US sails warships through Taiwan Strait in 1st since Pelosi
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait in the first such transit publicized since House Speaker…
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US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip
By Brad Lendon, CNN Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since…
Continue Reading At 90, the Venice Film Festival looks better than ever
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Cinema’s biggest stars just seem to shine a bit brighter at the Venice International Film Festival, which begins…
Continue Reading Brigham Young University apologizes, bans fan over racist slurs during volleyball match
By Matt Foster, CNN Brigham Young University issued an apology on Saturday for racist comments made by a fan during a women’s volleyball match…
Continue Reading NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza is let go from the Buffalo Bills after he was accused of raping a teen girl in a lawsuit
By Homero De la Fuente, Nouran Salahieh and Stella Chan, CNN NFL rookie punter Matt Araiza has been released from the Buffalo Bills days after he and…
Continue Reading Why Singapore’s gay sex law change is a double-edged sword for LGBTQ activists
By Heather Chen, CNN When Singapore announced this week it would end a colonial-era law that criminalized sex between men, it looked like a big…
Continue Reading New Mexico man charged with supporting Islamic State group
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man has been arrested and charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State group and…
Continue Reading Bills release punter Matt Araiza after gang rape allegation
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A major public backlash coupled with the graphic details contained in a lawsuit alleging…
Continue Reading At least 32 people dead following violent clashes between rival militias in Libyan capital of Tripoli
By Eyad Kourdi and Nada Bashir, CNN At least 32 people have died and 159 have been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across…
Continue Reading Police video of fatal encounter shows lack of de-escalation
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press A caller to 911 in Salt Lake City said a man had come into a brewery in his underwear, tried to steal beer and was…
Continue Reading Judge plans to appoint special master in Trump records case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida told the Justice Department on Saturday to provide her with more…
Continue Reading Prince Charles edits British Black newspaper ‘The Voice’
LONDON (AP) — The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper “The Voice” to mark its 40-year anniversary.…
Continue Reading 2 people fatally shot and bicyclist killed in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California officials say three people have been killed in a confrontation in Oakland and the dead include the suspect who…
Continue Reading Turbulence on Florida to Utah flight injures 3 passengers
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three passengers on a Delta Airlines flight from Orlando to Salt Lake City suffered injuries when the jet encountered…
Continue Reading BYU bans fan who yelled slur at Duke volleyball player
PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU banned a fan who yelled a racial slur at a Black player on the Duke volleyball team during a match Friday night, the…
Continue Reading 3 Dutch soldiers shot outside hotel in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three Dutch soldiers were shot and wounded early Saturday in downtown Indianapolis following what police…
Continue Reading Bob LuPone, who helped lead MCC Theater, has died at 76
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bob LuPone, who as an actor earned a Tony nomination in the original run of “A Chorus…
Continue Reading D.C. children’s hospital harassed over trans youth services
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical providers at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.,…
Continue Reading Roland Mesnier, pastry chef for five presidents, dies at 78
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roland Mesnier, who created often-magical desserts for five presidents and their guests as…
Continue Reading Diana’s car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears
LONDON (AP) — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th…
Continue Reading Trevor Story returns to lineup for struggling Red Sox
KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story has returned to the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against…
Continue Reading Visitor to Grand Canyon’s North Rim slips, falls and dies
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials say a man fell to his death on the park’s North Rim and his body has been…
Continue Reading The USDA is sprinkling fish-flavored vaccines from the sky to fight rabies
By Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… an oral rabies vaccine, dropped from the sky. The U.S. Department of…
Continue Reading Hungary fireworks go on but weather agency controversy stays
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An elaborate fireworks display took place Saturday under calm skies in Hungary’s…
Continue Reading Ex-NBA player Terrence Williams pleads guilty in fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player Terrence Williams has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud and identity theft in connection…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of an off-duty NYPD officer
By Jay Croft, CNN Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the assault and robbery earlier this week of an off-duty officer in the Bronx,…
Continue Reading Should vacant hotels in Los Angeles house the homeless? Voters will decide.
