By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faced a major test Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to support the measure and force early elections. The ultra-Orthodox parties are furious that the government has failed to pass a
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The drama in the audience rivaled the spectacle on stage on Wednesday at the Kennedy Center, where President Donald Trump went to the opening night of “Les Misérables” as he tightens his grip on the venerable performing arts institution. It was his first time
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions. The Vatican expressed satisfaction that Leo’s June 5 nomination of Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou was
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Being the strong favorite to win a golf tournament isn’t always an easy responsibility to bear. Just ask Scottie Scheffler, who has revealed that he was forced to close his Venmo account because of bettors staking money on his performance. Ahead of this week’s US Open at Pennsylvania’s Oakmont
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will export 48 of its nationally-produced KAAN fighter jets to Indonesia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, marking the first export deal for the advanced aircraft that is still in the development stage. Erdogan said in an X post that the 48 KAAN fighter jets would be manufactured
Continue Reading CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The US Army announced on Tuesday that it plans to restore the names of seven bases that previously honored Confederate leaders. The names being brought back are: Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee. Last week, Defense
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The US Army announced on Tuesday that it plans to restore the names of seven bases that previously honored Confederate leaders. The names being brought back are: Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee. Last week, Defense Secretary
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By Andrew Kirell, CNN New York (CNN) — “The free press is under attack,” Bob Costas said at an awards ceremony Monday evening. “Democracy as we know it is under attack.” The famed sports broadcaster was at the Edison Ballroom podium in New York, accepting a lifetime achievement Mirror Award for his “distinct, consistent and
Continue Reading Por Curt Devine Audrey Ash y Majlie de Puy Kamp y Casey Tolan Mientras las autoridades federales realizan redadas de inmigración en Los Ángeles, la Policía local y los funcionarios dicen que se los mantiene excluidos: una falta de comunicación que los líderes de la ciudad atribuyen por perjudicar su respuesta a las crecientes protestas.
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German artist Günther Uecker, one of the country’s most important post-war artists who was world-famous for his large-format nail reliefs, has died. He was 95. German news agency dpa reported that his family confirmed he died at the university hospital in his hometown of Düsseldorf in western
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By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — When Lesley Lokko was a young student in 1990s London, architecture was a place of openness and experimentation. And yet, she felt the discipline was incapable of thinking beyond European concepts of space. “We were being taught… in a very predominantly Eurocentric way, about the difference between inside and
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Summer McIntosh was a whisker away from breaking a third world record in under a week at the Canadian Swimming Trials, posting the second-fastest 200m butterfly in history. The 18-year-old posted a time of 2:02.26 in Tuesday’s race, just fractionally off Liu Zige’s world record of 2:01.81 set back
Continue Reading Análisis por Zachary B. Wolf, CNN El presidente Donald Trump ha construido su presidencia sobre la base de ampliar los límites de la autoridad presidencial, y su respuesta a las protestas por la represión migratoria en Los Ángeles no es la excepción. Invocó una ley poco utilizada para federalizar la Guardia Nacional a pesar de
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The vibrant burst of orange flavor emanating from a Blue Moon is so lip-smacking good that it’s being turned into a lip balm. The Molson Coors-owned brand is partnering with Eos, a popular beauty company, to make a lip balm inspired by the punchy, Valencia orange flavor
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Democratic politicians have spent the last few months talking about standing up to President Donald Trump in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the first faced with figuring out what standing up actually looks like. Allies and opponents agree how Newsom handles the protests – including
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By PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press GRAZ, Austria (AP) — Austria fell silent for a minute on Wednesday and people laid candles in the city of Graz in memory of the 10 people killed in a school shooting that shocked the country. Investigators said they found a farewell letter and video, a non-functional pipe bomb and
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — After months of speculation, Aaron Rodgers finally signed a deal to become the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback last week and set up another fascinating chapter in his Hall of Fame career. The 41-year-old inked a one-year, $13.6 million dollar contract with the Steelers in an attempt to bring Super
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched a new drone assault across Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 64 others, Ukrainian officials said. One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where 17 attack drones struck two residential districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda along the inter-Korean border on Wednesday, marking the new liberal government’s first concrete step toward easing tensions between the war-divided rivals. The South resumed the daily loudspeaker broadcasts in June last year following a yearslong
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman stepped back from their war of words that stunned Washington and Wall Street alike last week, but it’s unclear if the peace will hold. Early Wednesday, Musk wrote on X, “I regret some of my posts
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Cleveland 11 Cincinnati 2 Final Toronto 5 St. Louis 2 Final Arizona 5 Seattle 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final L.A. Angels 6 Athletics 5 Final Baltimore 10 Detroit 1 Final Boston 4 Tampa Bay 3 Final Minnesota 6 Texas 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 6 Kansas City 3 Final Houston
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Wednesday, Jun. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Wednesday, Jun. 11. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — When Renata Ramos was 5, she stood in front of a mirror, squeezed her eyes shut, and prayed that when she opened them, she would see a girl looking back at her. “I’d go to the mirror, I’d look, and I was still a little boy,” she said. Ramos,
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Cara Petersen, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting enforcement director, resigned from the agency on Tuesday. In an email to colleagues announcing her decision, Petersen slammed the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, which was established as a banking watchdog following the 2008 global financial
Continue Reading By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Federal research funding cuts pose an “existential threat” to academic medicine that will have repercussions for patient care in the US, according to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, highlighting what it calls significant damage already done to the nation. The association, which represents 172
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets some of his recent social media posts about President Donald Trump. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk said in a post on X. Musk’s relationship with Trump deteriorated in a spectacular,
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CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets some of his recent social media posts about President Donald Trump. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk said in a post on X. Musk’s relationship with Trump deteriorated in a
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