By LISA LEFF Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind. But Swifties in the U.K. didn’t have to listen closely to her latest album to get the sense that Swift had soured on the country’s
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Fadel Naem, director of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, told
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
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Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims recently returned from Hajj told CNN, as the official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage soared to almost 500.
Continue ReadingBy TOM WILLIAMS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people were killed in a Russian bombing attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 38 people were wounded in the attack, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Four aerial bombs were launched against the city, damaging
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill was approved Thursday. It also bans plastic bags and making straws and plasticware available by request only. The move
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press The governor of Iowa sent helicopters to a small town to evacuate people from flooded homes Saturday, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief from yet another round of extraordinary heat. Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes to gain ballot access in all 50 states, Democrats are ramping up their efforts to block the independent presidential candidate by filing legal challenges seeking to get his ballot petitions thrown out in several states. The Democratic National Committee and Clear Choice PAC,
Continue ReadingFOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The husband of a bride who was killed in a South Carolina beach road collision on her wedding night last year will receive almost a million dollars in a settlement connected to the crash. The Post and Courier reports that Aric Hutchinson will receive about $863,300 from Folly Beach bars The
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting outside a Louisville, Kentucky, nightclub early Saturday, police said. First responders found two people with gunshot wounds when they arrived at the scene outside H20 Lounge at 12:47 a.m., the Louisville Police Metro Department said in a
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors on the federal classified documents case, in stark and terse terms, put forward once again their case for a new gag order against Donald Trump in an effort to limit what he can say about agents involved in a search of Mar-a-Lago in 2022. On Monday, the federal
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden but apparently caused no damage, authorities said Saturday, in the latest strike on the shipping lane by the group. The Houthi attack comes after the sinking this week
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The lawyer for one of Iran’s popular hip-hop artists and a critic of the regime Toomaj Salehi says the country’s Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence. In a post on social media platform X, Amir Raisian wrote that the court assessed the case and found Salehi’s past six
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat has held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries is at an “all time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two men have been convicted for their role in an armed standoff on a busy Massachusetts highway in 2021 that lasted more than eight hours and caused traffic delays during a busy Fourth of July weekend. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Friday that Jamhal Tavon Sanders
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Golden feathers cascaded down models’ concealed faces Saturday, which opened Loewe and evoked the myths, setting the stage for Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson’s more refined and subdued collection this season. This was a quintessential Anderson move, blending whimsical artistry with high fashion. Moments of poetry
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift brought her Eras Tour to London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday with some famous faces in the audience, including the Prince of Wales and two of his children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. William, who was celebrating his 42nd birthday that day, and the children later met Swift and
Continue ReadingBy TOM WILLIAMS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people were killed in a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 25 people were wounded in the attack, in which a guided aerial bomb hit a residential building, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine doctor has been convicted on multiple counts of illegally distributing opioids including oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl. Dr. Merideth Norris, 53, of Kennebunk, Maine, was found guilty Friday of distributing the opioids at her practice without a legitimate medical purpose and did so knowing that some patients were battling opioid
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