By Nick Watt, CNN On an average night in Los Angeles County, more than 60,000 people are homeless. At the same time, there are more than 20,000…
Continue Reading Police: 2 confirmed dead after truck drives into barbecue
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A truck drove off a Dutch dike and slammed into a neighborhood barbecue in a village Saturday evening, and police…
Continue Reading Michigan lifting some fuel rules after Indiana refinery fire
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s governor is lifting some rules on fuel supply transportation in response to an Indiana oil refinery fire…
Continue Reading Michigan governor enacts state of energy emergency after refinery fire threatens fuel supply
By Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has enacted a state of energy emergency following an electrical fire at a BP…
Continue Reading Texas has bused nearly 9,000 migrants to NYC and DC as an affront to Biden’s immigration policies
Zenebou Sylla, CNN Texas has bused nearly 9,000 asylum seekers to New York City and Washington, DC in recent months, as part of Gov. Greg…
Continue Reading EU official says Serbia, Kosovo agree on IDs in step forward
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief says Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on how to resolve a dispute over…
Continue Reading Rival Chechen fighters take war to battlefields of Ukraine
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ANDREW KRAVCHENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kneeling in a patch of yellow wildflowers, a Chechen soldier…
Continue Reading Bashar al-Assad Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place:…
Continue Reading Oregon wildfire triples its reach in 1 day, burning thousands more acres and forcing evacuations
By Jason Hanna and Rebekah Riess, CNN A southwestern Oregon wildfire burning since mid-August spread rapidly from Friday to Saturday thanks to strong…
Continue Reading At LatAm’s biggest rodeo, Brazilians don’t believe the polls
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BARRETOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro traveled to Latin America’s biggest rodeo — a…
Continue Reading 3 Dutch soldiers shot outside hotel in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three Dutch soldiers were shot and wounded early Saturday in downtown Indianapolis following what police…
Continue Reading California weighs rules giving fast food workers more power
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting…
Continue Reading Maryland court rules DC-area sniper to be resentenced
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has ruled that Washington, D.C.-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be…
Continue Reading Donetsk People’s Republic says it is ready to transfer remains of American killed in Ukraine
By Olly Racz, Manveena Suri and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) says it is ready to transfer the remains of an…
Continue Reading Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social…
Continue Reading How to watch the Artemis I mission lift off to the moon
By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time in 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon. The uncrewed Artemis I…
Continue Reading Disturbance halts Wiz Khalifa concert in Indiana, 3 injured
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Rapper Wiz Khalifa cut short a concert in suburban Indianapolis as people began fleeing the outdoor venue, leaving three…
Continue Reading Crist picks Miami teachers union leader as running mate
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Charlie Crist on Saturday tapped Miami-Dade County teachers union president…
Continue Reading US agents in Memphis seize shipped ancient Egyptian artifact
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal agents in Memphis have seized a potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe.…
Continue Reading Artemis I prepares to launch on a historic lunar journey
By Ashley Strickland, CNN In 1968, NASA astronaut Bill Anders captured a photo while aboard Apollo 8 that changed the way we see our planet:…
Continue Reading Mastriano wore Confederate uniform for faculty photo
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, three years before retiring from the U.S. Army, posed in a Confederate…
Continue Reading Garbage piles in Scotland raise health concerns amid strikes
LONDON (AP) — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Lower prescription prices to take time in new law
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to rein in the soaring…
Continue Reading NASA initiates two-day countdown for Artemis I mission
By Zoe Sottile, CNN In just around 46 hours, the Artemis I rocket is set to take off for an uncrewed flight around the moon — and NASA is…
Continue Reading A 3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact was seized by customs officials in Tennessee
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A millennia-old Egyptian artifact was found in a shipment to the port at Memphis, Tennessee, officials say. US Customs and Border…
Continue Reading Protests in India against release of 11 convicted rapists
By BHUMIKA SARASWATI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of people on Saturday held demonstrations in several parts of India to protest a…
Continue Reading Poles, Czechs vow to protect Slovak airspace as MiGs retired
MALACKY, Slovakia (AP) — Poland and Czechia have signed an agreement to protect Slovak airspace as Slovakia gives up its old Soviet-made MiG-29…
Continue Reading Anaheim finally recognizes ‘Little Arabia’ after decades of advocacy
By Zoe Sottile, CNN After years of lobbying by advocates, Anaheim finally designated its Arab-American enclave as “Little Arabia” on…
Continue Reading Small businesses feel the pinch from slowing housing market
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small…
Continue Reading Fed tackles inflation with its most diverse leadership ever
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic…
Continue Reading Pope expands ranks of cardinals who’ll likely pick successor
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis elevated 20 more churchmen to the rank of cardinal on Saturday,…
Continue Reading Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press OSORNO, Chile (AP) — In labor with her first child last month, Lucia Hernández Rumian danced around…
Continue Reading Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified…
Continue Reading Philippines: All 85 people from burned ferry safely rescued
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — All 85 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire near its port destination south of Manila have been…
Continue Reading Online documents from Buffalo shooting suspect could inspire copycat attacks, intelligence bulletin warns
By Geneva Sands, CNN Online documents attributed to the suspect in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket mass shooting have the potential to inspire…
Continue Reading HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses’ front…
Continue Reading Iraqi PM: Political crisis undermining security achievements
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi warned Saturday that the political…
