Jay Monahan to return to PGA Tour commissioner role after month break
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is returning to work. Monahan has told the tour he will resume his job on July 17.…
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UN to keep pushing for extension of food and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials say they will keep pushing for an extension of the deal that allows…
Continue Reading Biden takes aim at ‘junk’ insurance, vowing to save money for consumers being played as ‘suckers’
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a…
Continue Reading New minimum pay rates for NYC app-based food delivery workers are delayed
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City was ordered by a judge to temporarily delay new minimum pay standards for app-based food delivery workers. The order…
Continue Reading North Dakota election official challenges mail ballot counting law in Trump-aligned group’s lawsuit
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota county election official is suing the state’s election director to block the…
Continue Reading An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military was killed in a…
Continue Reading Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana officials say juveniles currently housed at the country’s largest…
Continue Reading Kentucky AG challenges federal judge’s blocking of state law banning transgender youth treatment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is challenging a federal judge’s injunction that blocks portions of a new…
Continue Reading Man swept into Omaha manhole during heavy rain was washed down pipes for a mile before rescue
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters rescued two men who fell into a manhole during heavy rain in downtown Omaha on Friday, including one who was washed…
Continue Reading Iowa Republicans will pursue a 6-week abortion ban during a special session that starts Tuesday
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican-controlled Legislature in Iowa will aim to enact a ban on abortion…
Continue Reading Austria’s top court rejects case filed by young people seeking tougher action against climate change
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s top court has dismissed a case brought by a dozen minors seeking to force the government to take tougher action against…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors accuse Michigan man of strangling missing 2-year-old
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Federal prosecutors say it appears that a Michigan man strangled a 2-year-old girl after he kidnapped her following…
Continue Reading Chicago area man who drowned trying to help children had survived 9/11 attacks
WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) — The family of a suburban Chicago man who drowned in Lake Michigan while trying to help children struggling in the water says…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter linked to Proud Boys gets 5 years in prison for pepper-spraying police
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Florida man prosecutors say is affiliated with the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to…
Continue Reading Election on constitutional amendments in Ohio could impact abortion rights measure
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter registration closes Monday in Ohio for a high-stakes Aug. 8 election on whether to…
Continue Reading Northwestern suspends coach Pat Fitzgerald for 2 weeks without pay following hazing investigation
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer Northwestern has suspended coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay following an investigation into alleged…
Continue Reading Review of Guatemala’s vote appears to largely uphold results from June 25 presidential election
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An electoral official in Guatemala says a court-ordered review of the country’s…
Continue Reading Wisconsin judge: Lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge refused Friday to toss out a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s 174-year-old…
Continue Reading UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference
BERLIN (AP) — A U.N. technology agency assembled a group of robots that physically resembled humans at a news conference. The International…
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Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
By MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers…
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