Kimberly Palmer: How to stay safe from financial scams
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Dispute over Persian Gulf gas field poses early challenge to Saudi-Iranian rapprochement
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early…
Continue Reading New Jersey school district reaches $9.1 million settlement with family of teen who died by suicide
By Celina Tebor, Jessica Xing and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $9.1 million to the family of…
Continue Reading French daredevil who climbed towers around world believed to have fallen to his death in Hong Kong
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say a French man apparently has fallen to his death from a high-rise residential…
Continue Reading Japanese court sentences ‘Joker’ to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a…
Continue Reading Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after…
Continue Reading Cyprus authorities free British man despite a 2-year prison sentence for killing his ailing wife
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A British man has been freed immediately after a Cyprus court sentenced him to two…
Continue Reading UK to grant hundreds of new oil and gas licenses, ignoring calls from environmentalists
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it will grant hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea in a bid for energy…
Continue Reading Thousands mourn a Palestinian general, among 9 killed in sectarian clashes at a Lebanon refugee camp
By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of mourners have gathered in south Lebanon for the funeral of a…
Continue Reading Niger will face sanctions as democracy falls apart, adding to woes for more than 25 million people
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Neighboring nations are levying economic sanctions over a coup last week that toppled one of…
Continue Reading Europe’s economy grows a bit after months of stagnation. But rate hikes are weighing on businesses
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy is growing again — but not by much. Growth came in at 0.3% in…
Continue Reading Russian missiles kill at least 6 in Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine
By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian ballistic missiles have slammed into an apartment complex and…
Continue Reading Fans pay tribute to Coco Lee, Hong Kong singer who had international success
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of singer and songwriter Coco Lee, who was known for her powerful voice and live…
Continue Reading Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are ‘humans in disguise’
BEIJING (AP) — A zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing…
Continue Reading IS claims responsibility for the bombing that killed 54 at a pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan
By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — An Afghan branch of the Islamic State group on Monday claimed…
Continue Reading 4 crew members on Australian army helicopter that crashed off coast didn’t survive, officials say
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Officials say the Australian army helicopter that crashed during a multinational…
Continue Reading Thousands flee homes as deadly Typhoon Doksuri soaks Beijing and a second storm approaches China
By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri, one…
Continue Reading Medvedev says Russia could use nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s fightback succeeds in latest threat
By Josh Pennington, Alex Stambaugh and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive…
Continue Reading As the pope heads to Portugal, he’s laying the groundwork for the church’s future and his own legacy
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis made the first foreign trip of his papacy, to Rio de Janeiro for World…
Continue Reading A massive $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs in Tuesday’s drawing
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — One lucky winner could nab a massive $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot that’s up for grabs in Tuesday…
Continue Reading South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) — The dogs bark and stare as Kim Jong-kil approaches the rusty cages housing the…
Continue Reading A mother’s lawsuit says police stood by for 13 minutes as her 30-year-old son drowned in the Tennessee River
By Eli Masket (CNN) — A mother is suing the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, the city’s police chief and four officers, alleging police stood by…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian benchmarks boosted by Wall Street’s latest winning month
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, boosted by market optimism set off by a Wall Street rally…
Continue Reading Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here’s a look at that investigation
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor is expected to seek a grand jury indictment in the coming weeks in her…
Continue Reading China factory activity shrinks in July, adding to pressure to reverse economic slump
BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows Chinese factory activity contracted in July as export orders shrank. That adds to pressure on the ruling Communist…
Continue Reading Mar-a-Lago manager De Oliveira makes his first court appearance in Trump’s classified documents case
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his…
Continue Reading As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Work has begun on the largest dam removal project in U.S. history. Crews have mostly…
Continue Reading Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday…
Continue Reading What to stream this week: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,’ Quavo, ‘Reservation Dogs’ and ‘Mixtape’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include fresh tracks from Quavo, the arrival on Disney+ of James Gunn’s cornball…
Continue Reading For remote and laid back Dunedin, a warm welcome to the Women’s World Cup
By ELLEN McINTYRE Associated Press DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — Women’s World Cup host city Dunedin, at latitude of 45.88 degrees South, is…
Continue Reading EU leader cites Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to warn against China’s aggression in Asia
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The leader of the European Union’s executive commission has warned against China’s…
Continue Reading Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China’s…
Continue Reading Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400…
Continue Reading July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California
By WALTER BERRY Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius)…
Continue Reading Driver of SUV that hit and injured 6 migrant workers outside a North Carolina Walmart has turned himself in, police say
By Jamiel Lynch, Chenelle Woody and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A 68-year-old man turned himself in Monday after six migrant workers were hit and…
Continue Reading 8-year-old survives ‘extraordinarily rare’ cougar attack near Washington’s Lake Angeles
By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old was left with minor injuries after being attacked by a cougar in Washington’s Olympic National Park…
Continue Reading 4 killed in fiery ATV rollover crash in central Washington
ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — Four people are dead after the all-terrain vehicle they were in rolled over and burst into flames on a dirt road in…
