Israel and Hezbollah step back from the brink of wider war — for now
CNN Analysis by Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — For nearly a month, people in Lebanon and Israel braced for a wider war. A deadly rocket strike…
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Associated Press Minnesota had a half-century-old process for permitting clean energy projects that could keep developers waiting over a year for…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kolb, a retired Minnesota National Guard colonel, knew Tim Walz by reputation as an “excellent leader”…
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AP Business Writer The largest proposed grocery store merger in U.S. history is going to court. On one side are supermarket chains Kroger and…
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Associated Press COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied in a southern Bangladeshi coastal…
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Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant…
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the…
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Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it has now raised $540 million for its election battle against Republican nominee…
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Associated Press Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday launched their heaviest exchange of fire after months of strikes and counterstrikes…
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BEIJING (AP) — China has expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in…
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Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two separate bus crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 36 people dead and dozens more injured,…
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Associated Press TERNATE ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say torrential rains caused a flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island,…
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Associated Press PATERZELL, Germany (AP) — The northern bald ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much…
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sacramento, California (CNN) — A lawsuit filed in California alleges a hospital misplaced a patient and failed to notify…
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Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In Nigeria’s largest city, stressed-out residents are finding their reset button in a “rage room”…
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Associated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of…
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Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spate of officer-involved shootings has made Anchorage, Alaska, the latest in a long list of American…
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AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Political conventions are exercises in storytelling. Presidential campaigns are, too. And in the history of the…
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By Dana Karni, Tamar Michaelis, Alex Marquardt and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The Israeli military launched what it called…
Continue Reading Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage talks will continue after weekend meetings didn’t resolve gaps
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily…
Continue Reading Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis has been unveiled at a city park in Georgia. A crowd…
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Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat on Saturday said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has still…
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Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy…
Continue Reading Syrian man confesses to stabbing to death 3 people at German festival
By Sophie Tanno, Nadine Schmidt and Chris Stern, CNN (CNN) — A Syrian man turned himself in and confessed to stabbing to death three people and…
Continue Reading Detention of Telegram founder sparks debate about free speech and criminal activity online
By Joseph Ataman, Lex Harvey, Robert Ilich, and Michelle Velez, CNN Paris (CNN) — The detention of the Russian-born billionaire founder of…
Continue Reading US Border Patrol agent arrested and accused of forcing women to expose themselves in virtual interviews
By Max Rego and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in New York state arrested a US Border Patrol agent this week after accusing him of…
Continue Reading Israel says it is prepared for any retaliatory attack from Iran or Hezbollah
By Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Saturday its military was prepared for any possible retaliatory attacks by Iranian-backed militant group…
Continue Reading Hundreds cruise Philadelphia streets in the 15th annual Philly Naked Bike Ride
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of people in various states of undress cruised the streets of Philadelphia to cheers from onlookers in the 15th annual…
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Continue Reading Biker survives in Idaho wilderness for five days by drinking creek water after crash
By Taylor Galgano and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The leather jacket Zachary DeMoss was wearing when he got into a motorcycle accident in Idaho…
Continue Reading LDS Church’s updated restrictions on transgender members bans them from working with kids
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has expanded its restrictions on transgender members with…
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AP Business Writer NASA says it won’t use Boeing’s Starliner capsule to bring two stranded astronauts back to Earth. Saturday’s…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift fake posted by Trump highlights challenges in AI misuse regulation
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump reposted a fake image of Taylor Swift striking a pose like the iconic Uncle…
Continue Reading A timeline of the investigation into the missing Virginia mother whose husband is now accused of killing her in their home
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Continue Reading Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson says
Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, spent time in the hospital after being infected with West Nile…
Continue Reading NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new…
Continue Reading Late French film star Alain Delon wanted his dog buried with him. The dog gets to live
PARIS (AP) — Before he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the…
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Associated Press A rare but deadly disease spread by mosquitoes has one town in Massachusetts closing its parks and fields each evening. Four other…
Continue Reading Michigan GOP nominates judge for Supreme Court after man charged in election tampering drops out
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans delegates have chosen Circuit Court Judge Patrick O’Grady as their nominee to run for one of two…
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A disability rights organization is challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and…
Continue Reading Romanian authorities tow vehicles from Andrew Tate’s home after new human trafficking allegations
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities towed away a fleet of luxury vehicles Saturday from the home of the divisive social…
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Continue Reading Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims head to Iraq’s Karbala to mark the death of Imam Hussein
Associated Press KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims have packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala on their annual pilgrim to…
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Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence…
