A green flag for clean power: NASCAR unveils its first electric racecar
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — NASCAR has unveiled its first electric racecar in Chicago. It doesn’t thunder when the race grand marshal says…
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To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill
Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — To a defiant President Joe Biden, the 2024 election is up to the public — not the Democrats on Capitol…
Continue Reading What we learned from the UK’s general election that will shape politics over the coming years
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has its first change in government in 14 years after the Labour Party won a resounding victory in a general…
Continue Reading Japan partners with Cambodia to share demining knowledge with Ukraine, other countries
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has announced a joint project with Cambodia to share knowledge and…
Continue Reading Residents in Wisconsin community return home after dam breach leads to evacuations
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — A police chief says people living downriver of a Wisconsin dam that was breached by floodwaters have been allowed back into…
Continue Reading Human remains found wrapped in sleeping bag and left out for trash pickup in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Decomposing human remains have been found wrapped in a sleeping bag and left out on the sidewalk for trash collection in Manhattan.…
Continue Reading Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case has been dismissed. Here’s key things to know
AP Entertainment Writer A judge’s surprise ruling has ended the prosecution of Alec Baldwin nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna…
Continue Reading More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S.
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that…
Continue Reading As ‘Bachelor’ race issues linger, Jenn Tran, its 1st Asian American lead, is ready for her moment
Associated Press Jenn Tran can’t stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of “The Bachelor” franchise — not…
Continue Reading Teen killed by police in New York laid to rest
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy shot to death by police in upstate New York after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers has…
Continue Reading Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures
Associated Press With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a…
Continue Reading US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly…
Continue Reading New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is…
Continue Reading Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Hamas has given its initial approval of a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza,…
Continue Reading Tornadoes kill 5, injure 83 in China’s eastern Shandong province
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese media reports that five people were confirmed dead after tornadoes struck a city in the eastern Chinese province of…
Continue Reading Voters in France’s overseas territories kick off a pivotal parliamentary election
PARIS (AP) — Voters in France’s overseas territories and living abroad have started casting ballots in parliamentary runoff elections that could…
Continue Reading Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a…
Continue Reading Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to throw a grand wedding for his son. Here’s what to know
NEW DELHI (AP) — In March, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani threw a three-day prenuptial bash for his son that included a 1,200-person guest…
Continue Reading 2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach, police say
Two teenagers died while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn. The New York Police Department says it received an emergency call…
Continue Reading France’s president called a surprise election. The result could diminish his power in world affairs
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron could awake — if he has slept at all — with clipped wings on Monday morning. The…
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