FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A German court ordered a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan held on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a knife attack that left six people injured. But there’s no word yet on the motive. Police say the suspect who was shot by police isn’t in a condition to be questioned.
Continue ReadingBy MATÍAS DELACROIX and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States. Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, California, said in a regulatory filing Friday that on May 27 “a criminal threat actor” offered to sell Ticketmaster data on the dark web. Other
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States. Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, California, said in a regulatory filing Friday that on May 27 “a criminal threat actor” offered to sell Ticketmaster data on the dark web. Other
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father’s reelection campaign
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father’s reelection campaign
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, Jessie Gretener and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The UK ambassador to Mexico was quietly fired earlier this year after pointing a rifle at a local embassy employee, the Financial Times reported Friday. The incident was captured in a video shared on social media. The five-second video, published May 26 on an X account called Subdiplomatic, appears
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Downtown Atlanta businesses and attractions were closed Saturday as the city tried to repair water main breaks that led to water outages and low pressure. Water gushed into the street where three large water mains intersect, causing water problems at two downtown hospitals, a city jail, a county jail and local shelters,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say 34 people are in custody following a pro-Palestinian protest at the Brooklyn Museum. Hundreds of protesters marched on the museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner over the building. Social media posts show New York City police tackling
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera, CNN DALLAS, Texas (CNN) — The squawking cries from a pair of bald eagles pierce the treetops of an urban jungle on the edge of a popular lake in Dallas. The beloved eagles are perched 75 feet high over their nest, damaged by a violent storm system that ripped through North Texas
Continue ReadingHERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) — Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity”. The program
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by U.S. President Joe Biden to end the war in Gaza, but Israel’s government said that conditions for a cease-fire still must be met. Biden
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico’s Tuesday primary. Residents of the tribal community’s original mesa-top “sky city” that endured
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment. Critics have said the law signed this week by Republican Gov.
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s government has ratified the country’s full membership in the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a move that will give companies, scientists and teachers in the Baltic nation complete access to one of Europe’s main research and scientific organizations. The small Baltic country neighboring Russia to the east, Latvia to the south
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging only “an uptick” in Israeli military activity, the United States has gone to lengths to avoid any suggestion that Israeli forces have crossed a red line set by President Joe Biden in the deepening offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. In just the past
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Priscilla Alvarez, Kylie Atwood and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Hours after President Joe Biden touted the success of the temporary pier the military had just constructed into Gaza during his commencement speech at West Point last Saturday, White House staffers learned the pier was at risk of falling apart. By Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton – who was convicted of killing six women and confessed to killing dozens more – died after being attacked earlier this month by another inmate, prison authorities said. Pickton is one of the most notorious serial killers in Canadian history, bringing his victims to
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. South Korea’s Defense Ministry did not immediately comment on the number of balloons or
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon after hours Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded others. The exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has been intensifying over the past weeks with Israel’s military push Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. The
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