By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
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By The Associated Press New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has 61 home runs, tying the American League record set by Roger Maris of the Yankees in 1961. Judge and the Yankees take on the Baltimore Orioles on Friday in the Bronx. The Yankees have seven games left in the regular season.
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By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has defended her economic plan that roiled financial markets, saying she’s willing to make “difficult decisions” to get the economy growing. Truss gave her first public comments Thursday since her government last week announced billions in unfunded tax cuts
Continue Reading By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Water up to waist-high flooded riverfronts and other areas of Thailand after a tropical depression dumped heavy rains and knocked down trees, causing at least one death. About 8.5 inches of rain was recorded in a northeastern province where 5,000 people were moved to shelters on higher
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Canada has advanced to its first World Cup semifinals since 1986 as Kia Nurse scored 17 points in a 79-60 win over Puerto Rico. Next up is a matchup Friday with the U.S., which beat Serbia 88-55. The other semifinal will pit China against host Australia.
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, Liam Reilly and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hae Min Lee’s family appeal of a judge’s decision to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed can move forward, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled. In its ruling, the four-judge panel said the appeal will be scheduled for consideration in February. Syed was
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 10 North Carolina State knows how it feels to beat highly ranked Clemson. The Wolfpack would love a second straight milestone victory over the the fifth-ranked Tigers on Saturday night. The two undefeated teams play at Death Valley, where North Carolina State last won
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 5: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 10 North Carolina State (4-0, 0-0 ACC) at No. 5 Clemson (4-0, 2-0). The Wolfpack climbed two spots to grab their first top 10 ranking since 2002, and will be
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to four community activists, including the head of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. The prize was given to Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian human rights activist, and the Center for Civil Liberties, which she heads; Somali human rights activists
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks kicked off October with more treats than tricks for investors. The market rallied to begin the fourth quarter, despite growing worries about the financial health of European banking giant Credit Suisse and weak economic data. The Dow rose 765 points, or 2.7%. That was its biggest gain
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong has finally secured commitments from some of the world’s biggest banks to participate in a long-awaited summit, as it seeks to reaffirm its status as a global financial hub. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced Thursday that it would welcome executives including Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon,
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — A fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden. Earlier, three leaks had been reported on the two underwater pipelines running from Russia to Germany. Two explosions were detected by seismologists and officials believe that the all the leaks were “deliberate actions.” Experts have said Russia is
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris capped her four-day trip to Asia with a stop Thursday at the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula as she emphasized the “ironclad” U.S. commitment to the security of its Asian allies in the face of an increasingly hostile North Korea.
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN European security officials on Monday and Tuesday observed Russian Navy support ships in the vicinity of leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines likely caused by underwater explosions, according two Western intelligence officials and one other source familiar with the matter. It’s unclear whether the ships
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Ian’s vicious combination of winds, rain and storm surge caused at least a dozen deaths, flooded homes, cut off roadways and left millions of Florida residents without power Thursday as it again intensified into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and barreled toward South
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling his country’s 1994 genocide is going on trial at a UN tribunal. The 100-day massacre left 800,000 dead. Félicien Kabuga is one of the last fugitives charged in the genocide to face justice. Thursday’s start of
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By Joshua Berlinger, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would seize of nearly a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, declaring that the millions of people living there would be Russian citizens “forever.” Under the annexation process, which is illegal under international law, Moscow will recognize four Ukrainian regions as Russian
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Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SIGHISOARA, Romania (AP) — In a dingy basement, chinchillas bred to provide the fashion industry with their fur bite the wire of cages that are stacked floor-to-ceiling with no natural light, as their babies struggle across the wire-mesh floors. The scene captured on video is among the findings from an
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