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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia is suffering unusually high temperatures for June. Authorities have urged people to stay indoors when possible and avoid heavy labor in the hottest hours of the day. The heat exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several parts of the small, landlocked Balkan country Thursday. Authorities have
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a pallbearer or simply attend his burial. Within minutes, it was turning
Continue ReadingMORRILTON, Ark. (AP) — An Alabama man wanted in connection with homicides in Oklahoma and Alabama has been apprehended in Arkansas. Arkansas State Police say 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake was taken into custody Thursday around 10 a.m. in a wooded area in Morrilton, Arkansas. He was being held in the Conway County Detention Center. Arkansas
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course. For some, it’s a place of love. For others, it’s fraught with trouble. For too many, it’s an elusive concept. A show at the American Folk Art Museum looks at how various artists have
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese government officials are working to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus a day after the militant Hezbollah group threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon. Lebanon’s state news agency said the country’s foreign minister
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crew members on the cargo ship Dali can head home under an agreement that allows lawyers to question them amid ongoing investigations into the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Judge James K. Bredar confirmed with attorneys at a hearing Thursday morning
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines put an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odor. American CEO Robert Isom wrote in a note to staff that
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital after he was arrested in a bribery case in March. The development was reported Thursday by news website Live Law. Kejriwal is the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party or Common
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Home loan borrowing costs eased again this week as the average rate on a 30-year mortgage declined to its lowest level since early April. The rate fell to 6.87% from 6.95% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Mark Rutte has gotten to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics. Now he’s on track to bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of mostly young people have demonstrated Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals in the government’s annual budget legislation. The protests brought Nairobi’s central business district to a standstill as horse-riding riot police threw tear-gas cannisters and opened water cannons on demonstrators
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital nearly three months after he was arrested in a bribery case. The development was reported Thursday by news website Live Law. Kejriwal is the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party or
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press SQUAM LAKE, N.H. (AP) — A heat wave extending from the Midwest to New England moved closer to a breaking point Thursday, with millions of people sweating it out for another day. The National Weather Service said the heat wave was expected to peak in the eastern
Continue ReadingBy ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, weakened Thursday as it moved inland over northeast Mexico after bringing heavy rains to parts of the parched region and leaving at least three dead. The storm was weakening rapidly over land and was downgraded to a tropical
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Some 580,000 glass coffee mugs are being recalled across the U.S. after dozens of burn and laceration injuries were reported by consumers. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the now-recalled JoyJolt-branded Declan Single Wall Glass Coffee Mugs can crack or break when filled with hot
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left in place a provision of a 2017
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts. Parts of the 2017 tax bill that became law when Donald Trump was president expire after 2025. Pence’s Advancing American Freedom group is pressing conservatives not to stray
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to qualify for next week’s debate in Atlanta, according to host network CNN, falling shy of benchmarks both for state ballot qualification and necessary polling. The missed markers mean that the June 27 showdown will be solely
Continue ReadingMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach police have arrested rapper Travis Scott on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication. Police confirmed the early Thursday arrest, but didn’t provide any details about what led to it. The 33-year-old Scott, who is one of the biggest names in hip-hop, posted his $650 bond, meaning he
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car. In a ruling that crossed the court’s ideological lines, the 6-3 majority opinion dismissed arguments that an expert witness for
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