Continue Reading Giant eye murals bear witness to Palestinians in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of artists has filled a Palestinian area of east Jerusalem with paintings of large, wide-open eyes. The murals are a…
Continue Reading At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being…
Continue Reading Serbia’s leader says EuroPride won’t happen due to threats
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says the country won’t allow a pan-European LGBTQ Pride event to…
Continue Reading Ukraine, Russia trade more blame on threats to nuclear plant
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fears about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant…
Continue Reading Deadly clashes shake Libya’s capital, killing 23 people
BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival…
Continue Reading Deaths from flooding in monsoon drenched Pakistan near 1,000
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000…
Continue Reading Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach agreement on a United Nations treaty designed to protect marine life on…
Continue Reading Failures of the Uvalde massacre response, including not heeding lessons of Columbine, could shadow law enforcement for decades
By Peter Nickeas, CNN After the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School, a state commission investigating the attack in Colorado offered a…
Continue Reading Buses move 400 asylum-seekers from squalid Dutch camp
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Authorities have transferred hundreds of asylum-seekers away from a makeshift camp…
Continue Reading Oklahoma state board affirms decision to downgrade accreditation for 2 school districts over violating law on race and gender teaching
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Two school districts in Oklahoma will remain under a downgraded accreditation status after they were accused of…
Continue Reading ‘This will change everything for me’: Americans react to Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20k in student loan debt
By Emma Tucker and JiMin Lee, CNN Americans across the country are sharing their mixed reactions to President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive…
Continue Reading Tunisia hosts Japanese-African economic cooperation meeting
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — African heads of state, representatives of international organizations and private…
Continue Reading Sick dolphin calf improves with tube-fed milk, helping hands
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press RAYONG, Thailand (AP) — The Irrawaddy dolphin calf — sick and too weak to swim — was drowning in a tidal…
Continue Reading ‘We’re a part of this movement, too.’ Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Mikiko Galpin still feels the impact of being sexually assaulted by someone he thought he could trust — and the…
Continue Reading Russia blocks final draft of nuclear disarmament treaty at UN
By Richard Roth, CNN A month-long meeting on nuclear disarmament ended in failure at the United Nations Friday night when Russia refused to accept…
Continue Reading Mealworm seasoning: Scientists explore creepy-crawly flavoring to satisfy meat cravings
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Would you like some meaty, savory mealworm powder seasoning with your food? It’s a question you might soon be hearing at…
Continue Reading Abrams, Georgia Dems call midterms ‘unfinished business’
By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Four years ago, Georgia Democrats had a contested primary for governor because…
Continue Reading Malaysia court slams leak of alleged verdict of ex-PM’s wife
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court has condemned as a deliberate smear attempt the leaking of the alleged verdict against the…
Continue Reading Darya Dugina’s death provides a glimpse into Russia’s vast disinformation machine — and the influential women fronting it
By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to…
Continue Reading Early budget reveal sparks talk of snap Malaysian elections
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says it will present its 2023 national budget on Oct. 7, three weeks ahead of schedule,…
Continue Reading Louisiana man wrongfully convicted for rape as teen is freed 36 years later
By Melissa Alonso and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Louisiana man has been exonerated after spending more than 36 years in jail for rape, according to…
Continue Reading California budget to cover some out-of-state abortion travel
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is preparing to spend up to $20 million to bring women from other states to its…
Continue Reading NAACP supports removal of Cowboys for Trump cofounder
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from holding…
Continue Reading Philadelphia School District bus drivers and other workers reach tentative contract agreement, union says
By Laura Ly, CNN A union representing about 2,000 Philadelphia School District employees said Friday it has averted a strike by reaching a tentative…
Continue Reading Mom of 6-year-old girl thankful doorbell camera captured alleged attempted abduction
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A Ring doorbell camera captured the attempted abduction of a 6-year-old girl from the front of her house Tuesday in Hamilton,…
Continue Reading Why NASA is returning to the moon 50 years later with Artemis I
By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s time to go back to the moon. Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA…
Continue Reading Haiti reveals ‘colossal loss’ of $4M worth of corruption
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A soccer field that was paid for but never built. A school that…
Continue Reading Pa. man who attacked police on Jan. 6 gets 46-month sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag…
Continue Reading FBI search warrant affidavit says there could be ‘evidence of obstruction’ at Mar-a-Lago
By Marshall Cohen, Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN The FBI told a judge that there was “probable cause to believe” that classified…
Continue Reading Decision on California’s last nuke plant could be postponed
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office are discussing a compromise over…
Continue Reading Amid fears of voting machines, Nevada approves hand counting
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada secretary of state’s office has approved new rules for counties to…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Adam…
Continue Reading Border Patrol rescues baby, toddler left in Arizona desert
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Border Patrol says one of its agents rescued an infant and a toddler who were left alone in…
Continue Reading Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breach
By KATE BRUMBACK and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading Officials hope to reopen flood-damaged LA to Phoenix highway
DESERT CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood…
Continue Reading Bills’ investigation of Araiza didn’t include alleged victim
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the unsealed Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
By JILL COLVIN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the FBI affidavit justifying the search of Donald Trump’s…
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