HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina woman died Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while walking her dog near a golf course. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office says 69-year-old woman, who has not been named, was found dead Tuesday in Hilton Head Island. Sheriff’s officials say the woman
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PHOENIX (AP) — House Minority Leader Andrés Cano formally submitted his resignation from the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday with plans to complete graduate studies. Cano, 31, had announced his anticipated departure from the state House of Representatives in May after he was accepted at Harvard University to pursue a master’s degree in public administration. His
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A crowd gathered, on the shore and in the water, to watch as “Old Ironsides” took her annual cruise in the Boston Harbor.
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Competitors at the Mr. and Ms. Muscle Beach Bodybuilding Competition got pumping early at the Venice Beach Recreation Center Tuesday.
Continue Reading BY OMAR ALBAM Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The U.N. secretary general is hoping that the Security Council will vote later this month to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for a period of one year instead of six months. About 4 million people
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Grocery Outlet Bargain Market is collecting cash donations and pre-made bags of nonperishable foods in-store that will be distributed to local non-profit charities for communities in need of food.
Continue Reading TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s Foreign Ministry is criticizing Ukraine for urging the Georgian ambassador to return to Tbilisi for consultations over the poor health of imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a Ukrainian citizen. The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called Ukraine’s action “an extreme form of escalation.” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry had summoned
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The Westwind Bar and Grill is hosting its Fourth of July festivity, “BBQ Party,” where they will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs, baked BBQ beans, macaroni salad, and many more treats!
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YCSO said two 18-year-olds, a man and a woman, were booked into the Yuma County Detention Center on Monday, July 3, following the arrest.
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Six opposition parties in South Africa say they will discuss forming an alliance for next year’s national election in an attempt to end the 30-year hold on power of the African National Congress. Such an alliance has been previously proposed, but the idea appeared
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police have reopened an investigation into lockdown-breaching government parties after viewing video of Conservative Party staffers dancing and drinking at a 2020 Christmas soiree. The “jingle and mingle” party was held when indoor social mixing was barred under rules imposed to curb the spread of the
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Homeowners and renters in the U.K. are facing further grim news as mortgage rates hit levels not seen since unfunded tax cuts announced by the government last fall spooked investors. Financial information company Moneyfacts says the average rate for a five-year fixed rate mortgage in the U.K.
Continue Reading By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes. Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the rest of an international field of 15
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker sees a lot of similarities between the Las Vegas Aces and the 2016 Los Angeles Sparks team she played for that won a WNBA title. A lot of it has to do with the friendships the players share off the court. “Our team was really, really close,”
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Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A preliminary test has shown that a suspicious substance found at the White House on Sunday was cocaine. That’s according to two law enforcement officials. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation
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PHOENIX (AP) — Twelve of Arizona’s 15 county attorneys are calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her recent executive order that limits them from prosecuting abortion-related cases. “The governor’s office should not interfere with the discretion of prosecutors in fulfilling their duties as elected officials,” said the attorneys’ letter sent to Hobbs late Monday.
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were violently crushed, has died at age 91. Chinese media say Yan died Monday of unspecified causes. He
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Facebook has lost a legal challenge at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising. The European Court of Justice said Tuesday that competition watchdogs can consider whether companies like Facebook comply with the continent’s strict privacy rules, which
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland plans to take part in a Europe-wide air defense project initiated in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The Alpine country is the second neutral nation after Austria to signal its intention to join the European Sky Shield Initiative launched by Germany last year. Swiss officials said Tuesday that the country’s
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