AP National News

By MATTHEW BROWN, TERRY CHEA, CALEB DIEHL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth. Yet one year

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HOLLIS, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised Tuesday to tear down Washington’s traditional political power centers and secure the country’s southern border, pledging to succeed where former President Donald Trump failed as the two held dueling campaign events in the critical early

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn’t record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight. And, despite his high

By The Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and is in Belarus, that country’s president said. The exile of the 62-year-old owner of

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The TKTS booth in Times Square, which has become part of the city’s visual and financial DNA and a key part in keeping Broadway going, is celebrating its 50th birthday this week. It’s a discount ticket booth where Broadway and off-Broadway shows can be more

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy. The Republican governor speaks Tuesday at the groundbreaking for a company that got more than $100 million in federal funding to refine graphite for electric batteries. But Kemp says Biden’s infrastructure law

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have created embryo models to help study the mysteries of early human development, the medical problems that happen before birth and why many pregnancies fail. These models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm, and can’t grow into babies. “They’re complete enough to give you a

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — As Spain sizzles in its first official heat wave of the year, the National Statistics Institute says that deaths from heat stroke and dehydration in the hottest months of 2022 _ the hottest year on record _ were up 88% over the previous year.  The Institute said

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country’s main far-right party won control of a county administration. The video, posted on social media on Tuesday, shows a man in a T-shirt depicting a Nazi-era soldier and a slogan that

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday cited the

MILAN (AP) — A still-life fresco recently discovered in the Pompeii archaeological site features a flatbread with colorful toppings that looks like a pizza, which was only believed to have been invented many centuries later. But experts said Tuesday that the image is probably actually a focaccia topped with fruit. Key ingredients associated with pizza

LONDON (AP) — Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi says he’s taking a break from touring “for the foreseeable future” as he seeks to “adjust to the impact” of Tourette’s syndrome. His announcement follows his Saturday performance at the Glastonbury Festival where he appeared to lose his voice and the crowd carried him through his songs. Capaldi,

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting higher as Wall Street’s lull continues following a strong start to the year. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in early trading. It’s been generally edging lower since a five-week rally carried it to its highest level in more than a year

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has ruled that international prosecutors should resume investigating alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela by security forces under President Nicolás Maduro because the country’s own probe has fallen short. The court had suspended an investigation into alleged wrongdoing including use of

By GHAITH ALSAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Medical officials and an opposition war monitor say a Russian airstrike struck a military post of an al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria killing at least six militants. Tuesday’s airstrike on the Jabal al-Zawiya area in the northwestern province of Idlib came two days after another airstrike

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A candidate who nearly became Buffalo’s first female mayor is competing for a council seat against a woman thrust into prominence after her son survived a racist mass shooting. Democrats India Walton and Zeneta Everhart consider themselves political allies but are both vying for a seat on Buffalo’s Common Council.

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have reached an agreement on how to spend the state’s tax dollars over the next year. The agreement announced late Monday would spend about $311 billion. The budget covers a nearly $32 billion budget deficit through a combination

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Farmers markets gave people something they desperately sought during the pandemic: A place to shop outdoors, and at the same time support smaller, often local businesses. The markets are now building on that goodwill as the customers that became regulars and the vendors who set