Month: August 2023

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of riders in various states of dress — or undress – are riding through some of Philadelphia’s main streets for the 14th Philly Naked Bike Ride. The ride on Saturday is billed as promoting cycling as a key form of transportation and fuel-conscious

By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term late Saturday in results announced much earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections. An opposition party spokesperson

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, reiteró el sábado su promesa de enviar fuerzas especiales estadounidenses a México para enfrentar a los cárteles de la droga si es elegido presidente, y dijo: “Vamos a actuar”. En declaraciones a los periodistas en la primera parada del sábado de la gira

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen neighborhood known for its counterculture vibe and flourishing hashish trade. Two masked gunmen opened fire Saturday evening inside a building in the Christiania neighborhood, a Copenhagen police spokesman told Danish media.

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Tres personas murieron el sábado en un ataque por motivos raciales después de que un hombre armado atacara a personas de raza negra en una tienda Dollar General en Jacksonville, Florida, en uno de varios tiroteos del fin de semana que nuevamente conmocionaron a los estadounidenses en lugares públicos, desde

By RUSS BYNUM, TERRY SPENCER and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La Cruz Roja de Costa Rica informó este viernes, a través un comunicado, la movilización de más de 20 unidades hacia Alajuela, en San Ramón, Bajo Rodríguez, tras recibir el reporte de la caída de un bus a un precipicio de aproximadamente 20 metros. La Cruz Roja agregó que

By Andy Rose, Ashley R. Williams and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed Saturday in a racially motivated attack after a gunman targeted Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, in one of several weekend shootings that again shocked Americans in public places – from stores to football games

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Crews in Louisiana were still working to suppress flare-ups as an oil refinery fire burned for a second day along the banks of the Mississippi River. Residents are now worried about health effects from the fumes and black smoke. The Marathon Patroleum company said Saturday that tests have so far found

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania say a fire at a fueling station caused an explosion that killed at least one person and injured at least eight others, prompting an evacuation of the immediate area. A second explosion at the station Saturday injured at least 26 firefighters. The explosions happened at a fueling station

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say a University of South Carolina student from Connecticut was shot and killed as he apparently tried to enter the wrong home on his off-campus street. A Columbia Police Department news release says 20-year-old Nicholas Anthony Donofrio was dead by the time police responded to reports of a home burglary

By Paradise Afshar and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a high school football game in Choctaw, Oklahoma, authorities say. The teenager, whose name has not been released, was shot Friday night, according to a news release from the Choctaw Police

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Extreme weather events are growing more common, while an increasingly globalized world means disasters on one side of the planet reverberate on the other. In the midst of uncertainty, people are becoming more aware of personal emergency measures, including equipment kits marketed and sold specifically for crisis

By Melissa Alonso and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was shot by police in Colorado after a road rage shooting and a hostage situation in Denver, authorities said. The incident started out as a road rage encounter around 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday, according to the Denver Police Department. A man

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Conservative lawmaker Nadine Dorries has stepped down from the House of Commons more than two months after announcing she was quitting. Dorries served as culture secretary in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government and had said she would quit Parliament when Johnson did, which was in

By YVES LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s government has imposed a nationwide curfew and cut off internet access as voting wraps up in major national elections. Voters in the Central African nation cast ballots Saturday for local leaders, legislators and president. Incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seeking a third seven-year

A second container ship has left port through a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Ukraine’s government after Russia halted a wartime agreement aimed at ensuring safe grain exports. The Primus, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, left the port of Odesa on Saturday morning and was steaming south toward Bulgaria. Its departure came 10 days after

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer Bob Barker, the enduring, dapper game show host who became a household name over a half century of hosting “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” has died. He was 99. Barker — also a longtime animal rights activist — died Saturday morning at his home in Los

By Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Three Ukrainian pilots, including a well-known pilot who went by the call sign “Juice,” have died in a plane crash, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday, August 25, near the city of Zhytomyr, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) west of Kyiv. The crews

