Month: September 2023

By MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat Hameed was advised to seek help from a mental health expert for her bouts of unspecified anxiety, random palpitation attacks and occasional but strong suicidal thoughts. A psychiatrist diagnosed her with acute depression.

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say a shooting during halftime of a high school football game has killed a 16-year-old student and wounded a woman in the arm. West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Landon Groger said no arrests have been made as of Saturday. A medical helicopter landed on the field

By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TEPEYACAC, Mexico (AP) — One family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of cochineal dye, an intense, natural red pigment so prized that, after gold and silver, it was probably the most valuable thing the Spaniards found in Mexico after the 1521 conquest. For centuries,

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at elementary schools across the United States. Many still need profound help overcoming

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As People’s Liberation Army fighter jets from China sped toward Taiwan on Friday, life on the self-governing island carried on as normal. Andy Huang, a restaurateur in Taipei, said he has become desensitized to military threats from the mainland. “I’ve been hearing about China invading for

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to test the will of Republicans senators to oust not only one of their own, but a firebrand who has helped drive the state’s hard turn

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — When Nikki Haley took the Republican presidential debate stage alongside her seven male rivals last month, she shone a spotlight on her gender only once – evoking a former British prime minister. “This is exactly why Margaret Thatcher said, ‘If you want something said, ask a man; if you

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before setting out on a walking tour of the city of Live Oak, which is recovering from the storm. Notably absent was any interaction with Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of August 29, swarms of Ukrainian drones flew across seven Russian regions. Many were intercepted; some were not. Several reached a Russian airbase in Pskov, some 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, destroying two Russian military transport aircraft and damaging two more. It was the

By Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A new draft law that would enshrine harsh punishments for women and girls who fail to wear a hijab in Iran could amount to “gender apartheid,” UN experts said in a statement on Friday. “The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid,

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se ha hecho público un nuevo audio de la princesa Diana en el que habla de cómo el príncipe Carlos —actual rey Carlos III— se sintió decepcionado porque iban a tener un niño y no una niña cuando nació el príncipe Harry. La difunta princesa grabó una serie de cintas

CNN By Jennifer Hauser and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes

By Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — A woman incarcerated in Middle Tennessee gave birth alone in her cell earlier this week – less than an hour after she was assessed by a nurse at the facility, authorities said. The pregnant inmate being housed in a medical pod at the Montgomery County Jail told a deputy

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia’s tradition of religious freedom dating to the times of its founder, Genghis Khan, as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Asian nation with a word of encouragement to its tiny Catholic flock. Francis met with

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Natalia Bryant threw out the first pitch on Friday night before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Atlanta Braves as the Lakers NBA franchise for which her father Kobe starred was honored. The 20-year-old University of Southern California student tossed the ball from in front

BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and parts of the coastal mainland suspended business, transport and classes. Damage appeared to be minimal, however, and some services were returning to normal by afternoon. Meanwhile, Taiwan issued

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hacía apenas unas horas que Isis Woods había conocido a Michael Bradford cuando le envió un mensaje de texto a su madre, presa de la emoción. “Mamá, conocí a mi marido”, escribió con el teléfono en una mano y un cóctel en la otra. “¿Estás borracha?”, respondió la madre de Isis.

By Michelle Fisher and KABC staff Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A Los Angeles restaurant known for being friendly to the LGBTQ+ community has been subject to multiple acts of vandalism, including most recently an arson spree damaging employees’ cars. The chef of Sorry Not Sorry in the Sawtelle

By Amanda Palacios Click here for updates on this story     SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — It was just four years ago in 2019 when Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, announced that girls could join the program. That’s when Celeste Rios realized her dreams of earning Eagle Scout could finally come true. “Originally it was

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has test-fired several cruise missiles. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches early Saturday morning off the North’s west coast. The launches come two days after the United States and South Korean

