By Paradise Afshar and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The town manager of Carmel, Maine, has died after saving his 4-year-old son from drowning in an icy pond. Kevin Howell, 51, and his son were crossing a portion of Etna Pond around 6:30 a.m. Friday when they broke through the ice, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said in a social
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he “absolutely” can see himself as president. Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or a Donald Trump conviction could give him an opening to run as an independent this year. In public, during stops in states such as New Hampshire, South
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “ The Beekeeper ” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “ The Beekeeper ” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday extolled the existence of Black churches, saying the world would be a different place if they were not around to show people the “power of faith” during dark times. The Democratic president spoke at St. John Baptist Church on the final
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general on Sunday called on the United States and others to resume funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after Israel accused a dozen employees of taking part in the Hamas attack that ignited the war
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the age of 18. The new rule goes into effect Aug. 1. The decision comes three months after American Adam Johnson died after taking a skate blade to the neck during a game in the Elite Ice Hockey
Continue ReadingWEST BROMWICH, England (AP) — The FA Cup fourth-round soccer match between local rivals West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton was paused after crowd trouble. The game at the Hawthorns was stopped shortly after Matheus Cunha gave visitors Wolves a 2-0 lead in the 78th minute and both teams were taken off the field by referee
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has protested a mistake in a social media post by the head of the European Commission that wrongly suggested the World War II Auschwitz death camp was Polish. That post by Ursula von der Leyen on X, formerly Twitter, was corrected Sunday to say Auschwitz was built by Nazi Germany.
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Colombia office of the U.S. government agency that oversees foreign aid and development funding says its Facebook page was hacked. It’s asked the public to ignore any posts or links from the account. The United States Agency for International Development and the U.S. Embassy in Bogota said in a statement
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The deaths of three American troops in a drone attack Sunday has thrust the United States deeper into the Middle East conflict and lent fresh urgency to efforts at securing the release of hostages in Gaza in exchange for a prolonged halt in the fighting between Israel and
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam says he was pulled over by city police without being given an explanation. The police stop Friday casts a renewed light on police transparency measures that City Council members will vote on Tuesday to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto. Salaam is
Continue ReadingBY ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three American service members were killed and “many” were wounded in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said in a statement Sunday. He attributed the attack to Iran-backed militia groups. They were the first U.S. fatalities in
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Priscilla Alvarez and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, laying out their allegations that the cabinet secretary committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” ahead of a committee vote later this week. The first article charges Mayorkas with
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Three US Army soldiers were killed and more than 30 service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “ The Beekeeper ” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the North American box office, which was led by “ The Beekeeper ” in its third week of release. Amazon MGM Studios’ Jason Statham actioner earned $7.4
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s interior ministry has ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital. The order came hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany turned out for a third weekend to protest the popularity and policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party. A rally in Hamburg took place Sunday with a theme of “For diversity and our democracy – Hamburg stands united against the AfD.” Organizers
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Soccer-mad Italy has a new obsession. Jannik Sinner’s Australian Open performance on the tennis court has captured the country’s attention. And not just for the way Sinner rallied from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev and win the Australian Open title. Sinner has
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