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Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast
June 18, 2025 - 5:54 PM

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Erick powered up into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on southern Mexico's coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods on the region after a day of rapid intensification, forecasters said.
Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian attack climbs to 28
June 18, 2025 - 5:49 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency workers pulled more bodies Wednesday from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to 28.
Large crowds protest in support of Argentine ex-President Fernández as she starts house arrest
June 18, 2025 - 5:47 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Vowing that a conviction on corruption charges and a permanent ban from public office would not end her decades-long political career, Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began serving a six-year sentence

The father of a man shot during latest protests in Kenya calls for police accountability
June 18, 2025 - 5:46 PM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Activists and the father of a Kenyan civilian who was shot at close range by police during the latest protests over the alleged killing of a blogger in custody on Wednesday demanded accountability and called for the officer who shot him to be charged.
Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend's death
June 18, 2025 - 5:39 PM

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a case that attracted legions of true crime followers who erupted in cheers when word of the acquittal spread outside court.
Congo and Rwanda sign preliminary peace agreement in Washington
June 18, 2025 - 5:29 PM

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Representatives from Congo and Rwanda have signed the text of a peace agreement between the two countries in Washington, according to a joint press release from the nations and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.
New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties
June 18, 2025 - 5:24 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials from the New Zealand Foreign Minister's office said Thursday.
Judge says hate crime prosecution in Boulder, Colorado, attack can proceed
June 18, 2025 - 5:09 PM

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that prosecutors can proceed with a hate crime charge against a man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages.
Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm
June 18, 2025 - 4:57 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Having doubled in strength in less than a day and still expected to grow further, Hurricane Erick on Wednesday chugged through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.
Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel
June 18, 2025 - 4:57 PM

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to help mediate an end to

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iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
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Talks in Pennsylvania are at crunch time over a budget, legalizing marijuana and taxing skill games
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat's spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsy

Court rules West Kelowna acted 'unfairly' doubling developer's costs
A BC court has found the City of West Kelowna acted unfairly when it more than doubled the costs a developer had to pay after its housing project had been completed. In a June 11 decision, BC Court of Appeal Justice Geoffrey Gomery said the

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Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast

Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian attack climbs to 28

Large crowds protest in support of Argentine ex-President Fernández as she starts house arrest

The father of a man shot during latest protests in Kenya calls for police accountability

Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend's death

Congo and Rwanda sign preliminary peace agreement in Washington

New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties

Judge says hate crime prosecution in Boulder, Colorado, attack can proceed

Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm

Putin says Russia could help broker a deal between Iran and Israel

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