By Stephanie Becker, CNN (CNN) — A Vermont artist has lost his legal battle to force a law school to display a mural that portrays enslaved Black people in a style critics have called “cartoonish” and “racist.” Sam Kerson, 76, a multi-disciplinary artist and theater director who says his work focuses on social justice, sued the

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — The Irish economy is getting a boost from the Notre Dame football game in Dublin. The Pittsburgh Steelers are benefitting, too. The NFL team has front-office representation in Dublin this weekend supporting American football initiatives and gathering intel on the Irish market now that it has

BERLIN (AP) — The deputy governor of the German state of Bavaria has rejected allegations that he was responsible for an antisemitic flyer as a high school student. Hubert Aiwanger said on Saturday that he didn’t write the flyer and considers its contents “disgusting and inhuman.” He said he knows who created it and that

By Dan Heching, Michael Pearson and Todd Leopold, CNN (CNN) — Bob Barker, the “Price Is Right” host whose silky-smooth command, impish sense of humor and advocacy for animal welfare issues made him a beloved fixture on television for more than 35 years, has died. He was 99. The news was confirmed by his representative

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, and Florida braced for a possible hurricane by midweek, as a weather system off the coast of Mexico was expected to become a tropical storm by Sunday, the

Sol Amaya (CNN) — La visión agotadora de esta extraña semana –con el primer debate de las primarias presidenciales del Partido Republicano un día, seguido por el cuarto arresto este año del expresidente Trump al día siguiente– es que todos deberían prepararse para mucho más de este espectáculo político exclusivamente estadounidense y continuamente increíble. Será

Opinion by David Orentlicher and Eve Hanan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s surrender to the authorities in Georgia Thursday on charges of racketeering, forgery, false statements and other crimes, as well as his three previous arraignments in separate criminal probes, reflects an important reality: Trump allegedly violated the law on many occasions, and he should be

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los escritos personales de décadas de antigüedad de Dennis Rader, el autoproclamado asesino en serie BTK, han llevado a las autoridades locales de Oklahoma a creer que él es el “principal sospechoso” en un caso de personas desaparecidas de 1976. Rader ha sido vinculado al caso de la desaparición de Cynthia

By La’Nita Brooks and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story     INGHAM CO., Michigan (WNEM) — A family farm that’s been around since before the Civil War was toppled by a tornado on Thursday night. Several tornadoes that developed Thursday night, Aug. 24 are now blamed for the deaths of five people across

By Danielle Jackson Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — High school football fans withstood the heat as they watched rivalry teams Ensworth School versus the Montgomery Bell Academy Friday night. The temperature read 91 degrees just 20 minutes before kickoff. Many people came prepared by either hydrating before or carrying

By Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — With week one of the legislative special session on public safety wrapped up, WSMV4 wanted to know how The Covenant School families feel about how it is going. After all, the session was called in response to the shooting at their

By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — For seven years, a family in Wisconsin was on waiting lists for a service dog to help their son with Down syndrome. Turns out, a pup with a rough past from Madison, Tennessee ended up being the perfect fit. It was

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Never Back Down, the super PAC backing Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, made major additions to its advertising reservations Friday, spending more than $12 million booking airtime in the fall, mostly in Iowa. According to AdImpact data, the group has spent more than $12.3 million on the new ad buy

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Franklin ahora tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 120 km por hora, lo que lo convierte oficialmente en un huracán de categoría 1, según la actualización de las 11 a. m. del Centro Nacional de Huracanes. Esto fue confirmado mediante reconocimiento aéreo por parte de la NOAA y los Cazadores de Huracanes de

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — We live in a time where new missions of exploration set off to the cosmos on a regular basis. But just because rocket launches have become more common doesn’t make it any less exciting to see a spacecraft lift off to the heavens. On Saturday, NASA launched its most internationally diverse

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in Russia until the end of November. The American journalist was arrested on espionage charges in March during a work trip to the city of Yekaterinburg. An order that authorized keeping Gershkovich in jail before trial was set

