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With another setback for cease-fire talks, worries of full-scale war for Israel and Lebanon escalate 06/24/2024 02:17pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, particularly as cease-fire negotiations have faltered. Su Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding 06/24/2024 02:17pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV. Hungary forward Varga has surgery for facial fractures as UEFA defends medical response 06/24/2024 01:59pm • WEILER-SIMMERBERG, Germany (AP) — Hungary forward Barnabás Varga is expected to be released from hospital on Wednesday after undergoing surgery on facial fractures he sustained in a collision with Scotland’s goalkeeper at the European Championship. The match on Sunday was halted for nearly 10 m Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court 06/24/2024 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the coming days, the Supreme Court will confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making: a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Within days of each other, if not hours, the justices are expected to rule on whether Donald Trum New Caledonia independence group demands Indigenous leader's release from custody in mainland France 06/24/2024 01:58pm • NICE, France (AP) — Members of a pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia demanded on Monday the "release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak leader who was flown to mainland France for pretrial detention after recent deadly unrest. Christian Tein, a l Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 20 people, officials say 06/24/2024 01:40pm • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s southern region of Dagestan held the first of three days of mourning Monday following an attack by Islamic militants who authorities say killed 20 people, mostly police, and attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship in assaults in two cities. Sunday's violence in Dag Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets 06/24/2024 01:15pm • A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. In an “emergency” m Pennsylvania woman drowns after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park 06/24/2024 12:27pm • WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park, park officials said. The woman fell into the water above St. Mary Falls at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed over the 35-foot (11-meter) tall wate Two years after Dobbs: How Maryland fits in the shifting landscape of abortion access 06/24/2024 11:29am • Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court upended 50 years of abortion law with its Dobbs decision, Maryland has reaffirmed its position as an abortion-friendly state while other states have restricted or banned the procedure outright. Providers in Maryland say they have seen an increase in patients Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in 06/24/2024 10:11am • The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The issue has emerged as a big one in the past few years. While transgender people have gained more visibility and acceptance in many respects, half Malaysia Airlines flight to Bangkok makes a U-turn due to a pressurization issue 06/24/2024 09:48am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia Airlines said one of its flight en route to Bangkok had to make a U-turn back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday after experiencing a “pressurization issue.” It said the pilots initiated an emergency descent although cabin altitude was not ex Joe Gibbs driver Christopher Bell emerges as a NASCAR championship contender 06/24/2024 09:37am • LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Joe Gibbs has fielded Cup cars for Denny Hamlin since 2005, got a decade out of Tony Stewart and is about to replace Martin Truex Jr., who has driven for the team for the last six years of a 21-year career. The Hall of Fame football coach and NASCAR team owner knows how to coax Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes 06/24/2024 09:36am • OREGONIA, Ohio (AP) — At the end of their weeklong sleepaway camp, a hush falls over the boisterous kids at YMCA’s Camp Kern as they prepare for a treasured annual tradition: after songs and skits around a bonfire, they write down their favorite memories on slips of paper. Most years, they toss A look back at the US swimming trials, which were a big hit in Indianapolis 06/24/2024 07:50am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The crowds were large and raucous. The biggest stars largely lived up to their billing. And plenty of promising young swimmers emerged over nine days in Indiana. The U.S. Olympic swimming trials wrapped up Sunday night with the final two events at Lucas Oil Stadium, rounding ou A predawn operation has rescued 77 migrants from a crippled yacht off Greece's Aegean Sea islands 06/24/2024 06:50am • A group of 77 migrants were rescued off a crippled sailing yacht after a large overnight operation in the southern Aegean Sea, Greek authorities said Monday. Nobody was reported missing or injured following the rescue between the islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia, Greece's coast guard said. Three c