Gilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing…
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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), a religious sect that…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944…
Continue Reading Court watchdog files complaint against a judge who ordered ‘religious-liberty training’ for lawyers
Associated Press A court watchdog has filed a complaint against the federal judge who ordered “religious-liberty training” for a trio of…
Continue Reading NFL Concussions Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at concussions in the National Football League. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury…
Continue Reading Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Personal…
Continue Reading A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that…
Continue Reading Scott Hamilton Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Olympic and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. Personal Birth date:…
Continue Reading Devastated Tuohys ready to end conservatorship for Michael Oher, lawyers say
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Personal Birth date: August 20, 1966…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Personal: Birth date: August 21, 1973 Birth place:…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Tour de France. July 1-23, 2023 – The 110th Tour de France takes place. Danish…
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Video shows tourist climbing into Rome’s Trevi Fountain to fill up water bottle
By Caolán Magee and Hannah Holland, CNN (CNN) — A video of a tourist climbing into Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain to fill her water bottle has…
Continue Reading New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally…
Continue Reading Tennessee man who killed 8 gets life in prison in surprise plea deal after new evidence surfaces
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who had been facing a death penalty trial in the killings of eight people…
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Homeowners are tapping into their home equity to get cash
With home values remaining strong across the country, Americans are tapping into their home equity to pay for renovations and…
Continue Reading Armed Utah man shot by FBI last week carried AR-15 in 2018 police encounter, records show
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 75-year-old man shot by officers trying to arrest him for social media threats he made against…
Continue Reading New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve minutes: Too-high inflation, still a threat, could require more rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials last month still regarded high inflation as an ongoing…
Continue Reading Items seized in a police raid at the Marion County Record newspaper in Kansas returned and headed for forensic analysis, publisher says
By Whitney Wild, Sarah Moon and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — After days of national controversy over the raid of a small town’s newspaper office…
Continue Reading Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gruesome video circulated Wednesday on social media may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men, and has…
Continue Reading Kansas prosecutor says police should return computers and cellphones seized in raid on newspaper
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press MARION, Kansas (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor says a police raid on a small weekly newspaper wasn’t…
Continue Reading Former Brazilian military police officer convicted in 2015 deaths arrested in New Hampshire
BOSTON (AP) — Immigration officials say a former Brazilian military police officer who was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to more than…
Continue Reading Little warning, few escape routes, phones knocked out: The chilling similarities between the Maui and Paradise fires
By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — The flames took so much in Lahaina. More than 2,200 homes and businesses – structures reduced to ashen piles in…
Continue Reading US sanctions Lebanese environmental group accused of being an arm of Hezbollah
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on a Lebanese environmental…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Hilary forms off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, and is expected to strengthen and move north towards the…
Continue Reading British Museum says staff member dismissed after items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating…
Continue Reading Florida’s costs for protecting Gov. Ron DeSantis rise as he became GOP presidential hopeful
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The cost of protecting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his family and visiting officials has…
Continue Reading Temporary shelter for asylum seekers closes in Maine’s largest city
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — City officials in Portland, Maine say about 190 asylum seekers from African countries are being relocated after a basketball…
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‘Ho-hum holiday’ spending expected as shoppers deal with economic cross-currents
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop, might be forced to spend…
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Eight churches set ablaze in Pakistan’s Punjab province after accusations of blasphemy
By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN (CNN) — A crowd vandalized eight churches and several homes following accusations of blasphemy against Islam…
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Ötzi the Iceman’s true appearance revealed by new DNA analysis
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps…
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A quarter of humanity faces extreme water stress – and it’s poised to get worse, new report finds
The world is facing an “unprecedented water crisis” driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new…
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The US eliminated malaria in 1951. How can it keep it under control now?
