California's unemployment rate rises to the highest level in the nation. Slower job growth is to blame (apnews.com)
Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98 (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98....
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot (apnews.com)
When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on the very same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth....
Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries (apnews.com)
Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries to its navy crew members and heavy damage to the wooden vessel, Philippine officials said....
Canadian governments commit millions to landfill search for remains of slain Indigenous women (apnews.com)
Canada’s federal government and the provincial Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions to help search a landfill for the remains of two slain Indigenous women....
'I will not feed a demon': YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse case rooted in religious extremism (apnews.com)
The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah....
Trial starts for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property (apnews.com)
An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico, with his defense attorney maintaining his innocence as the national debate over border security heats up ahead of this year’s presidential election....
US says it has not received a formal request by Niger junta to leave military bases (apnews.com)
A top Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. has not received a formal request from Niger’s junta to depart the country, saying it has received mixed signals on whether the hundreds of U.S. troops there are no longer welcome....
West Virginia governor signs law removing marital assault exemption (apnews.com)
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice....
Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy (apnews.com)
Remember when Trump said “America First” and everyone cried? Pepperidge Farms remembers…
Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility (apnews.com)
Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide....
Russia says 40 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid, Islamic State group claims responsibility (apnews.com)
Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on Moscow concert hall crowds, killing and wounding several people (apnews.com)
Gunmen in combat fatigues fire at crowds at Moscow concert hall, a big blaze follows (apnews.com)
$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines (apnews.com)
State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market (apnews.com)
State Farm will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer, the insurance giant said this week, nine months after announcing it would not issue new home policies in the state...
$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines (apnews.com)
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation (apnews.com)
Supporters of arrested Indian opposition politician protest in New Delhi after Modi government arrested him. (apnews.com)
English women's league showdown delayed by teams wearing matching socks (apnews.com)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13401615...
Tired of inflated ticket prices, Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival (apnews.com)
Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival....
No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says (apnews.com)
An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide....
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC (apnews.com)
Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press....
Quoting Dr. Seuss, 'Just go, Go, GO!' federal judge dismisses Blagojevich political comeback suit (apnews.com)
Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor and ex-con who often dusted off ancient and sometimes puzzling quotations to emphasize his positions, found himself at the other end Thursday when a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit attempting to return to public life by quoting Dr. Seuss: “Just go.”...
