Weekend rain helps contain spread of California’s largest fire of the year
By Haley Brink and Michelle Watson, CNN A wet weekend in central and northern California has helped firefighters better contain the Mosquito Fire,…
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Start your week smart: Queen Elizabeth II, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Japan, Pelosi
By Andrew Torgan, CNN There are countless companies out there gloating about their environmental responsibility initiatives, but only one is going…
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Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who asked for nude photos
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who promised to help a defendant in exchange for nude…
Continue Reading ‘The Woman King’ takes North American box office throne
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Viola Davis-led action epic “The Woman King” easily conquered the North American box office in its first…
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Several Colorado Springs homes damaged in shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A man was taken into custody after an overnight shooting Saturday. At 10:39 p.m., officers with the Colorado…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The buck isn’t stopping. The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year…
Continue ReadingHow horse racing was Queen Elizabeth II’s enduring passion
By Aly Vance for CNN Who can forget the Queen’s reaction at Royal Ascot in 2013 when her racehorse, Estimate, won the prestigious Gold Cup?…
Continue ReadingHouse Oversight panel has begun receiving Trump financial documents after court settlement
By Annie Grayer, CNN The House Oversight Committee has begun receiving financial documents from former President Donald Trump’s former…
Continue Reading Iconic Russian singer asks to be named ‘foreign agent’
Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, hugely popular since Soviet times, says she wants to be placed on Russia’s foreign agents list in solidarity…
Continue ReadingUS public schools get a D+ for poor conditions, and experts say problems are getting worse. Here’s what kids are facing
By Christina Zdanowicz and Holly Yan, CNN When it gets too hot in Denver and Baltimore classrooms, students are sent home because their schools…
Continue Reading 5 years after Maria, reconstruction drags on in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press LOÍZA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jetsabel Osorio Chévere looked up with a sad smile as she leaned against her battered…
Continue Reading Dwindling Colorado River Basin key to New Mexico agriculture
By SCOTT WYLAND Santa Fe New Mexican SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal system of tunnels and dams known as the San Juan-Chama Project accounts for…
Continue Reading Mexican faith leader jailed for sex abuse; flock stays loyal
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty…
Continue Reading Taiwanese fly and flop for fun in Red Bull glider contest
By TAIJING WU Associated Press TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Pilots with homemade gliders in Taiwan launched themselves into a harbor from a 20-foot-high…
Continue Reading Pelosi condemns Azerbaijan over Armenia attack
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi says the United States deplores recent attacks by Azerbaijan on…
Continue Reading New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees
By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — When nearly 80,000 Afghans arrived in the United States, refugee resettlement…
Continue Reading Maine rematch could be a bellwether for control of Congress
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District this…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Queen Elizabeth II, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Japan, Pelosi
By Andrew Torgan, CNN There are countless companies out there gloating about their environmental responsibility initiatives, but only one is going…
Continue Reading Biden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is finding it’s easier to call out attacks on democracy…
Continue Reading They ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Ashley Lefebvre hugs her unborn daughter’s urn each night. Sarah Halsey treasures the tiny hat worn by her baby…
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