Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam 'bullying tactics' (apnews.com)
Talks bitterly broke off between Hollywood actors and studios late Wednesday, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon....
A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan (apnews.com)
The decision could impact a looming court battle between the company and the U.S. government, which has been trying to stop the 2024 mission. U.S. attorneys have said the firm’s original plans to enter the ship’s hull would violate a federal law that treats the wreck as a gravesite....
New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence (apnews.com)
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday defended her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic, citing statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings, while awaiting a crucial court ruling on a signature effort to suspend...
Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village café where missile killed 52 (apnews.com)
Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people, even as Security Council members retorted that Russia was responsible for starting the war and committing crimes....
Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation (apnews.com)
Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented surprise early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday, killing dozens and stunning the country. Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to...
Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX (apnews.com)
Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service on Friday as a rival to SpaceX’s broadband network....
Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)
Arizona to cancel leases allowing Saudi-owned farm access to state's groundwater (apnews.com)
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Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison (apnews.com)
New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected (apnews.com)
Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday celebration moved to Saturday to avoid federal shutdown threat (apnews.com)
The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown....
US allows Israeli citizens to travel to US visa-free as Israel joins a select group of countries (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is admitting Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance....
Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering....
Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents (apnews.com)
For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by....
After castigating video games during riots, France's Macron backpedals and showers them with praise (apnews.com)
Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels (apnews.com)
Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election (apnews.com)
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health....
US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel (apnews.com)
US moves to force recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel::The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.
A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world' (apnews.com)
Trump said he never felt his financial statements “would be taken very seriously,” and that people who did business with him were given ample warning not to trust them....
North Carolina lawmakers override veto on bill limiting LGBTQ+ instruction in early grades (apnews.com)
Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101, Hawaii governor says (apnews.com)
A central Kansas police force comes under constitutional criticism after raiding a newspaper (apnews.com)
Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department’s actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press. The Marion County Record’s editor and publisher, Eric Meyer, worked with his staff Sunday to reconstruct stories, ads and other materials for its next edition...
The Pentagon plans to shake up DC’s National Guard, criticized for its response to protests, Jan. 6 (apnews.com)
The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd, The Associated Press has learned.
3 former GOP operatives to pay $50K for roles in a fake charity tied to E. Palestine derailment (apnews.com)
Three men who have worked as Republican political operatives agreed to pay more than $50,000 in restitution and penalties in Ohio for their roles in operating a phony charity that collected cash purportedly to help victims of the East Palestine train derailment.