US Visa Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at visas, travel documents for individuals who are visiting or moving to the United States.…
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CNN 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 Reading US appeals court dismisses motion challenging permits for natural gas pipeline
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has granted a motion to dismiss a challenge to construction permits…
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Hawaii underestimated the deadly threat of wildfire, records show
By Isabelle Chapman, Scott Bronstein, Casey Tolan and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — When Hawaii officials released a report last year ranking the…
Continue Reading Mexico investigates 4th killing at Tijuana hotel frequented by American accused of killing 3 women
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mexican officials say they’re investigating the death of a fourth woman at a Tijuana hotel frequented by a California man…
Continue Reading Denver house explodes and partially collapses, hospitalizing 1
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An explosion caused a four-unit apartment building in Denver to partially collapse, sending one person to the…
Continue Reading Texas questions rights of a fetus after a prison guard who had a stillborn baby sues
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle.…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press In Hawaii, firefighters were still working Friday to fully contain devastating wildfires that have killed at least 55 people.…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Maui wildfires, Trump investigations, Hunter Biden, Sam Bankman-Fried, boat dock brawl
CNN 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 Reading As flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes
By 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 Reading Coroner’s office releases names of third person killed in I-81 bus crash in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the third person killed in a bus crash on a Pennsylvania interstate near the…
Continue Reading Avian botulism detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concern for migrating birds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Avian botulism has been detected at California’s resurgent Tulare Lake, raising concerns about potential die-offs…
Continue Reading Setting foot in the charred heart of Lahaina
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into…
Continue Reading Lawyer says suspect, charged with hate crime, may argue self-defense in dancer’s death
By 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 Reading Webb telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever…
Continue Reading 3 hunters are dead after trying to rescue a dog trapped in a hole in the ground, authorities say
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Three hunters from Florida and a dog were found dead after they got trapped in an underground cistern partially…
Continue Reading The origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden is bringing renewed…
Continue Reading George Mitchell Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of George Mitchell, former US senator (D-Maine). Personal Birth date: August 20, 1933…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild…
Continue Reading Smoke rushed in, then they ran. How local Maui residents faced the fire that killed their neighbors and leveled their town
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The day began windier than usual in Lahaina, a Hawaiian sunrise painting the sky enchanting colors, a powerful…
Continue Reading Salzburg Festival nearly sold out while others in classical music struggle to regain audience
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — While many classical music institutions are struggling to regain audience, the Salzburg…
Continue Reading Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the…
Continue Reading They lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they’re reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California…
Continue Reading Argentines to vote in a primary election that’s expected to set the stage for a rightward shift
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s national primary election Sunday won’t just help determine which…
Continue Reading Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours
WDRB By Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the…
Continue Reading Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours
By Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools through August 15 following what the…
Continue Reading Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures after collector approaches Houston museum
ROME (AP) — Italy celebrated the return Friday of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and…
Continue Reading Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It was once filled with bright green leaves and sweeping branches that covered its visitors with shade. Now,…
Continue Reading What’s behind the tentative US-Iran agreement involving prisoners and frozen funds
By JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement this…
Continue Reading Child murderer run out of towns in 1990s faces new charges in 2 Texas killings
By 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 Reading Kentucky school district rushes to fix bus route snarl that canceled classes and outraged parents
By BRUCE SCHREINER, DYLAN LOVAN and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An overly-ambitious redesign of bus routes for…
Continue Reading Attorney general appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe, deepening investigation
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel Friday in…
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US wholesale inflation rose more than expected in July
US wholesale inflation rose more than expected in July, reversing a yearlong cooling trend, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
Continue Reading Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys home in Miami’s ‘billionaire bunker.’ Tom Brady will be his neighbor
MIAMI (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire…
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US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago
US inflation has had a snowballing effect on family…
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Fossil discovery causes monumental shift in understanding of whale evolutionary history
On 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…
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IEA sees risk of even higher oil prices this year
