By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted but a business and shopping development in the
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of new laws will take effect Tuesday in North Dakota, passed earlier this year by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Among them is a primary enforcement seat belt law, which comes after years of debate over safety versus personal freedom. A raft of gender-related legislation will take
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press PAVLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The summer winds carried the smell of burned grain across the southern Ukrainian steppe and away from the shards of three Russian cruise missiles that struck the unassuming metal hangars. The agricultural company Ivushka applied for accreditation to export grain this year, but the strike in
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Stepping onto the field against South Korea in Morocco’s second Women’s World Cup match, defender Nouhaila Benzina made history as the first player to wear a hijab while competing at a senior-level global tournament. A FIFA ban on playing in religious head coverings in its sanctioned games
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a train depot, and as an Alaska winter looms they are growing
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a train depot, and as an Alaska winter looms they are growing
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken. Antarctic sea ice has fallen to unprecedented lows for this time of year. Every year, Antarctic sea ice shrinks to its lowest levels
Continue ReadingCNN By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s most
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers. But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press SANTA MARIA DE JESUS, Guatemala (AP) — Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo won just 11% of the vote in Guatemala’s presidential election’s first round June 25. But it was enough to give him the surprise second slot in the Aug. 20 runoff ballot. Now he must rapidly expand his largely
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei, and the self-ruled island said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia’s war on the country. That’s what officials said Sunday. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity as no authorization had
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ukraine brought the war far from the front line into the heart of Russia again Sunday in drone penetrations that Russian authorities said damaged two office buildings a few miles (kilometers) from the Kremlin and a pig breeding complex on the countries’ border. The attacks, which Ukraine didn’t acknowledge in keeping
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to go after Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden. Trump
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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — With the summer heat wave in full swing in Southern California, a backyard pool is a tempting place to take a dip. Even for a bear. Police in the city of Burbank responded to a report of a bear sighting in a residential neighborhood and found the animal sitting in a
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Texas Rangers have acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets, an all-in move for the surprise AL West leaders. Both teams announced the deal Sunday after news of the agreement broke
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruit who was struck by an SUV during a training run last year has died. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday that Alejandro Martinez fought for his life for the past eight months. About 75 recruits, from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and several
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a divisive, racially charged debate ahead of the country’s looming general election. New Zealand – or Aotearoa
Continue ReadingCANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police say six people have died in a small plane crash west of Calgary, Alberta. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the plane with a pilot and five passengers aboard took off from Springbank Airport, just west of the city, on Friday night and was headed for Salmon Arm, British
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