Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the…
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Oklahoma City Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City…
Continue Reading Mexico finds 2 migrants dead in desert, looking for 2 more reported dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration officials say they have found two migrants dead in the desert near the Texas border, and are looking for two…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro sought to hack into voter machines, hacker testifies
By Sofia Cox, Alessandra Castelli, Michael Rios and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — A Brazilian hacker said Thursday that former President Jair…
Continue Reading Judge rules Florida law banning some Chinese property purchases can be enforced
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is refusing to block a new Florida law that bans citizens of China and some other countries from…
Continue Reading Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike
By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko is in intensive care 19 days into a political…
Continue Reading New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration wants to house migrants in a notorious…
Continue Reading Firefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in Northern California get help from light rain
HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in northwest California have gotten some help from wet weather. The Head Fire…
Continue Reading Progress toward parity for women on movie screens has stalled, report finds
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study on inclusion in film shows just how much of a rarity “Barbie” is. For every woman as a…
Continue Reading Dominican officials say it may take months to identify all 28 people killed in this week’s explosion
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic say it could take months to identify all of the 28 victims who died in a…
Continue Reading District attorney drops at least 30 cases that involved officers charged in death of Tyre Nichols
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases…
Continue Reading Victims of deadly 2016 Tennessee fire will have another chance to pursue lawsuits
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Victims of a deadly 2016 wildfire that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it burned through a Tennessee…
Continue Reading 6 Arkansas schools say they are moving forward with AP African American studies course
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The six Arkansas schools that planned to offer Advanced Placement African American…
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Scientists unlock mysteries of magnetars, the most magnetic objects in the universe
Magnetars are among the most bizarre and mysterious objects in the universe, packing in trillions of times more magnetic pull than the Earth or any…
Continue Reading The fall of Rudy Giuliani: How ‘America’s mayor’ tied his fate to Donald Trump and got indicted
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani glared across a Washington hearing room as a lawyer seeking his disbarment after…
Continue Reading Mistrial declared in case of White father and son charged with attempted murder of Black FedEx driver
By Rebekah Riess and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of a White father and son charged with…
Continue Reading UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and…
Continue Reading Water managers warn that stretches of the Rio Grande will dry up without more rain
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lack of rain and hot conditions in central New Mexico are leaving one of North America’s longest rivers in dire…
Continue Reading New Hampshire sheriff charged with theft, perjury and falsifying evidence
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says a sheriff has been arrested and charged with eight felonies as part an investigation…
Continue Reading Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Authorities in Georgia are investigating threats made against the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald…
Continue Reading South Dakota state senator resigns and agrees to repay $500,000 in pandemic aid
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A South Dakota state lawmaker is resigning after agreeing to repay $500,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funding…
Continue Reading US escalates trade dispute with Mexico over limits on genetically modified corn
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government says it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing fight over Mexico’s limits on…
Continue Reading Suspect in New Jersey councilwoman’s slaying indicted on murder, weapons charges
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A church associate charged with gunning down a New Jersey councilwoman has been indicted on murder and weapons charges.…
Continue Reading Maui’s warning sirens stayed silent as wildfires approached Lahaina. Here’s what we know
CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Authorities face mounting questions about whether more could have been done to warn residents as wildfires…
Continue Reading Florida man who attacked officers with flagpole at Capitol riot gets 4 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man who used a flagpole to attack officers who were trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced…
Continue Reading Connecticut official continues mayoral campaign despite facing charges in Jan. 6 case
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Continue Reading Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian hacker claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that then-President Jair…
Continue Reading Just two of 15 wild geese found trapped in Los Angeles tar pits have survived
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Continue Reading The body of a 9-year-old boy with autism was found at the edge of a nearby waterway behind a Brooklyn IKEA store, police say
By Nic F. Anderson and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 9-year-old boy was found at the edge of a waterway after he was separated from…
Continue Reading Utah man shot by FBI brandished gun and frightened Google Fiber subcontractors in 2018, man says
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A utility worker threatened at gunpoint five years ago by a Utah man who was killed last week by FBI agents seeking to arrest…
Continue Reading Former district attorney in western Pennsylvania gets prison time for attacking a woman
SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A former western Pennsylvania district attorney was sentenced to up to seven years in prison after a jury convicted him of…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press Across the globe, raging wildfires and extreme weather are taking a toll as the people on fire-ravaged Hawaiian island of…
