By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A 1 a.m. shooting at a party in downtown St. Louis kills one and injures nearly a dozen. Gunmen open fire during a fight near Florida’s Hollywood Beach, injuring nine, including a 1-year-old. Bursts of gunfire at a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama, kill
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Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to defend the country from an armed rebellion declared by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, which Putin called a “stab in the back” to Russia. “All those who prepared the rebellion will suffer inevitable punishment. The armed forces and other government agencies have received the necessary orders,”
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY and TY O’NEIL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drag queens donning the white, red and blue of the Hawaiian flag shimmied across the stage to a throbbing techno remix of “Aloha Oe,” a song composed by Hawaii’s last reigning monarch. Spectators roared as a performer shook her hips in a Tahitian-style
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, spent much of last spring and summer in free fall. Over the course of four months, Mead’s elevation plummeted an astonishing 20 feet, first exposing one of the lake’s huge intake valves in April before revealing more sinister things –
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed there, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank on Saturday before being shot and killed, Israeli police said. Elsewhere in the occupied territory, settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village, throwing stones and setting fire to homes. The Palestinian gunman approached Israeli
Continue Reading By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press The “ rage giving ” did not last. Abortion access groups who received a windfall of donations following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade one year ago say those emergency grants have ended and individual and foundation giving has dropped off. After the Dobbs decision,
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A day before the disappearance of the doomed Titan submersible, a British businessman and explorer wrote of his pride to be “going down to the Titanic” as a mission specialist. Hamish Harding said via social media Saturday that “a weather window has just opened up” after “the worst winter
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed in the village, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S.
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer When it comes to flying, going green may cost you more. And it’s going to take a while for the strategy to take off. Sustainability was a hot topic this week at the Paris Air Show, the world’s largest event for the aviation industry, which faces increasing pressure to
Continue Reading By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The sleek, polished dark blue 1978 Cadillac Seville eased slowly out of a showroom near Iran’s capital, its driver carefully inserting the 8-track tape that came with it to blast the sounds of a time long since past. The Sevilles, once assembled in Iran, represented the
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY and TY O’NEIL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drag queens donning the white, red and blue of the Hawaiian flag shimmied across the stage to a throbbing techno remix of “Aloha Oe,” a song composed by Hawaii’s last reigning monarch. Spectators roared as a performer shook her hips in a Tahitian-style
Continue Reading Associated Press The owner of the Wagner private military contractor who called for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister confirmed Saturday morning that he and his troops have reached a key Russian city after crossing the border from Ukraine. Yeveny Prigozhin posted a video of himself in Rostov-on-Don at the Russian military
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Up to five small far-right and far-left parties may cross the 3% parliamentary entry threshold in Greece’s repeat election on Sunday. That’s despite a swing back to mainstream politicians as the scars of a 10-year financial crisis gradually heal. It would increase the
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to protect anyone involved with a legally obtained abortion from prosecution. The order bans local prosecutors from bringing abortion-related charges and state agencies from assisting in any criminal investigations without a court order. In addition, Arizona will not honor any extradition
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has denied a request from roughly two dozen news organizations to lift a gag order in the criminal case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. The judge did, however, significantly narrow the gag order in response
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ conservative Republican attorney general is moving to prevent transgender people born in the state from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities. Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a request late Friday in federal court asking a judge to end a requirement for
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An elevated train clangs along tracks above Dr. Kwane Stewart as the veterinarian makes his way through a chain link gate to ask a man standing near a parked RV whether he might know of any street pets in need. Michael Evans immediately goes for his
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — Duke University has announced plans to provide a tuition-free education to eligible students living in North Carolina and South Carolina. Starting next fall, students from families earning $150,000 annually or less can attend the Durham, North Carolina-based university on a full tuition grant,
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The wrecks of the Titanic and the Titan sit on the ocean floor, separated by 1,600 feet and 111 years of history. How they came together unfolded over an intense week that raised temporary hopes and left lingering questions. The OceanGate Expedition submersible was launched Sunday morning and lost contact
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