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4 construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia 06/08/2024 12:49pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen in northern Kenya fatally shot four construction workers at a hospital site near a refugee camp and the border with Somalia where a militant group is active, police said Saturday. A group of eight workers were resting on Friday when they were attacked, leaving four sh Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 28 dead, Moscow-appointed officials say 06/08/2024 12:42pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia-installed officials in the partially-occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Luhansk said Ukrainian attacks left at least 28 people dead as Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange drone attacks overnight into Saturday. A Ukrainian attack Friday on the small town of S The Olympic rings are mounted on the Eiffel Tower to mark 50 days until the Paris Games 06/08/2024 12:33pm • PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower got a makeover in preparation for the Olympics. The Olympic rings were mounted to the iconic Parisian landmark on Friday to mark 50 days until the sports world gathers in the French capital for the quadrennial sports festival. The rings were displayed on the south sid Demand for food delivery has skyrocketed. So have complaints about some drivers 06/08/2024 10:27am • BOSTON (AP) — A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and out of traffic and hop onto pedestrian-filled sidewalks as their drivers race to drop off salads and sandwiches. Today in Sports - Justify becomes the 13th Triple Crown winner by winning the Belmont Stakes 06/08/2024 10:00am • June 9 1888 — James McLaughlin sets the record for wins by a jockey in the Belmont Stakes, six, when he rides Sir Dixon to a 12-length victory. McLaughlin’s record is matched by Eddie Arcaro in 1955. 1899 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York to win the world A man shot by police in New Caledonia has died. The French Pacific territory remains restive 06/08/2024 07:55am • PARIS (AP) — A man shot by police in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has died of his wounds, becoming the eighth victim of weeks of unrest prompted by changes to the voting law that Indigenous Kanaks fear will marginalize them and their push for independence. Police told investigator Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns 06/08/2024 03:25am • LONDON (AP) — The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Party's general election campaign. Though Sunak apologized for not attending Thursday's final commemoration Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home 06/08/2024 01:09am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border. Despite the worsening weather, Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners 06/08/2024 12:03am • HARMONY, Wis. (AP) — It's hard living in harmony during these politically divisive times. But residents of a tiny Wisconsin town say they have the simple answer: actually live in Harmony. Residents of Harmony Township — spread out on rich farmland and residential subdivisions on the outskirts of How long was the path of the tornado that struck central Montgomery County? 06/07/2024 08:47pm • Wednesday's storms produced seven tornadoes across Montgomery County, Maryland, that damaged many homes and trees and injured at least five people. The National Weather Service issued 22 tornado warnings that day, 7News First Alert Meteorologist Brian van de Graaff said, which is the fourth most NASCAR returns to repaved Sonoma road course unsure what to expect from fast new asphalt 06/07/2024 07:52pm • SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Welcome back to fast and slick Sonoma Raceway, where the first repave in over two decades has created impressive speeds and concerns about the durability of the new asphalt. Ryan Blaney led Cup Series practice Friday with a lap that was 4.5 seconds faster than Denny Hamlin's Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water 06/07/2024 07:04pm • SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Seven people in southern Texas have been charged after endangering nearly two dozen migrants smuggled in a secret trailer compartment during high temperatures and with little water, authorities said. One person remained hospitalized on Friday. Following a tip of a smuggli Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule 06/07/2024 05:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration. The final rule will increase fuel economy by 2% per year fo Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers is a Stanley Cup Final of teams far apart in every way 06/07/2024 05:17pm • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — By the time he was old enough to watch NHL games growing up in Sweden, Oliver Ekman-Larsson began dreaming about playing in the Stanley Cup Final. Now he's here, a member of the Florida Panthers in a series against the Edmonton Oilers that marks the furthest distance between t Gunmen open fire on students at a rural University of Panama campus, killing 1 and wounding another 06/07/2024 05:09pm • PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Two unidentified gunmen opened fire on a group of students on a rural campus of the University of Panama Friday, killing one and wounding another before escaping, according to police and school officials. University Rector Eduardo Flores Castro said via the social platfo