Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of…
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By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you go on a health kick during the pandemic? A lot of people did. And with millions suddenly working from home and gyms…
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By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you go on a health kick during the pandemic? A lot of people did. And with millions suddenly working from home and gyms…
Continue Reading UK drops prosecution of protesters over slain woman’s vigil
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered…
Continue Reading Major wildfire in Spain forces the evacuation of 1,500
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Continue Reading Norway puts down Freya the walrus that drew Oslo crowds
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Norway have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a…
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By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels, Hira Humayun, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lina El Wardani, CNN At least 18 children died in a fire that killed…
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By JOHNSON LAI and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12…
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the state investigation spurred by then-President Donald Trump’s call to Georgia’s top…
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain…
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Continue Reading Fireworks blast at Yerevan market kills 2, injures 60
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Continue Reading Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on…
Continue Reading Iraqi judiciary says it has no powers to dissolve parliament
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn’t have the authority to dissolve the…
Continue Reading How a tiny nonprofit with no full-time employees became the foremost tracker of gun violence in America
By Eric Levenson, CNN In the Supreme Court decision overturning a New York gun law, the three liberal justices opened their dissent by citing data…
Continue Reading Veteran Indian investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala dies at 62
NEW DELHI (AP) — Veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India’s own Warren Buffett, died Sunday in…
Continue Reading Traffic accident in heavy rain in Pakistan leaves 13 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a truck overturned and fell onto a passenger van in eastern Pakistan during heavy rain, killing 13 people and…
Continue Reading Five Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack
By Amir Tal and Hadas Gold, CNN At least eight people, including five Americans, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western…
Continue Reading In Ukraine, rebuilding starts with neighbors’ help
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press NOVOSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As battles raged around Kyiv, one Russian advance was…
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By Kara Fox and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie…
Continue Reading 1 person is dead and 17 injured after a car drove through a crowd at a Pennsylvania community event
By Tina Burnside, CNN A man was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into a crowd Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, killing one person and…
Continue Reading High oil prices help Saudi Aramco earn $88B in first half
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second…
Continue Reading Brief scuffles slow tallying in Kenya’s close election
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption when riot police responded to…
Continue Reading Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Weeks after followers of an influential cleric stormed parliament, Iraq’s…
Continue Reading 2 people died after a small plane crashed into a building in Illinois, officials say
By Paradise Afshar, CNN Two people died after a small plane crashed into a building in Illinois on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The pilot of…
Continue Reading A Virginia zoo is auctioning the chance to name its adorable new siamang
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Virginia Zoo welcomed the birth of an adorable, endangered ape — and they’re offering the public the chance to…
Continue Reading Police: Man drives into fundraiser crowd, then kills mother
BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state police say a man upset about an argument with his mother drove into a crowd of people at a fundraiser for…
Continue Reading Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes part of eastern Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An undersea earthquake has shaken part of eastern Indonesia, but there are no immediate reports of deaths or major…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie’s ‘road to recovery has begun,’ author’s agent says, as stabbing suspect pleads not guilty
By Nouran Salahieh, Nicki Brown, Liam Reilly and Samantha Beech, CNN The renowned author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and continues…
Continue Reading She fled Afghanistan with her law degree sewn into her dress. Many of her colleagues were left behind
By Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN When Fawzia Amini worked as a senior judge in Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, she presided over cases of…
Continue Reading River torrent kills 7 in China amid widespread heavy rains
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say seven people were killed by a torrent of water that came rushing down a river in a popular recreational spot…
Continue Reading Meteor hitting atmosphere is ‘likely’ cause for loud boom heard in Utah and Idaho, officials say
By Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN A high-altitude meteor which blew up when it hit the atmosphere “is likely the best theory” for a…
Continue Reading Palestinian gunman wounds 8 in late-night Jerusalem shooting
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City early Sunday, wounding…
