AP National News

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A plan to prevent Milwaukee from going bankrupt is up for approval in the Wisconsin Legislature. The measure has been struck between Republican lawmakers, leaders in the heavily Democratic city and Gov. Tony Evers. The plan is part of a larger deal reached with the Democratic

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the park’s moose population continues a sharp but needed decline.

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died. He was 88. Payne made the discovery in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda in which a Navy engineer provided him with a recording of curious underwater sounds documented

By AJIT SOLANKI, SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MANDVI, India (AP) — The coastal regions of India and Pakistan are on high alert with tens of thousands of people being evacuated a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall. At a relief camp for displaced people in the Pakistani village of

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia zoo officials say the recent, sudden deaths of all five of their meerkats were apparently caused by an accidental poisoning linked to a dye that is used to mark the animals. But they note an investigation is ongoing. The meerkats came to the zoo as a group of siblings about a

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi is being honored with a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral and a day of national mourning, as his legacy — positive or negative — is hotly debated among Italians. Tens of thousands of people outside and inside the Duomo erupted in applause as a

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Wednesday, as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve’s latest economy-moving decision will be on interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading after riding a winning streak to its best level since April 2022. The Dow

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Police in Bosnia say a 13-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting and wounding a teacher inside an elementary school building. Police said the teacher sustained serious wounds and was undergoing surgery after the shooting Wednesday in which no students were injured. The incident in the northeastern town of Lukavac

ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he remains firm on his unconventional approach to Turkey’s economy. But he suggested in comments published Wednesday that his recently appointed finance minister will have leeway to move away from policies many have blamed for a worsening cost-of-living crisis. Erdogan, who was reelected last month, reappointed Mehmet

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez just last month, and already the climate appears to be a problem — and he’s only had to deal with the scorching heat of summer. The snow and freezing temperatures of winter are

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet As many as 8 in 10 older Americans couldn’t afford more than four years in an assisted living facility or two years in a nursing home, according to a recent analysis. This is particularly hard for people in the monetary middle; they don’t have enough to cover the costs of

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt could become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe when it is auctioned later this month. Auctioneer Sotheby’s said on Wednesday that “Dame mit Fächer” (Lady with a Fan) will go up for sale on June 27 in

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing and keep lines of communication open. Wednesday’s State Department announcement followed a phone call Tuesday between Blinken and China’s foreign

BEIJING (AP) — China says it’s established a “strategic partnership” with the Palestinian Authority during a visit to the country by President Mahmoud Abbas. The announcement on Wednesday marked another step in China’s campaign to gain political and economic influence in the Middle East. The region is a new field for competition between Beijing and

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two of the U.K.’s biggest mobile phone operators have agreed to merge their businesses to capitalize on the rollout of next-generation 5G wireless technology in the country. The merger of Vodafone U.K. and Three U.K., which is owned by Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, will create Britain’s biggest

By KELVIN CHAN and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union antitrust regulators took aim at Google’s lucrative digital advertising business in an unprecedented decision, saying Wednesday that the tech giant must sell off some of its ad business to address competition concerns. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing. The claims __ such as “pasture-raised,” “humanely raised,” and “raised without antibiotics” __ are increasingly popular with consumers. But critics say the USDA

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 32 people have died off the coast of southern Greece after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank, authorities said Wednesday. A large search and rescue operation was launched in the area. Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far following the nighttime incident some

MADRID (AP) — Scottish charity group Mary’s Meals has won a prestigious Spanish prize for its work feeding schoolchildren facing extreme poverty across the globe. The jury that decides the Princess of Asturias Awards gave Mary’s Meals its Concord Prize for “its exemplary dedication to helping resolve some of the world’s most pressing problems.” The