Man charged with assault on 2 Jewish students on University of Pittsburgh campus
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been charged with aggravated assault in an alleged glass bottle attack on two Jewish students on the University of…
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Associated Press COLFAX, N.C. (AP) — In the race to succeed term-limited North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Democrat Josh Stein and allies have…
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Wells Fargo employee at a corporate office in Arizona clocked in to what would be her last-ever shift on a…
Continue Reading Netanyahu clashes with defense minister over Gaza deal terms, Israeli media reports say
By Tim Lister, Eugenia Yosef and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — A bitter dispute about the conditions for a hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza…
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Chinese and Philippine vessels collide at a disputed atoll and governments trade accusations
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and the Philippines have accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels in the…
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By Catherine Nicholls and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of a Russian helicopter carrying 22 people that went missing in the…
Continue Reading UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even…
Continue Reading Dozens of exotic animals seized at Turkish border
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey from…
Continue Reading A Ukrainian Paralympian left the warfront to compete in Paris. His mind is on his platoon in ‘hell’
Associated Press VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the…
Continue Reading Floods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed away farmland, raising food security concerns
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people across the country. The Nigerian…
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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Some Oasis fans celebrated like a champagne supernova, while others looked back in anger on Saturday as online…
Continue Reading The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb, cops say
By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kyung Lah and Yong Xiong, CNN Antioch, California (CNN) — Just after dawn on a recent spring…
Continue Reading The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb, cops say
CNN By Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Kyung Lah and Yong Xiong, CNN Antioch, California (CNN) — Just after dawn on a recent…
Continue Reading ‘Nothing is left’: Israel’s military tells Gaza residents to go home but they find only rubble
By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman and Tim Lister, CNN Deir Al Balah, Gaza (CNN) — For the first time since the Israeli military began ground…
Continue Reading Japan lodges formal protest over Chinese survey ship entering its territorial waters
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan lodged a formal protest via China’s embassy against what it called an incursion by a Chinese survey ship into…
Continue Reading Helicopter goes missing in Russia’s Far East with 22 people believed onboard
Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board. The Mi-8 helicopter took off on Saturday…
Continue Reading 6 people hurt in a knife attack on a bus in Germany. No political or religious motive seen
BERLIN (AP) — Police arrested a 32-year-old woman after six people were hurt in a knife attack on a bus headed to a festival in western Germany.…
Continue Reading From Mazar to Manhattan: How a young couple escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan
By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — Deep in the jungle in Panama’s infamous Darien Gap, a lawyer and a dentist from Afghanistan kept pushing. With…
Continue Reading Authorities work to identify human remains found in concrete ‘bunker’ under missing California couple’s neighbor’s home
By Dalia Faheid, Jay Croft and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of a California couple are working to…
Continue Reading Catholics face a shortage of priests. But one Indonesian seminary is overwhelmed with applicants
Associated Press MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older…
Continue Reading Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops in Vietnam War among Magsaysay winners
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent…
Continue Reading Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
AP Education Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the…
Continue Reading With men at the front lines, women watch over Ukraine’s night sky for Russian drones
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When the air raid siren bellows in the dead of night, the women in arms rush to duty. Barely two months since…
Continue Reading Which skin care products should young girls use? Dermatologists recommend this simple routine
AP Education Writer Girls are bombarded on social media with advice from influencers touting elaborate skin care routines with high-priced serums,…
Continue Reading Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a…
Continue Reading In South Africa’s richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention
Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — It’s a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas…
Continue Reading Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
AP Education Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the…
Continue Reading 9 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. health agency and partners are launching a campaign starting Sunday to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian…
Continue Reading Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris…
Continue Reading Women behind bars are often survivors of abuse. A series of new laws aim to reduce their sentences
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for domestic violence survivors in Illinois celebrated earlier this month when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a…
Continue Reading Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on…
Continue Reading Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, there’s little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality…
Continue Reading They vanished for weeks. Now Russia says it detained two Colombian men on suspicion of fighting for Ukraine
By Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mariya Knight and Maija-Liisa Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities say they have detained two Colombian…
Continue Reading Northern Israeli students face uncertain school year as conflict with Hezbollah persists
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Sarah Boxer and Jim Sciutto, CNN Rosh Pina and Kibbutz Magal, Israel (CNN) — With one year left until graduation,…
Continue Reading Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz’s loss
AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did. Djokovic bowed out…
Continue Reading Trump team will seek dismissal of federal election subversion case as each side mulls the next steps
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the…
Continue Reading Floods in Yemen kill nearly 100, damage thousands of homes
Avery Schmitz, Nyah Peebles, Associated Press (CNN/AP) — Severe floods have killed at least 97 people in Yemen over the past month and deepened…
Continue Reading 7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq have launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic…
Continue Reading Roadside executions the latest grim chapter for Pakistan’s oldest insurgency
By Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Truck driver Munir Ahmed was motoring along a darkened highway after a long day unloading sacks of rice in…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at a container ship as an oil tanker burns
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have fired two missiles targeting a Liberian-flagged container ship in…
Continue Reading Storm Shanshan slowly moves across Japan as officials warn of torrential rains in major cities
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages…
Continue Reading Maui judge agrees to ask state Supreme Court about barriers to $4B wildfire settlement
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in…
Continue Reading Judge rejects claims that generative AI tanked political conspiracy case against Fugees rapper Pras
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper…
Continue Reading Woman, child and pets rescued from sailboat after being stranded 925 miles off Honolulu during Hurricane Gilma
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — As Hurricane Gilma raged in the Pacific, the Coast Guard in Hawaii received a distress call from a sailboat left…
Continue Reading Suspect in abduction and sexual assault of 9-year-old girl dies in car crash while fleeing police
NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of abducting a 9-year-old girl from a New York City supermarket and sexually assaulting her has been killed in a…
Continue Reading Mexican drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been released from a US prison and may be deported
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after…
Continue Reading Trump says he’ll vote to uphold Florida abortion ban after seeming to signal he’d support repeal
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week…
Continue Reading Man arrested in Colorado dog breeder’s killing, but the puppies are still missing
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado dog breeder found dead last week has been arrested. The…
Continue Reading Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land
Associated Press The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of…
Continue Reading Kosovo shuts down 5 Serbian governing structures in the north and US reacts with alarm
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities have closed the ethnic Serb minority’s so-called parallel institutions in five…
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By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday. The Clear…
Continue Reading Jewish students at Columbia faced hostile environment during pro-Palestinian protests, report finds
Associated Press A new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force describes a hostile climate for Jewish and Israeli students at the…
Continue Reading Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday. A new law set to take effect…
Continue Reading Women’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will from 1900
Associated Press Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year. The decision makes…
Continue Reading Police say a man will face charges after storming into the press area at a Trump rally
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Israeli strike kills at least four Palestinians leading aid convoy in Gaza
By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a humanitarian vehicle in Gaza has left four people dead amid confusion over the convoy’s…
Continue Reading Argentina arrests man accused of links to 1978 killing by leftwing terror group
By Mauricio Torres, CNNE (CNN) — Authorities in Argentina have arrested a man on decades-old allegations of involvement in a militant Marxist…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen.…
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Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the…
Continue Reading A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot
Associated Press Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses…
Continue Reading Columbia task force finds ‘troubling’ pattern of behavior toward Jewish students on campus
By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — In a new report from Columbia University’s antisemitism task force, a student described the situation on campus…
Continue Reading Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that smoking will be allowed to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos.…
Continue Reading Donald Trump moves to halt hush money proceedings, sentencing after asking federal court to step in
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next…
Continue Reading Los Angeles to pay $9.5M in settlement over 2018 death of woman during police shootout with gunman
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys say the city of Los Angeles will pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by relatives of a woman killed by police during…
Continue Reading Trump wants to make the GOP a ‘leader’ on IVF. Republicans’ actions make that a tough sell
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is vowing to force health insurance companies or the federal…
Continue Reading Georgia man dies after a police dog bites him during a chase by a state trooper
MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has died after he was bitten by a police K-9 during a pursuit last week. The Georgia Bureau of…
Continue Reading Nursing home oversight would be tightened under a bill passed in Massachusetts