Continue Reading GOP candidates stress urgency at annual Nevada cookout
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Continue Reading On the shoulders of Jackie Robinson, today’s Dodgers players reflect on his impact
By Paul Vercammen, CNN “When Jackie Robinson stepped on the field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, for us Black folk, it was our Neil…
Continue Reading Officials: Loud ‘boom’ heard in north Utah likely a meteor
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A loud “boom” heard across areas of northern Utah was likely a meteor, officials said Saturday. Reports of the loud noise…
Continue Reading Arizona parents arrested trying to get in locked-down school
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Three Arizona parents have been arrested after trying to force their way onto an elementary school…
Continue Reading They reached the Kobe Bryant crash site, then set off a chain reaction leading to a macabre court case
By Jason Kravarik, CNN Amid heavy fog and dense brush, eight members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department set off on foot up the…
Continue Reading Family of Vanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier found dead, seeks $35 million in damages
By Rebekah Riess, CNN The family of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who disappeared from Fort Hood, Texas, in 2020 and was later found dead, filed a case…
Continue Reading Actor and comedian Teddy Ray dies in Southern California
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Comedian and actor Teddy Ray has died at the age of 32. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and the…
Continue Reading Police: Man slashed 3 with machete after trying to buy guns
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — A man is facing assault and weapons charges after allegedly attacking three people with a machete at a sporting goods store…
Continue Reading Former Deutsche Bank Co-CEO Anshu Jain dies
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Continue Reading Nicaraguans celebrate Mass peacefully after procession ban
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Continue Reading Official: Over 50 deaths from seasonal floods in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese official says floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan have killed more than 50 people and inundated over…
Continue Reading More than 100,000 people in Michigan remain under a boil water advisory after a main leak
By Claire Colbert, CNN About 133,000 people in the Greater Detroit area remain under a boil water advisory Sunday, a day after a leak was discovered…
Continue Reading A missing dog was finally found — 500 feet underground in an intricate cave system
By Zoe Sottile, CNN When teacher and recreational caver Rick Haley set out to help map a cave on August 6, he had no idea he would end up staging a…
Continue Reading 2 killed when small plane crashes on roadway in Illinois
HANNA CITY, Ill. (AP) — Two people are dead after a single-engine plane they were in crashed on a roadway in the small central Illinois community…
Continue Reading Plane bumps another while backing up at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — An airplane bumped into another plane while backing up at Logan International Airport in Boston, prompting an investigation. No one…
Continue Reading Former flight attendant sues Delta Air Lines after it fired her for sharing anti-Trump editorial cartoon on social media
By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN An employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Delta Air Lines flight attendant says she was fired for posting an…
Continue Reading 3 newborn lion cubs a rare joyous sight in war-scarred Gaza
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Three day-old lion cubs were on display Saturday in a cardboard box at a Gaza City…
Continue Reading Audit: Va. failed on earlier advice before I-95 gridlock
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia government failed to carry out numerous lessons from a 2018 snowstorm that caused highway gridlock, as exhibited by a…
Continue Reading LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche’s car accident, when the actor crashed into…
Continue Reading Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades
By JORGE LEBRIJA Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali along with Rosarito and Ensenada were…
Continue Reading Germans urged to cap heat in offices this winter to save gas
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s economy minister says German businesses and public institutions should heat their offices no higher than 19 degrees…
Continue Reading Physician Green wins Hawaii Democratic primary for governor
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — For their 16th wedding anniversary, Democrats in Hawaii gifted Josh Green and his wife, Jaime, a…
Continue Reading What takes years and costs $20K? A San Francisco trash can
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What takes four years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco.…
Continue Reading Police: Officers in Texas fatally shoot man with rifle
RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say police in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, fatally shot a man who pointed a rifle at them. The shooting…
Continue Reading Va. police: Over a dozen injured when car crashes into pub
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Authorities say more than a dozen people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a pub and restaurant in northern Virginia.…
Continue Reading Developer finds human remains near Nashville Civil War fort
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka permits Chinese ship to dock after postponement
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Chinese research ship will be allowed to dock in a Sri Lankan port after a…
Continue Reading Montenegro mourns after 10 are killed in street attack
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro declared three days of national mourning Saturday, a day after 10 people,…
