Venice mayor outraged at surfers motoring down Grand Canal
MILAN (AP) — Two surfers who sped down Venice’s Grand Canal on motorized boards Wednesday have been identified and the boards confiscated,…
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Man dies in shootout with would-be robber in Alabama woods
ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida college student exploring the east Alabama wilderness with his girlfriend was fatally wounded during…
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Egypt’s central bank governor resigns as economic woes mount
By SAMY MAGDY and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s central bank governor has resigned as the country has struggled to address…
Continue Reading DeSantis sued by Florida prosecutor he removed over abortion
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by…
Continue Reading Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of…
Continue Reading Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of…
Continue ReadingMike Pence says he’d consider testifying before January 6 committee if invited
By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would give “due consideration” to any formal invitation to…
Continue ReadingMike Pence says he’d consider testifying before January 6 committee if invited
By Athena Jones, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would give “due consideration” to any formal invitation to…
Continue ReadingSix weeks after getting shot at a Fourth of July parade, an 8-year-old left paralyzed feels ‘hopeless’ and angry as new reality sets in
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Before July Fourth, Cooper Roberts was almost always active and running around. He loved playing sports — including…
Continue ReadingUS says airstrike in Somalia kills 13 members of al-Shabaab terror group
By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US airstrike in Somalia over the weekend killed 13 members of the al-Shabaab terror group, US Africa Command said in a…
Continue Reading Cargo ship breakdown blocks Rhine River traffic in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A cargo ship that broke down on the Rhine River caused a backup of other ships near the German town of St. Goar. The ship blocked the…
Continue Reading2 killed, 5 injured when a plane carrying French tourists crashed in Utah’s Lake Powell, officials say
By Chris Boyette, CNN A tour plane carrying six French tourists and a pilot crashed into Lake Powell in Utah Saturday, killing two people and…
Continue ReadingChina is seeding clouds to replenish its shrinking Yangtze River
By Shawn Deng, Wayne Chang, Simone McCarthy and Reuters, CNN Chinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial…
Continue Reading Vegas man faces death penalty in boy’s body-in-freezer case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the…
Continue Reading Key insider: 2 men were ‘very eager’ to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor says two other men were “very eager” to…
Continue Reading El Salvador extends state of exception; 50,000 arrested
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Some 50,000 people have been locked up in El Salvador since late March for…
Continue Reading Global vets in Pakistan for surgery on Karachi zoo elephants
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Veterinarians from a global animal welfare organization are in Pakistan for a series of surgeries on a pair of elephants…
Continue ReadingHong Kong tells teachers to study Xi Jinping’s speech
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The Hong Kong government is distributing thousands of copies of a speech by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to schools in the city…
Continue Reading 2 sailboats carrying dozens of migrants reach Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two sailboats carrying dozens of migrants have arrived on a southern Greek island early, with the first…
Continue Reading Iraqi PM calls meeting of senior politicians to end crisis
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister has held a meeting of senior political leaders and party…
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