Continue Reading You-pick farms lose customers and crops through heat, drought and haze in Iowa
BRIGHTON, Iowa (AP) — You-pick farms are struggling through heat, drought and haze. Specialty crops that require lots of water — like blueberries…
Continue Reading Bear cools off in a Burbank pool during heat wave
CNN By Cheri Mossburg and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burbank, California, were called over an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good…
Continue Reading 3 dead after plane crashes into California airport hangar while taking off, authorities say
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a California airport hangar as it was taking off Sunday, killing all three people on…
Continue Reading Bear cools off in a Burbank pool during heat wave
By Cheri Mossburg and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burbank, California, were called over an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good time…
Continue Reading 5 wounded, 2 critically, after shooting at Michigan shopping center
By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — Five people were shot early Sunday morning in a shopping center parking lot in Lansing, Michigan, with two victims…
Continue Reading Shooting at police facility in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula kills at least 4 officers, officials say
By ASHRAF SWEILAM Associated Press EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Security and health officials say a shooting at a heavily fortified security facility in…
Continue Reading Erratic winds challenge firefighters battling two major California blazes
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A massive wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave National Preserve is spreading rapidly…
Continue Reading Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark’s foreign minister said Sunday the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate…
Continue Reading Kansas transgender people find Democratic allies in court bid to restore their right to alter IDs
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials under Kansas’s Democratic governor are seeking to have the state resume…
Continue Reading Multiple police dogs died from heat-related illness in Indiana after an air conditioning failure, authorities say
By Matt Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Multiple dogs being driven to a police K-9 training facility died in Indiana on Thursday after the air…
Continue Reading Three killed when small plane hits hangar, catches fire at Southern California airport
UPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and two passengers were killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a hangar and burst into flames…
Continue Reading One man was killed and other people were rushed to hospitals after a shooting at an Indiana party
By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 30-year-old man was killed and other people were taken to a hospital after a shooting at a…
Continue Reading Los Angeles County law enforcement recruit dies 8 months after group of trainees were struck by wrong-way driver while on a training run
By Eli Masket, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit died eight months after he was struck by a driver who hit around…
Continue Reading 1 woman killed, 8 others injured in West Side Chicago mass shooting, police say
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old woman was killed and eight other women were injured when gunfire erupted after a Jeep approached a…
Continue Reading 4 people were killed in separate aircraft crashes before a major air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
By Chris Boyette, Lauren Mascarenhas and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Four people are dead and two are injured after two aircraft collided in midair…
Continue Reading Two people killed after shots fired blocks from University of Florida campus
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Police say two people were killed after shots rang out in a crowd in the home city of Florida’s flagship university. The…
Continue Reading 4 found clinging to hull of overturned boat off New Jersey rescued, taken to hospital
SANDY HOOK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say four people found clinging to the hull of an overturned boat off New Jersey were rescued and taken to a…
Continue Reading Russian anti-war activists hold protest after activists face entry, residence problems in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Dozens of Russian antiwar supporters in Serbia have held a protest after two prominent activists and critics of Russian…
Continue Reading Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn…
Continue Reading The ‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds the No. 2 spot
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s…
Continue Reading Spain identifies 212 German, Austrian and Dutch fighters who went missing during Spanish Civil War
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government researchers say they’ve identified hundreds of foreign fighters…
Continue Reading Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed…
Continue Reading Pro-coup protesters in Niger shout ‘long live Putin’ as new leaders face calls to cede power
Omar Hama Saley, CNN Niamey, Niger (CNN) — Tense and sometimes violent scenes played out in front of the French Embassy in Niger Sunday as…
Continue Reading Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures…
Continue Reading Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his…
Continue Reading Helicopter crashes near I-70 in Ohio, killing pilot and causing minor accidents, police say
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over the weekend, killing the pilot…
Continue Reading One person is dead and multiple were wounded in Indiana shooting, police say
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and multiple people were injured after a shooting early Sunday morning in Muncie, Indiana. The…
Continue Reading Blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan, killing at least 54
By Sophia Saifi and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 54 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a political…
Continue Reading US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there
The Associated Press A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as…
Continue Reading Four women whose lives ended in a drainage ditch outside Atlantic City
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The bodies of four women were found in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City in…
Continue Reading Exquisitely preserved fossil of Jurassic sea turtle includes near-complete skull and limbs
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 150 million years ago, a marine turtle with a massive head dived through a shallow, tropical sea…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Drones hit Moscow, Americans abducted in Haiti, Republicans in Iowa, Mitch McConnell, kidnapping hoax
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, except it’s no laughing matter: It’s so hot in…
Continue Reading Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200
By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN Associated Press KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former…
Continue Reading Joe Biden, America’s oldest sitting president, needs young voters to win again. Will his age matter?