Continue Reading Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima…
Continue Reading Getting up close and personal with Patagonia’s pumas
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Continue Reading New species of giant deep-sea isopod discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from “Alien” has been identified in…
Continue Reading Police shoot and kill Wisconsin man after domestic dispute
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say police shot and killed a man in Appleton, Wisconsin, while investigating a domestic…
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Continue Reading Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue Reading Troubling questions unresolved in latest end to Till case
By JAY REEVES Associated Press By her own telling, Mississippi authorities provided Carolyn Bryant Donham with preferential treatment rather than…
Continue Reading 3 migrants die after smuggler’s van crashes in Austria
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Austria say three people have died when a van carrying 20 people believed to be migrants overturned after evading a…
Continue Reading Libya officials: 15 migrants found dead on border with Sudan
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say they found at least 15 migrants dead in the desert on the borders with Sudan.…
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Shipping companies are preparing to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river near a critically low…
Continue Reading Russian shelling heavy in east; Ukraine strikes key bridge
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as…
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Continue Reading R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The leader of Italy’s Democratic Party is warning of the threats to European democracy posed…
Continue Reading Conspiracies complicate voting machine debate in Louisiana
By SARA CLINE AND CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in…
Continue Reading Boat captain in fatal smuggling incident sentenced to 18 years
By Topher Gauk-Roger and Josh Campbell, CNN The captain of a San Diego vessel that sank in 2021 killing three of 32 smuggled migrants on board was…
Continue Reading Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has…
Continue Reading Former fire captain repeatedly walked off the witness stand during testimony over Kobe Bryant crash scene photos
By Jason Kravarik, CNN A former Los Angeles County fire captain walked off the witness stand three times during testimony Monday while being…
Continue Reading Egypt appoints 13 new ministers in Cabinet reshuffle
CAIRO (AP) — President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt has announced a Cabinet reshuffle to improve his administration’s performance as it…
Continue Reading Spain: 1 killed when wind collapses parts of festival stage
MADRID (AP) — Part of a temporary concert stage collapsed in strong wind Saturday at an outdoor music festival in eastern Spain, killing one person…
Continue Reading What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning…
Continue Reading Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of U.K. train drivers have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike over jobs, pay and…
Continue Reading Dutch arrest man linked to currency mixer Tornado Cash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch financial prosecutors say they have detained a man suspected of involvement in “concealing criminal financial…
Continue Reading One dead, 17 injured after stage collapse at Spanish music festival
By Al Goodman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music…
Continue Reading Stolen skulls of Black Philadelphians were displayed in an Ivy League classroom for years. They may soon receive a proper burial
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Behind glass-fronted cabinets in a University of Pennsylvania classroom, the skulls of Black Philadelphians whose remains…
Continue Reading Vehicle accident in southern Egypt kills 9, injures 18
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a vehicle accident in the southern province of Minya killed at least nine people and injured 18. They say the…
Continue Reading Ukrainian minister says Russia blocking access to medicines
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s health minister has accused Russian authorities of…
Continue Reading Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a…
Continue Reading Inside the Ukraine power plant raising the specter of nuclear disaster in Europe
By Eliza Mackintosh and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on the main island of…
Continue Reading Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
By ANDREA ROSA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the…
Continue Reading Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist…
Continue Reading Colorado eliminates sales tax on diapers and menstrual products
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Buying diapers and feminine hygiene products is about to get just a little bit easier for Coloradans. HB22-1055, also known as…
Continue Reading Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack pleads not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges, attorney says
By Paul P. Murphy, Aya Elamroussi, Nicki Brown, Samantha Beech, Liam Reilly and Ray Sanchez, CNN The man suspected of stabbing renowned author Salman…
Continue Reading An alligator was euthanized after being found with a knife in its head
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida alligator was euthanized after bystanders spotted the reptile swimming with a knife stuck between its eyes, officials…
Continue Reading Man rescued from tunnel allegedly planned bank heist: Rome police
By Nicola Ruotolo and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an…
Continue Reading This man just won the Maryland lottery for the second time in two months
By Zoe Sottile, CNN For most people, winning the lottery is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But one Delaware man was lucky enough to win the…
Continue Reading Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
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