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FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team on Monday, June 10, 2024, as they requested food distribution to those in need. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
Extended power outage that hit Puerto Rico angers and worries many during heat advisories
COAMO, Puerto Rico (AP) — Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency … more
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FILE - An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023. A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday, June 14, 2024 (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers
CHICAGO (AP) — A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on … more
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FILE - Suzanne Collins arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 17, 2014. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Suzanne Collins is releasing a new 'Hunger Games' novel, 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' next year
Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger Games” … more
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FILE - U.N. logo detail from a press conference background at the United Nations headquarters, Sept. 3, 2013. The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that – crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
The UN says global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023. Developing countries are hard hit
GENEVA (AP) — Global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, the United Nations reported Tuesday, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that — crimping their ability … more
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FILE - A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun as triple-digit heat indexes continue in the Midwest, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
UN secretary-general calls for 'windfall' tax on profits of fossil fuel companies
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, decrying them … more
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This photo, provided by Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, shows inmate David Hosier, Friday, June 7, 2024, at Potosi Correctional Center in Potosi, Missouri. Hosier is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, June 11, 2024, for the deaths of a Jefferson City couple in 2009, but he has long questioned how he could be convicted on circumstantial evidence. (Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty via AP)
A clemency petition is his last hope. The Missouri inmate is unhappy with it.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Missouri Gov. Mike Parson weighs a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, at least one person is unhappy with the petition: Hosier himself. The 69-year-old is … more
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FILE - Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. X's engineering team said it would be “making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy" — that means that users will still be able to see their own likes, but others will not — putting an end to a feature that many long-used. The change went into effect Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
What happened to the likes? X is now hiding which posts you like from other users
Social media platform X is now hiding your likes. In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X’s engineering team said it would be making all users' likes … more
Construction vehicles are parked outside of the Station U & O building on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Washington. The apartment building was built using investments from Amazon's Housing Equity Fund. The company said Tuesday its adding $1.4 billion to the fund in order to help preserve or construct more affordable housing units in three regions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Amazon invests $1.4 billion for affordable housing options in regions where it has corporate offices
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to a fund it established three years ago for preserving or building more affordable housing in regions where the company has major corporate offices, … more
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This photo taken from aerial video by WLS-TV/ABC 7 Chicago shows law enforcement gathering after multiple sheriff’s deputies were shot while responding to a home Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Dixon, Ill. Authorities say the suspect was also wounded. (WLS-TV/ABC 7 Chicago via AP)
3 deputies shot while responding to northern Illinois home, suspect also wounded, official says
DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Three sheriff’s deputies were shot Wednesday while responding to a northern Illinois home, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said. Ogle County Sheriff Brian … more
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FILE - Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves federal court in San Jose, Calif., March 17, 2023. A panel of appeals court judges will preside over oral arguments on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in an attempt to overturn the 2022 fraud conviction of Holmes in the high-profile case that exposed the greed and hubris infecting Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Judges hear Elizabeth Holmes' appeal of fraud conviction while she remains in Texas prison
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO … more
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FILE - Members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, including, from left, Kevin Bourgeois, John Gianoli, Richard Windmann and John Anderson, hold signs during a conference in front of the New Orleans Saints training facility, Jan. 29, 2020, in Metairie, La. Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
Louisiana Supreme Court reopens window for lawsuits by adult victims of childhood sex abuse
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. … more
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Mexico's future President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican peso continued to weaken Tuesday as Mexico’s outgoing president — and his successor — vowed to forge ahead with some 20 c onstitutional changes that have … more
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