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press At 24, Alberto Rodriguez has grandparents younger than Joe Biden. But he’s more interested in the 80-year-old…
Continue Reading Breakthrough in Long Island serial killings shines light on the many unsolved murders of sex workers
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two women out for an afternoon walk outside Atlantic City found a body in a ditch and…
Continue Reading Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected onstage for the first GOP debate
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former…
Continue Reading More women are aiming to become church leaders. Together, they could change American Christianity
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Christian leadership in the US has typically been seen as a male occupation. The right for women to be ordained…
Continue Reading Some renters may get relief from biggest apartment construction boom in decades, but not all
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some…
Continue Reading Explosion at Thailand fireworks warehouse kills at least 12 people
By Kocha Olarn and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and 121 injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in…
Continue Reading Shooting wounds 5 people in Michigan with 2 victims in critical condition, police say
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police in Michigan say an early morning shooting wounded five people, including two who were listed in critical condition.…
Continue Reading American nurse and her child kidnapped from their community ministry in Haiti
CNN By Heather Law and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the…
Continue Reading Palestinian factions meet in Egypt seeking reconciliation as violence surges in the West Bank
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions have met in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts amid surging violence between Israel and Palestinian…
Continue Reading Constitutional referendum to remove presidential term limits divides Central African Republic
By JEAN FERNAND KOENA and ZANE IRWIN Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday…
Continue Reading Colombian president’s son arrested in money laundering probe
By Stefano Pozzebon and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The son of Colombia’s president has been arrested as part of an investigation into money…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead and 7 wounded in clashes inside crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinian officials say at least five people have been killed and seven others wounded during…
Continue Reading Salvage crews begin towing a burning cargo ship to a new location off the Dutch coast as smoke eases
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews have started towing a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of new cars to a temporary anchorage…
Continue Reading Zelensky says war ‘returning to Russia’ after Moscow drone attack
CNN By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that war is…
Continue Reading French embassy in Niger is attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital…
Continue Reading Pig cooling pads and weather forecasts for cows are high-tech ways to make meat in a warming world
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than a third of the heat-trapping gases cooking the planet come from growing and raising…
Continue Reading Call to arms: Thousands of Revolutionary War stories are waiting to be told. A new project asks the public to help uncover them
By Carly Breland and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service and US National Archives and Records Administration are calling on…
Continue Reading 10 die, including 3 children, as strong winds hit a tourist camp in central Russia, officials say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says that 10 people have died, including three children, after high winds tore through central…
Continue Reading African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African leaders have left two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with…
Continue Reading France’s Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to…
Continue Reading Moscow targeted again as Kyiv steps up drone attacks inside Russia
By Josh Pennington, Mariya Knight, Zahra Ullah and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the…
Continue Reading Buckle up: New laws from seat belts to library books take effect in North Dakota
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of new laws will take effect Tuesday in North Dakota, passed earlier this year by the…
Continue Reading Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press PAVLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The summer winds carried the smell of burned grain across the southern Ukrainian steppe…
Continue Reading Morocco’s Benzina becomes the first senior-level Women’s World Cup player to compete in hijab
By The Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Stepping onto the field against South Korea in Morocco’s second Women’s World Cup match,…
Continue Reading Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of…
Continue Reading Ukraine again reported bringing war deep into Russia with attacks on Moscow and border region
By The Associated Press Ukraine brought the war far from the front line into the heart of Russia again Sunday in drone penetrations that Russian…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Rare access to Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
CNN By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Rare access to Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Daria Martina Tarasova, CNN Ukraine (CNN) — At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and…
Continue Reading Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it’s pushing them to the brink
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by…
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