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — “One Piece” está basada en una de las series de manga más populares de todos los tiempos, con un cuarto de siglo de historia a cuestas. Y si aún no te has familiarizado con ella, esta serie de acción real de Netflix sobre la extravagante aventura pirata parece un mal lugar

By Michael Callahan, CNN (CNN) — Russian fighter aircraft approached US F-35 fighter jets and other Coalition aircraft over Syria on seven occasions during the month of August and in several instances flew within 1,000 feet, the Pentagon said Friday. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said the Russian jets’ actions were “unsafe and

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — SMU is celebrating its entrance into the Atlantic Coast Conference. The move into a Power Five conference is quite the contrast to 36 years ago. That’s when the Mustangs were given the so-called death penalty for NCAA violations in a somber campus scene. SMU has wandered

By Paradise Afshar and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a fourth time since 2020, city officials said. The alarm system in

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — X, la plataforma de redes sociales anteriormente conocida como Twitter, dijo esta semana que podría recopilar información biométrica y laboral de sus usuarios, ampliando la gama de información personal que los titulares de cuentas podrían estar expuestos en la plataforma. Las medidas se producirán en una actualización de la

Analysis by Brad Lendon and Simone McCarthy, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China has built the world’s largest naval fleet, more than 340 warships, and until recently it has been regarded as a green-water navy, operating mostly near the country’s shores. But China’s shipbuilding reveals blue-water ambitions. In recent years it has launched large

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Panamá y Costa Rica preparan una zona de libre circulación fronteriza que apunta a poner orden en la región del Darién, la zona que conecta a estos dos países y Colombia y la cual en agosto rompió el récord de más de 330.000 cruces irregulares de migrantes por la zona.

By Mitchell McCluskey and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A large wildfire burning across 500 acres in Huntsville, Texas, forced some parts of the city to evacuate Friday, as forecasters are predicting extremely hot weather to persist over Labor Day weekend. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the fire, named the “Game Preserve Fire,”

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — As House Republicans’ impeachment drumbeat grows louder, White House officials are focused on whether House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can summon enough votes to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, according to two people familiar with the White House’s thinking. “That’s the first question on the table,”

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man who drove the getaway car in a stolen firearms trafficking scheme that led to the fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown in southwest Washington has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. Clark County Superior Court Judge David Gregerson sentenced 30-year-old Abran Raya Leon

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man who drove the getaway car in a stolen firearms trafficking scheme that led to the fatal shooting of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown in southwest Washington has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. Clark County Superior Court Judge David Gregerson sentenced 30-year-old Abran Raya Leon

By Donald Judd and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that there are no plans for the Republican to meet with President Joe Biden when he travels to Florida on Saturday, contradicting comments Biden made earlier in the day indicating they would. “We don’t have any plans for

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Travis Barker atenderá un asunto familiar ante de continuar con la gira de su banda de rock Blink-182. El grupo anunció en una historia de Instagram verificada el viernes que “debido a un asunto familiar urgente”, su baterista Barker “tuvo que regresar a su hogar en Estados Unidos”. Sus

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As South Korea struggles to get young people interested in marriage and kids, authorities are trying a new tack: importing foreign workers to carry some of the household burden. The government on Friday announced a pilot program allowing 100 foreign domestic helpers to

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente electo de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, denunció este viernes lo que considera un “golpe de estado en curso” orquestado, según afirmó, por grupos de poder que no quieren aceptar los resultados de los comicios del 20 de agosto. “Han puesto en marcha un plan para romper el orden constitucional y

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not approved to treat COVID-19. Friday’s decision returns the case to

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Xóchitl Gálvez define, a su manera, los días por venir en el proceso electoral de cara a las elecciones presidenciales de México de 2024. “Lo que el presidente (Andrés Manuel López Obrador) quiere es vencerme; no me va a vencer, soy una mujer muy ca…, soy una mujer muy entrona,

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The mother of one of the 13 US service members killed in the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing is demanding answers from the Biden administration about her son’s death, saying Friday that she wants to know more about his final moments. “Just accurate statements of where my child was at