By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical…
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US home builders ramped up construction in July, beating expectations
US home building increased in July, rising 3.9% from June, as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new…
Continue Reading Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida’s Black history teaching standards
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to…
Continue Reading US military’s aerial reconnaissance pictures of England during WWII go online for the first time
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Continue Reading Dutch journalist leaves Russia after her visa was not renewed
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Dutch journalist Eva Hartog says Russian authorities refused to renew the visa and gave…
Continue Reading Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album ‘World Music Radio’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How do you top a five-time Grammy Award-winning album that had critics applauding its rich…
Continue Reading Renata Scotto, soprano of uncommon intensity, dies at 89
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Soprano Renata Scott has died at age 89, Scotto’s New York-based manager, Robert Lombardo, said she died Wednesday…
Continue Reading Bank of Ireland glitch allowed customers to withdraw money they didn’t have
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some Bank of Ireland customers were able to withdraw money they did not have Tuesday…
Continue Reading Akram criticizes Pakistan Cricket Board for leaving Imran Khan out of Independence Day video
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has received severe backlash for leaving World Cup-winning captain and former prime minister Imran Khan…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia says it executes American citizen convicted of killing his father
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed an American citizen convicted of killing his father. The Interior Ministry identified…
Continue Reading Bolt was missing on police helicopter that crashed in South Carolina, report says
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A report says a police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have…
Continue Reading Sudan civil war ‘spiraling out of control,’ UN says, as more than 1 million flee
By Ruba Alhenawi, Hamdi Alkhshali and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since…
Continue Reading Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the…
Continue Reading A 9-year-old found a gun and fatally shot a 6-year-old in Florida, authorities say
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head this week by a 9-year-old boy who got a hold of…
Continue Reading Militia clashes in Libyan capital have killed 45, in city’s most intense bout of violence this year
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll in this week’s clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital rose to…
Continue Reading Former West Virginia coach Bob Huggins enters diversion program after drunken driving arrest
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer Former West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has entered a 12-month diversion program to resolve a drunken…
Continue Reading Biden marks 1-year anniversary of climate, health law, says ‘we’re investing in all of America’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden proclaims that his administration is “turning things around” for…
Continue Reading US state secretary says 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in Poland was an act of bravery and dignity
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken has sent a message marking the anniversary of the 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising in…
Continue Reading A Bulgarian businessman was shot dead in broad daylight in a suburb of Sofia
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Police say a prominent Bulgarian businessman whose rollercoaster career reflected his country’s transition from communism…
Continue Reading Swiss government lines up behind EU’s 11th round of sanctions against Russia
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government has lined up with the European Union’s 11th round of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.…
Continue Reading Michigan State University plans to sell alcohol at four home football games
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday authorized the school to…
Continue Reading Dozens of Senegalese migrants are dead or missing after their boat is rescued with 38 survivors
By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Dozens of migrants headed for Spain are believed missing and feared dead after coast guards…
Continue Reading Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s…
Continue Reading The Dutch economy has slid into recession as inflation and interest rates hit exports and spending
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The official Dutch statistics office says the Netherlands has fallen into a recession after exports and household…
Continue Reading Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn…
Continue Reading Death toll rises to 27 as Dominican firefighters find more bodies in this week’s explosion
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The death toll from this week’s powerful explosion in…
Continue Reading Indonesia burns marijuana plantation that was discovered by drones
By RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press TEUPIN REUSEUP, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday burned a marijuana plantation in the northern…
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Police raid Kansas newspaper office and owner’s home, seize records and computers
CNN By Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the home and office of a newspaper owner, prompting a sharp rebuke…
Continue Reading Police testify in trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting at Black FedEx driver
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A police dispatcher and a detective have testified in the trial of two white men…
Continue Reading Rescuers recover 33 bodies from a landslide at a Myanmar jade mine, with 3 people still missing
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 33 people from a landslide at a jade mine in northern…
Continue Reading England moves into the Women’s World Cup final against Spain after ending Australia’s run
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Hemp didn’t let the Women’s World Cup semifinal match between Australia and England…
Continue Reading Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran
By ASIM TANVEER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a Muslim mob has attacked a Christian area in Pakistan’s…
Continue Reading Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid tensions on border
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has decided to temporarily close two of its six checkpoints with Belarus this…
Continue Reading China appears to be building an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island
