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Oklahoma man who was given 3 last meals will stand trial again but won't face the death penalty

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma prosecutors will pursue a murder charge, but not the death penalty, against longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss,...

Jun 09, 2025

Tropical Storm Barbara becomes a hurricane

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the sto...

Jun 09, 2025

Palestinians say Israel and its allies fired on crowd near Gaza aid site. Hospital says 6 killed

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip early M...

Jun 09, 2025

NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research

WASHINGTON (AP) - In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. "Dissent, he said, "is the ve...

Jun 09, 2025

Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the 3-year war, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, as the Kremlin presses its summer o...

Jun 09, 2025

Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, block...

Jun 08, 2025

Trump's new travel ban takes effect amid escalating tension over immigration enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect on Monday. The new proclamation, which Trump signed...

Jun 08, 2025

Game 2: Thunder open another big lead and keep control, topping Pacers 123-107 to even NBA Finals

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - This has been Oklahoma City's formula all season: Lose one game, respond in the next. That's exactly what the Thunder did in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scor...

Jun 08, 2025

Thunder open big lead and keep control, topping Pacers 123-107 to even NBA Finals at 1-1

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - This has been Oklahoma City's formula all season: Lose one game, respond in the next. That's exactly what the Thunder did in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of H...

Jun 08, 2025

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Foreign Ministry says a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel. In a post on X, it said the boat "is safely making its wa...

Jun 08, 2025