Month: July 2023

By BOBBY CAINA CALVIN and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast on Monday as more downpours were forecast throughout the day. One person in New York drowned as she was trying to leave her home. The slow-moving storm reached New England in

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border has relayed an Israeli request to remove a tent set up by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed area along the frontier. Lebanon’s foreign minister said after the meeting that Lebanese leaders told

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting and injuring an investigator with a metro Atlanta prosecutor’s office while both were driving. Police say the investigator with the Gwinnett County district attorney’s office was not on duty when he was shot around 6 p.m. Friday by another driver. The motive was

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva showed her inexperience after a week of showing her maturity at her first Wimbledon. The Russian qualifier had reached the fourth round at the All England Club but she let a big lead over 25th-seeded Madison Keys slip away in a

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Jews and Muslims have come together in Bosnia on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust. They discussed on Monday ways they can use their shared pain to help rid the world of hate and bigotry.

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s foreign minister says his country welcomes the Netherlands’ plan to return a bejeweled ceremonial cannon and other colonial-era artifacts from the Netherlands and is working through how to preserve the items. The Dutch government last week announced that it will return 478 objects

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin say a Russian citizen has been charged with attempted homicide and attempted arson for placing an explosive or incendiary device last year in a building where Russian intelligence officers lived. The 55-year-old is accused of putting the device in an opening to the building’s basement in late April 2022.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan state Sens. Curtis Hertel Jr. and Tom Barrett will face off for the 7th Congressional District. Democrat Hertel will announce his campaign Monday after the Republican Barrett launched his second run for the seat Sunday. Hertel and Barrett are the first to declare bids