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BERLIN (AP) — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. Police officers opened fire after the man refused to lay down the ax, hitting
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lebanese-born businessman who moved to Texas as a teenager, speaks Arabic, English and French, and recently joined the Trump family when his son married the former president’s younger daughter. Massad Boulos has taken on the challenge
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead. A Broward County grand jury indicted Miami-Dade County officer Rodolfo Mirabal
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are openly floating that this will finally be the year that Virginia shifts from the Democratic column it’s been in for several presidential elections and back into the battleground category where Donald Trump could win. The prospect of turning the state red was the topic of discussion between
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is one of a handful of tightly contested states that could determine this year’s presidential election. Democrats are outpacing Republicans on advertising spending in North Carolina, hoping to make up for Joe Biden’s losing the state in 2020. Both parties also face the challenge
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The best athletes break all sorts of new ground in pursuit of greatness, looking for that extra tiny percent that can propel them above their rivals. For Bryson DeChambeau that extra kick might be found in the most surprising of places – Epsom salt. After taking control of the
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — Granville County is one of only six counties in North Carolina that voted for Barack Obama, and then pivoted to Donald Trump. This presidential election year, Democrats are trying to win back the rural county and those efforts could be an indicator of how it may
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, Jacob Lev and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Facing elimination, the Edmonton Oilers put up eight goals in front of an energized home crowd to defeat the Florida Panthers 8-1 Saturday in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. The win narrows the Oilers’ deficit to 3-1 in the best-of-seven series and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police say officers have shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosts a match in the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. Hamburg police said Sunday the man is receiving medical treatment, without providing further details.
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Pride Month in full gear, U.S. shoppers can find the usual merchandise many stores stock for the June celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights. But analysts and advocates say the marketing is toned down compared to previous years, and at some chains, there’s no
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Pride Month in full gear, U.S. shoppers can find the usual merchandise many stores stock for the June celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights. But analysts and advocates say the marketing is toned down compared to previous years, and at some chains, there’s no
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By Benjamin Brown, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William on Sunday shared a photograph showing him as a child with his father, King Charles III, to mark Father’s Day in the United Kingdom this year. The heir to the British throne posted the image on X and wrote: “Happy Father’s Day, Pa. W.” The photo
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Reeling from a string of defeats, anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using an array of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall elections. The tactics include attempts to
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Countries resumed talks Sunday on how to iron out issues of nuclear safety, prisoner exchanges and exports of food from Ukraine that have arisen due to Russia’s two-year war there, and ways to bring peace to Ukraine — even though Moscow is not represented. Leaders from
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus health official says a second elderly person has died from heatstroke after a weeklong heatwave that baked the east Mediterranean island nation with reportedly record temperatures for the month of June. An 84 year-old woman died a day after her admission to a hospital on Friday. A State Health
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Un sospechoso del tiroteo que hirió al menos a nueve personas en un área recreativa en Rochester Hills, Michigan, este sábado fue encontrado muerto en una casa cercana, dijo el sheriff del condado de Oakland, Michael Bouchard. El sospechoso, un hombre de 42 años cuyo nombre aún no ha sido revelado,
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were adapted in American director Pierre Földes’ animated film “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”, adding he wanted to see future interpretations of his work with filmmakers’ own spin. The Japanese language version of the
Continue ReadingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Authorities in Texas say a shooting in a park left two people dead and several wounded. Police in Round Rock say the victims were shot shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday during a Juneteenth celebration at Old Settlers Park in the city about 19 miles north of Austin. Round Rock Police Chief Allen
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters have marched in central Kyiv to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia. They had encountered difficulties in being granted a venue and threats from counterprotests. The
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Kristina Nikita Coffey tenía cuatro años cuando el avión en el que viajaba su padre perdió el contacto con los controladores aéreos y desapareció sobre el lago Champlain, en Vermont, en una noche nevada de 1971. Nunca se encontró el lugar del accidente, pero a lo largo de los años mantuvo
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