By The Associated Press Millions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person died during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West
Continue ReadingMillions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West to California, public
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet hosted by King Charles III, lays a wreath at Westminster Abbey or tours one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he will kick off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him:
Continue ReadingBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hawaii authorities say a professional lifeguard has died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of Oahu. City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard Tamayo Perry, 49, died in the attack near Goat Island on Sunday. Shayne Enright of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department says
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It was a classic case of going from the outhouse to the penthouse. Less than an hour before her semifinal at U.S. track trials, 400-meter runner Kendall Ellis was trapped in a porta-potty, banging on the door, screaming for someone to let her out. Thankfully,
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning week on Friday, even as Nvidia ’s stock cooled further from its startling, supernova run. U.S. futures and oil prices dropped. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index rose 0.7%
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — African countries have some of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing efforts to vaccinate more young girls for the human papillomavirus are challenged by the kind of vaccine hesitancy seen for some other diseases. Misinformation can include mistaken rumors that girls won’t be able
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On Sunday the office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Californians will be able to watch his delayed “State of the State” address online this week. The pre-recorded speech will be available this Tuesday at 10 a.m. on the Governor’s website and streaming on platforms such as Youtube and Facebook. The address was originally scheduled for March but
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the conservative policies promised by Republican Donald Trump. With a $100,000 grant from the influential Heritage Foundation, the American Accountability Foundation is digging into the backgrounds of key high-ranking government employees,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Mon PMs; WX507-508 ___ Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Republican Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts with serious charges in three other indictments still pending. As
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump is hearing arguments Monday on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case. Special
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A cybersecurity intelligence company says a suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has intensified attacks on Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as the government, education and technology. In a report released on Monday, Recorded Future says the hackers, tracked as RedJuliett, have attacked 24
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion, Amazon Prime has a documentary about Celine Dion dealing with a rare neurological disorder and Eva Longoria plays a woman whose life changes completely in “Land of Women.” Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is the election battleground that yielded the closest margin of any state in the 2020 election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. It became the epicenter of Trump’s efforts to overturn Biden’s election. Now the two will meet there Thursday
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote electronically from home in the swing state this fall. Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters and four disabled people filed a lawsuit in April demanding disabled people be allowed
Continue ReadingALAMOSA, Colorado (AP) — The suspect in a Colorado shooting that left one person dead and two others with critical injuries has been captured following an intensive search across a huge area. Officers went door to door and aircraft searched overhead for 44-year-old Henry Corral around the small city of Alamosa. Authorities say he fled
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Type some combination of the words “greatest” “track” and “comebacks” into the browser and, even to this day, a video from the 2018 NCAA championships will come up somewhere high on the first screen. That video of Kendall Ellis making up 30 meters over the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday. The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two
Continue ReadingDINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — NHRA great John Force was alert and talking to safety workers immediately after a fiery, 300-mph crash Sunday in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. John Force Racing said the 75-year-old Force was examined at the track by the NHRA Medical Team before being transported by medical helicopter to a
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