By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country’s war effort even as Russia claimed a symbolic victory on the battlefield. The Ukrainian
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections. The party repeated its success from last year’s assembly elections. The vote counting in the local election was completed late Saturday. Sinn Fein took 144 of 462 local government seats. The Democratic Unionist
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were shot and wounded outside an Alabama bar early Sunday in what police described as an exchange of gunfire. AL.com reports Birmingham Police Lt. Ron Harless says three men and a woman were shot outside Tin Roof in the city’s Lakeview District. The shooting was reported around 12:45 a.m.
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TODAY: Starting off cool again in the upper 40s. Temperatures warm into the mid to upper 70s even with more clouds today. TOMORROW: Highs reach the 80 mark again to kick off the workweek, with skies staying mostly clear. EXTENDED: Temperatures continue warming through midweek as we peak in the mid-80s. A subtle atmospheric disturbance
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border. Sunday’s report says the fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, some 1,360 kilometers (850 miles)
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Bakhmut was “only in our hearts,” hours after Russia’s defense ministry reported that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, had seized the city in eastern Ukraine. Speaking alongside U.S. President
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN New York (CNN) — In a dance studio nestled inside a building next to New York City Hall, Tamara Bejar Hernandez counts to the beat of a traditional Tahitian dance song as a group of ladies shake their hips from left to right and gracefully glide their hands up in the
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden planned on Sunday to speak directly with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, hoping to salvage talks to raise the debt limit that have stalled in recent days while he was abroad at the Group of Seven summit. GOP lawmakers are holding
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks are voting in the first parliamentary election since their country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis. The two main contenders in Sunday’s vote are
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right Israeli Cabinet minister has visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, declaring “we are in charge.” The visit to the disputed hilltop compound by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday drew condemnations from the Palestinians and neighboring Jordan and Egypt. The visit
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Editor’s note: This story contains graphic images and descriptions of the Uvalde school massacre. The children pictured all survived and their parents asked CNN to show the images for people to see what their sons and daughters had to endure and
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says six Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border. Sunday’s report says the fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, some 1,360 kilometers (850 miles)
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister has visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site at a time of heightened tensions with the Palestinians. The visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday, his second known visit since becoming a member of Israel’s most right-leaning government ever, was likely to draw condemnations from the
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Bakhmut was “only in our hearts,” hours after Russia’s defense ministry reported that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, had seized the city in eastern Ukraine. Speaking alongside U.S. President
Continue Reading By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country’s war effort even as Russia claimed a symbolic victory on the battlefield. The Ukrainian leader’s in-person appearance in his trademark olive
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Boston is making reading on-the-go more accessible through a pilot program that will allow riders to access digital content from audiobooks to newspapers at some bus stops across the city – no library card required. The program – dubbed “Browse, Borrow, Board” – gives riders access to books, magazines
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — One couple’s dream wedding will become reality after a North Carolina man won the first top prize of $150,000 in a newly launched scratch-off game – the first time the top prize had been claimed since the game launched earlier this month. Alfred Harrell had promised his fiancée the
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By Andy Rose and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A 20-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week in western Texas was found dead Saturday, and a man has been arrested in connection with her killing, police said. Madeline Pantoja was reported missing on May 11, vanishing with her phone and car
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING, SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit negotiations between the White House and House Republicans appeared deadlocked during the weekend, as GOP lawmakers held tight to demands for sharp spending cuts, rejecting alternative ways to reduce deficits. President Joe Biden and world leaders are keeping watch
Continue Reading By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As the number of people who die in mass killings in the U.S. continues to rise, thousands more are left to handle the trauma of losing someone they love. One of the hardest days they confront each year is the anniversary of the
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