Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn…
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The ‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds the No. 2 spot
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s…
Continue ReadingMargot Robbie didn’t break character with her ‘Barbie’ press looks
By Jacqui Palumbo and Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — She may be a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, but the boundaries between Barbieland and real life…
Continue ReadingThousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power…
Continue ReadingSpain identifies 212 German, Austrian and Dutch fighters who went missing during Spanish Civil War
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government researchers say they’ve identified hundreds of foreign fighters…
Continue ReadingPro-coup protesters in Niger shout ‘long live Putin’ as new leaders face calls to cede power
Omar Hama Saley, CNN Niamey, Niger (CNN) — Tense and sometimes violent scenes played out in front of the French Embassy in Niger Sunday as…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed…
Continue ReadingRecord heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures…
Continue ReadingRecord heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his…
Continue ReadingRecord heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his…
Continue ReadingHelicopter crashes near I-70 in Ohio, killing pilot and causing minor accidents, police say
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over the weekend, killing the pilot…
Continue ReadingOne person is dead and multiple were wounded in Indiana shooting, police say
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and multiple people were injured after a shooting early Sunday morning in Muncie, Indiana. The…
Continue ReadingBlast rips through political gathering in Pakistan, killing at least 54
By Sophia Saifi and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 54 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political…
Continue ReadingUS mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there
The Associated Press A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as…
Continue ReadingExquisitely preserved fossil of Jurassic sea turtle includes near-complete skull and limbs
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 150 million years ago, a marine turtle with a massive head dived through a shallow, tropical sea…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Drones hit Moscow, Americans abducted in Haiti, Republicans in Iowa, Mitch McConnell, kidnapping hoax
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, except it’s no laughing matter: It’s so hot in…
Continue ReadingSuicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200
By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden, America’s oldest sitting president, needs young voters to win again. Will his age matter?
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old…
Continue ReadingFour women whose lives ended in a drainage ditch outside Atlantic City
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The bodies of four women were found in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City in…
Continue ReadingBreakthrough in Long Island serial killings shines light on the many unsolved murders of sex workers
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two women out for an afternoon walk outside Atlantic City found a body in a ditch and…
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