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key fault line in a federal appeals court Friday, as judges heard arguments on whether to block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care in Kentucky and Tennessee. Supporters of trans kids being able to get puberty

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office says he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, suggesting that doing so could hinder disaster response because of the logistics involved. DeSantis spokesman Jeremy

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Imágenes de la cámara corporal de un policía muestran a un agente disparando a través del parabrisas del automóvil de una mujer embarazada después de que fue acusada de robar en una tienda de comestibles en un suburbio de Columbus, Ohio, la semana pasada. Ta’kiya Young, de 21 años,

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Diez personas presuntamente involucradas en la explosión de dos vehículos esta semana en Quito, Ecuador, permanecerán en prisión preventiva, informó este viernes la Fiscalía General del país en un comunicado. Gobierno de Ecuador califica de “atentados terroristas” la explosión de dos coches bomba en Quito Los sospechosos han sido acusados de

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man charged with attempted murder who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while fully shackled was arrested Friday after he was found floundering in a muddy pond. Christopher Pray was found buried up to the armpits in the pond in Portland, the Oregon State Police said. Portland Fire &

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Five former employees at a Georgia juvenile detention center have been indicted following the August 2022 death of a 16-year-old. A Whitfield County grand jury on Monday indicted the former director and nurse at the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton, as well as three former guards. All are

By Maya Szaniecki, Niamh Kennedy and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — French authorities will be “uncompromising” in their enforcement of a new ban on abayas in schools, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday, following the decision to ban the robe-like garment in the upcoming academic year. The ban, which was announced by France’s education minister,

KDKA By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story     SOMERSET, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The former Somerset County 911 director was arrested on child molestation charges, the district attorney announced on Friday. Brad Lavan is accused of sexual offenses against five children, ranging in age from 3 to 6 years old. His arrest comes

By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story     SOMERSET, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The former Somerset County 911 director was arrested on child molestation charges, the district attorney announced on Friday. Brad Lavan is accused of sexual offenses against five children, ranging in age from 3 to 6 years old. His arrest comes after

By KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story     BUTLER, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It appears charges won’t be filed against a man after he shot a fugitive accused of breaking into his home, Butler police said. Butler City officers said they found the resident holding 43-year-old Nathan Harvey “at bay” after they were called

KDKA By KDKA Staff Click here for updates on this story     BUTLER, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It appears charges won’t be filed against a man after he shot a fugitive accused of breaking into his home, Butler police said. Butler City officers said they found the resident holding 43-year-old Nathan Harvey “at bay” after they were

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Murió Mohamed Al-Fayed, el magnate egipcio que transformó la suerte de los grandes almacenes Harrods y del Fulham Football Club en Londres, informó su familia en un comunicado. Tenía 94 años. “La señora Mohamed Al Fayed, sus hijos y nietos desean confirmar que su amado esposo, su padre y su abuelo, Mohamed,

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Louisiana company will receive $2.6 million to relinquish the last remaining oil and gas lease on U.S. forest land near Montana’s Glacier National Park that’s sacred to Native Americans. A legal agreement announced Friday would resolve a decades-long dispute over the lease. The 10-square-mile drilling

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. During July and August, as the US saw widespread heatwaves and above-average coastal sea surface temperatures, Connecticut, New York

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Un hombre de 98 años, exguardia de un campo de concentración nazi, fue acusado formalmente de cargos de complicidad en el asesinato de más de 3.300 personas durante el Holocausto, dijeron este viernes autoridades de Alemania. Los fiscales no revelaron la identidad del hombre, de acuerdo con las leyes de privacidad

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled law enforcement officials can’t use a Tennessee law that strictly limits drag shows to interfere with a local Pride festival this weekend. A U.S. district judge in Knoxville ordered District Attorney Ryan Desmond and other local law enforcement officials not to

By DANICA KIRKA, CARA RUBINSKY and JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, died this week, his family said Friday. He was 94. Al Fayed, the longtime owner of Harrods department store and the Fulham Football Club, was devastated

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s capital city on Friday were investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to a 19th century frontiersman and U.S. soldier who had a leading role in the death of hundreds of Native Americans during Anglo-American settlement of the American West.

