Instagram app being called a “Twitter Killer” after release of new app
Meta owns Instagram and that company is releasing a new app called “Threads”, that looks a whole lot like Twitter. “It will be strategically,…
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Grand Canyon gets $27.5 million federal grant for greener shuttle buses
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park is getting $27.5 million in federal highway money to upgrade its aging fleet of…
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Lavish tomb in ancient Spain belonged to a woman, not a man, new research shows
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When archaeologists first discovered the 5,000-year-old ornate tomb in Spain, they assumed…
Continue Reading Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis,…
Continue Reading Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia in September will be closely watched by Russia and China
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will travel to the periphery of Roman Catholicism this summer becoming the first pontiff to visit Mongolia. The…
Continue Reading A Palestinian militant kills an Israeli in the West Bank, a day after Israel’s military raid in area
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas militant has opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing…
Continue Reading An SUV crash at a London school kills an 8-year-old girl. A woman is arrested for dangerous driving
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and more than a dozen people were injured Thursday when an SUV crashed…
Continue Reading Fendi fuses jewels and couture, as Chloe confirms Gabriela Hearst is leaving
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Fendi put a fitting exclamation point on Paris couture week by drawing an A-list crowd to the…
Continue Reading UK court rejects a government bid to withhold Boris Johnson’s messages from a COVID-19 inquiry
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. court on Thursday rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Wembymania set to hit Las Vegas, as Spurs rookie ‘can’t wait’ for his NBA debut at Summer League
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — There are just some tickets that are hard to get in Las Vegas. Like Adele, for example. Or…
Continue Reading Macron says France needs to address causes of unrest prompted by police killing of teen
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called for order and calm and efforts to address the roots of several days of unrest around the…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy visits Bulgaria, Czech Republic and draws support for Kyiv’s NATO membership bid
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the capitals of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, discussing military aid…
Continue Reading Serbia to seek meeting with NATO chief, UN Security Council session on Kosovo tensions
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president has accused Kosovo of carrying out “silent” ethnic cleansing of…
Continue Reading Greece welcomes deescalation in the eastern Mediterranean without directly referring to Turkey
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Greece’s newly appointed defense minister has welcomed a de-escalation of tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. Nikos…
Continue Reading Trial of 10 accused over 2016 Brussels attacks that killed 32 takes major step toward conclusion
BRUSSELS (AP) — The trial of 10 men accused over the 2016 suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a subway station is taking a major step toward…
Continue Reading An already full-tilt movie franchise turns it up a notch in ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are, as a rule, only so many places you can go as an action movie after leaving Tom Cruise…
Continue Reading Wimbledon is finally dry after 3 days of rain. Wawrinka wins and gets Djokovic next
By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The courts are finally dry at Wimbledon and the sun is even shining through the…
Continue Reading The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a toxic gas leak in South Africa blamed on an…
Continue Reading French justice is working overtime and the mood is stern after thousands of teen arrests
By JADE LE DELEY and LORI HINNANT Associated Press CRETEIL, France (AP) — At 19, he was the oldest of the group of teens accused of lobbing Molotov…
Continue Reading Israeli court acquits border police officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian man
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has acquitted a border police officer who was charged with reckless…
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