By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone has gone down in Yemen. That’s according to images posted online Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear what brought down the drone, but the U.S. military’s Central Command acknowledged seeing “reports” of the aircraft being downed in a desert
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Sofia Kenin is into the third round at Roland Garros after eliminating 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3. Kenin arrived at the French Open with just a 4-13 record this season. She is a 25-year-old based in Florida who won the Australian Open in 2020
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s governor has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that requires serial numbers on firearms that are privately made with individual parts, kits or 3D printers. It’s part of an effort to crack down on hard-to-trace ghost guns that are increasingly showing up in crimes. Republican Gov.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales will win his Republican primary runoff, CNN projects, overcoming a challenge from his right from gun rights advocate and social media personality Brandon Herrera. Tuesday’s race in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, which stretches along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post says it reported on a story about a controversial flag being flown outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito years ago, but chose not to write about it. The story broke in The New York Times earlier this month
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are pulling back on Wednesday and trimming their gains for May, which had been on track to be Wall Street’s best month in six. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading and sinking further from its record set last week. The
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s newly chosen Prime Minister Garry Conille vowed to seek unity Wednesday in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country under siege by criminal gangs. Conille thanked the civil society groups, political parties
Continue ReadingBy JORDAN GASS-POORE, The Uproot Project It’s been decades since residents of a tiny Rhode Island neighborhood found themselves dealing with tap water tainted by gasoline leaking from tanks under service stations a few hundred yards from their homes. Their plight drew attention to the problem of leaking underground storage tanks, which remain a leading
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Katrina Pierson, who served as Donald Trump’s spokesperson during his 2016 presidential campaign, will win the Republican primary runoff for Texas’ 33rd state House district, CNN projects. Pierson will unseat incumbent state Rep. Justin Holland in the Dallas-area district, and with no Democrat on the ballot, she is almost certain
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava in its latest display of nature’s power. A series of earthquakes before the eruption Wednesday triggered the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The eruption began in the early afternoon north of Grindavik, a coastal town of
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years. The long-ruling African National Congress party is facing a stern test to hold onto its majority. Under the South African political system, people vote for
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. Wednesday’s urgent request comes after one person in a Nissan was killed
Continue ReadingBy DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. The number of pandas in American zoos has steadily dwindled as
Continue ReadingBy DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. The number of pandas in American zoos has steadily dwindled as
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. The officer demanded to know why
Continue ReadingBy Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Two new giant pandas will be arriving at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, this year, the zoo announced Wednesday. The bears, named Qing Bao and Bao Li, a pair of 2-year-old black-and-white animals, will arrive by the end of 2024 through a partnership with the China Wildlife Conservation Association, the zoo
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in France have uncovered nine “astonishing” graves containing the skeletons of 28 horses that were buried about 2,000 years ago, though their precise cause of death remains a mystery. Discovered in Villedieu-sur-Indre, a commune in central France, two of the graves have been fully excavated so far, the
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say that an international investigation is homing in on a gang of robbers believed to be responsible for a brazen multimillion-dollar jewelry heist at an art show in the Netherlands. They say two stolen gemstones have been recovered. Smartly dressed robbers wielding sledge hammers snatched jewelry from display
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday that two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The news comes about half a year after the zoo sent its three pandas back to China.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday that two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year.
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