BEIJING (AP) — Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show China is constructing an airstrip on a South China Sea island also…
Continue Reading 5 French tourists and 1 Swiss arrested for the gang rape of a young British woman in Spain
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Civil Guard police have arrested five French tourists and one Swiss for allegedly…
Continue Reading Small Minnesota town will be without police after chief and officers resign, citing low pay
GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — A small Minnesota town will soon be without a police department. The exodus was spurred by low pay for the chief and his…
Continue Reading Federal grants will replace water tunnels beneath roads that are harmful to fish
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press The Biden administration on Wednesday announced nearly $200 million in federal infrastructure grants to upgrade…
Continue Reading Trump lawyers negotiating with Fulton County DA over details of surrender, sources say
CNN By Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are in “ongoing negotiations” with the Fulton County…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Aug. 16: Maui fires, Trump, Water shortage, North Korea, Landslide
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Continue Reading Ukraine reclaims village in Donetsk region from Russian troops amid grueling counteroffensive
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Alex Stambaugh and Kostan Nechyporenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have retaken the village of Urozhaine in the…
Continue Reading Czechs ratify defense treaty with US that makes it easier to deploy US troops in Czech territory
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has completed the ratification of a defense treaty with the United States that deepens military cooperation and…
Continue Reading 3 ways to stretch your dollar on a European vacation in 2023
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Continue Reading Edmunds: Tesla wins the EV charge plug format war
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Continue Reading A Nigerian military helicopter crashed on a rescue mission. Witnesses say it was shot down by gangs
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses say a military helicopter sent to rescue troops under attack crashed in the…
Continue Reading World Aquatics to debut ‘open category’ races for transgender swimmers in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) — World Aquatics says the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors will take place at a World…
Continue Reading Court clears the way for Thai Parliament to pick a new prime minister 3 months after elections
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has cleared the way for Parliament to vote for a new…
Continue Reading A family outing at a popular waterfall turns grim as mother drowns trying to rescue son
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A mother drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was pulled by the current at a…
Continue Reading Americans are divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows
By LINLEY SANDERS and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are deeply divided along party lines in their views of…
Continue Reading Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv’s new Black Sea corridor
By HANNA ARHIROVA and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube…
Continue Reading Tribunal says Georgia teacher who read book on gender identity to her fifth grade class should not be fired
By Dawn Sawyer, Carrington Peavy and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A three-person tribunal has recommended against the firing of a Georgia teacher…
Continue Reading Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near the border with Israel
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese Cabinet ministers say an offshore drilling rig has arrived at its destination in the…
Continue Reading A plan for how Indonesia will spend $20 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been submitted
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A plan for how Indonesia will spend $20 billion to transition to cleaner energy was…
Continue Reading Nigeriens call for mass recruitment of volunteers as the junta faces possible regional invasion
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after…
Continue Reading Arkansas education officials say AP African American Studies program won’t count toward graduation
By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — Students in Arkansas public high schools enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement African American…
Continue Reading Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city. And Indonesia’s leader may have the cough to prove it
By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city, according to a new study, and the…
Continue Reading UK inflation falls to 17-month low of 6.8% but unlikely to derail another interest rate rise
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The rate of inflation in the U.K. fell sharply in July to a 17-month low largely on the back of lower…
Continue Reading Maui wildfires death toll rises to 110 as official says using the warning sirens wouldn’t have saved lives
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfires is now 110, Hawaii Gov.…
Continue Reading New Zealand jury finds mom guilty of murdering her 3 young daughters
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand jury has found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters…
Continue Reading Germany’s Cabinet approves a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis possession and sale
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asia follows Wall Street lower after Fed’s notes dent hopes of rate hikes ending
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower Thursday after notes from a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting…
Continue Reading At least 32 dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
By Su Chay, Sophie Jeong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a…
Continue Reading India and China pledge to maintain ‘peace and tranquility’ along disputed border despite tensions
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese and Indian military commanders have pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border in an…
Continue Reading North Korea says it has US soldier Travis King. What happens now?
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s first public confirmation that a US soldier crossed into its territory in July…
Continue Reading Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has…
Continue Reading Evacuations ordered after winds whip Northern California wildfire near site of 2022 deadly blaze
HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon are under evacuation orders after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a…
Continue Reading Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to…
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