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Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said Saturday, as…
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Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy have opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a superyacht…
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By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis was unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta,…
Continue Reading French authorities arrest suspect behind explosion at a synagogue that has injured a police officer
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says police have apprehended a suspect who was responsible for…
Continue Reading Italian authorities open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking
By Niamh Kennedy and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation into the sinking of a…
Continue Reading Police detain suspect allegedly behind synagogue blast in southern France
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Police have detained a person suspected of an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in the southern…
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Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is somberly marking its 33rd year of independence as war with Russia rages on. Instead of fireworks,…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s president signs law banning Russia-linked religious groups
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in southwest Pakistan say a roadside bomb attached to a motorcycle went off near a police office, killing two…
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OULU, Finland (AP) — Performers at this year’s Air Guitar World Championships in Finland tuned up Friday for the air guitar world’s version of…
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Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of police, backed by riot squads, have raided a vast religious compound in a southern…
Continue Reading Mourners in southern Pakistan attend funerals for 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran
Associated Pess MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of mourners in southern Pakistan have attended the funerals of 28 Shiite pilgrims who were killed…
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Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has acknowledged that he does not have the backing in parliament to change…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on a visit to Taiwan Saturday that an isolationist policy…
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Associated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three…
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Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Young girls screamed and elbowed each other in a crush of bodies in southern Gaza, trying…
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Associated Press Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now…
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SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — Search and rescue crews at Grand Canyon National Park were searching for an Arizona woman nearly two days after she was swept…
Continue Reading Pakistan flies home the injured and the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in a bus crash in Iran
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has brought home the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims who died in a bus crash in Iran this week while…
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By Lou Robinson and CNN staff (CNN) — Hezbollah is believed to be the most heavily armed non-state group in the world. Backed by Iran and based…
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By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — A United States citizen has been detained in Turkey on suspicion of murdering a Russian woman in the Moscow…
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber, who rose to international stardom in 2010 with his hit “Baby,” has welcomed one of his own…
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AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has a long-standing tradition of protest, and college student YM Masood has been immersed in it in recent…
Continue Reading Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk
Associated Press Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left…
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AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Bearded and bespectacled, YM Masood has a quiet nature that suggests he’s older than age 20. A political…
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Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hone increased to a Category 1 hurricane while continuing its steady approach toward Hawaii late…
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Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Before dropping his bid for reelection, President Joe Biden framed voters’ choice in November in dark and ominous…
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Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The jersey worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth during his famous “called shot” home run in 1932 could…
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Associated Press BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s Bixby school district has lots to show off for a fast-growing Tulsa suburb, including a…
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Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll…
Continue Reading Kyiv’s incursion into Russia sends a defiant message to its Western backers: We can win this war
By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s audacious foray into the Russian region of Kursk has been a triumph for its military intelligence and…
Continue Reading Heavy rainstorms killed 11 people and left 14 others missing in northeastern Chinese city
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say heavy rainstorms that swept a city in northeast China this week killed 11 people and left 14 others missing,…
Continue Reading An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and seriously wounds at least 5
Associated Press SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house…
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Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fires broke out Friday on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s…
Continue Reading Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of staffers in Biden, Trump administrations, Meta says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The same Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted both the Democratic and Republican presidential…
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The Associated Press The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has disheartened LGBTQ+ activists after issuing a slew of new policies this week…
Continue Reading Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have filed charges against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a…
Continue Reading Diamond Sports will continue to broadcast NHL, NBA games through upcoming season
HOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera has been narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a…
Continue Reading 3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014
Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who…
Continue Reading German police yet to identify attacker who stabbed 3 to death at festival despite major manhunt
By Benjamin Brown, Helen Regan, Nadine Schmidt, Sophie Tanno and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A major manhunt is underway in Germany after an…
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By Nick Valencia, Zoe Sottile, Shawn Nottingham and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A second former Memphis police officer facing federal civil rights…
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man is accused of kidnapping a ride share driver at gunpoint and forcing them to drive more than 1,000…
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