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UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school's next mascot

UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school's next mascot

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity on Wednesday, and they say he's a very good boy. Jonathan XV is a 2-month old Siberian husky who will take over as the official UConn Husky mascot this fall.
Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics

Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics

Simone Biles is back. The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early August, her first event since the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo mass shooting survivor, wins City Council primary

Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo mass shooting survivor, wins City Council primary

BUFFALO, N.Y.
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe

Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe

JACKSON, Miss.
Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny

Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine , escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and arrived
US arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants found trapped in hot tractor trailer

US arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants found trapped in hot tractor trailer

SAN ANTONIO — U.S.
Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US

Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US

CHICAGO (AP) — Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
Sierra Leone's president wins second term without need for runoff, election commission announces

Sierra Leone's president wins second term without need for runoff, election commission announces

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office, receiving 56.
Supreme Court rejects GOP argument in North Carolina case that could have transformed US elections

Supreme Court rejects GOP argument in North Carolina case that could have transformed US elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can act as a check on their legislatures in redistricting and other issues affecting federal elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have transformed
A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

CARATINGA, Brazil (AP) — The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through a tropical ecosystem more threatened than the Amazon.