By Oren Liebermann, Jim Sciutto, Katie Bo Lillis and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The US believes Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was “likely” killed in a plane crash outside Moscow on Wednesday, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Thursday. “I’m not going to go into the specifics of how we gather information other than
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s commission leading the search for tens of thousands who have disappeared over past decades of violence has stepped down as the government increasingly comes under criticism of trying to undermine the true numbers of the missing. Escalating cartel violence has left thousands
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press A judge has ordered new trials for two men convicted of murdering a woman in 1993 inside her home near Buffalo. Brian Scott Lorenz and James Pugh have always maintained their innocence. The judge ruled Wednesday that the men deserve another trial because of a new DNA analysis and because
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Pase de abordar? Listo. ¿Identificación? Listo. ¿Peso? ¡Peso! Es posible que los pasajeros que vuelen con Korean Air en las próximas semanas tengan que dar un paso más antes de abordar: subirse a la báscula. Sin embargo, la nueva política no tiene ninguna intención de avergonzar a nadie. Korean Air es una
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By Olga Voitovych, Julia Kesaieva and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A top Ukrainian official has detailed for the first time how a Russian helicopter pilot defected by flying his Mi-8, along with unsuspecting crew members, to Ukraine. In an interview with Radio Liberty, which is set to air later this week, the head of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies show smoke from Canadian wildfires led to a spike in people with asthma visiting emergency rooms in the United States. A doctor in New Jersey says there was a flood of calls from asthmatics during the heaviest days of smoke that shrouded the
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, the Elon Musk-run rocket and spacecraft company with extensive government contracts, for allegedly discriminating against refugees in its hiring practices. The suit claims that “from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he will push to either end or extend the timeline of a legal clause that requires annual approval for the sale of U.S.-made weapons to Cyprus. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez told a gathering of Cypriot diaspora in the capital
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires in Canada that caused smoke to blanket parts of the United States in recent months were linked to a significant rise in emergency hospital visits related to asthma. Emergency department visits for asthma in the United States were 17% higher than expected when wildfire smoke occurred, according to
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By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — The calendar says August, which means it’s officially time for everything pumpkin spice once again. Too soon? Starbucks doesn’t think so — it’s putting its PSL back on the menu starting August 24. So if you catch a whiff of sugary spices in the air, it’s not your imagination,
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students are in line with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and school boards must follow their guidance. Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares issued the advisory opinion Thursday. It comes as
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in Pennsylvania are talking up abortion rights as they try to protect their state Supreme Court majority in the presidential battleground. Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Sharif Street says Republicans made it an issue when they chose to strip away a woman’s right to choose. The
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The eight Republican presidential candidates on the debate stage were asked to raise their hands if they believed human behavior is causing climate change. Not a single hand went up. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shut down the question and attacked the “corporate media.” Echoing
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin era “un hombre de destino difícil, pero con talento”, dijo este jueves el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. Asimismo, Putin envió sus condolencias a los “empleados de Wagner” a bordo del avión que se estrelló este miércoles. “En primer lugar, quiero expresar mis sinceras condolencias a las familias de todas
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — To hear Republican presidential candidates describe the US economy, you’d think it was in a deep recession, with growth and productivity choked off by President Joe Biden’s policies. The reality is decidedly less bleak — and far more nuanced. In fact, the US economy is growing
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COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Missouri and across the nation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US has announced that it will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets in October. “Following English language training for pilots in September, F-16 flying training is expected to begin in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, facilitated by the
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CNN, WCBS By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The woman who fatally shoved an 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach in New York pleaded guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced Wednesday. Under the terms of her plea agreement, Lauren Pazienza will be sentenced to eight years in prison and
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Parking was restricted Thursday in part of Downtown Columbia in preparation for a street concert near the University of Missouri campus.
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Roads between the Atlanta airport and the Fulton County Jail were blocked off as former President Donald Trump arrived in a motorcade to turn himself in on charges related to his efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss. This gave the
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