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By MICHAEL VARAKLAS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press RHODES, Greece (AP) — A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. The crash occurred on the island of Evia and was aired in a state television broadcast

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them. The pod of long-finned pilot whales was first spotted swimming near Cheynes Beach east of Albany on Tuesday morning.

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energy goals and produce enough power for about 900,000 homes from floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. The legislation was endorsed by lawmakers on Tuesday. It calls for requests for proposals

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro says the network could take on a sports league as a minority partner as the network continues its transition from a cable channel to a digital company. Pitaro made those comments during a seminar on Sunday. Pitaro declined to say

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he’s set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges. On Capitol Hill, where Republicans are ramping up their investigations of the

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, responding to enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In remarks Tuesday at the Capitol, McCarthy

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri slammed an island and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, displacing nearly 16,000 villagers as it blew tin roofs off rural houses, flooded low-lying villages and knocked out power, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties after the

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say British billionaire and Tottenham soccer team owner Joe Lewis has been indicted in New York on insider trading charges. The city’s top federal prosecutor disclosed the indictment in a video statement Tuesday. Authorities say Lewis slipped confidential business information to others, including his romantic

HONOLULU (AP) — A boat that washed ashore in Hawaii has been identified as belonging to a California mariner who ran into trouble while sailing from San Diego to Mexico. KHON-TV reports the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the boat owner sent a distress call seven months ago. He was rescued, and the boat was left

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rocky Wirtz, who won three Stanley Cup titles as owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and presided over the team during one of the NHL’s biggest scandals, has died. He was 70. The Blackhawks called Wirtz’s death a “sudden passing.” No further details were provided. NHL Commissioner

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors have walked out of work while labor leaders are threatening a general strike and senior justices have rushed home from a trip abroad. Tuesday’s developments followed a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s Supreme Court. Critics

WINDSOR, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding has been recovered. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also confirmed that human remains found on Monday were those of a second missing child. The two children were travelling

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Families of transgender children are suing to block a new Missouri law banning gender-affirming health care for minors. Lawyers for the families, doctors and LGBTQ+ rights groups on Tuesday sued to block the law from taking effect Aug. 28. The law will prohibit minors from getting

By PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is interested in obtaining Iranian drone technology to protect its borders and combat smuggling and drug trafficking, the Andean country’s Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo confirmed Tuesday, a day after Argentina demanded information on the opaque agreement sealed between Iran and Bolivia

BOSTON (AP) — A nearly 500-year-old manuscript signed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés in 1527 has been returned to the Archivo General de la Nación de México – Mexico’s national archives in Mexico City. U.S. officials said the manuscript is a payment order signed by Cortés on April 27, 1527, authorizing the purchase of

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who sexually abused vulnerable and trusting patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals cried before he was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison by a federal judge who called his crimes unprecedented. The sentence for Robert Hadden, 64, was a

By WALTER BERRY and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Longtime Phoenix residents know that sweltering Julys are to be expected, but no one could have predicted the brutal heat wave that has enveloped the country’s fifth largest city this summer. Phoenix this month shattered its record for consecutive days in which the temperature

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — West Africa has recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences. And a top regional official says that’s just “a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity.” Omar Touray told the

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado police officer on trial for putting a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train says she didn’t realize that another officer had parked it on the tracks. Jordan Steinke testified Tuesday that she didn’t notice the tracks

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An unfunded proposal by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson to pay for plane tickets in the winter to warmer climates for homeless people has caused a stir in Alaska’s biggest city. Last year, eight people died of exposure in Anchorage, which is a record for the city.