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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police are searching for a person who opened fire in a central town, killing one person and injuring others. The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. local time in the town of Sisak, some 60 kilometers (36 miles) southeast of the capital Zagreb, police said in a statement. Police say

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people in Serbia’s capital have rallied outside a pro-government TV station that protesters say promotes a culture of violence. They say it should be stripped of its broadcasting license after two mass shootings in May stunned the Balkan nation. The protest started outside the

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — West Hollywood now has the highest minimum wage of any U.S. city. Pay zoomed to $19.08 an hour Saturday. Workers in West Hollywood welcomed the increase amid rising rent, gas and food prices. Employers grumbled about growing labor costs that they say could drive them out of business. The minimum

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Australian physicians can now prescribe doses of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for PTSD. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can be given to people who have hard-to-treat depression.

By AHMAD SEIR and MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has apologized for his country’s role in slavery and asked forgiveness on the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Dutch colonies. During an emotional address on Saturday, the king said he commissioned a study into the role of

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances has approved a $12.7 billion general fund budget that contains increases for teachers, judicial employees and the U.S. territory’s public university. It is the largest budget approved in the island’s history. The majority of funds, $2.6 billion, will go toward

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka says she wants to talk only about tennis during Wimbledon and not the war in Ukraine that became a contentious topic for the Belarusian during the last Grand Slam event. Sabalenka is seeded No. 2 at the All England Club and considered among

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hundreds of young men have come to a cemetery in a Paris suburb to say goodbye to the teenager whose killing by a police officer has set much of France on edge. The warm Saturday afternoon was far from the nights of violence in the streets

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis ′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people “ventured into homophobic territory.” The “DeSantis War Room” Twitter account shared the video on Friday

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Federal land managers have scrapped plans to spray pesticides near the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico as part of an effort to kill invasive grasshoppers. Concerned residents worried that dispersing 670 gallons of the poison would also kill bees, monarch butterflies and other insects vital to the area’s ecosystem.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Asked two days before her 24th Wimbledon begins whether she’s still excited to play tennis at this level, Venus Williams quickly answered: “It’s so much fun.” The next question Saturday was about being on tour without her younger sister, Serena, who wrapped up her career

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Beatriz has weakened to a tropical storm as it began to move away from Mexico’s central Pacific coast, dumping heavy rain across coastal areas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm was centered Saturday about 15 miles (20 kilometers) west of Cabo Corrientes and had maximum sustained winds of 50

By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party is demanding a re-run of last weekend’s presidential election even though incumbent President Julius Maada Bio already has been sworn into office for his second term. A statement from the opposition All People’s Congress, or APC, party on Saturday accused

By The Associated Press There is something for everyone at the movies this summer, both in theaters and streaming at home. The summer movie season goes into high-drive in July, with the debut of the seventh “Mission: Impossible” (July 12) movie followed by the “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” showdown on July 21. Not that you have

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Authorities in Tajikistan say a man who fatally shot two security officers at Moldova’s main international airport is wanted in his native country in relation to the kidnapping of a local bank official. The General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan alleged the assailant, Rustam Ashurov, was a member of an “organized criminal

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have reported three people killed and 17 others wounded from Russian shelling in the country’s east and south. A visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began in Kyiv on Saturday as a show of continuing support from Madrid and the European Union for

By The Associated Press The Russian media watchdog has blacklisted at least five media outlets affiliated with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and blocked their websites in Russia. The move came a week after Wagner fighters took control of a Russian military headquarters and advanced on Moscow in what appears to have been an attempted