By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq has killed three members of an outlawed Kurdish insurgent group. Thursday’s attack came as Ankara’s top diplomat was visiting the city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish government. Turkish military actions against members of the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Subway fue vendida a la empresa de capital riesgo Roark Capital, poniendo fin a seis meses de búsqueda de un comprador. De este modo, la cadena de sándwiches pone fin a casi seis décadas de existencia como empresa familiar. En un comunicado, Subway afirma que la transacción es un “hito
Continue ReadingKINGSTREE, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty to helping the disgraced attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper. Cory Fleming wasn’t immediately sentenced after his guilty plea Wednesday in a South Carolina courtroom. The 54-year-old former attorney got a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing like a strike to bring former cast members together. Actor Heather Morris on Wednesday posted a series of photos on her verified Instagram account showing her and some of her fellow “Glee” cast on the picket line in support of the writers’ and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “We
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is marking its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Officials are vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces, and local people have been remembering their fallen loved ones. The national holiday Thursday coincided with the war’s 18-month milestone, giving
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CNN By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa told ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark on Wednesday that “respect is everything” after he made unflattering comments about the 25-year-old’s offseason workout routine. Clark, a 13-year NFL veteran, joked earlier this week on an episode of “NFL Live” that Tagovailoa looked like he had skipped
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A volunteer-run shelter for migrants in the Pilsen neighborhood has been forced to shut down, leaving dozens of migrants to work to find new homes. The unique shelter for newly arrived migrants has been operating for four nearly four months, funded entirely
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “Riverdale” saw its ending with a sweet series finale. Archie and the gang shared one last day of high school together in Wednesday’s finale, “Goodbye Riverdale.” Betty, now 86, played by Michele Scarabelli, sees an obituary for Jughead. She tells her granddaughter Alice that the gang “had such marvelous
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Heavy rains across the United States have flooded an Ohio highway where people were rescued from their cars, closed a busy airport terminal outside Detroit for a few hours and covered the Las Vegas Strip with water. Officials say parts of southeast Michigan
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Chicago Bears are honoring our military service members at training camp today. One hundred local service members will train like the team and compete in drills like the 40-yard dash, broad jump, and more. It’s part of a new partnership between
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and plainly spoke as he tried to kiss her on the mouth. “There are many uses for this,” the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A London judge says life support treatment can be stopped for a brain-damaged English pastor in a coma. Justice Anthony Hayden says it would be “burdensome and futile” to continue kidney dialysis. The Pentecostal minister’s family had appealed a decision by a Manchester area health authority to end his care, arguing that
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — American nurse Alix Dorsainvil gladly would give medical care to the captors who held her and her daughter hostage for nearly two weeks this summer in Haiti, she said in her first public comments since the pair’s release this month. “I want you guys to know that everything I
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections official says she won’t testify at a Senate committee hearing on her reappointment next week. Meagan Wolfe’s decision relies on a letter from Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul saying that lawmakers don’t have the authority to force a vote on firing
Continue ReadingOpinion by Will Leitch (CNN) — The world of college football has, to put it mildly, gone mad. Rutgers, in New Jersey, is now in the same conference as Oregon; the Pac-12 Conference is about to be dissolved entirely. The biggest strategic decisions made by some of the largest, most respected institutions this country has to offer have essentially
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins. Four out of five emperor penguin colonies analyzed in the Bellingshausen Sea, west of the Antarctic Peninsula, saw no chicks survive
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian space officials say that a lunar rover has descended down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft that has made its much celebrated touch-down near the moon’s south pole. The state-run Indian Space Research Organization says the Chandrayan-3 Rover is moving and operating well,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News reached an estimated 12.8 million viewers on two television channels and its streaming network for the first GOP presidential primary debate of the 2024 season, even though former President Donald Trump skipped it. Eight other candidates showed up in Milwaukee to spar on
Continue ReadingBy MICHELE GILE Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL) — Some puppies in Orange County are searching for their forever home, after being rescued from a sweltering van in a Fountain Valley parking lot. Officials said the temperature inside was 110 degrees. “That means that these little supplies gasping for
Continue ReadingBy YVES LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family’s 55-year political dynasty. The capital of Libreville, meanwhile, is bracing for a repeat of the violence that has marred balloting in the past. The central African nation’s 800,000-plus eligible
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