BERLIN (AP) — Officials say strong winds have fanned flames at a wildfire on a German military training site that is known to contain large amounts of ammunition, causing it to double in size. The fire near Jueterbog south of Berlin had been simmering for days as authorities scrambled to prevent it reaching surrounding villages.
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case in which a man tried to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.” The Justice Department is supporting President Joe Biden’s once and possibly future rival in urging the court to deny a
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting with Justice Department officials on Monday as a decision nears on whether to bring charges over the handling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate. The Trump lawyers two weeks ago requested a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says inflation pressures are “strong.” She made clear Monday that the central bank will keep raising interest rates to bring down inflation to its goal of 2%. That means there is a ways to go after inflation clocked in
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By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The search and rescue operation at a partially collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa officially ended Monday after the remains of three people were recovered, officials said. The decision to end the search and rescue followed crews determining that the building was
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A truck crashed into a utility pole on the University of Missouri campus Monday morning.
Continue Reading OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. As veterans and world dignitaries commemorate the 79th anniversary of the operation, here’s a look at some details about what happened: WHO TOOK PART Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy on
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Six construction workers injured in a partial building collapse in New Haven have been released from a hospital, while two others continue to be treated and are in fair condition. That’s according to Yale New Haven Hospital spokesperson Mark D’Antonio. The building was under construction when a section collapsed Friday
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following its best week since March. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 81 points, or 0.2%, at 33,681, as of 10:30 a.m.
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race. They promise voters they will build mega-prisons, remove uncompliant judges and hammer gangs into submission. For citizens across Latin America, that formula should sound familiar. El Salvador’s tough talking, Bitcoin-loving
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children. The high court rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton on Monday. As is typical, the court rejected the case without comment. Leavell-Keaton was convicted
Continue Reading By TARA COPP Associated Press STE MARE EGLISE, France (AP) — There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year’s commemorations of the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, which launched the Allied invasion of Europe and led to the end of World War II. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has echoed throughout the events leading
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the expansion of Israeli settlements and ongoing demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank are taking Israel further away from peace with the Palestinians. Yet, he said Monday that the U.S.-Israel relationship remains “iron-clad” and that the Biden
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By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles. That morning on
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mother of one of the four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in an off-campus home last year said she won’t attend the trial of her son’s accused killer. “It doesn’t change the outcome,” Stacy Chapin, whose 20-year-old son Ethan was killed in the attack, told
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Monday to begin what could be a quiet stretch following weeks of gains that rallied Wall Street to the edge of what’s called a “bull market.” The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading, and if it finishes the day
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A wealthy driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($129,544) for speeding in Finland, where such penalties are calculated on the basis of an offender’s income. The main newspaper for Finland’s Aaland Islands quoted Anders Wiklöf as saying in an article published Monday, “I really regret the matter.” Wiklöf was driving 82
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Nine zoo animals were rescued, and one is dead after a fire broke out at the Metro Richmond Zoo Sunday night, the zoo said in a statement. The fire started around 9:50 p.m. in the zoo’s workshop area and then spread to the animal hospital, feed storage room and
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day. Kyiv authorities say their forces are increasing offensive operations and making gains but suggest some of the Russian announcements were misinformation as speculation grows about a
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday. EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the ability
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