TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says four militants attacked a police station with grenades in the country’s southeast. The armed group attacked a police station on Saturday morning in Zahedan a city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the border with Pakistan, triggering a shootout. Two security forces were killed. Iran’s powerful
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A news report says a shooting at a party in Texas wounded eight people. KVIA-TV reports police in El Paso say the shooting happened happened on Swan Drive near the El Paso Country Club in the city’s Upper Valley area around 9:45 p.m. Friday. Police say the victims were transported
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says four militants attacked a police station with grenades in the country’s southeast. The armed group attacked a police station on Saturday morning in Zahedan a city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, about 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) from the border with Pakistan, triggering a shootout. One policeman
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to tackle pressing political goals as a way of honoring Abe’s wishes. At a Buddhist temple Zojoji in Tokyo, Kishida and other mourners on Saturday
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says a group of militants attacked a police station with suicide belts and killed an officer in the country’s southeast. The armed group attacked a police station on Saturday morning in Zahedan a city in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, about 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) from the border
Continue Reading By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A pair of colorful children’s scooters rest against the yellow tracks of a battle tank, parked in the shade of skyscrapers in the Vilnius business district. The area, usually busy with cars, cyclists and pedestrians, is closed to traffic and packed with heavy armored vehicles. “Never
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press SONNEBERG, Germany (AP) — The election of the first head of a county administration by the far-right Alternative of Germany in a rural eastern region recently has led to concern among opponents of the party. The recent win comes as national polls show support for the party at record levels.
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The harassment started to intensify as TV meteorologist Chris Gloninger did more reporting on climate change during local newscasts — outraged emails and even a threat to show up at his house. Gloninger said he had been recruited, in part,
Continue Reading By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Mily Trevino-Sauceda was 9 when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm. Mily’s 10-year-old brother splashed water over their mother’s face and body while her children looked on, scared and crying. Their mother had fainted from the
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in their communities. The distilleries where the liquor is manufactured and barrelhouses where it is aged have complemented the rural character of their neighborhoods, while providing jobs and the pride of a
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. Leaders of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means committees opened a joint
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council plans to vote Monday on extending aid deliveries from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest. A resolution sponsored by Brazil and Switzerland calls for a 12-month extension and a rival Russia resolution limits the renewal to six months. The delivery of aid
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” from the New Bedford Free Public Library. It would take 119 years and the sharp eyes of a librarian in West
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations of former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election have cost more than $9 million over the first several months. Documents released Friday show that the special counsel’s office spent more than $5.4 million
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China has sent 13 aircraft and 6 vessels to airspace and waters around Taiwan as of early Saturday. The period overlaps with United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing aimed at mending strained relations. The Defense Ministry says it’s monitoring the situation from the air and
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE (AP) — A brisk wind caught a Kevlar-fiber sail, sending it snapping as Bob Derby and Randy Atkin pulled lines to turn Red Stripe, their 25-foot boat, through the briny waters of the imperiled Great Salt Lake. Little could be heard beyond the low hum
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say an explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers, injured eight and left one missing. The explosion and subsequent fire occurred early Friday at the Nohoch gas transfer platform. The state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, says in a statement six workers were
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s United Nations ambassador is calling on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of the country for its attack on the Jenin refugee camp. The U.N. condemned the excessive use of force in Israel’s largest military operation in two decades targeting a refugee camp
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Texas has started rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande. The state’s move on Friday is the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the U.S. border with Mexico. It
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say two men have been arrested in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July. Fort Worth police say 20-year-old Christopher Redic Jr. and 19-year-old Brandon Williams were both
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