EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
Jul 23, 2026
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and…
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House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown
Jul 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved Tuesday to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall's critical midterm elections by passing a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action…
5 dead in attempt to save a struggling swimmer in an Ohio river, sheriff says
Jul 21, 2026
POWELL, Ohio (AP) — Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. The group…
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate expected in Miami court
Jul 20, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Monday after they were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom. The Tates are…
Wildfire smoke makes air unhealthy from the US Midwest to East Coast. Officials say stay inside
Jul 17, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.…
America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?
Jul 16, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if…
26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
Jul 15, 2026
OAKLAND (AP) -- A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems to select people for layoffs, disproportionately targeting those on medical, parental or family leave. They are…
ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was 'fearing for public safety,' agency says
Jul 14, 2026
BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that ICE has used deadly force and at least the ninth death since…
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says
Jul 13, 2026
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s husband in “The…
Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
Jul 10, 2026
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in…