Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social…
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Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says she sustained multiple physical injuries
HARTFORD A Connecticut state legislator who was attacked last month as she left a Muslim prayer service is making her first public comments about the…
Continue Reading Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children, police say
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern says other companies should share blame in fiery Ohio derailment
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in…
Continue Reading El Salvadoran ex-President Mauricio Funes sentenced to 6 years for tax evasion
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An El Salvador court has sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to six years in prison for tax evasion, the…
Continue Reading Toby Keith’s shows at his Oklahoma music venue mark return to stage after revealing cancer diagnosis
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Country music star Toby Keith was back on stage over the Fourth of July weekend with his first shows since revealing last…
Continue Reading In Trump case, Justice Dept. unseals previously blacked-out portions from search warrant application
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of a warrant…
Continue Reading Rep. Adam Schiff, censured by GOP-led House, raises $8.1 million for his California Senate race
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that the California…
Continue Reading Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever…
Continue Reading Blinken says a multinational force is needed to help Haiti’s National Police restore order
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken says a multinational force is needed to help…
Continue Reading California hotel workers back on the job after strike. But union warns more walkouts are possible
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend were back on the job…
Continue Reading Iowa’s Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session so lawmakers can enact…
Continue Reading The gunman in the Danish mall shooting that killed 3 people is sentenced to a mental health facility
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 23-year-old man in Denmark who opened fire at a mall last year and killed three people believing the victims were…
Continue Reading Secondary test of powder found in West Wing lobby shows it’s cocaine, Biden briefed on investigation
By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been briefed on the investigation into…
Continue Reading Russian journalist sustained a brain injury and fractures during a brutal beating in Chechnya
MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent Russian investigative reporter has received a brain injury and multiple fractures when she and a lawyer accompanying her…
Continue Reading Germany’s top court blocks a parliament vote on a contentious bill to replace heat sources in homes
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has blocked government plans to hold a vote in parliament this week on a contentious plan to encourage home…
Continue Reading Trump will report raising more than $35 million in second quarter, campaign says
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign says he raised more than $35 million for his White…
Continue Reading 1 dead, 6 hurt in July Fourth block party shooting on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland sheriff’s office says a 14-year-old boy was killed and six other people were injured in a shooting at a…
Continue Reading Illinois State Museum returns nearly 40 sacred wooden artifacts to Kenya
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners.…
Continue Reading North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a trio of bills…
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