Russia downs 20 drones over Crimea following a spate of attacks on Moscow
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight,…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight,…
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press SAN JUAN SACATEPEQUEZ, Guatemala (AP) — Over the past decade, Guatemalan presidential candidate Sandra Torres…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Geoff Butler jumped into his truck in the dark hours of July 11 as heavy rain battered the rural Vermont…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH, BEATRICE DUPUY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A raging wildfire that swept through a…
Continue ReadingBy Gerardo Lemos, Ana Canizares and Chris Lau, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — The body of the assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate…
Continue ReadingBy KOSTYA MANENKOV The Associated Press ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY MCAVOY Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pochaina neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital comes alive every weekend as hundreds of people flock to its famous flea…
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN, ED KOMENDA and AUDREY MCAVOY WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — As smoke cleared from the fires in Maui that killed at least 80 people and…
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United…
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — All along the South Carolina coast, developers of new homes…
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TRACY BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in China’s southwest after heavy rain caused hillsides to…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press VAIL, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was more than 40 minutes into a town hall in…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As he gears up for reelection, President Joe Biden is already facing questions about…
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Guatemalans are voting in a presidential runoff that sees a former first lady compete against the son of a former…
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares. All the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A judge’s order requiring “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian group is stirring…
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny on Friday took aim at Russia’s “corrupt”…
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, Jessie Gretener and Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — A former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor has said there is…
Continue ReadingJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A walrus calf found on its own miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope last week and who received cuddles as part of…
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian state elections have ended in a return to the status quo, with Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingCNN, KEYE By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Three hunters from Florida and a dog were found dead after they got trapped in an underground cistern…
Continue ReadingBOGOTÁ (AP) — Colombian officials say they have arrested the father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash that killed…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say seven worshippers have been killed when a mosque collapsed…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says he expects to call out former President Donald…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press A Nebraska judge is allowing a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming…
Continue ReadingBy CARLA BRIDI and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Friday alleged former President Jair…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died while on the…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has found a security guard not guilty of charges in a 2018 fatal shooting…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine at California’s Camp Pendleton has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was found in a base…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threats two years ago to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs when she was the secretary of…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Prosecutors in Utah on Friday declined to file charges against a Salt Lake City police officer who…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama boat co-captain says he was hanging on “for dear life” when he was attacked…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The early estimate of the areas encompassed by the devastating Maui wildfires includes about $1.3…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Better cancer treatments, advances in longevity, groundbreaking medicines and vaccines: these are just…
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida man has been arrested for claiming to be a veterinarian and performing surgery on a pregnant dog who ended…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit from the state of Utah challenging President Joe Biden’s restoration of…
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan…
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press WINNIPEG, Canada (AP) — The Native American Journalists Association has voted to change its…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three former Republican political operatives have agreed to pay over $50,000 in restitution and penalties for their roles in…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The chief legal officer at Fox Corp. who oversaw a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation allegations…
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta is deciding whether to block a Georgia law that bans hormone…
Continue ReadingCNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The devastating Maui wildfires, which have killed dozens of people and displaced thousands more,…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate;…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York’s Long…
Continue ReadingBy DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after he…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A man has opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle, killing a woman. Authorities say deputies and…
Continue ReadingWEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Body-camera video released by authorities shows a Connecticut police officer fatally shooting a car theft suspect…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A 37-year-old central Indiana man has been indicted in connection with a telephone threat made to a municipal clerk in Michigan…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at visas, travel documents for individuals who are visiting or moving to the United States.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Facts The Statue of…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a motion to dismiss a challenge to construction permits…
Continue ReadingBy Isabelle Chapman, Scott Bronstein, Casey Tolan and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — When Hawaii officials released a report last year ranking the…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexican officials say they’re investigating the death of a fourth woman at a Tijuana hotel frequented by a California man…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — An explosion caused a four-unit apartment building in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle.…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press In Hawaii, firefighters were still working Friday to fully contain devastating wildfires that have killed at least 55 people.…
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — College campuses across the country will be filling up in the coming weeks as the fall…
Continue ReadingBy MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. A couple taking their wedding vows. All…
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the third person killed in a bus crash on a Pennsylvania interstate near the…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Avian botulism has been detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs…
Continue ReadingBy Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old pleaded not guilty Friday to hate-motivated murder in a stabbing that followed a…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever…
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Three hunters from Florida and a dog were found dead after they got trapped in an underground cistern partially…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden is bringing renewed…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). Personal Birth date: August 20, 1933…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild…
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The day began windier than usual in Lahaina, a Hawaiian sunrise painting the sky enchanting colors, a powerful…
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — While many classical music institutions are struggling to regain audience, the Salzburg…
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California…
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s national primary election Sunday won’t just help determine which…
Continue ReadingWDRB By Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools through August 15 following what the…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and…
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It was once filled with bright green leaves and sweeping branches that covered its visitors with shade. Now,…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement this…
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who was convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl in the 1980s and then run out…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER, DYLAN LOVAN and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An overly-ambitious redesign of bus routes for…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel Friday in…
Continue ReadingUS wholesale inflation rose more than expected in July, reversing a yearlong cooling trend, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire…
Continue ReadingUS inflation has had a snowballing effect on family…
Continue ReadingOn the tail of the discovery of a whale fossil that is the largest animal on record, researchers in Egypt announced the unearthing of one of the…
Continue ReadingOil prices have soared about 20% since late June but they could go even higher this year if the OPEC+ alliance sticks to its policy of restraining…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Catholic priest admits he committed acts of sexual misconduct with a child he met through his pastoral duties. Jamie…
Continue ReadingKENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an…
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, following two straight months…
Continue ReadingWalls of bright orange flames. Harrowing escapes. The charred shells of what’s left…
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge accused of killing his wife during an argument while drunk…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions against four Russians on the board of Alfa Group.…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — New versions of the Mustang muscle car will begin shipping next week and more than two thirds of the orders include the big, 5-liter…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says an environmental disaster has been prevented…
Continue ReadingBy KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial…
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