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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously to preserve access to the drug most commonly used in medication abortion. The nine justices found that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone and the FDA’s subsequent actions to ease restrictions on getting
Continue ReadingBy TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain and Turkey have called on the international community to stop “looking the other way” and press for the end of Israel’s attack on Gaza to crush Hamas, which began in October. Speaking after a bilateral summit in Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, “What has
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New details from federal investigations into the crash of a gasoline delivery truck that destroyed an I-95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago says gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the tanker. The crash and subsequent fire and explosions in June
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police shot and killed a man Wednesday who they say was wielding a handgun and threatening people. Police Chief Brian O’Hara says authorities received an evening call about a man in south Minneapolis with a gun who was threatening people and “not acting normally.” Officers were dispatched to the area and
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Visa applicants from Africa who want to visit Europe’s Schengen Area face far higher rejection rates than people from anywhere else in the world. Appointments are often difficult to secure. Applicants often must prove a minimum bank balance and prove they plan to return home. Much of Europe’s debate about migration
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Atlanta Falcons were stripped of a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft on Thursday for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules prior to signing quarterback Kirk Cousins, wide receiver Darnell Mooney and tight end Charlie Woerner in free agency in March. The NFL also fined the team $250,000,
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an unusually high number of an endangered species, said scientists who study the animals. A research flight made 161 sightings of seven different species of whale on May 25 south of Martha’s Vineyard and
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have closed down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures. The Culture Ministry says the hilltop citadel was closed from midday to 5 p.m. (0900-1400 GMT) on Thursday. All other archaeological sites in the Greek capital were
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease. The health minister says the two deaths were among six recent confirmed cases of mpox in South Africa, all of them men in their 30s.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Middle and high school students across the United States are taking ownership of their history educations through a nonprofit that encourages young people to rigorously examine the past. National History Day has been championing historical research projects in secondary education for 50 years now. But
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — President Joe Biden and top global allies are acting on dual fronts to reinforce their solidarity with Ukraine as it fights off Russia’s invasion. Group of Seven leaders are clearing the way for a $50 billion loan package for Kyiv and Biden
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are falling Thursday following mixed data on the economy, including the latest encouraging update on inflation, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology are keeping indexes near their records. The S&P 500 was
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It’s a popular notion that men eat more meat than women. Now, new research says it’s true around the world. A study published this week in Nature Scientific Reports surveyed more than 28,000 people across four continents. The researchers say it’s true across cultures, and the gap
Continue ReadingBy CORAL MURPHY MARCOS Associated Press BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A power company in Puerto Rico announced Thursday that it has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory the previous day. The outage left over 340,000 customers in the capital, San Juan, and neighboring municipalities without
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, a pill used in the most common way to end a pregnancy. The medication was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States last year. The ruling is the court’s first abortion decision
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases. The Office of the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.” The justices upheld the government’s decision to deny a trademark to Steve Elster, a California man seeking exclusive use of the phrase on T-shirts and potentially other merchandise.
Continue ReadingBY SALAR SALIM and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A team of 32 firefighters in northern Iraq is battling to put out a massive fire, a day after it broke out at an oil refinery, with more than a dozen of them injured while tackling the blaze, local officials said. The fire
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn’t compete this year because of a deal with a rival brand, Netflix swiftly announced a new hot dog-eating competition that will feature Chestnut and his “fiercest rival.” Chestnut, a 16-time hot
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump’s bid to retake the White House. This is despite
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