Oil facility fire jeopardizes Cuba’s frail electric system
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba has spread,…
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Polish Auschwitz survivor, novelist Zofia Posmysz dies at 98
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Zofia Posmysz, a Polish World War II-era resistance fighter who survived the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps…
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Axios Media purchased by Cox Enterprises
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an old and new media marriage: Axios Media, the digital news site known for its to-the-point blurbs on…
Continue Reading Kansas City police shoot, kill driver of stolen SUV
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say Kansas City police shot and killed a man who sped toward an officer in a stolen sport utility vehicle and…
Continue Reading Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey…
Continue Reading‘We are not scared’: Taiwan’s foreign minister says island will stand up to ‘more serious’ China threats
By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s threat to Taiwan is “more serious than ever,” but the island will…
Continue Reading Coroner: All 10 fire victims died of smoke inhalation
NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say all 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania last week died of smoke…
Continue Reading Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal end, produce ‘final text’
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers in…
Continue ReadingUN chief condemns ‘suicidal’ shelling around Ukrainian nuclear plant
By Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described recent artillery and rocket fire around…
Continue ReadingRoger E. Mosley, ‘Magnum, P.I.’ star, dies at 83 after a car crash
By Chuck Johnston and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin on…
Continue Reading Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds climate hazards aggravate more than half of the known diseases that infect people. The study…
Continue Reading US issues sanctions on a 2nd virtual currency mixing firm
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which…
Continue Reading Israeli ex-minister sentenced over Australia sex abuse case
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court sentenced a former health minister to probation and a fine for obstructing justice. The ruling concerns the…
Continue Reading Kleefisch downplays Trump endorsement on final swing
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch downplayed Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading 143 roosters euthanized after California cockfighting bust
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities broke up a large cockfighting event over the weekend and say they were forced to euthanize…
Continue Reading Polish pilgrims injured in Croatia bus crash to return home
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities are working to bring home people who were injured on the weekend when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims…
Continue Reading Easing into vacation aboard the Boston-to-Cape Cod train
By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Driving from Boston to Cape Cod on a summer weekend usually means hours spent in traffic. But…
Continue Reading Accidental drowning suspected in death of Arkansas judge
REYDELL, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say the death of an Arkansas judge whose body was recovered from a lake is being investigated as an accidental…
Continue Reading‘We are not scared’: Taiwan’s foreign minister says island will stand up to ‘more serious’ China threats
By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s threat to Taiwan is “more serious than ever,” but the island will…
Continue Reading France in midst of 4th heat wave amid historic drought
PARIS (AP) — France is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought on…
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