Speranza Scappucci to become Royal Opera’s principal guest conductor
LONDON (AP) — Speranza Scappucci will become principal guest conductor of London’s Royal Opera starting with the 2025-26 season. The 50-year-old…
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Police in South Florida arrest 3 suspects in Memorial Day beach shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida have arrested three suspects in a Memorial Day shooting along a busy beachside promenade that…
Continue Reading Dozens evacuated from small cruise ship in Alaska after engine room fire
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fire in the engine room of a small cruise ship in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve has prompted the…
Continue Reading Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning…
Continue Reading Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general announced Monday she has begun investigating the board of…
Continue Reading Canadian province of Quebec looks for international support to fight wildfires
MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires and federal officials warned…
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Mexican consulate offers legal advice
Free legal advice from the Consulate of Mexico in…
Continue Reading Demolition company vows repairs after a blast of air during an implosion damaged nearby homes
SPRINGDALE, Pa. (AP) — A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania…
Continue Reading Approval for Idaho phosphate mine reversed after judge rules US didn’t assess prairie bird impact
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land…
Continue Reading Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance to challenge extradition from Peru to US, lawyer says
By MAURICIO MUÑOZ Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lawyer for the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student…
Continue Reading Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida commission says the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school…
Continue Reading California insurance market rattled by withdrawal of major companies
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance…
Continue Reading One year after their killing, loved ones pay tribute to duo slain in Amazon rainforest
DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A year after the killing of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous…
Continue Reading Permit-to-purchase: Oregon’s tough new gun law faces federal court test
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal trial over Oregon’s voter-approved gun control measure opened Monday in Portland,…
Continue Reading See Apple’s pivotal product announcements through history
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular…
Continue Reading Argentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina has dismissed a long-running money laundering case against…
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Weather Alert: Gusty winds this evening
Breezy to windy conditions take over this evening for the Desert Southwest. Temperatures this week will also be trending cooler than normal.…
Continue Reading Breonna Taylor supporters launch campaign against GOP gubernatorial nominee in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The mother of slain Black woman Breonna Taylor has endorsed a grassroots…
Continue Reading Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to…
Continue Reading ‘Stop Cop City’ activists pack Atlanta City Hall ahead of crucial vote
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of activists are at Atlanta’s City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve…
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