By PHILIP MARCELO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the Northeast coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Henri is expected to intensify into a
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an impounded vehicle with a swastika, authorities said. In addition, Torrance Police Chief Jeremiah Hart said that he has relieved 13 other officers of their duty because of an ongoing investigation into messages that he
Continue Reading By MATTHEW CHENG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s granting of a quarantine exemption to Hollywood star Nicole Kidman is drawing criticism from lawmakers as the city tightens entry restrictions for international travelers to control the coronavirus. Kidman, who reportedly flew to Hong Kong last week from coronavirus-hit Sydney, was
Continue Reading By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The scene outside the airport in the Afghan capital is still chaotic. People seeking to escape the Taliban-controlled country struggled Friday to get past crushing crowds, Taliban checkpoints and U.S. bureaucracy. Video images showed crowds gathered in the dark outside barbed-wire
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Joseph Elledge is set to appear in a hearing at the Boone County Courthouse, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
Continue Readingolivertapia Washington (CNN) — Un grupo de diplomáticos estadounidenses escribió un cable clasificado al secretario de Estado Antony Blinken a mediados de julio advirtiendo que era necesario tomar medidas rápidas porque creÃan que la situación en Afganistán podrÃa deteriorarse rápidamente y temÃan una catástrofe. Explicaron cómo el departamento deberÃa actuar rápidamente para procesar y evacuar
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By Sarah Moon and Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears has been accused of battery by an employee following a dispute in the singer’s California home on Monday, a spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department told CNN. The staff member alleges they were struck by Spears, according to investigators who are still looking into the
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has marked the anniversary of a poisoning attack against him by urging global leaders to focus on combating corruption and to target tycoons close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an article published in three European newspapers, Navalny chided Western leaders
Continue Reading By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities have suspended more than 50 civic groups for allegedly not complying with regulations, dealing a blow to hundreds of thousands of people who benefit from the organizations’ activities. The suspensions, targeting agencies ranging from rights watchdogs to women’s groups, were announced Friday by the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of the GDL union said drivers of passenger trains will strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers will start their strike on Saturday afternoon. It’s the
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BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many train drivers at Germany’s national railway operator is calling members out on a new strike. The head of the GDL union said drivers of passenger trains will strike from 2 a.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Wednesday. Freight train drivers will start their strike on Saturday afternoon. It’s the
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — A medida que los niños regresan a la escuela cada año, los padres generalmente están preparados para que el sistema inmunológico de sus hijos se enfrente a unas pocas semanas de resfriados y otras enfermedades. Añade este año a esa lista: una pandemia mortal, con algunos sÃntomas que pueden imitar otras
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN en Español) — El ministro de Salud de Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, informó este jueves a través de su cuenta verificada de Twitter que se abre la vacunación contra el covid-19 para jóvenes de entre 15 y 19 años. La vacunación para las personas de este rango de edad comenzará a partir del 21
Continue Readingolivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — Cuando la variante delta del nuevo coronavirus, que es altamente infecciosa, se afianzó en China el mes pasado, Zhang Wenhong, un respetado experto en enfermedades infecciosas en Shanghai, le dijo a un preocupado público chino que se preparara para vivir con el virus a largo plazo. Pero su franqueza tuvo
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Seven years after Boko Haram extremists abducted more than 270 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria, two of the more than 100 still being held by the rebels returned this month, renewing the hope of parents who have all but given up on the long wait for the
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shares in British supermarket chain Morrisons have spiked higher after New York-based private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice trumped a previous offer for the company with a 7 billion-pound ($9.5 billion) bid. Morrisons’ board has accepted the offer and said shareholders should vote in favor of
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By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to get
Continue Reading By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to get
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By Steven Jiang and Jill Disis, CNN Business China has passed sweeping new rules about the collection and use of personal data as Beijing toughens its regulation of the country’s tech companies. The Personal Information Protection Law — which was approved Friday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and which will take
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state leader is warning that Melbourne may be losing control of a COVID-19 delta variant outbreak that began in Sydney and has also spread to the New Zealand capital. The fast-moving outbreak was first detected in mid-June in Sydney, Australia’s largest
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