Russian missile kills 11 in a pizza parlor, Ukraine arrests man
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine.
Human remains recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage
PORTLAND, Maine — Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.
Olympics boss vows Paris Games will be safe
SAINT-DENIS, France — What was shaping up as a regular workday turned out to be anything but for the organizers of France’s first summer Olympic Games in a century.
Rain hasn’t quelled Canadian wildfires, more smoky haze coming
TORONTO — Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.
In UAE, struggling sea turtles get a helping hand
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The baby sea turtle flapped its flippers as it was lowered into the ocean, only to be pushed back ashore by the strong tide. It tried again, and this time it made it, swimming fast and deep into Persian Gulf waters lapping at a string of beachfront tourist resorts.
Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country, but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election.
Trump: Keep communists, Marxists out. Here’s the law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump has announced a new campaign proposal on United States immigration — barring “communists” and “Marxists” from entering the country.
Stigma is falling away from Congress’ punishments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months. Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing it too. And President Joe Biden seemingly isn’t far behind.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump’s legal team sought to overturn 2020 presidential election results in battleground states, was interviewed recently by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel’s office.
Hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during pandemic
Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his severely disabled son during the pandemic, money he said allowed his family to stop using food stamps.
Wagner chief walks free. Other Russians aren’t so lucky
TALLINN, Estonia — Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military — and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren’t so lucky.
Will Wagner remain in Africa after failed revolt?
BIRAO, Central African Republic — The Russian mercenary group that briefly threatened President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses. That dynamic is not expected to change now that the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been exiled to Belarus as punishment for the failed rebellion.
Treated Fukushima wastewater undergoes final inspection
TOKYO — Japanese regulators began the final inspection Wednesday before treated radioactive wastewater is released from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
A Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home
JERUSALEM — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban.
Car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries
BEIJING — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile.
Biden says U.S., NATO played no part in Russian mutiny
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden declared Monday that the United States and NATO played no part in the Wagner mercenary group’s short-lived insurrection in Russia, calling the uprising and the longer-term challenges it poses for President Vladimir Putin’s authority “a struggle within the Russian system.”
DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration, border security policy
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end birthright citizenship, finish building the southern border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels as part of an aggressive — and familiar — immigration policy proposal he laid out Monday in a Texas border city.
U.N. investigator says Guantanamo detainees face cruel treatment
UNITED NATIONS — The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay said Monday the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law.”
Tornado, other severe weather kill 3 in multiple states
SHOALS, Ind. — A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife, while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house, as severe weather rumbled through several central states.
Death penalty sought against man accused of slaying of 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year.