UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid ( apnews.com )
Strong solar storm could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US ( apnews.com )
US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete ( apnews.com )
Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker ( apnews.com )
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Haley will meet with donors to her shuttered presidential campaign. No Trump endorsement is expected ( apnews.com )
Biden administration won't conclude Israel violated terms of US weapons agreement, AP sources say ( apnews.com )
A soon-to-be released Biden administration report to Congress does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for its use of U.S. weapons, That's according to three people who have been briefed on the national security memorandum to be submitted by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to lawmakers
Strong solar storm could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US ( apnews.com )
An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt communications this weekend....
With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law ( apnews.com )
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Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker ( apnews.com )
Republicans renew push to exclude noncitizens from the census that helps determine political power ( apnews.com )
Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military ( apnews.com )
Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize ( apnews.com )
As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain. ...
'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest ( apnews.com )
Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by....
A West Bank village feels helpless after Israeli settlers attack with fire and bullets ( apnews.com )
Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians’ vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers....
EU reaches a tentative deal on Ukraine aid coming from profits of frozen Russian assets ( apnews.com )
European Union nations reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and ammunitions coming from the profits raised from frozen Russian central bank assets held in the bloc....
A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000. ( apnews.com )
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere ( apnews.com )
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Haley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary. She left the race in March ( apnews.com )
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally ( apnews.com )
House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office ( apnews.com )
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total ( apnews.com )
Scientists say emissions from burning fuels like coal must ramp steeply down to protect Earth’s climate, yet there was an increase in electricity made from burning fossil fuels. China, India, Vietnam and Mexico were responsible for nearly all of the rise....
Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement ( apnews.com )
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere ( apnews.com )
When the world is warmer, it is likely to have more extreme weather and climate events, including record heat and rainfall, scientists say. And climate change is also changing weather patterns, leading to rainy and hot systems stalling over areas and the jet stream meandering, said Alvaro Silva, a climate scientist at the World...
Court rules North Carolina Catholic school could fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online ( apnews.com )
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision. ...