Oil 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 Reading Former Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation
COLUMBIA, 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 Reading Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee’s. The actual suspects were in the bathroom
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an…
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US consumers are feeling less optimistic about the economy for the first time this summer
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, following two straight months…
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Wildfire safety tips from the experts
Walls of bright orange flames. Harrowing escapes. The charred shells of what’s left…
Continue Reading California judge who’s charged with murder texted court staff that he shot his wife, prosecutors say
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge accused of killing his wife during an argument while drunk…
Continue Reading US government sanctions Russians on the board of Alfa Group in response to war in Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions against four Russians on the board of Alfa Group.…
Continue Reading In the twilight of the muscle car era, demand for the new 486-horsepower V-8 Ford Mustang is roaring
DETROIT (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 Reading More than 1 million barrels of oil removed from deteriorating tanker moored off Yemen, UN says
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Continue Reading Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats
By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial…
Continue Reading Dog finds woman in cornfield, 2 days after she disappeared in Michigan crash
BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was missing after being seriously injured in a car crash was finally discovered two days later by a police dog…
Continue Reading Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hospital officials have confirmed that Vanderbilt University…
Continue Reading Ruble touches 99 to the US dollar, continuing the Russian currency’s monthslong fall
By The Associated Press The Russian ruble, steadily losing exchange value in a long fall since the beginning of the year, has hit 99 to the dollar.…
Continue Reading Zelensky says all officials in charge of military recruitment offices dismissed amid corruption scandal
By Victoria Butenko and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed all officials in charge of regional…
Continue Reading Smoke rushed in, then they ran. How ordinary Maui residents faced the fire that killed their neighbors and leveled their town
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Continue Reading Teen pleads not guilty to hate crime in killing of O’Shae Sibley, who was fatally stabbed while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station
By Sabrina Souza and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A teenager pleaded not guilty Friday to nine counts in the stabbing death of a dancer who…
Continue Reading Before-and-after satellite images show Maui devastation in stark contrast
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Before-and-after satellite images show in unmistakable and stark contrast the devastation that wildfires brought to the…
Continue Reading Floods triggered by monsoon rains in Myanmar have killed 5 people, displaced 60,000 since mid-July
BANGKOK (AP) — Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar have killed five people and displaced 60,000 since mid-July. The director of the…
Continue Reading Asylum-seekers removed from controversial UK barge after bacteria discovered
By Zahid Mahmood and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England…
Continue Reading Celebrity hair, makeup and nail stylists: How the Hollywood strikes have affected glam squads
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as…
Continue Reading Insurers won’t cover new Alzheimer’s treatment for some customers
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Some private insurers are balking at paying for the first drug fully approved to slow mental decline in Alzheimer’s…
Continue Reading After reported suicide of participant, human research studies suspended at psychiatric institute affiliated with Columbia University
By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has suspended research studies involving human subjects at…
Continue Reading Belgium is celebrating flowers and surrealism. And nothing is what it seems
By RAF CASERT and MARK CARLSON Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has a century-old fling with surrealism and is always proud to flaunt it.…
Continue Reading UN announces release of 5 staff members kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen 18 months ago
By EDITH M. LEDERER and AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen…
Continue Reading China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London stall amid local opposition
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local…
Continue Reading Russia and Ukraine trade aerial attacks as Zelenskyy makes another move against corruption
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that…
Continue Reading Man in Bosnia kills ex-wife live on Instagram and kills 2 more people before taking his own life
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A man in Bosnia shot and killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram and then killed two…
Continue Reading Britain’s barge for asylum seekers faces new setback as legionella bacteria found in water system
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s plan to house asylum seekers on a barge that’s moored off the south coast of…
Continue Reading Wholesale inflation in US edged up in July from low levels
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States picked up in July yet still suggested that inflationary…
Continue Reading Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he’s been thinking seriously about becoming an independent
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said that he has been thinking “seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an…
Continue Reading Investigation for manslaughter opens after fire at French home for disabled adults killed 11
PARIS (AP) — A Paris prosecutor has opened a preliminary judicial investigation for unvoluntary manslaughter aggravated by breach of safety rules…
Continue Reading UBS ends billions in taxpayer-funded support that paved way for Credit Suisse takeover
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss taxpayers are off the hook from a government-engineered rescue plan that doled out billions to…
Continue Reading Severe floods in China’s northern province killed 29 and caused tens of billions of economic losses
