By Alaa Elassar, CNN It was a peaceful Friday morning for Murrisha Leon, who was asleep when she received a call from a fellow parent warning her of an active shooter at their children’s high school in Arkansas. Immediately, Leon’s heart sank as images of worst-case scenarios flooded her mind. She might lose one of
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WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Erling Haaland added a strike from outside the area to his repertoire of goals since joining Manchester City in a 3-0 win at 10-man Wolverhampton in the Premier League. City had already taken the lead through Jack Grealish after 55 seconds at Molineux when Haaland picked up the ball 40 meters
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando el fotógrafo Marc Schlossman tuvo en sus manos un pájaro extinto y muerto, tuvo lo que él llama un “momento de conversión”. Estando en la división de aves del Museo Field de Chicago con sus dos hijos pequeños en 2008, se dio cuenta de que el cajón de especímenes del
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BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese astronauts have completed a spacewalk from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. State media said Saturday that Cai Xuzhe and Chen Dong installed pumps, a handle to open the hatch door from outside in an emergency, and a foot-stop to fix an astronaut’s
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez Canal, one of the world’s most crucial waterways. The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement on Saturday that it will add 15% to the fees for tankers carrying oil and petroleum products, and 10% for dry
Continue Reading By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An honor guard fired a three-gun salute toward cloudy skies as friends and comrades-in-arms gathered in Kyiv to bid farewell to a Russian woman who was killed while fighting on Ukraine’s side in the war with her native country. Olga Simonova, 34, was remembered for her
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Amid mounting tensions, riot police were deployed Saturday in downtown Belgrade where a Pride march was expected to be held despite threats from anti-gay groups and an official earlier ban. Raising hopes that the pan-European LGBTQ event would pass without violence, organizers said they received guarantees
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez regresa al ring para enfrentarse de nuevo al kazajo Gennady Golovkin el 17 de septiembre en Las Vegas, Nevada, en una pelea que marcará lo que parece ser el desenlace de una trilogía entre dos acérrimos rivales. En una entrevista con CNN en Español, el mexicano aseguró
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La nave espacial de la NASA que se estrellará deliberadamente contra un asteroide está cada vez más cerca de su objetivo. La misión DART, o Prueba de Redirección de Asteroides Dobles, tendrá un encuentro con la roca espacial el 26 de septiembre, 10 meses después de su lanzamiento. La nave
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Haley Brink and Christina Maxouris, CNN Tropical Storm Fiona was beginning to whip the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Saturday and may strike the latter as a hurricane Sunday, posing threats of flooding and mudslides forecasters say could be “life-threatening.” A hurricane warning is in effect for Puerto Rico, reflecting forecasters’ belief
Continue Reading SHAOXING, China (AP) — Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into a factory south of Shanghai. More than 100 employees at Chuangdong Tour Articles Co. set aside other work and put in 14-hour days starting at 7:30 a.m. making nothing but British-themed flags. Manager Fan
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain player Kheira Hamraoui has published photos of her injuries from the brutal attack that left her fearing for her career. She says she is still haunted by it “night and day” and that she endured horrid abuse online afterward. Hamraoui was attacked last November
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona threatened to dump up to 16 inches (41 centimeters) of rain in parts of Puerto Rico on Saturday as forecasters placed the U.S. territory under a hurricane watch and people braced for potential landslides, severe flooding and power outages. The storm previously battered various
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN A Black former executive of the transmission repair chain AAMCO who says he was featured in marketing materials showcasing “diversity” is suing the company over alleged racial discrimination, allegations the company denies. Jerome Staley, who was vice president of operations for the East region, claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A bomb squad was called to remove an “old war relic” that turned out to be a grenade in an Illinois home, police say. A house in Westchester, Illinois, was being renovated when the construction crew “came across what they believed was essentially a war-time grenade” on September 7, police Sgt.
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese approaches people struggling with drug addiction the way a teacher might approach a reluctant student — gently, calmly and armed with experience in a subject that has stymied each of them. Bogese, a
Continue Reading By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Nicholas Skylar Lucas’ gunfire typically hit the bullet-riddled rusty trash can or fallen satellite dish in his backyard, much to some residents’ discontent. But on Saturday, Aug. 27, bullets from the intoxicated 30-year-old man’s .45-caliber handgun fatally struck Kesha Luwan Lucille Tate, his 42-year-old
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When word came that Queen Elizabeth II was close to her death, media organizations around the world sprang to life, dispatching reporters to a royal castle in Scotland and breaking out coverage plans decades in the making. At age 96, the queen’s passing was hardly
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Max Foster, Lauren Kent and Anna Little, CNN Prince William, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth II’s other grandchildren held a vigil at her lying in state on Saturday, as the royal family prepares to bid farewell to the late monarch at her state funeral. The brothers stood watch for 15 minutes over
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top leaders celebrated the opening of a new canal that they say will mean ships no longer must secure Russia’s permission to sail from the Baltic Sea to Vistula Lagoon ports. The event on Saturday was timed to mark 83 years since the Soviet invasion of Poland during World War
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