MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recently elected mayor has been shot and killed in southern Mexico, in the state of Guerrero. The Guerrero state prosecutor’s office said Salvador Villalva Flores was on a bus was he was fatally shot in the head early on Monday in the town of San Pedro las Playas. That beach
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters increased their containment of a large wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles on Monday after a weekend of explosive, wind-driven growth along Interstate 5. The Post Fire was 8% surrounded after scorching more than 24 square miles (61 square kilometers) and forcing the evacuation of at least 1,200 campers,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters increased their containment of a large wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles on Monday after a weekend of explosive, wind-driven growth along Interstate 5. The Post Fire was 8% surrounded after scorching more than 24 square miles (61 square kilometers) and forcing the evacuation of at least 1,200 campers,
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane and Ivan Watson, CNN (CNN) — Sitting at the kitchen table, Matt struggles to recount the events of the past few months. “As soon as I found out that it was a suicide, I was 100% sure that it was the scam,” he says. “Our father was, from the day I was
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says a record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe. Stoltenberg made the announcement Monday
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting toward more records in quiet trading Monday ahead of what could be a quiet, holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in midday trading and on track to close above its all-time high set on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial
Continue ReadingNEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say six people — including three children — have been killed in a fire that destroyed a home southwest of Atlanta. The Coweta County Coroner’s Office says the ages of the children killed in Monday’s blaze are 6, 12 and 13. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the oldest victim was 70.
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA AP Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn’t adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and other incidents. That’s according to results of U.S. Education Department investigations announced Monday. The
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Paula Hancocks, Eugenia Yosef and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced a “tactical pause” of military activities along a road in southern Gaza that has been designated for humanitarian aid deliveries every day for 11 hours. The announcement comes as the strip’s population of more than
Continue ReadingBy GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has been laid to rest in his village south of the capital following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash. Chilima and nine other people died in the plane crash
Continue ReadingHASTINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man drowned in a lake in upstate New York after his keys fell into the water and he tried to retrieve them. The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office says 44-year-old Anthony Davis was fishing with two friends in Oneida Lake on Sunday morning when Davis’ keys fell in the
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Palm Springs is a hub for the LGBTQ+ community. During national Pride month, the Welwood Murray library has put up a display that recognizes LGBTQ+ leaders in the area. The exhibit is made up of donations gifted by folks in the Palm Springs community. “The Archive has been fortunate to receive several donations of meaningful
Continue ReadingBy MARY CONLON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Lisa Walling’s first house call of the day was with a particularly fluffy hospice patient — a 13-year-old Newfoundland named Rugby. Rugby happily licked a plate of peanut butter as Walling inserted needles along her back; acupuncture and a ketamine injection to help with pain
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer People on Medicare who survived a drug overdose were much more likely to later receive opioid painkillers than any medication to treat addiction — and some went on to die of an overdose. That’s according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Overdose deaths climbed during
Continue ReadingBy Katrina Samaan and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel this week, a notable show of support as a sizable number of Democrats say they are considering boycotting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next month. Nine House members will participate in meetings with
Continue ReadingBy TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday, both countries announced, amid international concerns about their military cooperation. Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks as they deepen their alignment in the face
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press The Democrat-controlled Vermont legislature has returned to the Statehouse to try to override Republican Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes. By Monday afternoon, the Legislature had voted to overturn the governor’s vetoes of a property tax bill to pay for education, a bill that requires state utilities to source all renewable energy
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Democratic members of Congress, led by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, is seeking reassurances that workers at hospitals owned by Steward Health Care will have their health care and retirement benefits protected. Steward last month said it plans to sell off all its hospitals
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA AP Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn’t adequately investigate if campus protests and other incidents in response to the Israel-Hamas war created a hostile environment for students, faculty and staff. That’s according to results of U.S. Education Department
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Rescue workers have found 10 bodies of suspected migrants below the deck of a wooden boat off Italy’s tiny Lampedusa island on Monday, the German aid group Resqship said, as the Italian coast guard searched for missing people from another vessel shipwrecked off the country’s southern coast. The group said the crew
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