BEIJING (AP) — Severe floods in China’s northern province of Hebei brought by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least 29…
Continue Reading Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together
By JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — One camper, from Oakland, California, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is…
Continue Reading Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city. Blame the dry season and vehicles for the gray skies
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities are blaming the dry season and and motorized vehicles as the main…
Continue Reading Rapper Tory Lanez: ‘I have always maintained my innocence and always will’
By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Days after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion, rapper Tory Lanez…
Continue Reading Funeral held for fan killed in Athens attack. UEFA President Ceferin to meet Greek PM
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A funeral service has been held near Athens for a Greek soccer fan…
Continue Reading An Israeli army raid in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant
TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian medics say the Israeli military has stormed into a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, sparking…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 11: Maui fires, GOP primary, Ukraine, Strikes, Space
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Grocery prices in the US ticked up slightly last month, driven largely by the rising cost of beef.…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 11: Maui fires, GOP primary, Ukraine, Strikes, Space
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Grocery prices in the US ticked up slightly last month, driven largely by the rising cost of beef. Restaurants…
Continue Reading India moves to replace British colonial-era sedition law with its own version
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has proposed legislation that seeks to replace a British colonial-era…
Continue Reading It’s hot. And it’s going to stay hot for millions of Americans. These graphics explain the trend
By Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a scorching summer for many Americans, with tens of millions living in areas under extreme heat. Over…
Continue Reading EU climate chief Frans Timmermans is set to lead the center-left bloc into Dutch general elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans is the only candidate to lead a merged campaign between two…
Continue Reading Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with UK government shows no progress
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors in England have walked off the job for another four-day stretch, with…
Continue Reading Family of US publishing exec killed in Italy boat collision urges full investigation, accountability
ROME (AP) — The family of a U.S. publishing executive killed in a boating collision in southern Italy is urging Italian authorities to fully…
Continue Reading A local train hits a truck at a crossing in central Poland, injuring 22 people
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials say that 22 people have been hurt when a local train hit a truck at a railway crossing in central Poland. Four of…
Continue Reading Greece safely evacuates dozens of migrants from a sailboat off the southern coast
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say they have safely evacuated dozens of migrants from a yacht reported in trouble off the country’s…
Continue Reading Malaysia organizer seeks $2.7 million from British band whose gay kiss got a music festival canceled
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The organizer of a Malaysian music festival is seeking $2.7 million in losses from British band The 1975 over a…
Continue Reading China detains a military group worker suspected of spying for the CIA
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s national security authority says it has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of…
Continue Reading Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency says it’s “extremely…
Continue Reading Poland’s ruling party seeks referendum on privatization as it steps up attacks on opposition leader
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party leader says voters will be asked in a referendum whether they…
Continue Reading South Africa’s former President Zuma released an hour after being returned to prison
By Zahid Mahmood and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma was returned to prison on Friday to comply…
Continue Reading Thousands are evacuated after a builder uncovers a WWII bomb in a Polish town
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 14,000 people have been evacuated in the eastern Polish town of Lublin to allow military experts to remove a massive…
Continue Reading Energy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The Department of Energy announced Friday it is awarding up to $1.2 billion to two projects that promise to…
Continue Reading More evacuations considered in Norway where the level in swollen rivers continues to rise
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities were on standby to evacuate more people in southeastern Norway Friday,…
Continue Reading Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — When Makkabi Berlin takes the field this weekend, the soccer club founded by Holocaust survivors…
Continue Reading Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African…
Continue Reading Chinese tech giant Huawei reports sales, profit up despite US sanctions
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue rose 3% over a year earlier and its profit margin widened in the first half of 2023…
Continue Reading Arizona state fish, the Apache trout, is no longer considered endangered
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 50 years since it was listed as endangered, Arizona’s state fish is looking in much better shape. The U.S. Fish and…
Continue Reading With hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow
By ELENA BECATOROS and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people…
Continue Reading Maui wildfires kill at least 80 people, and the race to find survivors is grim as countless residents in torched areas remain missing
By Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — At least 80 people have been killed in Maui’s wildfires, officials said late Friday,…
Continue Reading Former South African President Zuma taken back to prison and released again within 2 hours
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was taken back to prison after…
Continue Reading Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country’s east
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the…
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