Grand Canyon hiker dies after trying to walk from rim to rim in a single day
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 55-year-old man from Virginia has died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the…
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Israel accuses Iran of building airport in southern Lebanon to launch attacks against Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has accused Iran of building an airport in southern Lebanon that could be used as a launchpad for attacks against Israelis…
Continue ReadingHouston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. charged with assaulting girlfriend at Manhattan hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his…
Continue ReadingThe international Red Cross cuts budget, staffing levels as humanitarian aid dries up
GENEVA (AP) — The part of the international Red Cross that deals with conflict and prisoners of war announced it will trim its projected budget by…
Continue Reading‘Dumb Money’ goes all in on the GameStop stock frenzy — and may come out a winner
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Think of movies about the financial system and your mind is almost sure to go to Gordon Gekko and…
Continue ReadingRenowned conductor allows climate activists to address crowd at Swiss music festival
CNN Jack Guy and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — A famed Russian conductor allowed climate protesters who disrupted a performance at a classical…
Continue ReadingAstronaut Frank Rubio sets US record for longest trip in space
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Astronaut Frank Rubio has now been in low-Earth orbit for more than 355 days, breaking the record for the…
Continue ReadingMan accused of walking into FBI office, confessing to killing Boston woman in 1979
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A 68-year-old man walked into an FBI field office in Oregon and confessed to bludgeoning a woman to…
Continue ReadingEscaped Pennsylvania killer spotted and possibly has a weapon, authorities say
By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania killer who escaped from prison nearly two weeks ago has been…
Continue ReadingCalifornia fast food and health care workers poised to win major salary increases
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 1 million California workers would win major salary increases under a pair of bills…
Continue ReadingMan charged with aiding Whitmer kidnap plot says he should have called police
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man charged with assisting the leaders of a plan to kidnap Michigan’s governor is denying any role. But he told…
Continue ReadingProsecutors drop charges against Bijan Kian, a onetime business partner of Michael Flynn
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a onetime business partner of former…
Continue Reading‘Stop Cop City’ petition campaign in limbo after signatures presented to Atlanta officials
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Officials from the City of Atlanta have refused to verify tens of thousands of signatures submitted by…
Continue ReadingHelton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents
DENVER (AP) — Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is teaming up with the organization RIP Medical Debt to help eliminate $10 million…
Continue ReadingChallengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading…
Continue ReadingMichael Kors pays tribute to late mother with waterfront runway show set to Bacharach tunes
By JOHN CARUCCI and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a waterfront promenade lined with pink flowers and facing Manhattan’s…
Continue ReadingAlabama asks US Supreme Court again to intervene in redistricting case
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional…
Continue ReadingThe New York ethics commission that pursued former Governor Cuomo is unconstitutional, a judge says
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York…
Continue ReadingMichigan Catholic group wins zoning fight over display of Stations of the Cross
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A township in southeastern Michigan has been ordered to allow a Catholic group to post religious…
Continue ReadingUS moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens…
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