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An oral surgeon has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend who overdosed on anesthetic drugs that he administered at his Maryland home. Fifty-year-old James Ryan faces a maximum of 55 years in prison when he is sentenced at a date to be determined. Jurors who convicted Ryan on Friday heard testimony

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A boil water advisory has been issued after E. coli bacteria were found in the water supply near Phantom Ranch at Grand Canyon National Park, officials warned Friday.  “These bacteria can make you sick and are a particular concern for people with weakened immune systems,” said a park news

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican candidates remain split over how to move forward on abortion, a political liability Democrats are eager to exploit regardless of who becomes the Republican nominee. The GOP divide was laid bare on the debate stage this

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The British Museum has begun recovering some items that were taken from the prestigious institution and sold online, museum chair George Osborne said on Saturday. Osborne’s comments follow revelations that the museum failed to properly heed warnings that items purportedly from its collection had been appearing for sale online.

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Ah, en los días de gloria de los viajes, cuando los asientos eran más grandes, la comida era mejor y se podía cruzar el Atlántico en menos de tres horas. Desde el fin del Concorde en 2003, por supuesto, cruzar rápidamente el Atlántico ha sido cosa del pasado. Los vuelos entre

MILL RUN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an EF-2 tornado brought down trees and damaged homes as well as a resort and campground in southwestern Pennsylvania, injuring at least six people. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said an EF-2 tornado with peak winds estimated at 120 mph was on the ground for more than

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday reiterated his pledge to send US Special Forces into Mexico to confront drug cartels if he is elected president, saying, “We are going to act.” Speaking to reporters at Saturday’s first stop of the “Never Back Down” bus tour through Iowa, the Republican

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina coroner says a toddler died inside a hot car after her mother forgot that she left the girl in the vehicle parked outside a South Carolina high school. Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell told The Post and Courier that he believes the 16-month-old girl died on Friday due

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) – El asesinato de Fernando Pérez Algaba, el comerciante que fue hallado descuartizado en una valija en Ingeniero Budge, provincia de Buenos Aires, fue un crimen “premeditado, cometido entre varios, con alevosía y por codicia”, consideraron los investigadores de la Unidad Funcional de Instrucción (UFI) N°5 de Lomas de Zamora ,

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Mystery hunters converged on a Scottish lake on Saturday to look for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness Center said researchers would try to seek evidence of Nessie using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake’s

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — For months, Evangelina Hernandez watched helplessly as her autistic twin sons regressed – their screaming, biting and scratching worsening. The Wichita, Kansas, resident couldn’t afford the $3,000 monthly tab for their 10 prescriptions or their doctor visits without Medicaid. The toddlers, along with three of their sisters, lost their

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció que su país se incorporará al bloque BRICS, la alianza económica, política y social conformada hasta ahora por Brasil, Rusia, la India, China y Sudáfrica. Fernández aseveró que esta integración supone para el país una posibilidad de “abrir nuevos mercados, de consolidar los

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston police commissioner says two people have been arrested and multiple weapons recovered in a shooting that wounded at least seven people Saturday morning in a city neighborhood. Police say all seven were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Police responded around 7:43 a.m. to multiple gunshots in a Dorchester neighborhood.

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Al menos siete personas resultaron heridas el sábado por la mañana en un tiroteo durante un desfile en Boston, dijo la policía. Los heridos fueron trasladados a hospitales locales con heridas que no ponen en peligro su vida. Se realizaron varios arrestos y se recuperaron armas de fuego, dijo la policía.

Opinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — In Guy Nattiv’s new feature film “Golda,” which arrived in theaters Friday, Helen Mirren plays Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the crisis of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Mirren is not Jewish, and she wears heavy makeup to look like the unglamorous, chain-smoking politician. Accordingly, the movie is inevitably

HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway median in Vermont after becoming stalled in flight. The Valley News reports that five people were aboard for a sunset ride Wednesday night when the pilot landed the craft safely on the Interstate 91 median in Hartford. Traffic was shut

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Central bank officials from across the world have descended upon Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week to discuss policy decisions that will shape the economy for years to come. But as they talk about inflation and the economy in the abstract, residents of the popular vacation

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — I love anniversaries. One of mine (wedding) is coming up next month. I enjoy marking the big moments in life as an opportunity to celebrate the past, as well as appreciate the present. Read on to discover how another big anniversary coming this week means a lot to

BEIRUT (AP) — Opposition activists say insurgents in northwest Syria have attacked a government position killing and wounding more than 30 troops. Saturday’s attack came days after Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the last major rebel stronghold in the northwest killing several insurgents. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an

By Samantha Beech, Ray Sanchez and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said. The victims were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said. Boston Police Sgt. Det. John

Sol Amaya (CNN) — La FIFA, el organismo rector del fútbol mundial, suspendió provisionalmente este sábado al presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, por besar a la jugadora española Jennifer Hermoso después de la final del Mundial del pasado domingo. Luis Rubiales fue informado de la decisión de la FIFA

By Aimee Lewis and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup Winner Jenni Hermoso has triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer, with world governing body FIFA suspending the president and Spain’s women’s coaches resigning en masse. FIFA said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and JOSEPH WILSON AP Sports Writers GENEVA (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s victory. The provisional suspension comes less than a week

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No existe una respuesta única sobre la frecuencia con la que se debe defecar, pero en lo que respecta al color de las heces, el consenso de los expertos es mucho más claro. Y las desviaciones pueden ser motivo de preocupación. “El color más común es el marrón, o tonos de

By KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the programs set up to ensure affordable internet for all is set to run out by the middle of 2024. The Affordable Connectivity Program’s primary allocation of $14.2 billion is projected to run out unless Congress takes steps to renew it. That could end

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis in a speech to Catholic lawmakers has warned against social media reducing human relationships to “mere algorithms” and urged lawmakers to be vigilant against “partisan” propaganda and divisiveness on social media. In his speech on Saturday, he said social media networks can help people realize they are part of something

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, BERNARD CONDON and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Panama is about halfway through its rainy season right now, and one of the wettest countries in the world is having one of its driest seasons on record. At the Panama Canal, where freshwater serves as the lifeblood for its lock-driven operations, the lack of abundant rainfall is

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — During this week’s Republican primary debate on Fox News, a young voter notably asked about the climate crisis: How would these presidential candidates assuage concerns that the Republican Party “doesn’t care” about the issue? The question was all but unavoidable after weeks of extreme, deadly weather. Global temperature records

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Cuatro astronautas, en representación de cuatro naciones y agencias espaciales de todo el mundo, se lanzaron a bordo de un cohete SpaceX hacia la Estación Espacial Internacional, dando inicio a una misión que se espera que dure más de seis meses. La tripulación viaja a bordo de la cápsula SpaceX Crew

By Jacob Lev and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Bronny James, the older son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and should fully recover from his cardiac arrest last month, his family said Friday. In July, the 18-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice at the

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — A recent study showed that tests for sick newborns that look at their full genetic blueprints are nearly twice as good at finding genetic problems as narrower, more commonly used tests. According to the research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the broader

By Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Sarasota, Florida (CNN) — Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida. Amy Reid, a member of the

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — The French government and the European Union will spend 200 million euros ($215 million) to help the country’s wine producers, who are struggling to cope with falling prices and waning demand. The French Ministry of Agriculture had initially allocated 160 million euros ($173 million) for the crisis program

Sol Amaya Este seguimiento terminó. Puedes ver las últimas noticias de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, haciendo click aquí. Una vista muestra un retrato del jefe mercenario de Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, en un monumento improvisado cerca del antiguo Centro PMC Wagner en San Petersburgo, Rusia, el 24 de agosto de 2023. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova El

