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Swimmer bitten on the foot at New York City beach in a suspected shark attack

A swimmer was bitten on the foot in a suspected shark attack Friday at a New York City beach, prompting authorities to temporarily close the beach. The attack at Jones Beach comes a day after multiple...

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led Iran with iron fist while confronting the U.S., will be buried

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dramatically remolded Iran during more than three decades as supreme leader, turning it into a regional powerhouse and bringing it increasingly...

July 3, 2026 3:07 am MST MST

125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 120 passengers and crew members on a Princess Cruises ship that docked in San Francisco on Thursday were infected with a stomach virus while on their voyage, federal health...

July 2, 2026 5:43 pm MST MST

Last-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASA

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem. Northrop Grumman’s rocket-launching plane took off from the Marshall Islands...

July 2, 2026 7:10 am MST MST

Princess Kate returns to Wimbledon and greets tennis fans lining up in the Queue

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon's famous Queue on Thursday before attending a second-round match featuring British player Arthur Fery on one of the outer...

July 2, 2026 5:27 am MST MST

UK formally apologizes for state's role in forcing unwed mothers to give up babies for adoption

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologized Thursday for the British state's role in separating tens of thousands of unmarried mothers from their babies, a practice that lasted for...

July 2, 2026 3:17 am MST MST

Palestinians face uncertain future as Gaza marks 1,000 days of war

It's the 1,000th day of war since a Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. Other conflicts have emerged in the region, and fragile ceasefires show scars of persistent attacks. Both Israelis...

July 1, 2026 11:07 pm MST MST

Russian attack on Ukraine shakes Kyiv for hours

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight into Thursday with the intense strikes causing loud explosions and shaking Kyiv for hours. Residential...

July 1, 2026 7:33 pm MST MST

Some ransom notes sent in Nancy Guthrie case still being investigated as legitimate, FBI says

The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as nothing more than extortion attempts, but the agency said Wednesday it's still evaluating others...

July 1, 2026 6:47 pm MST MST

Israeli forces detain Palestinian women in West Bank raids

JERUSALEM (AP) — It was shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday when Abdelrahman Badr said he heard footsteps outside his home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Soon Israeli forces were at his door, he said....

July 1, 2026 3:11 pm MST MST