BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will seek to resolve a disagreement with Ukraine over the transfer of Russian oil to avoid a potential energy crisis, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff says. He added that Kyiv is “blackmailing” Budapest by blocking some Russian crude. Hungary receives most of its crude from Russia via the
Continue ReadingBUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-Virginia boy is charged in Florida with calling in more than 20 bomb or shooting threats at schools. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said Thursday that investigators were particularly motivated to find the caller before students returned to school next month. Emergency services received the first bomb threat
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a law restricting access to both medical care for transgender youth and abortion. The ruling came Friday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union representing Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. The ACLU argued that the hybrid law passed last year
Continue ReadingBROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — A 3-year-old Minnesota boy who was attacked by two pit bulls last week is not expected to survive. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday that the parents of Covil Allen are preparing their son to be an organ donor. An online campaign is raising funds to help Covil’s parents with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial trip to the United States comes as ceasefire talks to broker an end to the raging war in Gaza and bring about a hostage-for-prisoners exchange hang in the balance. How might the visit affect those talks? Face time with President Biden and Vice President
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian security services say a former defense ministry official has been arrested on corruption charges. It’s the latest in a series of high-profile military arrests in Russia. Former Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov was detained in Moscow and ordered held in custody pending an investigation and trial, Russia’s Investigative Committee said
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French transport has been thrust into chaos just hours ahead of the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony after a series of coordinated “malicious acts” upended high-speed train lines. Officials said the arson attacks and other vandalism on the rail system Friday are a form of sabotage on a pivotal day of the Games.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Maria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supporters’ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Machado will not be on the ballot Sunday because the ruling party has blocked her candidacy. Yet, fueled by that
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Central Bank has raised its key lending rate to the highest level in more than two years to stem soaring inflation in an overheated economy hit by Western sanctions in response to Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. The bank on Friday raised the rate by 200 basis points to 18.00%, noting that inflation has
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York psychedelic conference, the VA’s Dr. Shereef Elnahal said
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September. Prices rose just 0.1% from May to June, up from the previous month’s unchanged reading. Compared with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says the U.K. will not intervene with the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement is reversal of plans announced by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was ousted earlier this month when Starmer’s Labour
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman has been suspended and removed from the team for the Paris Olympics in the wake of a drone-spying scandal. And the head of Canada Soccer says he is investigating a potential “systemic ethical shortcoming.” Canada Soccer CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue says players on the
Continue ReadingSAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Snoop Dogg is seemingly everywhere during the Paris Olympics, but on Friday morning you could catch him carrying the Olympic torch ahead of the opening ceremony. He was one of the final torch bearers of the Olympic flame, which was lit in April in Greece and slowly has journeyed toward Paris
Continue ReadingAssociated Press California’s largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire’s intensity and rapid spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Fire, which burned out of control in nearby
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In consecutive days this week, China brokered a deal between rival Palestinian factions and hosted Ukraine’s foreign minister at a key moment in the grinding war there. While it’s unclear if the agreement between Hamas and Fatah will succeed where others have failed and there is little concrete progress towards peace in Ukraine,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as the state education system faces a $23 million deficit. The executive director of U.N. fund Education Cannot Wait, Yasmine Sherif, says the country needs help. On Friday, she announced a
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s state television reports that a van carrying some 50 migrants overturned on Friday in southwestern Serbia, injuring more than 30. The report said the incident happened on the road between the eastern town of Pirot, near the border with Bulgaria, and Nis, in southern Serbia. No other details were immediately
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona is already expected to play a critical role in the White House race as it did in 2020, but Tuesday’s state primaries will set the stage for competitive contests that could determine control of the closely divided U.S. Senate, U.S. House and both chambers of the state legislature. Topping
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union says it had made 1.5 billion euros available to support Ukraine, the first tranche of money generated from profits on frozen Russian assets. In May, the EU’s 27 member states reached an agreement to use the interest earned on some 210 billion euros, or $225 billion, in
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