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — As new students arrived on campus for the fall semester at Yale University, they were given flyers containing “misleading … disturbing and inflammatory rhetoric” about the school’s safety, according to university officials. The flyers, titled “Welcome to Yale: A survival guide for first-year students of Yale University,” were

CNNEE (CNN) — Cuando tienes sed, ¿qué bebidas son las mejores para mantenerte hidratado? Claro, siempre puedes tomar un vaso de agua, pero el H2O no es la bebida más hidratante, según un estudio de la Universidad St. Andrews de Escocia que comparó las respuestas de hidratación de varias bebidas diferentes. Los investigadores descubrieron que

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers have filed a new plan for restructuring $10 billion in debt owed by Puerto Rico’s power company in the latest attempt to end a lengthy bankruptcy process marked by acrimonious negotiations. The plan filed late Friday would cut the debt of Puerto Rico’s

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business (CNN) — A slew of viral conspiracy videos on social media have made baseless claims that the Maui wildfires were started intentionally as part of a land grab, highlighting how quickly misinformation spreads after a disaster. While the cause of the fires hasn’t been determined, Hawaiian Electric — the

By Aimee Lewis, Alex Stambaugh, Al Goodman and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s football federation has threatened to take legal action against one of the country’s star players, Jennifer Hermoso, accusing her of lying about being kissed by federation president Luis Rubiales. Hermoso said Friday that at no point did she consent to a

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The exhausting view of this bizarre week – with the first GOP presidential primary debate one day, followed by the fourth arrest this year of the former president the next – is that everyone should prepare for so much more of this uniquely American and continuously unbelievable

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, JAE C. HONG and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Families were torn asunder. A community is reeling with grief. More than 100 people have perished and dozens more remain missing after flames and smoke barreled from the hills and annihilated the historic town of Lahaina. But even in

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum says it has recovered some of the 2,000 items believed to have been stolen by an insider. Chairman of trustees George Osborne acknowledged Saturday that the thefts had damaged the museum’s reputation. He said the 264-year-old institution does not have records of everything in

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces struck a cafe in a key front-line area in northeastern Ukraine Saturday, killing two civilians and wounding a third, regional officials said. The shelling near the city of Kupiansk came as U.K. officials said that Russia may try to retake the area, which was

NASSER NASSER Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian news agency has reported that a 20-year-old died of wounds a month after being shot during an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank. The WAFA news agency said Ezzedine Kanan, from the town of Jaba near Jenin, was shot in the head

Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Embraer private jet has been cleared from the crash site, and the flight recorders have been recovered, but the metaphorical smoke has yet to clear in Moscow after the presumed death of the Wagner mercenary boss. We still do not know what brought

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor OIaf Scholz is vowing that his coalition government will quickly resolve a dispute over child benefits that has marred attempts to put months of damaging public infighting behind it. Center-left Social Democrat Scholz leads a coalition of three parties that are broadly socially liberal. But their approaches to economic and

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire department officials say two men have been arrested in different parts of Greece on suspicion of deliberately starting wildfires. One man was arrested on Saturday on the island of Evia for allegedly setting fire to dried grass. The fire department said he confessed to having

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, too. The grim contrast between those numbers shows the difficulty in locating and identifying victims’

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — My son’s eyes pooled like a melting glacier. We were in Churchill, a town of roughly 900 people nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Canada’s Manitoba province. It was mid-August, and I’d pulled Nico out of his first week of first grade in Florida for a “Family

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: tattoos and graffiti cause trouble in Europe, a baby giraffe is born without spots at a Tennessee zoo – plus we want to hear from you if you’re currently chasing your lost luggage with a tracking device. Think before you ink You’ve probably heard

Ellie Stevens and Dayun Park, CNN (CNN) — This weekend, the Class of 2027 checks into their college dorms at US institutions, from Columbia University in New York City to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the University of Colorado Boulder. Many of the incoming students will find college more expensive than they expected, and may