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Israel's President Herzog will address Congress to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its statehood 06/29/2023 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 19 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Israel's statehood and to reaffirm his nation's special relationship with the United States, congressional leaders announced on Thursday. “The world is bett Man United agrees to $69 million deal to sign Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount, AP sources 06/29/2023 12:25pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United has agreed to sign midfielder Mason Mount from Chelsea for 55 million pounds ($69 million). The agreement was confirmed Thursday by two people with knowledge of the negotiations, which have been on-going since the end of the Premier League season. The p Over 1,000 evacuees return to Arizona homes with brush fire now 30% contained 06/29/2023 11:37am • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,100 people have returned to their homes in northern Scottsdale, a Phoenix suburb, as firefighters declared a brush fire to be 30% contained. The Arizona Department of Forestry lifted evacuation orders around 7 p.m. Wednesday. A state forestry spokesperson said Helicopter crew rescues firefighters stranded when rescue boat goes over falls 06/29/2023 11:34am • CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Two firefighters involved in a rescue effort in a New Jersey river became stranded themselves when their boat went over a waterfall, but a state police helicopter crew was eventually able to bring the pair to safety. No injuries were reported in either of Wednesday's rescues i How's the weather up there? It'll be harder for Alaska to tell as a longtime program goes off air 06/29/2023 11:00am • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Before Morris Nashoanak heads out for days in search of bearded seals, beluga whales or salmon, he catches the weather on TV. But it's not the weather segment from a local TV station — there isn't one. Instead, it's a program designed for those living in rural and largel Belarus leader welcomes Wagner forces but others in the country see them as a threat 06/29/2023 10:14am • As life in Russia returned to normal after an armed rebellion by a mercenary group, tensions were rising in and around its neighbor Belarus, where the exiled leader of the force and some of its fighters were settling in. Moving to Belarus was part of the deal the Kremlin struck with Yevgeny Prigozhi Football Ferns have a hard act to follow at home in New Zealand in the Women's World Cup 06/29/2023 09:05am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s youthful Football Ferns face an almost impossible mission as co-hosts of the Women’s World Cup — ranked 26th in the world and without a win in its last 10 matches. Tougher still, it has a hard act to follow. The Ferns’ rugby counterparts, the Bl Police investigating Pride, Ukrainian flag burnings in Silver Spring 06/29/2023 08:55am • Montgomery County authorities are investigating the burnings of Pride and Ukrainian flags throughout Silver Spring, Maryland. The Montgomery County Police Department said it had determined several of the flags were burned overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday. In a news release, the department sa Finance ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm 06/29/2023 04:59am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan and South Korea agreed Thursday to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis, in the latest sign of warming ties as the countries work to smooth over historical antagonisms. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki announced the agreement after meeting with his South Australian prosecutor says former Israeli principal feigned mental illness to avoid extradition 06/29/2023 01:38am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former principal of an Australian Jewish school feigned mental illness in a seven-year battle to avoid extradition on child sex abuse charges, a prosecutor said Thursday. Malka Leifer fought her extradition in Jerusalem courts from 2014 until 2021, when she was flown f New Zealand says it's the first to ban thin plastic bags from supermarkets 06/29/2023 01:19am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables. The new ban will also extend to plastic straws and silverware, as the government expands a campaign agains Jury says health clinic in Montana Superfund town submitted 337 false asbestos claims 06/29/2023 12:38am • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn't have received. The seven-person jury 10 deaths caused by dangerous rip currents off Florida and Alabama beaches 06/28/2023 10:57pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida's Panhandle to Mobile, Alabama. Many of the deaths happened Diamond Sports, Arizona Diamondbacks postpone court hearing scheduled for Thursday 06/28/2023 10:25pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Diamond Sports and the Arizona Diamondbacks postponed their federal bankruptcy court hearing scheduled for Thursday. Diamond Sports, which owns 19 regional sports networks under the Bally Sports banner, filed an emergency motion last week to get out of its broadcast agreement with t Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities 06/28/2023 09:32pm • DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on po