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By SHARON JOHNSON and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A group of 60 World War II veterans is leaving Atlanta on a trip to France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The veterans will take part in parades, school visits and ceremonies including the official June 6 commemoration of the

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony’s “The Garfield Movie,” Warner Bros.’ “ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ” and a slew of holdovers. Flipping the script from their Memorial weekend openings, the animated orange cat crept ahead of the wasteland

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic. She was killed during a rotation in Kharkiv area, where Russia started its offensive nearly a month ago, a

By JILL COLVIN, WILL WEISSERT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann says he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked participants in a survey if they would prefer more white players in the national soccer team. Nagelsmann agrees with midfielder Joshua Kimmich that the survey for German state broadcaster ARD is “absolutely racist” and says it’s “madness for

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza. The president’s office said Sunday that the Cabinet decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country

OSTEEN, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters found a charred body after dousing a brush fire in south Florida on Sunday, while fire crews elsewhere in the drought-stricken state battled wildfires that temporarily closed a highway and forced some residents to be evacuated from their homes. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue crews were extinguishing a blaze when they

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group, joining a growing number of nations opposed to the proposal. The bill, which passed a preliminary vote

TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries. The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp,

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump says the Biden administration’s policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states. Republican allies in the petroleum industry have spent millions on ads that say President Joe Biden’s tax credit for EV

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Water pressure was returning to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods on Sunday after a two-day water outage shut down businesses and left faucets dry at many homes. A large swath of the city remained under an order to boil water before drinking it, but Mayor Andre Dickens

Local officials say fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries. The regional governor said the fire was not caused by a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators opened a criminal case on suspicion of negligence. Officials did not say whether the fire near the city of

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The warden at a troubled Wisconsin prison where multiple inmates have died over the last year will step down later this month. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Waupun Correctional Institution Warden Randall Hepp announced his resignation on Tuesday. A state Department of Corrections spokesperson said Hepp is retiring. Four inmates

BEIRUT (AP) — Two Lebanese shepherds were killed in an Israeli strike that hit their house in the town of Houla near the Lebanon-Israel border, Lebanon’s National News agency says. Lebanon’s Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan said that a separate Israeli strike Sunday morning had damaged his ministry’s office in the town of Bint Jbeil

PENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Police say an exchange of gunfire in a suburban Pittsburgh bar has left two people dead and seven others injured. Allegheny County police said the shooting occurred at the Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills, where first responders found the bodies of a man and a woman

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Scaling back treatment for some cancers can make life easier for patients without hurting the outcomes. That’s what doctors are reporting this weekend at the world’s largest cancer conference in Chicago. The research is part of a long-term trend toward doing less — less surgery, less chemotherapy or

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Tamika Davis couldn’t nap on her couch during cancer treatment. She kept worrying one of her toddlers would wander over and pull out the needle delivering chemotherapy. Friends and family watched her kids when they could during her treatment last year for colon cancer. But Davis had gaps with

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Soldiers from across the United States, Britain, Canada and other Allied nations waded ashore through hails of fire on five beaches on

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González has defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but González, a Republican, announced

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Iceland’s national broadcasting service says Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women. RUV reported Sunday that Tomasdottir was elected to the largely ceremonial post with 34.3% of the vote,