By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending science data again. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the spacecraft’s four instruments are back in business after a computer problem in November. The team first received meaningful information from Voyager 1 in April and recently commanded it to start sending
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump’s characterization of Milwaukee as a “horrible” city, attempting to make the former president pay politically for dissing the most populous part of a key swing state — and one that will host Republicans’ national convention in July. “In a state that’s decided on
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — An Italian anti-fascist activist has been released from house arrest in Hungary after being elected as a new member of the European Parliament for the Italian Green and Left Alliance. The party’s leaders made the announcement in a statement on Friday. Local police in Budapest removed Ilaria Salis’ electronic bracelet in the
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MUNICH (AP) — Notable figures from the worlds of politics and soccer are set to attend the opening match of the European Championship in Munich. Host nation Germany plays Scotland in the tournament curtainraiser at Allianz Arena on Friday. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Scotland First Minister John Swinney, and
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the latest opinion from the conservative court rolling back firearm regulations. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin said Russia will only end its war in Ukraine if Kyiv surrenders the entirety of four regions claimed by Moscow and abandons its bid to join NATO – terms Kyiv immediately dismissed as a “complete sham” and “offensive to common sense.”
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It’s killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, dogs, skunks, foxes and even a polar bear. But
Continue ReadingBy DAVE COLLINS and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. The decision could determine the future of his Infowars media platform, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for
Continue ReadingREDMOND, Wash. (AP) — New laptops equipped with Microsoft Windows start shipping to customers next week without a flagship feature called Recall that drew concerns about privacy and cybersecurity. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touted the new Recall feature at a showcase event last month, describing it as a step toward artificial intelligence machines that “instantly
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla apparently operating on one of the company’s automated driving systems crashed into a parked police vehicle Thursday near Los Angeles, narrowly missing an officer who was managing traffic at another crash. The Tesla driver told police in Fullerton, California, that he engaged the vehicle’s
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO, TERRY SPENCER and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Although more rain could trigger additional isolated Florida flooding on Friday, forecasters say the strong, persistent storms that dumped up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) in southern parts of the state appear to have passed. Some neighborhood streets in the
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama couples at the center of lawsuits over the destruction of frozen embryos have asked a judge to toss out the new state law that provides immunity to in vitro fertilization providers. The couples argued that the new immunity law is unconstitutional. Alabama lawmakers hastily approved the immunity provision to get
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees, pausing to shed their skin and emerge as adults. And then the fun began. Cicada chaos
Continue ReadingBy LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zsela’s debut album ‘Big For You’ is transformational both in theme and in process. The album was written over four years and follows her 2020 EP “Ache of Victory.” For the experimental artist, working on “Big For You” was a test of trusting her instincts, letting
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN and TATIANA POLLASTRI AP Business Writer MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees. But the record-high prices the world is seeing for OJ right now may be
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Nashville police officer has been arrested for two counts of felony official misconduct after law enforcement officials say he allegedly participated in an adult video while on duty. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 33-year-old Sean Herman was fired last month after detectives with the Specialized Investigations Divisions
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. general election campaign has now passed the halfway mark. The main political parties finally have published their plans for government should they win on July 4. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tussled over tax. Starmer is predicted
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair says his country looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline by 2030. He says Canada notably plans to invest in the high Arctic near its shared border with Russia as the region warms quickly because of climate change. NATO allies
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on an Israeli group for disrupting humanitarian convoys headed to Gaza. Both the US Treasury Department and the US State Department took action against the Tzav 9 movement for its repeated obstruction of the aid. The
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has appointed a former top U.S. cyberwarrior and intelligence official to its board of directors, saying he will help protect the ChatGPT maker from “increasingly sophisticated bad actors.” Retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone was the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency before stepping
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