
Climate change protesters targeted a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" at London's Royal Academy of Arts Tuesday, gluing themselves to the painting's frame and spray-painting "No New Oil" next to it.
by Associated Press 1 hour agoThe fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby's announced Tuesday.
by Associated Press 3 hours agoThe governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine's control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country.
by FRANCESCA EBEL / Associated Press 4 hours agoA federal judge will this week sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd.
by STEVE KARNOWSKI / Associated Press 5 hours agoMore than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives.
by CARA ANNA and OMAR FARUK / Associated PressStocks fell broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, extending a slump for the major indexes as investors continue to worry about the state of the economy.
by DAMIAN J. TROISE / AP Business WriterA man charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder after firing off more than 70 rounds at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons, including the high-powered rifle used in the shooting, despite authorities being called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide, police said.
by MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES / Associated PressRescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers.
by PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD / Associated PressA Northern California wildfire chewed through a mountainous region near Sacramento Tuesday after forcing evacuations in two counties.
by Associated PressThe International Energy Agency says high prices for natural gas and supply fears due to the war in Ukraine will slow the growth in demand for fossil fuels in the coming years.
by Staff and wire reportsAttorneys argued over abortion laws Tuesday in three Southern states in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave states the power to limit or outlaw the termination of pregnancies.
by EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS / Associated PressIt says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best never seemed insurmountable. Not to him. Not to anyone watching.
by HOWARD FENDRICH / AP Tennis WriterDanielle Maness has squeezed the hands of hundreds of anxious patients lying on tables in the procedure room, now empty. She's recorded countless vital signs and delivered scores of snacks to the recovery area, now silent.
by LEAH WILLINGHAM / Associated PressSmithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring to inflate pork prices, which will likely only add to concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects meat prices.
by JOSH FUNK / AP Business WriterBelgian rider Wout van Aert won the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France and extended his overall lead after attacking strongly on the day's final climb on Tuesday.
by Associated PressScandinavian Airlines on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy in the United States, warning a walkout by 1,000 pilots a day earlier had put the future of the carrier at risk.
by JAN M. OLSEN / The Associated PressBrittney Griner has made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not " forget about me and the other American Detainees."
by DOUG FEINBERG / AP Basketball WriterThere are plenty of ways parents at home can help support their summer campers.
by MELISSA RAYWORTH / Associated PressThe Bank of England warned Tuesday that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more then $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulations
by KELVIN CHAN / AP Business WriterThe 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and possible political trouble in Turkey.
by RAF CASERT / Associated PressThe Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is trying to compel U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others to testify before a special grand jury.
by KATE BRUMBACK / Associated PressHundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday.
by ROD McGUIRK and MARK BAKER / Associated PressAfter the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that's been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies.
by BARBARA ORTUTAY and DEE-ANN DURBIN / Associated Press