Continue Reading Former Northwestern athletes send letter defending school’s athletic culture
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Approximately 1,000 former Northwestern University athletes have sent a letter condemning hazing while defending the…
Continue Reading Maui residents fill philanthropic gaps while aid makes the long journey to the fire-stricken island
By JAMES POLLARD AND THALIA BEATY Associated Press After learning that 100 pounds of insulin was stuck, grounded last week at Kona International…
Continue Reading As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A new scientific study suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that…
Continue Reading Carlos Vives and Juanes combine forces for ‘Las Mujeres,’ linking 3 generations to Colombian classic
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Continue Reading Former Anaheim mayor agrees to plead guilty to federal charges related to attempted sale of Angel Stadium
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A former Anaheim mayor has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from an FBI investigation into…
Continue Reading In a bid to unseat the long-ruling ANC, 7 South African parties reach a coalition agreement
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Seven opposition parties in South Africa have reached an agreement to form a coalition in…
Continue Reading Police search for person who killed 11-year-old girl, left body in her suburban Houston home
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police continue to search for the person who sexually assaulted and then killed an 11-year-old…
Continue Reading Contract talks continue nearly 2 months into strike at Pennsylvania locomotive plant
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Continue Reading Mexican investigators find decapitated and burned bodies possibly linked to horrifying video
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican investigators have found four burned and decapitated bodies that may be related to the horrifying case of five kidnapped…
Continue Reading Nigeria says 36 soldiers killed in an ambush by an armed group and a related helicopter crash
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Continue Reading Maui’s warning sirens stayed silent as wildfires approached Lahaina. Here’s what we know
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Authorities face mounting questions about whether more could have been done to warn residents as wildfires…
Continue Reading Canadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for 2020 ricin letter sent to Trump in White House
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington Thursday in the…
Continue Reading Strong earthquake and aftershock shake Colombia’s capital and other cities
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities Thursday,…
Continue Reading Study finds ‘rare but real risk’ of tsunami threat to parts of Alaska’s largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of…
Continue Reading Paramount decides it won’t sell majority stake in BET Media Group, source tells AP
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Continue Reading Bills QB Allen basks in celebrity and football, while trying to maintain some semblance of privacy
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — In the five years since arriving in Buffalo, where his celebrity status shows no sign of…
Continue Reading The Gaza Strip gets its first cat cafe, a cozy refuge from life under blockade
By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The global cat cafe trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has…
Continue Reading Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out mobile cannabis dispensary
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile marijuana dispensary that will operate only on…
Continue Reading UN says it will block road construction that would encroach on a buffer zone in divided Cyprus
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the ethnically divided Cyprus says it will…
Continue Reading US sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on four Russian intelligence operatives…
Continue Reading Minneapolis advances measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis City Council members have narrowly passed a measure that would…
Continue Reading A large ice chunk fell from the sky and damaged a house in Massachusetts
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Continue Reading Prague government cancels performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko
PRAGUE (AP) — Officials say a scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled. The announcement…
Continue Reading HRW and UN experts separately single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence
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Mortgage rates soar to their highest level in 21 years
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates surged this week, rising to their highest level in 21 years. The 30-year…
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Time is running out to file claims for Facebook’s $725 million data privacy settlement
Anyone in the United States who had a Facebook account in the past 16 years has roughly one week left to file for payment in a data privacy…
Continue Reading Kansas City Superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ charged with stealing almost $700,000 in bank heists
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Continue Reading Bengals RB Joe Mixon found not guilty of aggravated menacing during traffic dispute
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon has been found not guilty of aggravated menacing in a January traffic dispute. A judge…
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Walmart is up. Target is down. Here’s why
Target and Home Depot are slumping. But more shoppers are heading to Walmart for groceries and…
Continue Reading Uganda’s leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law
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Continue Reading COVID-19 levels are rising but still relatively low in the US, surveillance data shows
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Continue Reading NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned phones, joining federal government, majority of states
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones. The city joins the federal government and…
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The average 401(k) balance is up 39% in the past decade, Fidelity says
The second quarter of this year was a good one for retirement savers, according to a new analysis from Fidelity…
