New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant produces 14 millions gallons of drinking…
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Protesters call for arrest of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor
By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman…
Continue Reading D-Day announcement at World War II museum heralds planned pavilion on end of war, post-war years
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National World War II Museum in New Orleans chose the 79th anniversary of D-Day to announce plans for its final permanent…
Continue Reading Former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is charged with fraud in voucher-selling scheme
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines customer-service agent is being charged with fraud. Federal prosecutors say he issued nearly $1.9…
Continue Reading EU member Slovenia overwhelmingly defeats Moscow ally Belarus for a seat on the UN Security Council
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an election that reflected strong global opposition to Russia’s war against…
Continue Reading Browns defensive players robbed of jewelry, vehicle by masked men in downtown stickup
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski expressed relief that two of his defensive players were…
Continue Reading Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s why there is so much smoke
By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a smoky haze, turning the…
Continue Reading Detroit clerk who locked door before customers were shot will face trial
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered a Detroit gas station clerk to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter,…
Continue Reading Police: Fentanyl found in Waikiki hotel room, 2 men dead after suspected mass overdose
HONOLULU (AP) — Two people are dead in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose involving five peple in a hotel room in Hawaii’s…
Continue Reading Tony Award-nominated Betsy Wolfe on ‘& Juliet’: ‘This was the story I wanted to tell’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One recent day, Broadway star Betsy Wolfe was up at 4 a.m. to perform on “Good Morning…
Continue Reading PGA Tour and European tour agree to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf feud
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour abruptly dropped its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf venture on Tuesday and instead…
Continue Reading US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by…
Continue Reading A timeline of flight that crashed after losing contact, prompting military to scramble fighter jets
By The Associated Press When a business jet failed to respond to air traffic control instructions, federal aviation officials say they reported the…
Continue Reading US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Continue Reading US weighs in on Roger Waters antisemitism debate, says artist has long history of denigrating Jews
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger…
Continue Reading Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border towns’ notorious casinos, but they keep operating
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut…
Continue Reading Ukrainian dam breach: What’s happening and what’s at stake
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fallout from the breach of a river dam along a front line of Russia’s war in…
Continue Reading European Union urges probe into ‘horrible and heinous’ poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union is urging Afghan authorities to follow up on the poisoning of schoolgirls in the country’s…
Continue Reading Panthers, Golden Knights bound by gun tragedies long before meeting in Stanley Cup Final
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers didn’t have much of a joint…
Continue Reading Correction: Baltimore-Prosecution Policy story
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — In a story published June 1, 2023, about a new citation program to address low-level crimes in…
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