By Travis Caldwell, Dakin Andone and Chuck Johnston, CNN A veteran investigative journalist who was stabbed to death had the alleged killer’s DNA underneath his fingernails and defensive wounds, a prosecutor and a judge said Thursday at the accused man’s initial court appearance — in a chilling case that has raised concerns about press freedoms
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Senate has voted to ensure the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. The Senate passed legislation supporting the target in a vote of 37 to 30 on Thursday despite several senators who backed
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A new report has found that clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that a post-pandemic jobs rebound in the sector has been driven by emissions-cutting
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is set to join the U.S. Federal Reserve in making a jumbo interest rate hike Thursday as it tries to stamp out record inflation — although it risks worsening a recession that economists say is bearing down on Europe. The meeting
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of the world’s oldest preserved human settlements has been significantly damaged by torrential rain in Pakistan as the country battles the worst floods in its history. Moenjodaro (also styled Mohenjo-daro), a World Heritage site in the Indus River Valley 508 kilometers (316 miles) from Karachi, was built in the Bronze
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is flying cheetahs to India and Mozambique as part of ambitious efforts to reintroduce the distinctively spotted cats in regions where their population has dwindled. Four cheetahs captured at reserves in South Africa have been flown to Mozambique this week
Continue Reading ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, said a man who drove around the city shooting at people, killing four, during an hours-long rampage that forced frightened people to shelter in place Wednesday, has been arrested. Ezekiel Kelly, 19, who was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder in
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By Kathleen Magramo, Mengchen Zhang, CNN A man who lost control of his hydrogen balloon while harvesting pine nuts in China has been found and rescued — after landing in a forest two days later and more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) away. The man, surnamed Hu, had been working alongside a colleague on Sunday
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba’s deputy foreign minister is accusing the Biden administration of acting immorally and unfairly by keeping Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. President Joe Biden during his campaign promised to renew relations with the communist-governed island, but he hasn’t moved to do
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By The Associated Press No. 10 Southern California plays at Stanford in the Pac-12’s first conference game this season. Both teams are coming off convincing wins. The Trojans kicked off the Lincoln Riley era with a 66-11 rout over Rice behind Caleb Williams’ 249 yards and two TDs passing. Stanford opened the season with a
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By Nouran Salahieh and Dakin Andone, CNN As Californians endure what could be the worst heat wave in state history, a rare hurricane offshore is poised to extend extreme temperatures already threatening rotating power outages and also deliver powerful winds that could fan raging wildfires. Extreme heat, damaging winds and an increased fire threat will
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By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 2 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 20 Kentucky visits No. 12 Florida in a matchup of ranked SEC teams. The league opener for both teams matches schools picked to finish second and fourth respectively in the East Division in
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 2 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 20 Kentucky visits No. 12 Florida in a matchup of ranked SEC teams. The league opener for both teams matches schools picked to finish second and fourth respectively in the East Division in
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon is expected to turn himself in to authorities Thursday to face fresh charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon’s state-level charges in New York closely resemble an
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the state’s electricity grid continued to warn that unprecedented demand on energy supplies could force them to periodically cut power to some customers. The California Independent System Operator on Wednesday thanked residents and
Continue Reading By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Leaning into the camera, with both palms on her chin beneath a beaming smile, Eliza Fletcher invites students from St. Mary’s Episcopal School to join her in singing, “This Little Light of Mine.” “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” she sings in
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There have been a lot of quarterbacks on the move in college football. About half of the starting QBs for the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in this season’s openers didn’t initially attend their current schools. That includes 32 of the 65 Power Five teams, with 19 of those
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There have been a lot of quarterbacks on the move in college football. About half of the starting QBs for the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in this season’s openers didn’t initially attend their current schools. That includes 32 of the 65 Power Five teams, with 19 of those
Continue Reading MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — In May, police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school campus in suburban Chicago. Robinson he says he brought the gun in a backpack for protection after fighting with a relative. He faces felony charges. He’s now
Continue Reading By The Associated Press UCLA will play a historically Black university for the first time when it faces Alabama State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. The Bruins got off to a slow start in a 45-17 win over Bowling Green, their fourth straight win by at least 24 points dating to last season. The
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