New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver still hospitalized, Scutari is acting governor
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remained unable to carry out her duties as acting governor on Tuesday after she was…
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Tom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech have a ‘That Thing You Do’ reunion
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech are still going strong as friends nearly 30 years after they both starred in…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about an American woman and her daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti 6 days ago
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Six days since American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry…
Continue ReadingJob openings fall to lowest level in 2 years as demand for workers cools
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in June, a sign that the red-hot demand for workers…
Continue ReadingOklahoma lawsuit seeks to block opening of first publicly funded religious charter school in the US
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit filed Monday in Oklahoma is seeking to block the state’s support for the nation’s first publicly…
Continue ReadingFrench reporters end an unsuccessful strike against a new editor known as a far-right supporter
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Journalists at France’s emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche have decided to put…
Continue ReadingHenrietta Lacks’ family reaches a deal with a biotech company that used her cells without consent
By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Tiffany won’t run for US Senate in Wisconsin, leaving open field
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican from Wisconsin, says he won’t run for U.S. Senate in…
Continue ReadingSweden plans to step up border controls as security situation worsens during Quran burning crisis
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden plans to step up border controls and identity checks at crossing points as its security situation deteriorates during a…
Continue ReadingBarbie’s Japanese distributor apologizes for its parent company’s reaction to Barbenheimer memes
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese distributor of the Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” has apologized for its U.S. parent…
Continue ReadingProsecutors in Gilgo Beach killings are giving Rex Heuermann’s defense a vast trove of evidence
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Weeks after charging a Long Island architect in a string of killings known as the Gilgo…
Continue ReadingBooker Prize semifinalists include 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Author Sebastian Barry is one of four Irish writers to make the long list of semifinalists for this…
Continue ReadingThe first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of…
Continue ReadingPalestinian opens fire in West Bank settlement, wounding 6 people before being killed
By ISABEL DEBRE and OHAD ZWIGENBERG Associated Press MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) — Israeli authorities say a Palestinian gunman has opened fire in…
Continue ReadingJury weighs death penalty or life in prison for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury has ended deliberations for the day without reaching a decision on whether the man who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh…
Continue ReadingNASA hears signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistakenly cutting contact
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After days of silence, NASA has heard from Voyager 2 in interstellar space billions…
Continue ReadingJury ends 1st day of deliberations on whether Pittsburgh synagogue shooter should be sentenced to death
By Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and…
Continue ReadingDutch ministry says a fire that blazed for nearly a week on a cargo ship appears to have burnt out
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says a fire that had been burning on board a cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars appears…
Continue ReadingGM recalls nearly 900 vehicles with Takata air bag inflators, blames manufacturing problem
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators…
Continue ReadingWisconsin’s high court, which almost overturned Biden’s win in the state, flips to liberal control
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are celebrating the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court as…
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