride flag killing suspect’s social media included anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-police content, authorities say
By Alisha Ebrahimji, Josh Campbell and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally shooting a Southern California clothing store…
Continue ReadingUS Coast Guard rescues man who was stranded for 3 days on an island in the Bahamas
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued a 64-year-old man whose sailboat became disabled and who spent three days stranded on an island…
Continue ReadingAfrican Union suspends Niger in crackdown over coup
By Niamh Kennedy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — The African Union has suspended Niger following the takeover of the West African country by a…
Continue ReadingNeptune’s clouds have disappeared, and scientists think they know why
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have been puzzling over a mystery on Neptune, and now they think they have unlocked its secret. The…
Continue ReadingBiden names a new White House counsel as he seeks reelection and faces congressional probes
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel is the new White House…
Continue ReadingHave home prices bottomed? While low housing inventory stimies sales, bidding wars prop up prices
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell again last month, the national median home…
Continue ReadingIn his new book ‘The Fall,’ author Michael Wolff foresees the demise of Fox News
NEW YORK (AP) — The next book from “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff is both a recounting of the recent past and a prediction for the near…
Continue ReadingEx-Florida congresswoman to challenge Republican Sen. Rick Scott in a test for the state’s Democrats
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will seek the nomination to…
Continue ReadingAttorney John Eastman surrenders on charges in Trump’s Georgia 2020 election subversion case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power has turned himself in to…
Continue ReadingAlbanian leader makes conciliatory comments after not being invited by Greece to regional meeting
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has responded to not being invited by Greece to a dinner for…
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