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Investigation of Russian hack on London hospitals may take weeks amid worries over online data dump 06/22/2024 01:34pm • LONDON (AP) — An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete, the country's state-run National Health Service said Friday, as concerns grow over a reported data dump of patient records. Hundreds of operations Today in History: June 22, Hitler and the Nazis invade the Soviet Union 06/22/2024 12:10am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 22, the 174th day of 2024. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive and ultimately ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union that would prove pivotal to the Al Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts 06/21/2024 08:56pm • STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The federal agency says Sikorsky Support Services, based in Stratford, Connecticut, and Derc International court unseals arrest warrant for Mali suspect accused of crimes in Timbuktu in 2012 06/21/2024 01:55pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Friday for a Malian accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012-13, where he is suspected of leading an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group. The warrant for Iy An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand's gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack 06/21/2024 06:27am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who feel vilified by law enforcement and the public, the lawmaker leading the Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico 06/20/2024 10:20pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico’s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests. Among many faith leaders nationwide, the pain unleashed on June 20, 2022 — when the Revs. Javi Maryland lets sexual assault victims keep track of evidence via a bar code 06/20/2024 05:00pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — For Angela Wharton, Maryland's new statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence represents a ray of hope, enabling survivors to monitor the data online. Wharton was raped in 1996 and described the trauma she experienced more than 20 years later, when she was infor The Supreme Court upholds the conviction of woman who challenged expert testimony in a drug case 06/20/2024 11:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car. In a ruling that crossed the court’s ideological lines, the 6-3 majority opinion dismissed arguments that an expert witne Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance 06/20/2024 08:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — One of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations, alleging that Pope Francis violated his human rights by authorizing wide-ranging surveillance during the investigation. A lawyer for Raffaele Mincione, a London-based Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security 06/20/2024 05:57am • NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Australia will provide a further 2 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month's deadly landslide, the government said Thursday. The South Pacific island nation off Australia's northern coast is still Police credit New Yorkers for suspect's arrest in the rape of a 13-year-old girl 06/19/2024 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a New York City neighborhood were praised for their role in the arrest of an Ecuadorian accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, a crime that the city's police commissioner said “shocked our entire city.” Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, 25, was arrested early Tuesday o Relatives of people killed in 2 Boeing Max crashes ask the US to fine the company $24.8 billion 06/19/2024 03:59pm • Families of some of the people who died in two Boeing 737 Max crashes are asking federal officials to fine Boeing $24.8 billion and move quickly to prosecute the company on a criminal charge that was set aside three years ago. A lawyer for the families said in a letter Wednesday to the Justice Depar With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven 06/19/2024 08:59am • Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decadeslong war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore's plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of Ethics probe into Matt Gaetz now reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use 06/18/2024 05:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday gave an unusual public update into its long-running investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., saying its review now includes whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct gover Here’s where courts are slowing Republican efforts for a state role in enforcing immigration law 06/18/2024 02:27pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the United States, but several Republican-led states have continued to push for a role in enforcing regulations out of frustration with current policy and as a way to criticize Democratic U.S. Pre