By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a Justice Department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote. Government employees are being bombarded with threats
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By Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian official claimed Thursday that a Ukrainian sabotage operation had been foiled in Bryansk, southwestern Russia, with several Ukrainians killed or captured. Alexander Bogomaz, governor of the Bryansk region that borders both Ukraine and Belarus, said on his Telegram channel that two of
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By Sabrina Clay, CNN (CNN) — Fabian Nelson will win the Democratic primary to represent Mississippi’s House District 66, CNN projects, and is set to become the state’s first legislator who identifies as gay. According to unofficial election night results from Hinds County, Mississippi, Nelson had won about 69% of the vote to Roshunda Harris-Allen’s
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CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Radina Gigova, Ana Melgar and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The mother of beleaguered Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who was admitted to a hospital in the Spanish town of Motril after a hunger strike, has been discharged, according to various Spanish media outlets. Ángeles Béjar locked herself in the Divina
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CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has formally declared a major disaster in Florida in response to Hurricane Idalia, the White House announced Thursday. “The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Citrus, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, and Taylor,” the White House said in
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By Betsy Klein and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he plans to travel to Florida Saturday morning after Hurricane Idalia battered the state earlier this week. “I’m going to Florida Saturday morning,” Biden said, after delivering brief remarks at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters after thanking staff for their
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution demanding that the Lebanese military and Hezbollah stop blocking the movement of the U.N. peacekeeping force and guarantee its freedom to operate, “including by allowing announced and unannounced patrols.” Lebanese officials had pushed to remove a provision
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Named for the trees that once covered the islands, Cedar Key, Florida, is located about four miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and connected to the mainland by a single road that crosses over four small, low bridges. Its isolation is part of its appeal. With just 800
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. says 1,860 people have been reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June. That is a 14% increase compared with the first three months of the year. The report released Thursday by the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti found that the surge in gang
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday and sought to sever his case from some other defendants who are accused along with him of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee had set
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump se declaró inocente en el extenso caso de interferencia electoral del condado de Fulton, según un nuevo expediente judicial. Estaba previsto que Trump fuera procesado en persona el miércoles. La ley de Georgia permite a los acusados penales renunciar a su comparecencia en persona y
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine university professor who became a peace negotiator and an Indian doctor who chose to work in a far-flung rural region to reach poor cancer patients are among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize.
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer MONACO (AP) — Spanish soccer star Aitana Bonmatí used her acceptance speech at a UEFA awards ceremony on Thursday to voice support for her teammate who was forcibly kissed by the country’s soccer federation president after the Women’s World Cup final. Bonmatí was named women’s player of the year
Continue Reading By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to tradition, passion and rivalries, there is nothing quite like college football. But we all need to cherish this 2023 season because, after it, the sport will never be the same. This will be the last season for the Pac-12 as we know it. The last for the
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in the sprawling Fulton County election interference case, according to a new court filing. Trump had been scheduled to be arraigned in person next Wednesday. Georgia law allows criminal defendants to waive their in-person appearance and enter a formal plea through
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Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in five cases of which the head of the military-installed government already pardoned her earlier this month. Despite the amnesty, 78-year-old Suu Kyi’s legal team is
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Netflix estrena la adaptación de acción real de “One Piece” basada en una de las series de manga más populares y una de las más vendidas en la historia de Japón. Una aventura de piratas ” legendaria como ninguna otra”, dice la plataforma. La serie, protagonizada por el mexicano
Continue ReadingBy Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — The fatal shooting of a University of South Carolina student who was trying to enter the wrong home on his own street has been deemed a justifiable homicide and no charges will be filed, police said. “The determination is based on several factors to include evidence gathered at the
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Miley Cyrus is reflecting on the backlash she received for a 2008 Vanity Fair cover in which she was photographed draped in a sheet. On a recent episode of her “Used To Be Young” series on TikTok, Cyrus shared her memories of the photoshoot, which took place when she
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