Posted 11:02 AM 7/20/2026 by MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used to grow the Sinaloa cartel into what prosecutors said was the world's largest drug trafficking (More)

Posted 10:34 AM 7/19/2026 by SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S.

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Posted 12:48 PM 7/18/2026 by JENNIFER McDERMOTT and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms passing through the area, meteorologists say.

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Posted 12:53 PM 7/17/2026 by BILL BARROW and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of a widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday warned (More)

Posted 12:48 PM 7/17/2026 by MICHELLE L. PRICE, ERIC TUCKER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms.

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Posted 10:04 AM 7/15/2026 by REBECCA SANTANA and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to keep pulling over vehicles, signaling his opposition Wednesday to plans announced just a day earlier to suspend most traffic stops following another string of fatal shootings.

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