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D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe's new war

Jun. 06, 2024 13:24 PM EDT

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new generation of leaders on Thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy on the shores...

Biden calls for solidarity with Ukraine at D-Day anniversary ceremony near the beaches of Normandy

Jun. 06, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by pledging “we will not walk away” from Ukraine, drawing a direct line from the fight to liberate Europe from Nazi domination to today's war against Russian aggression. ...

Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden's gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can

Jun. 06, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The widow of Hunter Biden's brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her...

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

Jun. 06, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from...

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

Jun. 06, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record...

Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens

Jun. 06, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Ruby Chen longs to recover...

Man charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept 'blueprint' of crimes on computer, prosecutors say

Jun. 06, 2024 16:48 PM EDT

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought charges against Rex Heuermann in two more killings....

Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider

Jun. 06, 2024 08:33 AM EDT

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the classic hallmarks of a Southern Baptist church. On a recent Sunday, its pastor for...

Tornado hits Michigan, killing toddler, while Ohio and Maryland storms injure at least 13

Jun. 06, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A tornado that ripped through suburban Detroit earlier this week downed trees that smashed through the roof of Abby Sata’s family home, sending water gushing below. Though they now have a giant crane taking trees off the house, they were lucky no one was hurt....

Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago

Jun. 06, 2024 13:59 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to...

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Judge dismisses attempted murder and other charges in state case against Paul Pelosi's attacker

Jun. 06, 2024 17:33 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi's attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy, according to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. David...

Financiers plan to launch a Texas-based stock exchange

Jun. 06, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — A group of financial firms and investors is planning to launch a Texas-based private market stock exchange and offer traders an alternative to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The group, which includes BlackRock, Citadel Securities and about two dozen...

AP PHOTOS: A look at the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy

Jun. 06, 2024 17:29 PM EDT

Veterans from the U.S., Britain and Canada, more than two dozen heads of state and countless others took to the beaches of Normandy and elsewhere this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France. In Sannerville, Normandy, spectators...

Judge sentences former Illinois child welfare worker to jail in boy's death

Jun. 06, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge sentenced a former Illinois state child welfare worker to six months in jail Thursday in connection with a 5-year-old boy's death. Lake County Associate Judge George Strickland also ordered Carlos Acosta to contribute $1,000 to a local children's advocacy...

Stock market today: Wall Street's momentum cools after its latest record-setting day

Jun. 06, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks held steady Thursday as Wall Street’s momentum cooled following its latest record-setting day. The S&P 500 barely budged a day after leaping to set an all-time high for the 25th time this year. It dipped by 1.07, or less than 0.1%, to 5,352.96. The...

Charges against warden and guards at Wisconsin's Shawshank-like prison renew calls to close it

Jun. 06, 2024 17:19 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls. The...

Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens

Jun. 06, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Ruby Chen longs to recover...

Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 women and dumping their bodies in Oregon and Washington

Jun. 06, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing three women last year in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Jesse Lee Calhoun’s attorney entered the pleas Thursday to three counts of second-degree murder and three counts...

Panama community pushed from Caribbean island by rising sea levels moves into new houses

Jun. 06, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

ISBERYALA, Panama (AP) — Hammocks began appearing this week in the doorways of 300 new houses built in what was previously a yucca field along Panama’s Caribbean coast for families from the country's first low-lying island evacuated due to rising sea levels. Indigenous Guna...

At least 4 people killed, 27 injured when trains collide in the Czech Republic, officials say

Jun. 06, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

PRAGUE (AP) — A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others, officials said Thursday. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said the crash took place late Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice, about...