Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely (apnews.com)
Motion after motion puts Trump Florida case in slow motion as 3-day hearing begins (apnews.com)
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is hearing arguments Friday on a long-shot defense effort to get the indictment thrown out based on the claim that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed....
How Nvidia became an AI giant (apnews.com)
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17124918
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation of thousands of pages of documents has found....
South Korea blasts Russia-North Korea deal, says it will consider supplying arms to Ukraine (apnews.com)
South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that vowed mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said it will reconsider its policy of limiting its support to Ukraine to non-lethal supplies....
South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact (apnews.com)
FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor's (apnews.com)
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls, would have made it harder to raise taxes (apnews.com)
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Two French Boys Accused of Raping 12-Year Old Girl In Act of Antisemitism (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
South Korean and US air forces hold joint drills, as tensions on Korean Peninsula highest in years (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth....
Malaysian leader Anwar says China a 'true friend' and not to be feared as Premier Li ends visit (apnews.com)
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law (apnews.com)
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday....
Malaysian leader Anwar says China a 'true friend' and not to be feared as Premier Li ends visit (apnews.com)
Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost? (apnews.com)
Wealth and hubris fuel the tale of a politically connected Missouri couple who allegedly poisoned their neighbor’s trees to secure their million-dollar view of Camden Harbor. The incident that was unearthed by the victim herself — the philanthropic wife of L.L. Bean’s late president — has united local residents in...
US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China (apnews.com)
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist....
Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors (apnews.com)
Russia and North Korea sign partnership deal that appears to be the strongest since the Cold War (apnews.com)
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)
New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....
Today in History: Senate approves Civil Rights Act (apnews.com)
Happy Juneteenth!...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes (apnews.com)
The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes....