Continue Reading Maui’s emergency management chief resigns, citing health reasons, a day after he defended sirens’ silence during deadly wildfires
By Raja Razek, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The head of Maui’s emergency management agency has resigned, citing health reasons,…
Continue Reading Guatemalans to choose between political veteran, surprise outsider in presidential runoff
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans will select a new president Sunday between former first lady Sandra…
Continue Reading Oklahoma City man kills his 3 children and estranged wife before taking his own life, police say
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say a 28-year-old man fatally shot his three children and his estranged wife before taking his own life.…
Continue Reading Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years
By ALEX VEIGA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years,…
Continue Reading Slovak spy and police officials face criminal charges in scandal ahead of early election
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s top police officer says the former and current heads of the country’s spy agency and five other police…
Continue Reading Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the…
Continue Reading At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to welcome the leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit…
Continue Reading Medieval girl buried face down, ankles possibly tied, to prevent ‘return’ from the grave
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Analysis of the remains of a young Medieval girl, who was buried face down with her ankles potentially tied…
Continue Reading ‘Blue Beetle’ director Ángel Manuel Soto says the DC film is a ‘love letter to our ancestors’
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Continue Reading Investment scams are everywhere on social media. Here’s how to spot one
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost $3.8…
Continue Reading Russia doping questions persist because of the war in Ukraine
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The task force created nearly eight years ago to chart Russia’s path back into track…
Continue Reading Mississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the…
Continue Reading Twila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for US women’s national soccer team
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S. women’s national team following the resignation of coach…
Continue Reading Dramatic video footage shows shooting ambush in Fargo that killed an officer last month
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dramatic video footage of a shooting ambush last month in Fargo that left one police officer…
Continue Reading Biden pays respects to former Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey, who died last week in Scranton
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has traveled to Pennsylvania to privately pay his respects to the…
Continue Reading Bills’ Damar Hamlin has little more to prove in completing comeback, coach Sean McDermott says
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has little more to prove to Bills coach Sean McDermott in the third-year…
Continue Reading UK prime minister plans to meet with Saudi crown prince to discuss trade, defense cooperation
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister says that he plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the “earliest…
Continue Reading Hilary grows into major hurricane in Pacific off Mexico and could bring heavy rain to US Southwest
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major storm Thursday evening off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to…
Continue Reading White House lawyer who advised Biden on pandemic and GOP investigations is set to leave next month
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping…
Continue Reading Ukrainian children’s war diaries are displayed in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote in hiding
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the…
Continue Reading China’s defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has visited Belarus and said his country would…
Continue Reading New Jersey shutters 27 Boston Market restaurants over unpaid wages, related worker issues
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — State labor officials have temporarily shut down more than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in New Jersey after finding…
Continue Reading Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public, and…
Continue Reading Over 1.5 million dehumidifiers are under recall after fire reports. Here’s what you need to know
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 1.5 million dehumidifiers are under recall following reports of nearly two dozen fires, according to the U.S. Consumer…
Continue Reading Pakistani authorities arrest more than 100 people in Punjab after church attacks
By Sophia Saifi and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have arrested more than 100 people after crowds…
Continue Reading Poland’s lawmakers approve government plan for divisive referendum on election day
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers on Thursday approved a government plan to hold a controversial referendum on migration alongside key…
Continue Reading Russia charges leader of a prominent election watchdog
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have charged one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group with being involved with an…
Continue Reading Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Quran burnings
By KARL RITTER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has raised its terror alert to the second-highest level. The move comes…
Continue Reading UN says militants are occupying a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp after clashes
By ABBY SEWELL BEIRUT (AP) — Two weeks after clashes between armed factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp ended, militants are…
Continue Reading Russia general who reportedly served as the top commander for Ukraine last year has died
By Ivana Kottasová, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A Russian general who reportedly served as the top military commander for…
Continue Reading Snake season starts early as unusually high temperatures hit Australia
By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — Warming global temperatures are dangerous for people in many ways, but they’re proving ideal for one type of…
Continue Reading U.S. jobless claims applications fall as labor market continues to show resiliency
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The U.S. labor market continues to flex its muscle, as applications for jobless claims fell again last week and remain…
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