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said Friday that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will make Russia’s enemies “think twice.” Agency head Yuri Borisov said Sarmat missiles have been placed on combat duty, according to Russian news agencies. Further details were

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Mohamed Al-Fayed, the outspoken Egyptian tycoon who transformed the fortunes of two London institutions, the Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club, and waged a war of words with Britain’s royals after his son was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, has died, according to

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former President Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president delivered his second-to-last state of the union address and perhaps what was most striking about his 1 1/2 hour speech was what he didn’t talk about: drugs, crime or drug cartels. Experts and inhabitants agree that wide swaths of Mexico are under the de-facto control of drug cartels, but

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Facts Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS). ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond. The

By Chris Liakos, Nimi Princewill and Claudia Colliva, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week during demonstrations against the United Nations’ mission in the country. Protesters in the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday criticized the UN’s Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO), the East African Community and

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is going globetrotting to four major meetings before the biggest meeting of all – the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly starting Sept. 18. Secretary-General António Guterres heads first to Nairobi on Saturday for the Africa Climate

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It would be a mistake to presuppose these are the final days of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s record-setting run as the Republican leader in the Senate. But his recent public freezing spells make it imprudent not to consider what comes next. Each member of the acknowledged possible short

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have found a link between human-related greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear reproduction and survival rates for the first time in a new study, potentially overcoming a barrier to protecting the species. Polar bears live in 19 populations across the Arctic and are found in Canada,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man charged with attempted murder who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while fully shackled was arrested Friday after he was found floundering in a muddy pond. Christopher Pray was found buried up to the armpits in the pond in Portland, the Oregon State Police said. Portland Fire &

By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A Whitfield County grand jury has indicted five Department of Juvenile Justice employees in connection with an August 2022 in-custody death at the Dalton Youth Detention Center, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The indictments were issued Monday, just over a year after

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a woman who fatally shot her lover during a confrontation in her bedroom. The majority agreed on Friday to overturn a unanimous appellate decision that had ordered a new trial for Wendy Dawn Lamb Hicks.

By Miya Shay Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As a 14-year-old starting his freshman year in high school, Gerardo Garza Jr. already has plenty to worry about. But now, he’s going through all those back-to-school challenges without his mom by his side. “I really do miss my mom, and

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s broken down. Please rescue us. Werneth hopped in his vehicle to assist, driving by Patrick Space Force Base near Cape Canaveral, Florida. From the A1A highway, Werneth

By Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Prosecutors say an alleged affair led to one driver ramming another driver off the road in northwest Houston. The victim is now in critical condition. Andrei Silviu Niculusca, 47, appeared in court overnight. He’s facing a second degree felony charge of

By Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story     IVINS, Utah (KSL) — A popular YouTube blogger and the creator of Utah County-based mental health counseling company have been arrested and accused of child abuse after police say a malnourished child who appeared to have had his hands bound ran to a neighboring home

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Travis Barker has had to put family first instead of continuing to tour with his rock band Blink-182. The band announced on its verified Instagram Story on Friday that “due to an urgent family matter,” their drummer Barker “has had to return home to the States.” Their shows in

By Bill Ritter Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK, NY (WABC) — The mother of a 5-month-old girl knew something was wrong with her baby despite what some doctors were telling her. Faustina Cavero said she could see the glow was gone from her baby girl’s face. “I’m like ‘Oh my god.’

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Este sábado, cuando el reloj marque las 11:59 p.m., las personas que viven en Chile continental deberán adelantar sus relojes en 60 minutos para dar inicio al horario de verano. La medida busca que los ciudadanos puedan aprovechar las tardes con más luz que se comienzan a dar en el

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback. Photos of text messages released Thursday by Reeves’ re-election campaign show the