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill designed to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes,…
Continue Reading Child abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say
AP Technology Writer Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse…
Continue Reading Memphis City Council sues to reinstate gun control measures on November ballot
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis City Council is suing the commission that oversees the city’s elections for removing three gun…
Continue Reading Alabama anti-DEI law shuts Black Student Union office, queer resource center at flagship university
The Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama shuttered the offices of the Black Student Union and a…
Continue Reading Family of man killed by SUV on interstate after being shocked by a Taser reaches $5M settlement
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a Colorado interstate after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him…
Continue Reading US clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option
U.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. Already, Pfizer and Moderna are shipping…
Continue Reading Conservative group plans to monitor voting drop box locations in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — A conservative group has told Arizona officials that it plans to monitor ballot drop boxes for the November election and identify…
Continue Reading Former California employee to get $350K to settle sexual harassment claims against state treasurer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state of California has agreed to pay a former employee $350,000 to settle her claims that Democratic state Treasurer…
Continue Reading Man charged with killing ex-wife and her boyfriend while his daughter waited in his car
ST. JAMES, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York man shot his former wife and her new boyfriend to death after first texting his 15-year-old…
Continue Reading Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official says organizers have gathered enough signatures to get the issue of…
Continue Reading Family of 3 killed in series of shootings that ended on Maine bridge identified
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Authorities have released autopsy results for three bodies recovered from a home, a car’s back seat and a river between…
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Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a defense deal signed earlier this month between Egypt and…
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Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — It was another day of war in Gaza, another day of what 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy called his…
Continue Reading Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony…
Continue Reading Ex-election workers want Rudy Giuliani’s apartment, Yankees rings in push to collect $148M judgment
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani are asking…
Continue Reading No criminal charges for driver in school bus crash that killed 6-year-old, mother
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a mini-school bus that struck and killed a kindergartner and his mother as they were walking to school in…
Continue Reading Oklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at violence against UN peacekeeping forces. This is a selected list of incidents from 1990 to…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of David Souter, former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Personal Birth…
Continue Reading New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district’s policy aimed at supporting the privacy of…
Continue Reading Pakistani troops kill 37 militants in raids on their hideouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on…
Continue Reading Inmate asks to delay execution, says co-defendant who blamed him for killing had secret deal
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate set to be executed in South Carolina in three weeks wants the state Supreme Court to delay the…
Continue Reading Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ finds distributor and will open before the election
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, “The Apprentice,” starring…
Continue Reading Passengers bought berths on a 3-year cruise. Months on, the ship is still stuck in Belfast
Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Passengers who bought cabins for a 3 1/2-year round-the-world cruise have been waiting months for…
Continue Reading East Timor celebrates 25th anniversary of UN-backed vote for independence
DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major…
Continue Reading Governor appoints ex-school board member recalled over book ban push to Nebraska’s library board
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission — a former local school…
Continue Reading Labor Day air travel caps record-setting summer, in three charts
CNN By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — A record number of travelers is expected to shuttle through the nation’s airports this Labor Day…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelensky fires Air Force chief, days after fatal F-16 crash
By Kostyantyn Gak, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his Air Force…
Continue Reading 2 women charged in Lululemon shoplifting scheme in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women are charged with organizing thefts of several thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise from a Lululemon…
Continue Reading NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station
NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.…
Continue Reading Carlos Alcaraz’s surprising US Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp raises questions
AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s surprising U.S. Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round is raising…
Continue Reading Neighbor held in disappearance of couple from California nudist resort. Both believed to be dead
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police used a tanklike vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a Southern California home and arrest the…
Continue Reading Illinois man convicted in fatal stabbing of child welfare worker attacked during home visit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state child welfare worker to death as she was making a home visit to check on…
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